St Joseph's Christian Brothers College, 367-395 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme18/1/1985
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St Joseph's Christian Brothers College, 367-395 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNECHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE(later called St Joseph's Flexible Learning Centre)Grading as at 1985: CPeriod: Federation (1903-13)Grantee: F Griffiths or Griffin 1852History- At the request of Archbishop Carr in 1901, the Christian Brothers were established in North Melbourne (Refer to St. Mary's Star of the Sea, Boys and Girls Regional Schools, Howard Street, West Melbourne). In preparation for the Christian Brothers taking charge of the schools at St. Mary's in 1902, this formerly largely vacant site was acquired and the Christian Brothers High School opened under such priests as the Rev. J. Hogan whilst the lower schools were renewed on the old site, in 1914 and 1910. A prolific architect for the Catholic Church, Augustus Andrew Fritsch (1866-1933), called tenders in the 'Building and Engineering Journal' on 21/12/1901 for the first central bay of the existing building; the eastern bay being completed in 1905, two years after the first stage and the whole erected by 1913. The total finished cost was £12,260.Description- A Romanesque styled, three-storey, face brick and stucco school building on a C-shaped plan with a two-level gabled, cast-iron verandah filling between the two outer bays. Decorative devices are achieved in brick, free stone and stucco with the stepped gable corbel-table to each bay, capped pilasters flanking the arched main windows, the serlian fenestration above these and the stucco bands across the two outer projecting bays. The central wing has a transverse gabled roof, generally symmetrical fenestration and the main entrance door; it is conservatively designed in a manner typical of late 19th century residences.The western projecting bay appears to have been built after the other sections of the school. [See Board of Works DP 762]Integrity - The brickwork and stucco have been painted; a (painted, since removed) sympathetic masonry fence and hedge have replaced what was capped corrugated iron; the west facing cantilever verandah has been renovated; and the windows reglazed.Streetscape - An isolated building.Significance- Architecturally, similarly Medieval styled to the Gothic inspired government schools of the 1870s - 80s, but distinguished by the use of a cast-iron verandah, the three-storey height and the use of the Romanesque.A potentially architecturally successful bui1dina which has been altered, the most damaging being the painted bricks: of regional importance.Historically, a later stage of the Catholic church's growth in North and West Melbourne, linked with the early Irish dominance in the area: of local interest.Recommendations - Remove paint from facade (since removed); repaint in typical or original colours.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory; MMBW = Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works)1. (a) MMBW Record Plan 31(b) 'St. Mary's Star of the Sea Centenary, 1873-1973 (unpublished typescript)(c) 'The Advocate' 25/4/ 03, 11/4/03; Annual Reports of St. Joseph ' s College 1913, 1914 -2. MMBW DP 762
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