Younghusband Wool Warehouse, 629-631 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Younghusband Wool Warehouse, 629-631 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 558316
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1897;ASSOCIATIONS: Stanley, Mrs F; Younghusband & Co.DESIGNER: Kennedy, P A;BUILDER: Besley, GilesPeriod: Victorian___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cite source 85___________________________Lawrie Wilson & Associates, 1977. Historic Buildings Preservation Council Report on CBD Block No 6 Dec 1977, page 224 (Source 85 )629 - 631 LITTLE BOURKE STREETCONSTRUCTION - Brick.DEGREE OF INTACTNESS - Generally original.1. HISTORICAL.-1888 Mahlstedt plan shows a single storey building described as a "woolpack" and forming part of the Younghusband complex with frontage to Bourke Street (Ref. P.B. Curtain~ warehouse).1895 First directory reference to Little Bourke Street frontage, with occupier as Younghusband.1905-06 Mahlstedt Plan shows building in its present form. From this evidence, we place the date of construction at C.1895.2. DESCRIPTION.A three storey brick warehousein Florentine styling with a decorative cornice to the parapet. A simple building both in style and detail, it is nonetheless an integral part of the Younghusband complex and is representative of the pastoral era in Victorian history.3. RECOMMENDATION.The retention of this building in conjunction with the Bourke Street frontage is desirable. The building is owned by the Australian Pastoral Commission___________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAseries 1, map 221888not shown1910masonry, 3 levels, `offices & skin store' with carriageway on west side to 668 Bourke St (Fraser Ramsay Pty Ltd.)- differing construction grid two buildingsc1925masonry, 3 levels, `Bourke Free Store' with carriageway on west side to 668 Bourke St (Harrison Ramsay Pty Ltd., Fraser Ramsay Pty Ltd.) steel columns and girders, saw tooth over south wing with wooden columns and girders;___________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 73218 Kennedy, P A; Stanley, Mrs F Melbourne VIC Warehouses Besley, Giles - Rathmines St Fairfield 1897 04 28 6926- MCC registration no 6926 [Burchett Index]. Fee 6.0.0additions to warehouse, Little Bourke - Younghusband's Wool warehouse___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1897Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express (Vic. : 1877 - 1908)Friday 4 June 1897 - Page 3https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57498608YOUNGHUSBAND AND CO.As the time approaches for the opening of the Victorian Wool Sales in the season 1897-8 the question naturally arises-will the long drought have the effect of decreasing the number of bales sent to auction, as compared with preceding season ; and in this connection it may be Interesting to point out, that since the sales of 1892-3 up to the season 1896-7 which closed at the end of February last, toe yearly quantity of wool sold in the Victorian market has not varied to a larger extent than about eight thousand bales. The squatting interest, as we all know, has experienced some sharp reverses during recent years, and the drought already referred to is perhaps tile severest of them all but some consolation is to be found in the latest cables respecting the London Wool Market, which record a hardening tendency in prices. The number of bales sold in the Victorian market in the season 1806-7 was about 315,000 of which Messrs. Younghusband & Co. Proprietary Ltd., dealt with a larger proportion than fell to their house during any year since it was established. In anticipation of a further extension of business a considerable alterations to their premises are now in progress, at a cost of £7,500..The present building in Bourke-street is being extended right through to Little Bourke-street, by the erection of a substantial bluestone and brick structure of three stories, which will add to the storage accommodation fully 45,000 square f et, bringing up the total area to 78,000 feet. Two extra lifts are provided for in the plan of improvements, and considerable additions are to be made, to the offices. When completed, in about four months time, the premises of Younghusband and Co. Proprietary Limited, will be one of the most perfect in Melbourne, and the storage accommodation will be as extensive as any to be found in the metropolis. A special feature it connection with the alterations will be the wool show-room, covering a space of 317 feet x 66- feet, perfectly lighted and ventilated, and which, on completion, will compare favourably with any in the Australian colonies. Hitherto the accommodation possessed by the company has proved inadequate, and bra been the cause of checking the full; development of their business, which now, under the altered circumstance, will no doubt continue to increase at a more rapid state than heretofore.___________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893627 VacantYounghusband & Co Ltd, hide and skin store
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