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Pearl Assurance House, 449-455 Bourke Street & 143-151 Queen Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Pearl Assurance House, 449-455 Bourke Street & 143-151 Queen Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 108070
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
Part of:
Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedOpen access.
Use restrictions:
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General notes:
RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATE: 1961;ASSOCIATIONS: Pearl Assurance Co;DESIGNER: Perrott, Leslie M and Partners;BUILDER: E A Watts Pty Ltd,Period: Post Second-War.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites 20th C. Register;_________________________________________BUILDING IDEAS (CSR) March 1965104 Pearl Assurance Company, Corner of Bourke and Queen Streets Leslie M. Perrott and PartnersThe four corners of the Bourke and Queen Streets intersection have been rebuilt within the last four or five years, three of the buildings being by the same architects.The buildings represent four exercises in facade treatment, all quite unrelated and each quite different, as if the others were not there._________________________________________Cross-sectionPearl Assurance House, Melb contains eleven office firs plusground, basement & roof plant room for air cond machinery.Gross area per flr-5,040 sq ft, net rentable area per ír-3,950 sq ft. The bldg is air-conditioned throughout & withno opening windows is as neat & tight as an oyster, althoughthe pearl-like feature which tops the bldg seems somehowto have escaped. The curtain wall facades & the letteringhave been designed with assurance, but was it necessaryto be quite so adamant about the name of the company?Contract price £552,196 (Leslie M Perrott & Ptnrs, arch'ts;E A Watts Pty Ltd, bldr; John Connell & Assoc, str engr;Thomas Anderson & Assoc, Mech & elec engrs; Rider Hunt& Ptnrs, Quantity Surveyors)._________________________________________City of Melbourne online maps, 2015455 Bourke Street, MelbourneThirteen storey concrete office building with a basement and ground level retail. Designed by Leslie M Perrott & Partners and built in 1961. Refurbished in 1991._________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW449-455 Bourke Street / 108070Identified in previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985)Date of construction: 1961Explanation for exclusion:Substantially altered (1991)Comparable with Contributory places in a precinct.Does not warrant individual Heritage Overlay
Related material link:
449-455 Bourke Street, Melbourne (Butler13301\\)449-455 Bourke Street, Melbourne (Butler13300\\)
Names:
City of MelbourneLeslie M Perrott & Partners
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesPostwar period1960-1969
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1261305
Bookmark link:
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