377 Burnley Street
377 BURNLEY STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Burnley Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The former Bank of Australasia, erected in 1889 to a design by the prominent bank designer, Anketell Henderson, of the firm Reed, Henderson and Smart, at 377 Burnley Street, Richmond is significant. It is a freestanding symmetrical two-storey rendered brick building. The ground floor facade has banded rusticated walls, and a central entrance door flanked by tripartite shallow arched windows, which are timber-framed with fixed central lights and double-hung sidelights. The first floor has a loggia-style balcony; the projecting entrance section extends up through the first floor and has an arched opening to the facade. There are three openings in the wall behind. The loggia has a simple patterned balustrade, and a skillion-profile roof; the wing walls have arched openings and their copings terminate in small pediments. There is a prominent parapet with a wide moulded cornice. There is also a string course below the loggia.
Non-original alterations and additions to the building are not significant.
What is significant?The former Bank of Australasia, at 377 Burnley Street, Richmond, is of local architectural significance.
Why is it significant?Architecturally, the building is a good example of an austere Classically-styled building which is in contrast to much of the more flamboyant boom style Italianate designs of the period. It is an important landmark within the Burnley Street commercial precinct. The building is an important work in the oeuvre of prominent bank architect, Anketell Henderson. Henderson was an important protagonist of the austere classical style of bank architecture of the 1880s. (Criteria D, E & H)
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377 Burnley Street - Physical Description 1
The former Bank of Australasia, at 377 Burnley Street, Richmond, is a freestanding symmetrical two-storey rendered brick building. The ground floor facade has banded rusticated walls, and a central entrance door flanked by tripartite shallow arched windows, which are timber-framed with fixed central lights and double-hung sidelights. The first floor has a loggia-style balcony; the projecting entrance section extends up through the first floor and has an arched opening to the facade. There are three openings in the wall behind. The loggia has a simple patterned balustrade, and a skillion-profile roof; the wing walls have arched openings and their copings terminate in small pediments. There is a prominent parapet with a wide moulded cornice. There is also a string course below the loggia.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Richmond Conservation Study
Author: John & Thurley O'Connor, Ros Coleman & Heather Wright
Year: 1985
Grading: BYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading: LocalYarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: LocalYarra - Heritage Gap Study: Review of Central Richmond 2014
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2014
Grading:
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