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JONES BOND STORE
1 RIVERSIDE QUAY SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register
JONES BOND STORE SOHE 2008
JONES BOND STORE SOHE 2008
JONES BOND STORE SOHE 2008
1 jones bond store southbank boulevard southbank front end elevation aug1985
H0828 H0828
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Jones Bond Store was a large complex of store buildings, the first being constructed on the site around 1865. The extant registered buildings are Stores B and C and building No. 11. These probably date from 1888. The B and C stores were constructed of English-bond face brickwork with cast-iron columns and timber floors and roof trusses. The five storeys are delineated by corbelled brick string courses, and arched and flat arched window heads alternate with each floor. An oculus in each gable is surrounded by cream brick with quoins on the four axes. Building 11 was constructed of brick and bluestone and has a shallow gable roof.

How is it significant?
The Jones Bond Store is of historical and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The Jones Bond Store is of historical significance as one of the largest extant 19th century store complexes in Victoria and one of the few remaining links with Southbank's early industrial and maritime past. The buildings provide evidence of the character of late-19th century warehousing and are a reminder of the fact that the river bank in their vicinity was once a hive of shipping activity. They show how warehouses and shipping freight facilities were more closely integrated in the fabric of the city in the years before containerisation and heavy freight haulage demanded more specialised and separate freight precincts. The simple but substantial character of the buildings reflects Melbourne's growing importance as a port city in the post-gold rush years.

The Jones Bond Store is of architectural significance because it documents a development in building design, namely the multi-storey warehouse, a development which was influenced by the introduction of hydraulic lift technology in the mid 1880s.

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    • History

      JONES BOND STORE - History

      Contextual History:History of Place:

      The site of the Jones Bond Store first appears to have been occupied by William B. Jones from around 1866. Jones was described as a Lighterman and free store keeper and he appears to have run a kerosene store at the site, with other premises elsewhere in the town. The ratebook descriptions from 1865-6 until 1868-9 list "three timber and iron kerosene stores (Nos. 1,2,3) and a four room timber house with stables". By 1868-9, two additional stores (Nos. 4,5) were listed but appear to have been replaced by in 1870-71 by the Waverley Bond, a stone store built with heavy buttressing, presumably to withstand potential explosions. In 1872-73 a brick store is mentioned (No. 1) and another one (No. 3) in the following year. By 1874-5 a brick "New York store" is mentioned and two more brick stores (Nos. 2,6).

      Permit Exemptions

      JONES BOND STORE - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

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