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FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE)
343 BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY

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FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) SOHE 2008
FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) SOHE 2008
FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) SOHE 2008
FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) SOHE 2008
FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) SOHE 2008
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former es&a bank burwood road hawthorn roof detail 1977
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Former ES&A Bank Burwood Road Hawthorn Side Sign Detail 1977
former es&a bank burwood road hawthorn light detail 1977
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Manresa People's Centre (formerly the ES&A Bank) was built in 1873 to the design of Leonard Terry. The building was constructed in the Ecclesiastic Victorian Gothic style in Hawthorn bricks with gable slate roofs, and with dressings of Waurn Ponds limestone on a bluestone foundation. The two-storey building was intended to house the banking chamber and offices on the ground floor and accommodation for the manager at the rear and on the first floor. It retains a grand staircase hall with Minton-tiled flooring and Gothic timber stairs. The first floor drawing room also retains a stencilled ceiling and cornice decorations. The building was purchased by the Roman Catholic Trust Corporation in 1923 and renamed the Manresa People's Centre.

How is it significant?

Manresa People's Centre is of historic and architectural significance to the State of Victoria

Why is it significant?

The Manresa People's Centre is historically important through its association with the development of rail transport and the suburbanisation of Melbourne. Built in response to the construction of the railway to Hawthorn in 1861, and the need to finance the subsequent housing boom, the bank subsequently became isolated from the commercial precinct after the extension of the railway to Glenferrie in 1880. The Manresa People's Centre is architecturally important in demonstrating an unusually early example of Ecclesiastical Gothic Revival in a secular building in Victoria. The centre is also architecturally important in exhibiting the good design and aesthetic characteristics of Leonard Terry's work, particularly through the staircase hall, the Gothic stairs and the former drawing room.

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    • History

      FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) - History

      Associated People: Tenant GEORGE VERDON;

      Permit Exemptions

      FORMER ES&A BANK (MANRESA PEOPLE'S CENTRE) - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

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      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.

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