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HEAPE COURT WAREHOUSE
REAR OF 361-365 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
HEAPE COURT WAREHOUSE
REAR OF 361-365 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street was built in 1854. This simple two storey brick and bluestone structure with gable roof was built for Joseph Burton Pynsent, a merchant and general outfitter. The building firm was Holmes Bros. of North Melbourne. The gable ends are parapeted and the south gable has a simple coping detail. It was later used as a blacksmith's shop for John Cooper and Sons, wholesale ironmongers and importers, who owned a complex of buildings in the vicinity including shops, stores and large yards. Heape Court has been an important commercial precinct since the early 1850s, housing a variety of businesses. Heape Court, as one of the remaining intact 19th century laneways in the central city, evokes memories of Melbourne's commercial life during the last century.
How is it significant?
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is of historical and architectural significance.
Why is it significant?
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is historically significant as part of Heape Court, which has been an important commercial precinct since the early 1850s.
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is architecturally significant as a rare surviving and relatively intact example of a gold rush period brick warehouse that exhibits the traditional building techniques of the early 1850s. The scale of the building is representative of the type of mid-nineteenth century development that used to characterise the whole Elizabeth Street area.
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street was built in 1854. This simple two storey brick and bluestone structure with gable roof was built for Joseph Burton Pynsent, a merchant and general outfitter. The building firm was Holmes Bros. of North Melbourne. The gable ends are parapeted and the south gable has a simple coping detail. It was later used as a blacksmith's shop for John Cooper and Sons, wholesale ironmongers and importers, who owned a complex of buildings in the vicinity including shops, stores and large yards. Heape Court has been an important commercial precinct since the early 1850s, housing a variety of businesses. Heape Court, as one of the remaining intact 19th century laneways in the central city, evokes memories of Melbourne's commercial life during the last century.
How is it significant?
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is of historical and architectural significance.
Why is it significant?
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is historically significant as part of Heape Court, which has been an important commercial precinct since the early 1850s.
The Heape Court warehouse at the rear of 361-365 Little Lonsdale Street is architecturally significant as a rare surviving and relatively intact example of a gold rush period brick warehouse that exhibits the traditional building techniques of the early 1850s. The scale of the building is representative of the type of mid-nineteenth century development that used to characterise the whole Elizabeth Street area.
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