The Heritage Council Endorses the Attached Report

HERITAGE COUNCIL DETERMINATION

Determination Date 1 October 2015

Place/Object Name Former ES&A Bank

Location 9-11 Malop Street, Geelong

VHR Number H0189

Category Heritage Place

At a meeting of the Heritage Council on 1 October 2015 it was determined to amend this place in the Victorian Heritage Register.

The Heritage Council endorses the attached report.

Professor Stuart Macintyre AO Chair, Heritage Council of Victoria

Name: Former ES&A Bank, Geelong Hermes Number: 532 Page | 1 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE HERITAGE COUNCIL TO AMEND AN EXISTING REGISTRATION

NAME FORMER ES&A BANK DATE REGISTERED: 9 OCTOBER 1974 VHR NUMBER: VHR H0189 LOCATION 9-11 MALOP STREET, GEELONG CATEGORY: HERITAGE PLACE FILE NUMBER: 11/003733-01 HERMES NUMBER: 532

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Name: Former ES&A Bank, Geelong Hermes Number: 532 Page | 2 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE HERITAGE COUNCIL:  That the record of the above Heritage Place in the Victorian Heritage Register be amended under the Heritage Act 1995 to include the addition of land [Section 27(1)].

TIM SMITH Executive Director

Recommendation Date: 10 July 2015

Name: Former ES&A Bank, Geelong Hermes Number: 532 Page | 3 CURRENT EXTENT OF REGISTRATION

City of Geelong. No. 189. E.S. & A. Bank, 9 Malop Street, Geelong. [Victoria Government Gazette No 100 Wednesday, October 9 1974 p.3648]

RECOMMENDED EXTENT OF REGISTRATION

All of the place shown hatched on Diagram 189 encompassing all of Lots 1 to 4 on Title Plan 827192.

The extent of registration of the former ES&A Bank in the Victorian Heritage Register affects the whole place shown on Diagram 189 including all the land, buildings, landscape elements and other features.

Name: Former ES&A Bank, Geelong Hermes Number: 532 Page | 4 RECOMMENDATION REASONS

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDING THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL LAND IN THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER Following is the Executive Director's assessment of the place. The cultural heritage significance of the registered place would be substantially less if the land or any part of it were developed [Section 27(1)(a)]

The land surrounding the registered place is important to the protection, conservation or understanding of that place [Section 27(1)(b)]

The significance of the ES&A Bank, Geelong has been recognised by its inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). This is an early listing (1974) and only the building and not the land on which it stands is included in the registration. The ES&A Bank is a two storey sandstone Renaissance Revival building, with basement, which was constructed as the London Chartered Bank of Australia in 1859. It was one of a number of banks established at a similar time at this particular location in Geelong. The ES&A Bank, Geelong is of architectural significance as an early, highly distinctive, example of a large group of banks designed by prolific architect, Leonard Terry. The place is of historical significance for its associations with the development of the state as a result of the gold rushes and the wool boom. The ES&A Bank, Geelong and the land on which it is sited, was used as bank premises for a period of time after its construction in 1860. Any development of the land on which the building is located or which immediately surround the building would have the potential to negatively impact the cultural heritage significance of the registered place. It is therefore recommended that the cadastral block – defined as of Lots 1 to 4 on Title Plan 827192, be included as part of the registration of the place.

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