HERITAGE ASSESSMENT OF BUILDINGS AT 116-132 LITTLE LONSDALE ST, MELBOURNE For the City of Melbourne Figure 1 Detail of De Gruchy & Leigh Isometric View of Melbourne 1866 (State Library of Victoria) shows this site Graeme Butler & Associates, 2010: 1 Heritage Assessment of buildings at 116-132 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne For the City of Melbourne by Graeme Butler & Associates 2010 Figure 2 Buildings at 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street 2010 Graeme Butler & Associates, 2010: 2 CONTENTS Location of building group ............................................................................5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Background to this report .......................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................. 7 HERITAGE ASSESSMENTS OF 116-132 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE ..................................................................................................9 FORMER EXPLORATION HOTEL, 116 - 118 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE 3000 ....................................................................................... 10 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Heritage assessment .............................................................................................................................. 14 Statement of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 14 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 15 ROW HOUSES, 120-122 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET .............................. 16 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Heritage assessment .............................................................................................................................. 18 Statement of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 19 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 20 RUNDLE’S FACTORY, 124-126 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE 3000 ............................................................................................................... 21 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 22 Assessment of cultural significance ........................................................................................................ 22 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 22 LEITRIM HOTEL (FORMER), 128 -130 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE 3000 ....................................................................................... 23 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Heritage assessment .............................................................................................................................. 26 Statement of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 27 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 28 NATHAN’S WAREHOUSE, 132 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE 3000 ....................................................................................................................... 29 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 30 Heritage assessment .............................................................................................................................. 30 Statement of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 30 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 31 VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN-ERA HOTEL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROUP 116-132 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE 3000 ......... 32 Description .............................................................................................................................................. 32 Heritage assessment .............................................................................................................................. 33 Graeme Butler & Associates, 2010: 3 Statement of Significance ....................................................................................................................... 34 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 35 Appendix 1 Title details for 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street ...................... 36 Appendix 2 Rate records for 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street .................... 40 Appendix 3: Historical development context within the Melbourne CBD and implications for 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street. ........................................ 49 Historical context ..................................................................................................................................... 49 Statement of Significance for the City of Melbourne ............................................................................... 54 Implications from the Statement of Significance for this building group .................................................. 56 Appendix 4: Previous heritage assessments of 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street and the evolution of urban conservation in Melbourne CBD ................... 57 Appendix 5: Melbourne Central Activities District Conservation Study Building Citations for the building group, 1985-7 ..................................................... 65 Appendix 6: Background to the heritage evaluation of 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street, history and comparative analysis of each building and the group67 Former Exploration Hotel, 116 - 118 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne ................................................... 67 Row Houses, 120-122 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000 .............................................................. 74 Rundle’s Factory, 124-126 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne 3000 ........................................................ 78 Leitrim Hotel (Former), 128 -130 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne 3000 ................................................ 80 Nathan’s Warehouse, 132 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000 ........................................................ 85 Victorian & Edwardian-Era Hotel, Residential and Commercial Group 116-132 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000 ........................................................................................................................................................ 86 Appendix 7: Assessment criteria used in this report ................................ 88 Appendix 8: Edwardian-era warehouses in the Melbourne CAD Conservation Study 1985 .................................................................................................... 95 Appendix 9: Edwardian and Victorian-era Building groups identified in the Melbourne CAD Conservation Study 1985 ................................................. 98 Appendix 10: `Little Lon’ precinct- remaining contributory buildings identified in the Melbourne CAD Conservation Study 1985 .................................... 110 Graeme Butler & Associates, 2010: 4 Heritage Assessment of 116-132 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne Location of building group Figure 3 Site with nearby overlays (Planning Scheme Maps on line) Figure 4 Aerial view of building group showing most of the roof intact (Google Maps, c2005-6) Graeme Butler & Associates, 2010: 5 Heritage Assessment of 116 -132 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne Figure 5 Aerial view of group 2008 showing roof ad dition to 116 -118 (MCC) Graeme Butler & Associates 2010: 6 Heritage Assessment of 116-132 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne of 1993 and 2002, with a check of Introduction their cited data references; • Appraisal of City of Melbourne The building group at 116-132 Little Lonsdale heritage policies; Street, consisting of a Victorian-era former row • Check of General Law and Torrens house pair, a corner hotel and Edwardian title data for each site; factory-workshops, is part of what was once • Check of Rate book data for each site; known as the `Little Lon’ precinct within the • Check of The Argus references, City of Melbourne. `Little Lon’ was no ordinary National Library of Australia; residential precinct drawing its character from • the high colour of the nearby theatre, market Search of the