Name/TitleHeape Court Warehouse Precinct. Sites & Context
About this objectCollection of photocopied images and building identification forms gathered together for a 1990 Historic Buildings Council hearing related to nineteenth century warehouses located in Heape Court, Melbourne. Includes information on comparable surviving brick or bluestone sites elsewhere in Melbourne and Carlton.
The "Heape Court warehouses, dating from the early 1850s, are an important surviving examples of a nineteenth century commercial laneway precinct. It contains two rare examples of gold-rush period warehouses, the 1854 brick Pynsent's Second Store and Cooper's Blacksmith Shop at the rear of 361-5 Little Lonsdale Street, and the 1853 bluestone Pynsent's First Store at 303-305 Elizabeth Street constructed by the notable firm of James Lawrence & son. The laneway also contains the three-storey brick Cooper's Warehouse at the rear of 359 Little Lonsdale Street, designed in 1887 by the significant Melbourne architects Twentyman and Askew for the ironmongers and importers J. Cooper & Son. All three buildings and the laneway remain substantially original and have been in continuous use for commercial purposes for over 130 years. The precinct retains an intimate scale coupled with a consistent 19th century architectural character. Classified: 11/08/1990." [Source: Victorian Heritage Database - Victorian Heritage Register H0826]
Thit items are part of the Butler Collection, a large archive of conservation studies, photographs and related reference material.
MakerButler, Graeme, 1947-
Maker RoleAuthor and compiler
Date Madec.1990
Period1980-1990
Place MadeMelbourne, Vic.
Subject and Association KeywordsHeritage and conservation studies
Subject and Association KeywordsConservation and restoration
Subject and Association KeywordsHoddle Grid
Subject and Association KeywordsLonsdale Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsLittle Lonsdale Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsElizabeth Street (Melbourne, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsLanes
Subject and Association KeywordsIndustry
Named CollectionButler Collection
Credit LineDonated by Graeme Butler, 2023.
Object TypeDocument
Object numberRG03-44-066
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
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