'Golden era of neo-Gothic', Domain Website
ANZ, ANZ Gothic Bank, bank, Jenny Brown, Domain, English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Old Stock Exchange, William Pitt, pointed arch, Safe Deposit, Vic, Victoria, William Wardell, website
This 2010 article by Jenny Brown for the Domain website is about the late nineteenth century Gothic Revival architecture in Melbourne, Victoria. The article focusses on what is now known as the ANZ Gothic Bank on the corner of Collins and Queen Street, comprising the former English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank, Old Stock Exchange, and Safe Deposit buildings. The buildings were designed by William Wardell and William Pitt.
Brown, Jenny
November 13, 2010
Domain, Jenny Brown
Online article
English
Cathedral Room entrance, (Former) Melbourne Stock Exchange, Victoria
ANZ, bank, bas-relief, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, William Pitt, pointed arch, sculpture, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, Vic, Victoria
The Cathedral Room used to be the main trading room of the Melbourne Stock Exchange. The former Stock Exchange building is now part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank on the corner of Collins and Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Pitt (1855-1918) and built in 1888-1891 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. The entrance to the Gothic Revival Cathedral Room is via steps through deep pointed arch doorways featuring bas-relief sculpture.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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Doorway, Melbourne Safe Deposit Building, Melbourne, Victoria
ANZ, bank, bas-relief sculpture, capital, column, finial, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, heraldry, lancet window, Melbourne, William Pitt, pointed arch, sculpture, shield, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, tracery, Vic, Victoria
The Melbourne Safe Deposit building is part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank complex and is located on Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Pitt (1855-1918) in 1890 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. The elaborately decorated seven storey brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and doorways, heraldic shields, lancet windows with tracery, numerous columns with decorated capitals, pointed finials, bas-relief sculpture, a statue of a lion holding a shield in the centre of the third floor, and two winged creatures similar to gargoyles in the centre of the fourth floor.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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Melbourne Safe Deposit Building, Melbourne, Victoria
ANZ, bank, bas-relief sculpture, capital, column, finial, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, heraldry, lancet window, Melbourne, William Pitt, pointed arch, sculpture, shield, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, tracery, Vic, Victoria
The Melbourne Safe Deposit building is part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank complex and is located on Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Pitt (1855-1918) in 1890 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. The elaborately decorated seven storey brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and doorways, heraldic shields, lancet windows with tracery, numerous columns with decorated capitals, pointed finials, bas-relief sculpture, a statue of a lion holding a shield in the centre of the third floor, and two winged creatures similar to gargoyles in the centre of the fourth floor.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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Melbourne Safe Deposit Building, Melbourne, Victoria
ANZ, bank, bas-relief sculpture, capital, column, finial, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, heraldry, lancet window, Melbourne, William Pitt, pointed arch, sculpture, shield, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, tracery, Vic, Victoria
The Melbourne Safe Deposit building is part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank complex and is located on Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Pitt (1855-1918) in 1890 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. The elaborately decorated seven storey brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and doorways, heraldic shields, lancet windows with tracery, numerous columns with decorated capitals, pointed finials, bas-relief sculpture, a statue of a lion holding a shield in the centre of the third floor, and two winged creatures similar to gargoyles in the centre of the fourth floor.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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Melbourne Safe Deposit Building, Melbourne, Victoria
ANZ, bank, bas-relief sculpture, capital, column, finial, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, heraldry, lancet window, Melbourne, William Pitt, pointed arch, sculpture, shield, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, tracery, Vic, Victoria
The Melbourne Safe Deposit building is part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank complex and is located on Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Pitt (1855-1918) in 1890 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. The elaborately decorated seven storey brick building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and doorways, heraldic shields, lancet windows with tracery, numerous columns with decorated capitals, pointed finials, bas-relief sculpture, a statue of a lion holding a shield in the centre of the third floor, and two winged creatures similar to gargoyles in the centre of the fourth floor.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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Saint Paul’s Cathedral Interior, Melbourne, Victoria
Anglican, blind arcading, William Butterfield, column, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Gothic Transitional, lancet window, Melbourne, pointed arch, stained glass, tracery, Vic, Victoria, St. Paul, St Paul, Saint Paul
St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral is in Melbourne’s CBD. It was designed by English architect William Butterfield (1814-1900) and was consecrated in 1891, the foundation stone having been laid in 1880. The sandstone church was built in the Gothic Transitional style and the interior features arcading created by columns supporting pointed flying arches, lancet windows with tracery, stained glass, and blind arcading.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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ANZ Gothic Bank Interior, Melbourne, Victoria
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This branch of the ANZ Bank is inside what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank on the corner of Queen and Collins Streets in Melbourne, Victoria. The building was designed by William Wardell (1823-1899) and built as the English, Scottish & Australian Bank between 1883 and 1887. The building is in the Gothic Revival style and the interior of the branch features lancet windows with stone tracery, iron arches supported by iron columns with decorated columns, and a hand-painted ceiling decorated with gold leaf.
McLeod, Shane
February 2013
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