ES&A Bank Hawthorn: 343 Burwood Road, Hawthorn ,

Building Profile

Location

Construction Details

Built in the Victorian period in the Neo-Gothic style

Notable features

The building was constructed in the Ecclesiastic Victorian Gothic style in Hawthorn bricks with gable slate roofs, and with dressings of Waurn Ponds limestone on a bluestone foundation. The two-storey building was intended to house the banking chamber and offices on the ground floor and accommodation for the manager at the rear and on the first floor. It retains a grand staircase hall with Minton-tiled flooring and Gothic timber stairs. The first floor drawing room also retains a stencilled ceiling and cornice decorations.

History

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