Building Database

Buckley and Nunn Emporium: 294-312 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE

Click for full size

Building Profile

Name : Buckley and Nunn Emporium

Location

Address: 294-312 Bourke Street
City: MELBOURNE

Postcode: 3000

Construction Details

Built: 1911 - 1912
Original use: Commercial
Current use: Commercial

number of floors : 6

Built in the Interwar period in the Edwardian Baroque style

Notable features

Features a pair of classically and beaux arts inspired pavillions with a eclectic composition with banded giant order columns, terracotta ornament, stained glass windows, tile mosaics, and deers head grotesques.

History

The western pavillion had two additional floors added during subsequent renovations.

Architect: Bates, Smart & McCutcheon

Buckley and Nunn Emporium is classified by:

National Trust (B6592)

Victorian Heritage Register (H2153) - Buckley and Nunn Emporium is protected by state law

Did you find what you were looking for ?
Discuss Buckley and Nunn Emporium in the Walking Melbourne Forum