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Grosvenor Chambers - 9 Collins Street. [Walking Melbourne - Building Profile]
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Grosvenor Chambers: 9 Collins Street,


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Building Profile

Name : Grosvenor Chambers

Location

Address: 9 Collins Street
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Construction Details

Built: 1887 - 1888
Original use: 5
Current use:

Built in the Victorian period in the 19 style

Notable features

The facade features three large round-headed windows to the first floor level with a row of five windows of much smaller proportions to the top floor. The restrained rendered facade is relieved by horizontal string courses, recessed balustrades beneath the windows which feature impost mouldings and prominent keystones and Stawell freestone pilasters on the upper storey. There is a balustraded parapet above the prominent cornice.

History

Architect: Oakden, Addison & Kemp


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