Description
John Mcleod, 1887. Restored 3-storey, basement, and attic,
symmetrical. Renaissance commercial building on corner; 4
bays to West George Street, 8 bays to Wellington Street,
arranged 1-6-1. Southern return bays to Lane similarly
detailed. Central bay blank. Polished ashlar with channelled
quoins defining angles and outer bays to Wellington Street.
Basement, rising to full ground floor to S in slope of hill,
altered.
ELEVATION TO WEST GEORGE STREET: double entry at head of
stair oversailing basement area with coupled, console
keyblocked arched openings; ground floor windows panelled
aprons; 4-light Corinthian panelled anta mullioned, window to
left of entrance repeated with 3-lights in outer bays to
Wellington Street; central bays to Wellington Street (raised
ground floor) console keyblocked arched windows with
panelled, sculpted spandrels; ground floor cornice; 1st floor
pedimented aedicule windows with Corinthian columns, on blind balustrade, tripartite in outer bays to Wellington Street.
2nd floor: corbelled cill band; single light panelled
pilastered windows, tripartite in outer bays to Wellington
Street, 2-light in eastmost bay to Lane. Swag frieze with
triglyphs; modillion cornice breaking forward above quoins;
3-light corniced full dormer with console keyblocked arched
windows, small central half-round pediment and ball finials
breaking through continuous balustraded die parapet with urns
to West George Street, repeated in central bays to Wellington
Street with single-light, tripartite (panelled blind outer
lights) dormers with independent parapets to outer bays.
Return to Lane repeats main elevation detailing in 2 bays.
Shaped wall-head stack to Lane.
Balustraded boundary wall with corniced piers and balustrade
to entrance at West George Street.