Cromwell Building: 360 Bourke Street, MELBOURNE
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| Building ProfileName : Cromwell Building
LocationAddress: 360 Bourke Street
City: MELBOURNE
Postcode: 3000
Cromwell Building was a landmark
Construction DetailsBuilt: 1886~
Original use: Office
Current use: Not Used or Not Applicable
number of floors : 6Built in the Victorian period in the Mannerist style
Notable featuresA highly decorative mannerist composition with an undulating and complex facade crowned by a series of large urns and a mixture of pediments. A notable building for its use of asymmetry, italianate oriel, and round windows toward the top of the facade. Of the mould of the surviving Block Arcade and RESI chambers. HistoryArchitect:
This building has been destroyed
Demolished in the 1970s for a medium sized brown brick office tower which was itself demolished less than 20 years later to become a 3 storey shopping complex.
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