Heritage Buildings

1. Ross House 2. Tomasetti Warehouse 3.Manchester house 4. Majorca Building

Heritage Building

Flinders Lane has many notable multi-storey warehouses and buildings, many included on the Victorian Heritage Register or National Trust of Australia, including: 1. Ross House (1898) by Sulman & Power

Ross House is a five-story building where community groups to develop, connects and develop. By offering affordable public space, office space, resources and meeting space for networking and shared experiences; enabling the organization to realize its potential. These services are including self-help and small community groups who committed to social justice and environmental sustainability.

2. Tomasetti Warehouse (1899) by H W & F B Tompkins

The former oriental building is the extension and reconstruction of the blue stone warehouse, flour mill and merchant’s business. Architecturally, it is one of the most unique and unusual buildings among the Edwardian era ‘tall-arched, red-brick’. These “tall arched, red brick” buildings mainly appear in the urban area of Melbourne. They are a unique variant of the Victorian American Romanesque Revival style, combined with Queen Anne or Art Nouveau decorative details, making them an important nationwide Groups. It is now used as an office. 3. Manchester House (1911) by Bates Peebles & Smart

Manchester House is an eight-story brick building built in the Edwardian Neo-Baroque style. Flinders Lane used to be the main hub of the Australian garment industry. The building was built for G&R Wills, an Adelaide company that aims to break into the Victorian clothing industry. Later, it was subdivided into offices, retail spaces and residences. Sadly, it now appears to be almost abandoned. Today, it is a hybrid of retail stores and apartments.

4. Majorca Building (1928) by Harry Norris

The Majorca Building was founded at the intersection of Flinders Lane and Degraves Street. During the 1920s, real estate values began to rise as more and more lower floors were allocated to tailors/clothing shops and upper floors to soft commodity merchants.The Majorca Building was originally designed as office space. It is currently used retail store on the ground floor and private residential apartment on the upper floor.