Colonial Mutual Life Building, Goulburn Explained

CML Building
Coordinates:-34.7529°N 149.7203°W
Map Relief:yes
Location:Clifford Street, Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia
Beginning Label:Design period
Owner:Glenola (Holdings) Pty Ltd
Designation1:New South Wales State Heritage Register
Designation1 Offname:CML Building
Designation1 Type:state heritage (built)
Designation1 Date:2 April 1999
Designation1 Number:129
Designation1 Free1name:Type
Designation1 Free1value:Insurance company/building
Designation1 Free2name:Category
Designation1 Free2value:Commercial
Designation1 Free3name:Builders

The Colonial Mutual Life Building is a heritage-listed insurance office at Clifford Street, Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the CML Building. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

History

It was designed by Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. and built by Concrete Constructions Ltd. The design was for a two-storey building, built in brick and reinforced concrete, featuring a large shop on the corner of Auburn and Clifford Streets with access to the banking chamber and professional offices on the remainder of the ground floor, with further offices and a dental suite on the first floor and a clock tower at the corner of the building. In addition to the Colonial Mutual Life offices, it also included a branch of the Bank of New South Wales. The work was described as a "reconstruction" of the former Australian Bank of Commerce premises which had previously occupied the site.[2] [3] [4]

The Colonial Mutual Life office operated out of the building until it closed in 1979.[5]

In 2017, the building received $35,000 in heritage funding for patching and repainting of the building's exterior and a disability access upgrade.[6]

Description

The building has been described as being in the Spanish mission style.

Heritage listing

The CML Building was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

References

Attribution

Notes and References

  1. 00129. S90/01187 & HC 32326. 1 June 2018.
  2. News: COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, GOULBURN (N.S.W.) . . XLVI . 1311 . New South Wales, Australia . 17 May 1933 . 12 July 2018 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: NEW WORKS. . . 29,755 . New South Wales, Australia . 16 May 1933 . 12 July 2018 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: FROM EVERYWHERE . . New South Wales, Australia . 18 May 1933 . 12 July 2018 . 2 (DAILY and EVENING) . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: Self-guided walking tour of Goulburn . Goulburn Visitor Information Centre . 12 July 2018.
  6. News: Riversdale, CML Building get heritage funding . Goulburn Post . 2 May 2017 . 12 July 2018.