Colonial Mutual Life Building, Goulburn

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CML Building
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LocationClifford Street, Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 34°45′10″S149°43′13″E / 34.7529°S 149.7203°E / -34.7529; 149.7203 Coordinates: 34°45′10″S149°43′13″E / 34.7529°S 149.7203°E / -34.7529; 149.7203
OwnerGlenola (Holdings) Pty Ltd
Official nameCML Building
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.129
TypeInsurance company/building
CategoryCommercial
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Location of CML Building in New South Wales

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]

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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. [5]

Heritage listing

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "CML Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00129. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE BUILDING, GOULBURN (N.S.W.)". Construction and Real Estate Journal . XLVI (1311). New South Wales, Australia. 17 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "NEW WORKS". The Sydney Morning Herald (29, 755). New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 12 July 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "FROM EVERYWHERE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post . New South Wales, Australia. 18 May 1933. p. 2 (DAILY and EVENING). Retrieved 12 July 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 "Self-guided walking tour of Goulburn" (PDF). Goulburn Visitor Information Centre. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. "Riversdale, CML Building get heritage funding". Goulburn Post. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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CC-BY-icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article was originally based on CML Building , entry number 00129 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 1 June 2018.

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