Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 250-290 Spring St, East Melbourne VIC 3002, Australia
-37.8089861
144.97253610000007
Description
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons building is located on a triangular area of land reserved for the National School Board in 1852. The Model School, built between 1854 and 1856 to a design by Arthur E Johnson, was the first building to occupy the site. It was demolished in 1933 to make way for the new college. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons building was designed in the Neo-Grecian style by Leighton Irwin and Roy Stephenson and built by JC Taylor in 1934. It was opened in 1935 as the Australasian headquarters of the College. The monumental building on a prominent site and visible from all sides has had various sympathetic alterations and additions. The building sits on a sandstone plinth and is constructed of brown bricks set in a Flemish bond with bands of black header courses. An elongated pedimented sandstone portico, with square shaft columns, enhances the unusually tall façade. The cost of the portico was the gift of Sir AE Rowden White. The pavilion design places the structure in a garden setting, somewhat similar to the Model School it replaced. The brickwork has been designed to form subtle horizontal bands and recessed panels. The windows, with their small panes and fine architraves are also formed into vertical panels to balance the brickwork bands. The west and east wing at the rear of the College were added in 1964 and 2003 respectively.
Access: Pram accessible, Fully accessible
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Tickets
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