Commonwealth Bank Building

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

02064

Location

242 Murray St Perth

Location Details

Murray St Mall Cnr Forrest Place - Also part of Forrest Place area 4280

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1930 to 1933

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Agreement YES 27 Jun 1997
Heritage Agreement Variation 21 Jun 2004 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 27 Jun 1997 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage List Adopted 20 Dec 1985
State Register Registered 23 May 1995 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Statewide Bank Survey Completed 01 Nov 1997
Classified by the National Trust Classified 07 Aug 1978
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01 YES 31 Dec 1999
Art Deco Significant Bldg Survey Completed
Register of the National Estate Permanent 26 Sep 1982
Municipal Inventory Adopted 13 Mar 2001 Category 1
Municipal Inventory Completed\Draft 13 Mar 2001
Local Heritage Survey Adopted 28 Mar 2023 Category 1
Local Heritage Survey Completed\Draft Category 1

Parent Place or Precinct

15846 Central Perth Precinct

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
J.S. Murdoch Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
12048 Commonwealth Bank, 242 Murray Street, Perth Archival Record 2024
6343 Commonwealth Bank Building : referral. C D Rom 2003
7520 Commonwealth Bank building cnr. Murray Street + Forrest Place, Perth : conservation plan annexure. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2005
4378 A conservation case study of the Commonwealth Bank, Forrest Place, Perth. Heritage Study {Other} 1988
4377 Conservation Plan for Commonwealth Bank Building Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1998
6662 Commonwealth Bank Building, Perth : archival record. Archival Record 2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Bank
Present Use COMMERCIAL Bank

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Beaux-Arts

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall CONCRETE Concrete Block
Wall STONE Donnybrook Sandstone

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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