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| Wikidata: | Q73005229 |
| inHerit: | 22731 |
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The Robert Jowitt and Sons Warehouse is on the corner of James and Beach streets.
Robert Jowitt and Sons was a wool merchants from Yorkshire.[1]
Inherit:[2]
Plans from 1898, 1902, 1910, 1914, and 1916 show a large irregularly shaped building set back from the lot boundaries at this corner of James and Beach Streets. A 1908 sewerage plan shows what appears to be the same building as being constructed of stone, apparently a residence, with verandahs along the James and Beach Street elevations and a portion of the east elevation also. It is noted as 106 Beach Street and has front steps in the centre of the Beach Street verandah, and what appears to be rear extensions, outbuildings and/or ablutions at the rear (south).
A 1947 aerial photograph shows a large warehouse-style building on the site and no evidence of the earlier building.
The current owner (2008) has provided the following information: the place was constructed in 1934 by a builder named Totterdell (possible Bill) and the building was modified c1962, including timber floors being replaced with concrete.
References
- ↑ Robert Jowitt & Sons Ltd, wool merchants, combers, scourers, carbonisers
- ↑ State Heritage Office, place number 22731.