Former Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
557-563 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia
Expertise heritage management planning • approvals + appeals • architecture • conservation works
Client Stockland Pty Ltd
Client Stockland Pty Ltd
In conjunction with SJB Architects, Lovell Chen undertook design and exterior conservation works for the conversion of the former Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind’s heritage-listed building on St Kilda Road into a commercial venue and boutique hotel.
We also provided extensive heritage consulting services for the project, including the preparation of a heritage impact statement and other documentation required for heritage approvals. We prepared the Heritage Infrastructure & Landscape Management Plan required by Heritage Victoria in order to enable site development and subdivision, a process with which we were also involved.
We administered the exterior conservation and re-instatement works to the 1868 bluestone and brick Victorian building as the first stage in the site’s redevelopment.
Works included the re-instatement of the building’s original slated turrets, conservation of the stonework, masonry and render, and the re-instatement of the northern façade of the MacPherson wing on demolition of a later extension. We also supervised the refurbishment of all external door and window joinery.
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Heritage data
construction commenced 1868
original architect Crouch & Wilson
victorian heritage register H 1002
photos : Sarah Anderson
SELECTED REPORTS HELD
full list : see REPORTS INDEX
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, 555-557 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne: conservation management plan
Allom Lovell & Associates / FEBRUARY 2002 : CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, 555-557 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne: heritage appraisal of the former stables
Allom Lovell & Associates / DECEMBER 2001 : HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, 557 St. Kilda Road development
Jamie Learmonth, Hassell Pty Ltd, Grogan Richards Pty Ltd / JANUARY 2001 : REPORT
