Behrens Warehouse

1. 5111 EAST PARADE BD1 (east side)

No 26

SE 1633 SE 37/465 (Behrens Warehouse)

II* GV

1. One of the largest of the warehouse/office blocks in the precinct known as "Little Germany". Imposing corner site with Peckover Street. Designed for S L Behrens in 1873 by the Milnes and France partnership. Five tall storeys and semi-basement, ashlar sandstone finely dressed. A grand but functional design with restrained Italianate details. 14 window range to East Parade and 10 window return to Peckover Street. Deeply rusticated basement, the windows to Peckover Street having fine Greek key and wheel patterned cast iron grilles. Deep sill band to ground floor with the bays articulated by V grooved pilastrade. Deep frieze and projecting cornice above with blocking course as sill course to first floor windows. The latter one also pilastraded and have stilted segmental archivolt arches. Bracket cornice over first floor. Plain windows on sill bands to upper floors. Prominent eaves cornice supported by large console brackets. Tall banded, corniced chimneys of Venetian derivation. Massive portal with waggonway adjacent at end of East Parade elevations paired banded pilasters with capitals formed of 4 giant acanthus leaves flank the portal, entablature with bracket cornice and balustraded stone balcony above with flanking dies. The waggonway, of the same proportions as the portal, has the ground floor sill band and rustication returned into reveals; fine cast and wrought iron gates with baluster rails in Greek key and wheel framework, valance of similar pattern with date and name of owner. The gates, in the usual way, give access to the loading bay with hoist through full height of warehouse.

Listing NGR: SE1695433118