Mond Buildings

The Mond Buildings is a tall three-storey and attic block, featuring a symmetrical five-bay front facing Union Street and a splayed angle with an open, domed cupola, along with two additional bays on Park Street.

The building has a pediment over the central bay of its long frontage, with pedestals above a solid parapet and a dated cartouche in the tympanum. To the left attic, there is an arched and pedimented lunette. The main cornice is dentilled and features egg-and-dart moulding, which breaks forward at giant Ionic three-quarter columns that are partly fluted. The ground floor has balustered parapets and banded pilasters framing the shop fronts. The top floor features arched windows with keyblocks, aprons, and small-pane glazing in the centre, while below are four-light mullioned bow windows. The side windows have lugged architraves with keyblocks, transoms, and aprons, with open pediments on consoles only for the first floor. The left doorcase has an open pediment with block columns, a carved tympanum on brackets, and an arched entrance with double doors. The Park Street elevation has similar detailing.

At the corner, the cupola on the angled bay is topped with a scrolled finial, and there are pilastered supports with columns in antis at the openings, along with paired dragons on the parapets.

Inside, there is a good staircase at the left end, featuring marble treads and an ironwork handrail.