The facade of the P. & O. Building on Phillimore Street, Fremantle, Western Australia.
The facade of the P. & O. Building on Phillimore Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. It was built in 1903 and the principal architect was Charles Lancelot Oldham, who designed the two-storey, brick and stone structure in the Federation Free Classical style with an imposing facade and arches around a large central pediment. The ground level has a recessed colonnade entrance porch while the upper storey has a recessed colonnade arcade with balustrading. There are horizontal shadow lines on the ground floor, with a balustrade parapet and a triangular stuccoed central pediment. The initials AUSNC, for the initial owner, can be seen on the pediment. The building is occupied by P. & O.-Orient Lines, P. & O.-Orient Lines of Australia PTY. Ltd., and George Wills & Co. Ltd.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT1655 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | December 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm |
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