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