Crouch and Wilson was an

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based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

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in the late nineteenth century. The partnership, between

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n-born Thomas Crouch and recently arrived

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er Ralph Wilson, commenced in 1857 in Elizabeth Street. The firm designed numerous prominent Melbourne buildings including many

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and

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churches. After the deaths of the partners in the late 1880s, their sons continued on with the business until its closure in 1916.

Selected works

Prahran Town Hall Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a ...

, Chapel Street, Prahran,1861 *

Durham Street Methodist Church The Durham Street Methodist Church in Christchurch was the earliest stone church constructed in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is registered as a "Historic Place – Category I" by Heritage New Zealand. The church was severely damaged ...

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, 1864 *Victorian School for the Deaf,

St Kilda Road St Kilda Road is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is part of the locality of Melbourne which has the postcode of 3004, and along with Swanston Street forms a major spine of the city. St Kilda Road begins at Flinders Street, in ...

, 1866-71 *

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, St Kilda Road, 1868 *Weslyan Methodist Church, 209 Davey St, Hobart, 1870 *Chinese Mission Church, Little Bourke Street,1872 *Hawksburn Primary School, Malvern Road, Hawksburn, 1874 *Church Of The Immaculate Conception,

Hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...

, 1867. * Colombo Street Methodist Church, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1877 (demolished) * East Melbourne Synagogue, 1877 * Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, 1882 *The Homeopathic Hospital (later Prince Henry's Hospital), St Kilda Road, (demolished),1882-4

Gallery

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References

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