Architect: Lockwood & Mawson
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South City Markets takes up an entire block of the city and is surrounded on all side by a network of small busy commercial streets. The building is heavily ornate with much decoration in terracotta and red brick, and originally contained a large glass covered market place. After a serious fire in 1892, the glass market place was destroyed and replaced by a cruciform plan containing intersecting arcades. The adaption was handled by W.H Byrne and he was also responsible for removing the central tower & spire and the corner spires from the Georges Street facade.
At the same time Byrne designed several blocks of shops in streets behind the complex with shop fronts modelled on the Markets facades. The interior has since been remodelled with one of the arcades being incorpated into a sausage factory and an old department store.