Heritage-listed grain storage building
| Melville's Grain Stores | |
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  Location within Melbourne | |
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General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°45′30″S 144°57′39″E / 37.758306°S 144.960777°E |
| Year built | 1888–1891 |
Completed | 1891 |
| Client | Donald Melville |
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Official name | Melville's Grain Stores |
| Type | Registered place |
| Designated | 30 July 1986 |
| Reference no. | H0705 |
| HO50 | |
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The Melville's Grain Stores are a substantial former grain storage facility located at 1–17 Colebrook Street in Brunswick, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The building was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 30 July 1986.
The complex of three bluestone grain stores was erected between 1888 and 1891 for Donald Melville. The grain stores represent a substantial use of bluestone and are a reflection of the 19th century quarrying industry in Brunswick. They are a large and rare expression of 19th-century trade in grain corn, seeds, hay, etc., prior to bulk supply of grain. They are a substantial example of a grain store not related to the milling industry.
In 1911, they became known as the Moreland Grain and Free Store. The State Electricity Commission acquired them for a briquette depot in 1932 and during World War II, they were occupied by the US Army and the Australian Department of Trade and Customs.
In c. 2010, one of the former grain stores was repurposed as 22 town houses. The bluestone facade of the grain store and timber beams were retained. In 2023, it was reported that a planning application was lodged to convert another of the former grain stores into a live music venue with capacity for up to 875 patrons.
