CBC Bank Building, Kiama, historic site in New South Wales, Australia

The CBC Bank Building in Kiama is a two-story brick structure with Italianate design built in 1880 along Manning Street. The building retains original wooden fixtures, moldings, and slate roofing that reflect the craftsmanship of builders White and Coghill and the construction standards of that period.

Built in 1880 for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, the bank was designed by Mansfield Bros and erected by Sydney contractors White and Coghill. The Kiama Independent called it "likely to be one of the principal ornaments of Kiama". The bank moved to Terralong Street around 1969; by 1979 the front held a solicitors' practice, the rear a veterinary surgeon and the upper floor a flat.

The initials CBC stand for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, the bank that commissioned the building in 1880. The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser called it "likely to be one of the principal ornaments of Kiama" when it opened. It now houses the IT firm DropPoint.

The building sits centrally on Manning Street in Kiama and is easily accessible on foot, located near other historic sites like the Kiama Post Office. The exterior can be viewed anytime as you walk through town, though the interior is currently in private use.

The building was placed under protection in 1979 at the owners' request and received a permanent conservation order in 1981, before being added to the State Heritage Register in 1999. This layered protection shows how local recognition of importance evolved into formal state-level acknowledgment of the site's heritage value.