(Former) Bank of New South Wales, Sydney
James Bull Alderson, bank, Bank of New South Wales, column, cupola, moulding, New South Wales, NSW, Varney Parkes, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Sydney, tower
<p>This former Bank of New South Wales building is on the corner of Broadway and Regent Streets in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. It was designed by architects Varney Parkes and James Bull Anderson and was built in 1894. The ornate brick building with moulded plaster work is in the Romanesque Revival style. It has prominent semi-circular arched windows and doorways, multiple columns, and elaborate plasterwork incorporating floral designs. Two rounded corner towers flank the main entrance and end in cupolas on top of the roof.</p>
<p>For the biography of one of the architects see <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parkes-varney-7959">http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parkes-varney-7959</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
29 November 2012
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Small Romanesque Arched Doorway, Former Magistrate’s Court, Melbourne
arch, architecture, building, capital, columns, Court of Petty Sessions, George B H Austin, hood moulding, law, law courts, magistrate, Magistrate’s Court, masonry, Melbourne, neo-Romanesque, Norman Revival, Public Works Department, RMIT, RMIT University, Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival, rounded arches, semi-circular arches, stonework, Supreme Court, Swanson Brothers, university, university buildings, Victoria
<p>An image of a small doorway on La Trobe Street to the former Magistrate’s Court Building in Melbourne’s CBD. The Former Magistrate’s Court Building is a three-storey building of French Romanesque design. The doorway is in the neo-Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, or Norman Revival architecture style. It features a deep-set semi-circular arched door and doorway with stone decorated hood moulding. The door is flanked by two small columns with decorated capitals. <br /> <br /> The Former Magistrate’s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B Austin and built by the Swanson Brothers. It replaced a two-storey brick building on the site that previously housed the Supreme Court and then the Court of Petty Sessions. Construction of the new building began in 1911 and was completed in 1914. The Court of Petty Sessions, later renamed the Melbourne Magistrate’s court, operated from the building from 1914 until 1995. It is now owned by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is used for lectures.</p>
For more see <a href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/heritage/bld20#history">http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/heritage/bld20#history</a>
McLeod, Shane
10 February 2013
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“Romanesque Arched Doorway, Former Magistrate’s Court, Melbourne,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/713">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/713 </a><br /><br />
<div class="element-text">“Former Magistrate’s Court Building, Melbourne,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/761">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/761</a><br /><br />“Front Facade, Former Melbourne Magistrate’s Court,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/734">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/734</a></div>
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(Former) Bank of New South Wales, Sydney
James Bull Alderson, bank, Bank of New South Wales, column, cupola, moulding, New South Wales, NSW, Varney Parkes, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Sydney, tower
<p>This former Bank of New South Wales building is on the corner of Broadway and Regent Streets in the inner city suburb of Chippendale. It was designed by architects Varney Parkes and James Bull Anderson and was built in 1894. The ornate brick building with moulded plaster work is in the Romanesque Revival style. It has prominent semi-circular arched windows and doorways, multiple columns, and elaborate plasterwork incorporating floral designs. Two rounded corner towers flank the main entrance and end in cupolas on top of the roof.</p>
<p>For the biography of one of the architects see <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parkes-varney-7959">http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/parkes-varney-7959</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
29 November 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
La Trobe St Frontage, Former Working Men's College, RMIT, Melbourne
Addison and Kemp, Nahum Barnet, Melbourne, Percy Oakden, Francis Ormond, RMIT, RMIT University, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Terry and Oakden, tracery, Vic, Victoria, Working Men’s College.
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Working Men’s College (which became RMIT University) in Melbourne,<br />Victoria, opened in 1887. The three-storey building was designed by Terry and<br />Oakden, and Nahun Barnet and financed by Francis Ormond. The tower and La Trobe<br />St frontage were added in 1890 and were designed by Percy Oakden Addison and<br />Kemp. The building is now known as the Francis Ormond Building. The College was<br />built in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arches and<br />doorways, a corner tower with four corner turrets, and window tracery.</span></p>
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McLeod, Shane
10 February 2013
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<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1299">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1299</a>
Digital Photograph; JPEG
(Former) Working Men's College, RMIT, Melbourne
Addison and Kemp, Nahum Barnet, Melbourne, Percy Oakden, Francis Ormond, RMIT, RMIT University, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Terry and Oakden, tower, tracery, turret, Vic, Victoria, Working Men’s College.
<p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Working Men’s College (which became RMIT University) in Melbourne,<br />Victoria, opened in 1887. The three-storey building was designed by Terry and<br />Oakden, and Nahun Barnet and financed by Francis Ormond. The tower and La Trobe<br />St frontage were added in 1890 and were designed by Percy Oakden Addison and<br />Kemp. The building is now known as the Francis Ormond Building. The College was<br />built in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arches and<br />doorways, a corner tower with four corner turrets, and window tracery.</span></p>
McLeod, Shane
10 February 2013
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1300">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1300</a>
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Sydney City Library, Haymarket, New South Wales
Bank, capital, CBC Bank, Classical, column, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Haymarket, library, moulding, New South Wales, NSW, pointed arch, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Sydney, Sydney City Library, Tudor arch
The current Sydney City Library building in Haymarket was built for the Commercial Banking Corporation of Sydney in 1875. The sandstone building on the corner of George and Hay Streets incorporates a number of architectural styles that can be traced back to the medieval period. The ground level of the building has semi-circular arched windows and doorway (not in photograph) in the Romanesque Revival style. Semi-circular arched windows are also featured on the second storey, but the pointed arch mouldings above the windows are in the Gothic Revival style. The small windows on the third storey have Tudor arches. The columns with decorated capitals on the second and third storeys are also common in Romanesque, as well as Classical, architecture.
McLeod, Shane
17 December 2012
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St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, buttress, Church by the Bridge, Church of St John the Baptist, St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, New South Wales, NSW, porch, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, spire, Sydney, tower
The Church of St John the Baptist, also known as St John’s Anglican Church is in the Sydney, New South Wales, suburb of Kirribilli. It was originally built as a church school and was designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883). It was built in 1884, with the vestry and sanctuary added in 1900 and the parish hall (now a kindergarten) in 1909. Due to its position close to one end of Sydney Harbour Bridge St John’s is also known as the Church by the Bridge and an evangelical group of that name meet at the church. The Church of St John the Baptist is in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arched windows and doorways, a circular window, buttresses, a porch, and a copper overlaid bell tower topped by a spire.
McLeod, Shane
18 December 2012
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Digital Photograph; JPEG
St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales
Anglican, Edmund Thomas Blacket, buttress, Church by the Bridge, Church of St John the Baptist, St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli, New South Wales, NSW, porch, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, spire, Sydney, tower
The Church of St John the Baptist, also known as St John’s Anglican Church is in the Sydney, New South Wales, suburb of Kirribilli. It was originally built as a church school and was designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket (1817-1883). It was built in 1884, with the vestry and sanctuary added in 1900 and the parish hall (now a kindergarten) in 1909. Due to its position close to one end of Sydney Harbour Bridge St John’s is also known as the Church by the Bridge and an evangelical group of that name meet at the church. The Church of St John the Baptist is in the Romanesque Revival style and features semi-circular arched windows and doorways, a circular window, buttresses, a porch, and a copper overlaid bell tower topped by a spire.
McLeod, Shane
18 December 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG