Rockdale Town Hall Explained

Rockdale Town Hall
Map Type:Australia Sydney
Map Size:270
Map Dot Label:Rockdale Town Hall
Relief:1
Location:Princes Highway, Rockdale, New South Wales
Location Country:Australia
Completion Date:1940
Architect:Douglas Gardiner

The Rockdale Town Hall is a civic building located on the corner of the Princes Highway and Bryant Street in Rockdale, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

Rockdale Town Hall was opened by The Rt Hon. The Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales, on 12 October 1940.[1] The building was designed by then-local architect Douglas Gardiner, who became a Melbourne-based partner of Bates Smart & McCutcheon after World War II.

Built at a cost of 20,000, the council chamber was at the time of construction 49x and the auditorium was 85x. It is built of face brick detailed with stone at copings and around window architraves. The building entrance is marked by a stone portico and brick tower.[2] The hall's interiors have elaborate art deco style plaster details to it walls and ceiling. The building is listed on local government heritage register within the New South Wales Heritage Database as "a fine representative example of a late inter-war stripped classical building with functionalist influences".[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: ROCKDALE'S NEW TOWN HALL OPENED . . 14 October 1940 . 11 July 2012 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION . . 16 January 1940 . 11 July 2012 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  3. 11 July 2012.