1885 - O'Connell St. Gatehouse - Parramatta, NSW, Australia
S 33° 48.769 E 151° 00.012
56H E 314904 N 6256799
A magnificent Gatehouse, for the O'Connell Street entry to Parramatta Park, built in 1885.
Waymark Code: WMY286
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 04/05/2018
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This Heritage Listed building has been restored in 1980, to bring back it's former glory. From the Australian Heritage Database listing, for this Registered Site:
"Unusual Tudor style gatehouse in the form of massive arched gateways for carriages and pedestrians. The face brick and stuccoed structure was completed in 1885. The gatelodge is ingeniously arranged within the gate surrounds comprising side wall, castellated tower of two storeys and bay windowed room above the main gate. Further decoration is given by mock stone coursing and panels of carving complemented by two sets of fine ornamented iron gates."
It is …"A picturesque gate and gatelodge marking the site of the original entrance to the Governor's domain. Just inside the gates Lady Mary Fitzroy and Lieutenant Masters were killed in a carriage accident in 1847 [marked by an Obelisk waymark]. Completed in 1885 the building is a fine example of Victorian romantic architecture being in good condition and a distinguished piece of park architecture well suited to an urban park." Parramatta Park Gatehouse
The main Dated portion is in a sharply peaked segment above the bay window on the upper-storey of this cream painted, castellated, castle-looking building. It is within a 'shield', and lettering is painted brown.
Above, and between the carriage gate, and the pedestrian gate, on the left-hand side of the gatehouse, is a white marble, 'minaret-shaped' tablet, in a 'gold-painted' Gothic-arched surround. It lists the important people at the time of the building and opening of the Gatehouse. It reads:
Trustees
of the
Parramatta
Park
A.D. 1885
President
Hon Jas Byrnes
Treasurer
A. Payton
H. Taylor MP.
W. Goodwin
W. Fullagar
Visited: 0845, Sunday, 9 July, 2017
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