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from one serving local needs to one of cafes, speciality shops and boutiques. Much of this is related to the changing population and the Village Bazaar, or Paddington Markets. The bazaar, which has operated since the mid-1970s, draws visitors from all over the city and has contributed to Paddington's development as one of Sydney's favourite tourist spots, along with
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pounds, none of the submissions were likely to meet this criterion. John Edward Kemp was the winner with an Italian Renaissance style building. Tenders confirmed that the scheme could not be built for 9000 pounds and estimates instead stood at 13,500 pounds. A loan was obtained from an overseas institution to allow construction.
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The Paddington Town Hall is of State significance as one of the last Victorian Free Classical public buildings and as such it exemplifies the architectural style. The Town Hall is aesthetically significant as it is situated in a prominent location and is visible from the city and surrounding suburbs.
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The City of Sydney, the Australia Council and the Australian Film Commission provided $ 500,000 to redevelop the Town Hall as a centre that included an exhibition space, restaurant and an adjacent cinema. The building now houses radio studios, Paddington Library, and is a venue for private functions.
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Once the soldiers and their families moved here, shopkeepers followed. Builders moved into the area and put up 3,800 houses between 1860 and 1890. These terraces give today's Paddington its air of individuality. The first school in the area was opened in the Presbyterian manse in Oxford Street, built
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Aspiring Town Clerk C. Hellmrich obtained the land for the Paddington Town Hall and argued for a new Hall on the site. The design was the subject of an international architectural competition with thirty submissions. Although a design specification was that the building could be constructed for 9000
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The Paddington Town Hall is of State significance as a landmark example of the Victorian Free Classical architectural style. Located in a prominent location, the Town Hall is highly visible and, as a well maintained building, an aesthetically pleasing structure. The Town Hall's construction in 1891
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Today few of the area's original working class residents remain, as the suburb's proximity to the city has made it popular with business and professional people who prefer inner-city living in this historic area. The shopping centre, concentrated on the north side of Oxford Street, has also changed
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The Council held their first meeting on 25 May 1860 with nine councillors and a chairman. The first three meetings were held in the Paddington Inn before Council resolved to rent Mr. Logan's house next door for 12 months at 15 shillings a week. Meetings continued to be held at the house until the
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The ground floor on Oxford Street was originally the council offices and the Council Chambers, but is now a library. The entry remains reasonably intact, with similar details to the principle entrance. Conversion into a library significantly altered the layout with the insertion of unsympathetic
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The original design also included a library. During 50th celebrations the Council boasted that the library was the best free library outside of Sydney. The collection contained 4000 books, the reading room could seat 30 people and, in comparison to other libraries, was well used. The library was
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2000 the Council concentrated on maintaining roads, including kerbing and guttering, and erecting gas lamps. By 1867 Paddington had sufficient population to be elevated to a Borough and the Chairman became a Mayor. Paddington continued to prosper and in 1890 was receiving revenue second only to
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The Town Hall varied slightly from the majority of town halls in that it was intended from the beginning to generate income from the hiring of the supper and ball room for balls, dances, concerts and public ceremonies. Again, Paddington was second only to Sydney in its importance and capacity,
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and Cooper bought out his partners, and only Juniper Hall was erected. The Coopers were part of the social scene of their day and entertained many notables of that time. After they left the house it was renamed Ormond House to dissociate itself from the gin image and passed through many hands,
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and difficult years of the early 20th century Paddington declined and was characterised as a slum. In 1949 Paddington Council was subsumed by the City of Sydney. The last remnants of Paddington Council were removed in 1967 when the original boundary was divided between the
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The Oxford Street facade is slightly different to the Oatley Road face. On Oatley Street the windows are spaced further apart and the ground level lacks the colonnades. The southern end of the facade is a later addition, its arched entry and open
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Paddington Town Hall is of State significance as one of the last public buildings constructed before the onset of the 1890s depression. The Town Hall marks the end of a historical phase of growth, prosperity and optimism in New South Wales.
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closely match the original section. The southern end was further modified with the construction of the cinema in 1977, when the first floor windows were blocked off. Unsympathetic modifications were made to the ground floor in 1951.
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seating 1000 people. The Town Hall included specifically designed lodge rooms for the Paddington Ionic Masonic Lodge, which Council leased to them until 1918, when a rent raise caused the Lodge to vacate their room.
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Paddington Town Hall is of State significance as evidence of the historical significance Paddington once held, being the second largest council in revenue the Council constructed the second largest town hall.
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The main vestibule can be entered from both Oxford Street and Oatley Road and the internal decoration continues to utilise ornamented archways to harmonise with the exterior. The ceiling is of
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The clock tower is located on the corner of Oxford Street and Oatley Road. As with the facades, the main decorative form is Corinthian pilasters, pairs of which support the clock. Doric
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The residents of Paddington raised a petition of 172 signatures in September 1859 requesting incorporation as a district. The proposed boundary was the Sydney Common to the south and
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laid its foundation stone in 1890 when Paddington was a separate municipality. It was designed by John Edward Kemp and built from 1890 to 1891, and remains a distinctive example of
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gradually becoming smothered by the building of small shops in front of the house. Latterly it has been restored by the National Trust and has had a variety of uses.
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The Paddington Town Hall is of local significance as the focus of community activity in the area through the location of library and other services in the building.
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The Town Hall has a 32-metre (105 ft) high clock tower, completed in 1905 to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII, that dominates the Paddington skyline.
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in Sydney. The clock tower, completed in 1905, is 32 metres (105 ft) high and is a prominent landmark on the ridge of Oxford Street. It is also known as
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The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
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The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.
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was a fitting time to set it in motion" and that "he hoped there would be peace and goodwill on earth as long as the clock continued to go".
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chain) has been operating in the Town Hall since 1977, inside the former Town Hall ballroom (the original floor and ceiling were retained).
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relocated in 1977 from Oatley Road to beneath the Main Hall on Oxford Street as part of a financial package to reinvigorate the Town Hall.
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marked the beginning of the 1890s depression as is historically significant as one of the last public buildings to be built in the style.
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Paddington Town Hall was the site of a meeting of Rugby League players in 1908, at which the Eastern Suburbs Rugby League club, now the
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work matching those cut in the wall. The walls are punctuated with projecting cylindrical plaster columns, capped with floral
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Situated at the highest point on the Oxford Street ridge, the town hall's foundation stone was laid on 8 November 1890 by Sir
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The Paddington Town Hall is two storeys, built of brick and finished with render. The overall architectural style is
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Fifty years from its inception, in 1909, the population had risen to 26,000 in 4,800 houses and expenditure was at
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The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.
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surrounded this area with wealthy people's homes so this small hilly suburb lost all hope of harbour views.
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The area developed after a road was constructed to link up with a pilot station that was to be built at
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A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architectural Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present
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published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under
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Extending north of the hall is a narrow hall-like space that was originally an open
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to Oxford Street and rows of Roman-arched first-floor windows flanked by Corinthian
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to the north. The area was said to include 1,000 houses with 3,000 residents.
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New South Wales places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
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The main entrance was once off Oxford Street and is marked by a projected
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Whilst the eastern, southern, and western faces of the clock display the
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suburbs that was not self-sufficient – its inhabitants, unlike those of
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1977 Major renovations to construct cinema, video and radio facilities.
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1933 Major renovations to Main Hall with introduction of Art Deco style
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From 1848 when Victoria Barracks had been opened (designed by Lt.-Col.
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and parapet (removed). Oxford Street is the more ornate of the two
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1976 Library moved from Oatley Road entrance to Oxford Street
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The clock was officially set in motion on 30 August 1905, by
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and a pediment frame the clock. The tower is finished with a
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and was opened with great fanfare on 3 October 1891 by the
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on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.
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first Town Hall was built on the current site of the
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Paddington Town Hall, London

Paddington Town Hall is located in Sydney
Greater Sydney
Town hall
Victorian Free Classical
Oxford Street
Sydney
Coordinates
33°53′06″S 151°13′33″E / 33.885125°S 151.225792°E / -33.885125; 151.225792
Chauvel Cinema
Municipality of Paddington
City of Sydney
cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
New South Wales Heritage Register
a., c., d.
town hall
Oxford Street
inner eastern
Sydney
Paddington
City of Sydney
New South Wales
Sir Henry Parkes
Victorian architecture
New South Wales State Heritage Register
London borough
Victoria Barracks
Sydney
Balmain

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