Statuary Pavilion
GILLIES STREET, AND WENDOUREE PARADE, LAKE WENDOUREE, BALLARAT CITY
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Statement of Significance
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Statuary Pavilion - Physical Description 1
The Statuary Pavilion was constructed inn 1887 to the design of T.E. Molloy for the City of Ballarat to house'. the collection 'of statues donated to the City under the will of James Russell Thompson 'who died' in may 1886 statues were elected by Thomas Stoddart and the Honourable James Service This. delightful building is a rectangular octagon with a convex curved roof from which rises a small octagonal .lantern light with its own eaves cresting, miniature dome and decorative finial. The two entrance faces of the polygon rise in a glazed pediment and are divided by slim shafts with capitals. All faces of the building are glazed in large panes with narrow margin strips in the Regency fashion, as are the lights in the lantern, and even the pediments. Below the windows are stall boards which have embossed surfaces. The interior is intact with a display of various statues of classical derivation behind double brass rails supported on elaborate posts with a spiral between the rails and a shaped cap. The pavilion with statues, is a major feature of the Botanical Gardens and is enhanced by the garden setting. This building appears to be completely intact. It is a unique structure with no comparable surviving examples in the State.
Statuary Pavilion - Intactness
INTACTNESS: intact
Heritage Study and Grading
Ballarat - Ballarat Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 1998
Grading:Ballarat - Ballarat Conservation Study
Author: Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects
Year: 1978
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