Former Reid's Coffee Palace (Duplicate)

128 Lydiard Street North, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No 2020898

Lydiard Street Heritage Precinct

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Reids Coffee Palace - Film 6 / Frame 35 - Ballarat Conservation Study, 1978

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  • Physical Description 1

    Former Reid's Coffee Palace (Duplicate) - Physical Description 1

    Reid's Coffee Palace was built by J .Reid on the site of his New York Bakery in two stages. The first was in 1886, architects being Tappin and Gilbert, and contractors Taylor and Ellis. The extensions were undertaken by Tappin Gilbert and Dennehy in 1888. The verandah would appear to have been built about ten year, later again. This building remained extraordinarily intact, both internally and externally until the property was sold in 1977, the furniture sold off and the whole building redecorated internally and externally. Externally the two stages' are clearly evident with two bracketted pediments surmounted by elaborate name plates and flanked by a balustraded parapet. The Edwardian balcony verandah with central gablet, densely patterned frieze iron and matching unusual triangulal brackets is of interest. Internally the stairwell with its wonderful hand painted ceiling and wall panels, clerestory, glazing and entrance arch are perhaps of greatest importance. The building is intact, other than recent repainting and signs, and two shopfronts of the 1920's. Internally, only major items of interest have survived. The combination of the stairwell with the balcony verandah make this an important building of the Coffee Palace era, and unique on a state-wide basis.

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    Former Reid's Coffee Palace (Duplicate) - Intactness

    SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Ballarat - Ballarat Heritage Precincts Study

    Author: Dr David Rowe and Wendy Jacobs
    Year: 2006
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