Windsor Shire Council Chambers

Windsor Shire Council Chambers
Windsor Shire Council Chambers
	Windsor Shire/Town Council Chambers, 2008
Location	356 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°25′45″S153°01′56″E / 27.4293°S 153.0322°E Coordinates: 27°25′45″S153°01′56″E / 27.4293°S 153.0322°E
Design period	1870s–1890s (late 19th century)
Built	1896–1897
Architect	Thomas Coutts
Queensland Heritage Register
	Official name: Windsor Shire Council Chambers (former), Windsor Town Council Chambers
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600349
Significant period	1890s (fabric); 1890s-1920s (historical)
Significant components	trees/plantings, office/s, fence/wall – perimeter, council chamber/meeting room, strong room, gate – entrance
Builders	William Parsons
	Location of Windsor Shire Council Chambers in Queensland Windsor Shire Council Chambers (Australia)

Last updated May 05, 2019

Windsor Shire Council Chambers is a heritage-listed former town hall at 356 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Thomas Coutts and built from 1896 to 1897 by William Parsons. It is also known as Windsor Town Council Chambers. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1]

Windsor is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the Brisbane central business district. It is largely residential, featuring many old Queenslanders, although there is also considerable retail commercial activity, primarily concentrated along Lutwyche and Newmarket Roads.

City of Brisbane Local government area in Queensland, Australia

The City of Brisbane is a local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Brisbane is located in the county of Stanley and is the largest city followed by Ipswich with bounds in part of the county. Unlike LGAs in the other mainland state capitals, which are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane metropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area. As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia. The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million. Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory combined. In 2016–2017, the council administers a budget of over $3 billion, by far the largest budget of any LGA in Australia.

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

History

The former Windsor Shire Council Chambers was erected in 1896-97 for a cost of £736.^[1]

The Windsor Shire Council was formed in 1886 and initially rented space for chambers and offices. In July 1895 the Council decided to erect permanent chambers and engaged Thomas Coutts, a Brisbane-born architect who also worked in Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle during the 1890s, to design a modest building. In October 1896 a contract for £584 was signed with builder William Parsons.^[2] A separate contract for £80 was let for the boundary wall, which was completed in December 1897.^[1]

Brisbane is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2.5 million, and the South East Queensland metropolitan region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.6 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs)—most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is "Brisbanite" or "Brisbanian".

The first meeting of the Windsor Council in the new premises was conducted on 9 March 1897. The building housed the offices and chambers of the Windsor Shire Council (Windsor Town Council from 1904) until the amalgamation of Greater Brisbane in 1925, when it became the property of the Brisbane City Council.^[1]

The Brisbane City Council used the building for regional office space and storage. Alterations undertaken by the Council included: widening of the southern window in the office adjoining the front porch to create a doorway; concreting of strong room and toilet floors; relining of ceilings; sealing of fireplaces; and cutting a new door in the corridor.^[1]

In 1987 the exterior stonework was redressed as part of a restoration project by the Brisbane City Council. Also the original interior colour scheme was identified, and the grounds were returfed and paved to resemble a typical Brisbane turn of the century garden design.^[1]

The premises were vacated by the Council in late 1990, and are now used by the Brisbane Branch of National Trust of Queensland and the Windsor and District Historical Society for offices and meeting rooms.^[1]

Description

The Windsor Shire Council Chambers is a small masonry building constructed of locally quarried porphyry (Brisbane tuff), with dressed sandstone facings and trimmings. It is capped with a corrugated iron gabled roof.^[1]

The building is domestic in scale and concept, yet its original civic function is expressed in decorative elements such as an arched entrance with drip moulding, quoining to the rectangular windows, and stepped sandstone courses at the gables. A sandstone slab on the front gable bears the inscription "Windsor Shire Council Chambers", with the word "Shire" overwritten by "Town".^[1]

The entrance verandah, which has been enclosed with glazing, leads a to central corridor, with two offices to the left and a front office and council meeting room to the right. These are connected by a small attached porch on the eastern side of the building. At the rear an attached stone wing houses a strong room and toilets. Flooring was timber originally, but some floors are now concreted. The interior walls and partitions are plastered and painted.^[1]

Located on an island of land, bounded by Lutwyche Road, Hawkins and Palmer Streets, the Windsor Shire Council Chambers occupies a highly visible position, and together with the Windsor War Memorial Park opposite is particularly prominent from the southern approach along Lutwyche Road.^[1]

The site is fenced on three sides with a stone wall and iron pickets, the entrance defined by substantial stone gateposts, cast-iron gates, and a thin metal arch from which an ornate gas lantern once hung. A number of mature fig trees and palms enhance the building's setting.^[1]

Heritage listing

Windsor Shire Council Chambers (former) was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

Windsor Shire Council Chambers is important for its association with the Windsor Shire and the development of the Windsor district.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

Windsor Shire Council Chambers is significant as a fine and unusual example of a small scale masonry civic building.^[1]

Windsor Shire Council Chambers is significant as an example of the work of architect Thomas Coutts.^[1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

Windsor Shire Council Chambers is significant for its landmark quality, townscape contribution of both building and site to the Windsor area.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Windsor Shire Council Chambers (former) (entry 600349)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT". The Brisbane Courier . National Library of Australia. 15 October 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

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[qhr-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Windsor Shire Council Chambers (former) (entry 600349)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[2] "LOCAL GOVERNMENT". The Brisbane Courier . National Library of Australia. 15 October 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 14 December 2014.