Tamworth Peel Barracks

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Tamworth Peel Barracks
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Location of Tamworth Peel Barracks in New South Wales
Location214 Peel Street, Tamworth, Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates 31°05′12″S150°55′38″E / 31.0868°S 150.9272°E / -31.0868; 150.9272
Built1896
Built forMunicipality of Tamworth
Owner Tamworth Regional Council
Official nameTamworth Peel Barracks
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.550
Typehistoric site

The Tamworth Peel Barracks is a heritage-listed historic site located at 214 Peel Street, Tamworth, Tamworth Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by Tamworth Regional Council and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. [1]

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History

The town's first government school was established on this site in 1855. [2]

Built in 1896 at a cost of 2,000 as the former Tawmorth Town Hall.

On 22 September 1939 the building became a recruiting depot for the Army. [3]

Description

The structure is a single storey Flemish bond face brick building with white rendered mouldings. The heavily moulded Darling Street facade has tuckpointed brick with five arches forming a symmetrical arcade. The central portico is surmounted by a pediment on Corinthian pilasters. There are masonry balustrades to the verandah and at parapet level, the parapet being broken by a large central pediment. The front door is two leaved, four panelled and half glazed with a fanlight, fluted mullions and sidelights. The windows are surmounted by heavily decorated mouldings. The southern facade is less decorative and features a simple parapet, string courses and a square porch with keystone arches. The northern wing is the fully rendered former Town Hall with pediment, pilasters and the curtilage is the fenced property boundary.

See also

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References

  1. "Tamworth Peel Barracks". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00550. Retrieved 2 June 2018. CC-BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  2. "Travel: Tamworth". The Sydney Morning Herald . 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. "Tamworth Council Chambers and Town Hall (former), 214 Peel St, Tamworth, NSW, Australia (Place ID 424)". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government. 18 April 1989. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

Attribution

CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article was originally based on Tamworth Peel Barracks , entry number 00550 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 2 June 2018.