Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148:reg:2017:p46
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2017 (pt 46/81)
Character Range: 174084–185592

Main Reading Room (GR:31);                                                                                                                                                                          Fair       High
                                                                                                  * Council Room (L1:11);
                                                                                                  * former Director General's office (L1:01);
                                                                                                  * Chairman's Room (L1:05);
                                                                                                  * Nan Kivell Room (L2:24);
                                                                                                  * Nan Kivell Room Foyer (L2: 25);                                                                                                                                                                     Good       Medium
                                                                                                  * former Manuscripts Librarian's office (L2:38);
                                                                                                  * former Keeper of Rare Books office (L2:11);                                                                                                                                                         Good       Medium
                                                                                                  * Asian Collections Reading Room (L3:58);                                                                                                                                                             Good       High
                                                                                                  * former viewing rooms and projection room (L3:30, L3:31, L3:34);                                                                                                                                     Good       Medium
                                                                                                  * Lamson tube room (LG1:34);                                                                                                                                                                          Good       Medium
                                                                                                  * Conference Room (L4:92);                                                                                                                                                                            Good       High
                                                                                                  * Brindabella Room (L4:91);                                                                                                                                                                           Good       Medium
                                                                                                  * Theatre (LG1:77);                                                                                                                                                                                   Good       High
                                                                                                  * parts of lower ground 1 Foyer (LG1:48);                                                                                                                                                             Good       High
                                                                                               * the general use of marble window surrounds;  and
                                                                                               * the use of quality standardised special door frames and hinges, some of which survive.                                                                                                                 Good       High

                                                                                          The artworks by Tom Bass, Leonard French, Arthur Robb and Mathieu Matégot.                                                                                                                                    Good       High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High
                                                                                          The furniture specifically designed as part of the original building, or otherwise associated with key developments in Library use.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       Medium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       Medium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       Low

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Good       High

Criterion (g) – Social value                                                              The building's use as a public library with the particular attributes being the publicly accessible parts of the building.                                                                                    Good       High
Criterion (h) – Significant people                                                        The original building design, Bass sculpture, and use of the building as a repository for the Petherick and Nan Kivell collections.                                                                           Fair-Good  Medium

In the following table, the right-hand column identifies which issues relate to the condition of the place (eg. a corroded gutter would be a condition issue) and those which relate to its integrity (a missing gutter would be an integrity issue).  It is often useful to distinguish between these matters, especially as integrity relates closely to significance.

Table 7.  Condition and Integrity Issues

Feature                                   Description                                                                                                                                                                                                              Condition (C) or Integrity (I) Issue

Exterior
Podium                                         * Rock faced stone ashlar walls, stone coping, and black marble handrail on copper clad posts – some joint failure, rainwater leaking down face in places, moss growth, finish on metal wall grilles deteriorated.      * C
                                               * Glass balustrade fitted behind original marble handrail
                                               * Missing drainage grates
                                               * Floodlights mounted on podium
                                               * Glass outdoor café enclosure, fixed to podium, picket fences and umbrellas                                                                                                                                            * I
                                               * Minor grout loss between some stone paving                                                                                                                                                                            * I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * I

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * C
Building                                       * Marble clad columns – sections stained.  Panels exhibit bowing and possible related loss of strength                                                                                                                  * C
                                               * Marble cladding to cornice and balcony bowed with potential to fail.  Marble cornice stained.
                                               * Some staining of travertine wall cladding, and deteriorated joint seals                                                                                                                                               * C
                                               * Windows:  wiper seals deteriorated and sealants have hardened, cracked or become