Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01306:reg:84:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01306
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 84 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 146908–149640

granite steps. Either side of the entrance, the façade is modulated by full height sandstone faced fluted panels and windows. The head of the columns has an engraved panel featuring lizards. Between the panels and windows is a bay of windows at each floor level. The spandrel panels below the windows are decorated with ornate glazed terracotta tiles featuring a deco design.

  At each end of the main façade, the walls are modelled with protruding profiled panels of sandstone at the ground floor level and a circular projecting stone at the upper level. This same detail carries through to the side façades, which are generally flush sandstone, with high level steel framed windows (into the galleries).

  A large sandstone dish (originally built as a flower bed) is located on either side of the main entry with a light pole located in the centre.
  Some sandstone sills and string courses were replaced in 1986–87 and some patching of sandstone has previously been undertaken. The sandstone has generally deteriorated with some joints opening up and spalling. This underwent conservation in 2018–19 and is now in good condition

  The roof is a flat roof, originally a membrane but with metal roof over the galleries. There were leaks to the roof and skylights which were rectified in 2019. The rainwater heads and downpipes are copper. The roof is now in good condition.

Figure 36: Main Façade
(EMAA 2018)

Figure 37: Main Façade – Sandstone Faced Fluted Panels (EMAA 2018)

Figure 38: Main Façade – Entrance (EMAA 2018)

Figure 39: Main Façade – Front Lawn (EMAA 2018)

Figure 40: Basement Plan, (NFSA 2018)

Figure 41: Ground Floor Plan (NFSA 2018)

Figure 42: First Floor Plan (NFSA 2018)

  There are some lower level windows that provide light on the basement  which are of ribbed glass block.
  Some of the original blocks have been removed and replaced b louvres or infilled. There are ventilating holes to the basement on the east and to the upper level on the north and south

  Figure 43: Lower level windows and louvres (EMAA 2018)

  Windows adjacent to the main entry include decorative bronze grilles.

  Window frames are bronze coloured.

  The north and south sides have no ground floor window (as they are a theatre, library and galleries) but the upper windows have internal and externa windows with a 200mm gap. The original glass was "tapestry" obscured glass which appears to remain.

  Figure 44: Goods hoist (EMAA 2018)

  Other elements include a goods hoist installed in 1986-7 to the south side for basement access, a nitrate bunker to the south which is a concrete building with earth mounded on three sides and a concrete and steel balustrade access ramp to the north