The New Great Northern Hotel, Scott and Watt Streets, Newcastle for Messrs Tooth and Company Limited...
The New Great Northern Hotel, Scott and Watt Streets, Newcastle for Messrs Tooth and Company Limited, [ca. 1937] / Rudder & Grout, Architects & Engineers ; Great Northern Hotel Newcastle, Tooth and Company Limited, Bottle Department, 1953 / Pitt and Pitt, Architects
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Date
ca. 1937, 1953
Call Numbers
PXD 1049
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Physical Description
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5 architectural drawings - 46 x 66 cm - diazotypes watercolours
1 architectural drawing - 53 x 80 cm - diazotype, no colour
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These plans are for the Great Northern Hotel, Scott Street, Newcastle. Built by Paynter and Dixon Ltd under the supervision of Rudder and Grout, Architects and Engineers, the building was completed in January 1938. It was altered in the 1950's. This collection comprises 5 drawings by Rudder and Grout (1937) and 1 drawing by Pitt and Pitt Architects, April 1953. The Great Northern Hotel is listed in the NSW Heritage Register. The original Great Northern Hotel was built on this site in 1863.
1. Plan of ground floor; plan of footings (Drawing No. 1 of Set No. 5?)
2. Plan of 5th floor staff bedrooms; plan of motor room and flat roof; elevation of ballroom, vestibule, buffet and dining room (Drawing No. 3 of Set No. 5)
3. Longitudinal section on Line A-B (Drawing No. 4 of Set No. 5)
4. Elevation to Scott Street (Drawing No. 5 of Set No. 5)
5. Elevation to Watt Street (Drawing No. 6 of Set No. 5)
6. Floor plan (includes Bottle Shop)
References:
Heritage Branch http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au (accessed August 10, 2009)
Newcastle Morning Herald, January 24, 1938, p. 2...
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The New Great Northern Hotel, Scott and Watt Streets, Newcastle for Messrs Tooth and Company Limited, [ca. 1937] / Rudder & Grout, Architects & Engineers ; Great Northern Hotel Newcastle, Tooth and Company Limited, Bottle Department, 1953 / Pitt and Pitt, Architects
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Notes
General note
The Great Northern Hotel was designed to a high standard with every modern amenity. It was a fashionable meeting place for well to do local Novocastrians and Sydney visitors. After suffering several decades of neglect, and the effects of the Newcastle earthquake (1989), the hotel has been partially restored and continues to operate as a hotel.
Date note
Nos. 1-5 Date from Library Correspondence File
No. 6. Dated April 1953
Mathematical data
Nos. 1-5 Scale 1 inch = 8 feet¶No. 6. Scale 1/2 inch = 1 foot
Object History
Originally part of the Tooth Collection, now with the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Donna Batiste, July 2009
Administrative / Biographical history
Rudder and Grout created many designs for Tooth and Co. They were also responsible for designing many of Sydney’s first modern swimming pools at North Sydney, Enfield, Granville and Parramatta and the Qantas building at Chifley Square. Rudder and Grout were based at 9 Martin Place at the time of the creation of the plans [1937].
Pitt an...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 1049
Record Identifier
1l4deVN1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4deVN1
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Reference code
872530
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