Plans, specifications and photographs of buildings in Sydney & Wentworth Falls, N.S.W., 1896-1937, 1968, 1970 / presented by NBRS+Partners Architecture, Heritage, Interiors, Planning

PXD 1050
ARCH 25

fonds

1896-1940, 1968, 1970

Architectural and Technical Drawings, Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

872575

72 architectural drawings (3 folders) - approx. 106.5 x 78.5 cm and 78.5 x 106.5 cm or smaller
6 photographs - gelatin silver - 14.5 x 19.5 cm (photographs), 39.2 x 63.5 cm (mount)
3 photographs - gelatin silver - 16.4 x 21.8 cm or smaller
2 volumes of textual material - manuscript and typescript

NBRS+Partners, a multi-disciplinary design practice with expertise in architecture, heritage, interiors and planning, started in 1968. Projects include the restoration and conservation of St Marks Church, Cottage and Rectory, Darling Point, Capitol Square, Sydney, and Erskine Street Terraces, Sydney.

Reference:
NBRS+Partners. http://www.nbrsap.com.au/ (accessed 26 February 2010)

PXD 1050/BOX 1
1 and 3. Specification for the reinstatement after fire of residence "Craignairn", corner Burns Road and Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, for Mrs W.S. Strang, 1937 / G.D. Loveridge, Architect, 56 Hunter Street, City
[1 volume, typescript, and 1 plan. Note nos. 2 & 4 filed at ARCH 25/Folder 1]

5. Specifications and plans, additions and alternations, Golden Fleece Hotel at Liverpool for Mr G. Brewer, 1896 / Robertson & Marks, Architects, O'Connell Street, Sydney
[1 volume, manuscript, and 1 plan]

6. Christian Science Church, Forbes & Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, 1926 / George Thorpe, Architect [6 photoprints on cardboard mount]

7-9. [Photoprints probably of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W.?], c. 1940 / S.J. Hood, photographer [3 gelatin prints]


ARCH 25/FOLDER 1
2 and 4. Specification for the reinstatement after fire of residence "Craignairn", corner Burns Road and Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, for Mrs W.S. Strang, 1937 / G.D. Loveridge, Architect, 56 Hunter Street, City
[2 plans. Note nos. 1 & 3 filed at PXD 1050/Box 1]

ARCH 25/FOLDER 2
QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WENTWORTH FALLS, N.S.W.
10. The Sanatorium Wentworth Falls, Block plan shewing drainage, complete to date Nov. 12th [19]07 [ink and pencil on paper]

11. Plan showing position of sewers at Doctor’s Cottage, 1912 [ink, pencil, pencil colour on paper]

12. Queen Victoria Sanitorium, Kings Tablelands, Wentworth Falls - Fire Services [ink, pencil, pencil colour on paper]

13-15. Alterations and additions to Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital / L.H. Alexander, I.M. Lloyd Architects, 45 Johnson St, Chatswood - plans, elevations, sections and location plan [ink and watercolour on paper]

16. Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Wentworth Falls, N.S.W., Alterations to Dixon Ward, Working drawing, Preliminary copy, 1968 / Robertson & Marks Architects, 117 Pitt St, Sydney - sections, elevation, floor plan, site plan and details [copy of plan, annotated in pen and pencil]

ARCH 25/FOLDER 3
Alumniate, St. Ives, N.S.W.:
17-55. Alumniate at St Ives, N.S.W. for the Passionist Fathers, 1936 / Clement Glancey Architect, 9-13 Bligh St, Sydney - plans, amended plans, elevations, sections, and details [ink on butter paper; pencil on butter paper; pencil and pencil colour on butter paper]

56-64. Alumniate at St Ives, N.S.W. for the Passionist Fathers, 1936 / Clement Glancey Architect - plans and details [blueprints]

Novitiate at St Ives, N.S.W.:
65-71. Proposed new Novitiate at St Ives, N.S.W. for the Passionist Fathers / C Glancey Architect - plans, elevations, and sections [ink on butter paper; pencil on butter paper; pencil and pencil colour on butter paper]

72-73. Foundation stone, Novitiate, St Ives [pencil on butter paper and blueprint]

74-75. Panel, inscribed “Jesuxpi Passio” [probably Alumniate or Novitiate at St Ives], [pencil on tracing paper and pencil on butter paper]

76. Passionist Monastery, Marrickville - detail, panelling [pencil on butter paper]

77. Proposed extension to classrooms at Domremy College Fivedock for the Presentation Nuns - joinery details, 1970 / Clement Glancey & Associates, Architects, 9 Bligh St, Sydney,
[copy of plan]

Copyright restrictions may apply

Alumniate and Novitiate, St Ives - property formally owned by the Passionate Fathers at 132-138 Killeaton Street, St Ives

Reference:
Library correspondence file
ARCH 25 (3 folders) transferred from PXD 1050/No. 2 & 4, PXD 1050/10-16, and PXD 1050/17-77, November 2023
Item numbers continue across both call numbers. Please note Conservation note regarding move of items from box to folders.

Items 7-9. Stamped on reverse S.J. Hood, Photographer, 124 Pitt St, Sydney. Some architectural plans are annotated 'superceded' or 'office copy'.

Items 7-9. Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, 2010

Plans on butter paper are brittle, with particular damage around edges.
Nos. 2 & 4 repaired, flattened and filed with folders, March 2014