This heritage listed building is the former police station in Gladstone Street, in the inner west suburb of Marrickville. This brick building with a sandstone front and slate roof was built in 1896 at a cost of 2,369 pounds. In the early days, it was known as the Marrickville Lock-Up and consisted of six cells, a padded cell, three yards, an Officer in Charge's office, a muster room and a store room. It remained in use until 1997 when a new police station opened in Despointes Street. This building is now the May Murray Neighbourhood Centre which provides community services.
So typical of the Brit concept of frontier policing. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteIts front is so "cute."
ReplyDeleteGreat use of stone on this building.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking building J.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful building.
ReplyDeletesuch neat building!
ReplyDeletesuch a wonderful building!
ReplyDeleteWho was Mr. Gladstone? We have a primary school named after him here. He must be the same person.
ReplyDeleteAnn, they both could have been named after William Gladstone, a British Prime Minister. Many streets in the suburbs are named after former residents and Gladstone is a fairly common name.
ReplyDeleteMagnifique architecture
ReplyDeleteOne might only imagine how many stories it is able to tell.
ReplyDeletePlease have a good new week.
Nice shot of the building! I love Sydney architecture conservations.
ReplyDeleteNow, Then and Forever .
They sure don't build police stations like this these day. An era lost.
ReplyDeleteActually, this police stations looks more like a gingerbread house to me ;-P
ReplyDeleteFunny you say that! A lovely Greek lady use to bake ginger biscuits for my uncle who was a Police Officer there. She nicknamed him "The Headmaster" because he had no hair and she couldn't say his name properly. He was Lancelot Mason. Which was not his real name..he made it up because he liked that name but she just kept calling him the Headmaster. Then he married herand she still called him "The Headmaster"
ReplyDeleteThe building appears to be well kept. I wonder what it's used for now.
ReplyDeleteIt is now May Murray Neighbourhood Centre. Lots of lovely little gingerbread making Ladies making gingerbread people from all different Cultures. Helping each other help everybody of course.
ReplyDeleteCan you change the P in People to an Upper case P for People please.
ReplyDeleteJ Mason, thanks for that information. I've added it to the post with a link.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it has found a new use.
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