Sunday 8 July 2012

The Rocks, Coroner's Court

The former Coroner's Court building is located along George Street at The Rocks. It was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon and built in 1906, in the Federation Free Style of architecture. It also once incorporated the now demolished city morgue, which was behind the court on Circular Quay West. It was a coroner's court until 1971 and now houses a gallery and shop.

19 comments:

  1. Stunning pics. Have never been to your country; enjoy seeing your city through your eyes.

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  2. Julie, there wouldn't be many of those old phone boxes around these days. In fact, I don't know if there are any outside The Rocks area.

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  3. Thanks for providing this resource on your website.

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  4. what exactly is a coroner's court?
    Anyway, beautiful building and shadows!

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  5. We have a red phone booth in Grafton and it's also outside the Court House!

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  6. Beautiful building. I love the street light!

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  7. Love the splash of red, wonder if the phone box was for letting relatives know the good /bad news of the trial outcomes!

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  8. And the old red phone box is still there for colour contrast! Incredible that this is untouched! It highlights the beauty of the old rambling building!

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  9. That red phone box out front is a real eye catcher.

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  10. Lovely building and love the phone box there too

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  11. A great setting for a gallery
    I love old brick buildings, they're sturdy treasures

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  12. Great building Jim and love the red of the telephone box. Surprised that these are still around.

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  13. Paula Scott, a coroner is a government official who investigates deaths and determines cause of death and the court holds an inquest or an inquiry.

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  14. That's a great old building, and the street light is to die for. Love the red phone box, too. I wish we had those here.

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  15. I like the lamp post and the shadows of the bare trees, which offset the heavy brickwork of the building.

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  16. Nice photo, Jim, although the building looks a bit grungy ;-)

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