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Magistrate's House

Coordinates: 34°29′28″S 150°20′04″E / 34.4912°S 150.3344°E / -34.4912; 150.3344
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Magistrate's House
Magistrate's House is located in New South Wales
Magistrate's House
Location of Magistrate's House in New South Wales
Location5–7 Market Place, Berrima, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates34°29′28″S 150°20′04″E / 34.4912°S 150.3344°E / -34.4912; 150.3344
OwnerDuncombe Holdings Pty Ltd & A Ogg
Official nameMagistrate's House
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.98
TypeOther – Government & Administration
CategoryGovernment and Administration

Magistrate's House is a heritage-listed residence at 5–7 Market Place, Berrima, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Carthona and Ballynahinch. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1][2][3]

History

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It was built for merchant and auctioneer James Jerome Higgins and his wife Mary, with conflicting sources providing various construction dates ranging from the early 1830s to early 1840s. Higgins remained in the property until 1850. It was thereafter leased to police magistrates. Mary Stone used it as a school c. 1900, after which it became derelict until 1927. From 1927 it was owned by prominent local family the Browns for several decades, who undertook extensive renovations.[3][4]

Description

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Magistrate's House is an early Berrima modified Georgian house with cedar doors, floors of solid jarrah and a stone flagged front verandah. Single storied and built of ashlar sandstone, the house has a half-gabled corrugated steel clad roof (with louvred ventilators) and wide, raftered eaves. The hipped front verandah roof is of similar "raftered" character (Both roofs may be later alterations). The 4 chimneys are stone with simple, flat neck moulds. Windows to the west elevation have louvred shutters. The tall Oak and Poplar trees, as well as the hedge, provide a distinctive setting.[3]

Significance

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Ballynahinch is significant through its associations as the residence of the magistrates and the role of Berrima as a legal/administrative centre. Its setting and roofline are features which contribute to the streetscape qualities of the Marketplace and the building has some aesthetic significance as an early building with good stonework. The extent of the original fabric remaining in relation to the later alterations needs to be determined however.[3]

Heritage listing

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Magistrate's House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Magistrate's House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00098. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  2. ^ "Munday Cottage (Former Jellore Cottage)". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Magistrate's House". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Focus on the lives of Berrima individuals". Southern Highland News. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

Attribution

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