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65-466: Granville Town Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall at 10 Carlton Street, Granville , Cumberland Council , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. It was designed by C. A. Harding (council chambers) and J. W. Hill (auditorium). The council chambers were built in 1888 by Banks and Whitehurst, with the auditorium added in 1900, to serve as the seat of the Municipality of Granville . The property

130-475: A valley rafter ). Hip roofs have the advantage of giving a compact, solid appearance to a structure. The roof pitch (slope) may vary. In modern domestic architecture, hip roofs are commonly seen in bungalows and cottages , and have been integral to styles such as the American Foursquare . However, they have been used in many styles of architecture and in a wide array of structures. A hip roof

195-480: A Victorian Free Classical local government building. The original 1888 section is a two-storey, rendered brick building on an almost square plan with a hipped corrugated iron roof. The facade to Carlton Street is designed in the Italianate manner and features a two-storey projecting port and flanking piers with second-storey paired pilasters . Fenestration is bi-partite on the ground floor and tri-partite on

260-516: A boundary with Auburn , to the east. In 1855, the Granville area was known as Parramatta Junction, named after the final stop of the first railway line of New South Wales. The Sydney-Parramatta Line ran from Sydney terminus, just south from today's Central railway station to the Granville area which was originally known as ' Parramatta Junction'. This led to the development of this area, which attracted speculators and some local industries. In

325-598: A former colonial secretary, in honour of the then British Foreign Minister, Lord Granville. A significant boost to the area came with the establishment in 1881 of the Hudson Brothers engineering works nearby at Clyde . A workforce had to be recruited and housed. On 12 February 1884, a petition calling for incorporation of the area was published in the Government Gazette , and in January 1885, Granville

390-462: A gallery, stage and two "retiring rooms" on one side with lavatory accommodation was constructed. The upstairs gallery was accessed by a new door opening cut into the former external western wall. A timber external fire stair was constructed to provide fire egress from the gallery. A separate building was added to provide offices for the council engineer and health inspector. It is the thought that additional toilets were added during this period. In 1923

455-654: A large auditorium is considered rare and unusual. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales. Granville Town Hall is of state significance as a largely intact example of a council chambers building (1888) with an early auditorium (1900). Few such buildings were built and it is thought to be one of only two left in Sydney's west. [REDACTED] New South Wales portal Granville, New South Wales Granville

520-405: A large auditorium is considered rare and unusual. The Granville Town Hall is also a well-known local landmark in Granville. The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. Granville Town Hall is of high local significance to the Granville community. It has been used throughout its history as

585-575: A mixture of residential, commercial and industrial developments. The commercial and residential developments are mostly around Granville railway station and Parramatta Road . Granville is primarily dominated by freestanding weatherboard , fibro and unrendered brick buildings. The area is no longer exactly "typical" quarter acre block territory, but 500 to 600 m (0.12 to 0.15 acres) blocks are reasonably common. Terraced houses are rare, but increasing in number. Apartment blocks, generally three to four storeys in height, are also becoming more common in

650-574: A mortgagee sale and subdivided for villa homes, and small agricultures. At the end of the decade a Tweed Mill was established, which was steam powered using water from the Duck River. In 1878, the locality received its own post office, which was then part of the stationmasters house. The name 'Parramatta Junction' remained until 1880, when two public meeting voted that the name be changed. Some very strange names were suggested including Drainwell , Vauxhall , Nobbsville , and Swagsville , but finally

715-586: A newly built bus interchange. Transdev NSW operates three bus routes via Granville railway station: Granville station is served by one NightRide (Night Bus) route: Parramatta Road has always been an important thoroughfare for Sydney from its earliest days. From Parramatta the major western road for the state is the Great Western Highway . The M4 Western Motorway , running parallel to the Great Western Highway has taken much of

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780-413: A panelled vault ceiling. Restoration work undertaken in early 2003 by architect Graham Edds involved removing the modern plaster covering the walls and ceiling of the auditorium, and revealing an unusual ripple iron ceiling, painted pale blue with gold stars, and three large decorative ventilation domes . To the south of the front section of the town hall there is a former council workers office, now used by

845-466: A plasterboard ceiling in another. The walls of some ground-floor rooms were offset clad with timber lining, presumably to cover damage from rising damp as well as provide another decoration phase although considered unsympathetic. In 2000 a Conservation Management Plan was prepared and has guided subsequent conservation works: In early 2000 urgent repair works including re-roofing and installing damp-proof course commenced. Since 2000, conservation works on

910-449: A shallow sloped hip roof, the roof can behave like an airplane wing. Lift is then created on the leeward side. The flatter the roof, the more likely for this to happen. A steeper pitched hip roof tends to cause the wind to stall as it goes over the roof, breaking up the effect. If the roof slopes are less than 35 degrees from horizontal, the roof is subject to uplift. Greater than 35 degrees, and not only does wind blowing over it encounter

975-686: A square or regular polygonal plan having a pyramidal or almost pyramidal form. Low variants are typically found topping gazebos and other pavilion structures . Steep tower or church tower variants are known as pyramid roofs. A pointed roof seen on a spire or a tower, oriented so that it has four gable ends. See the Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting in England, or Speyer Cathedral and Limburg Cathedral in Germany. A tented roof

1040-460: A stalling effect, but the roof is actually held down on the wall plate by the wind pressure. A disadvantage of a hip roof, compared with a gable roof on the same plan, is that there is less room inside the roof space; access is more difficult for maintenance; hip roofs are harder to ventilate; and there is not a gable with a window for natural light. Elegant, organic additions are relatively difficult to make on houses with hip roofs. A mansard roof

1105-422: A strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. The Granville Town Hall is locally significant for its associations with the following people of note: The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. The Granville Town Hall

1170-413: A wide variety of plan shapes. Each ridge is central over the rectangle of the building below it. The triangular faces of the roof are called the hip ends, and they are bounded by the hips themselves. The "hips" and hip rafter s sit on an external corner of the building and rise to the ridge. Where the building has an internal corner, a valley makes the join between the sloping surfaces (and is underlain by

1235-620: Is a suburb in Western Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia. Granville is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of the Sydney central business district , split between the local government areas of Cumberland City Council and the City of Parramatta . South Granville is a separate suburb. Lisgar, Redfern, Heath and Mona Streets form the approximate border between Granville and South Granville. The Duck River provides

1300-505: Is a fine example of local government building which uses stucco in a decorative manner to provide a veneer of respectability to a brick building. The building has undergone extension and minor alterations during the twentieth century, and internally there is an eclectic mix of styles and fashions that reflect the growth of the building over time. Although not in public view, the auditorium has an unusual ceiling of ripple iron with decorative ventilation domes. The decorative use of ripple iron in

1365-444: Is a variation on a hip roof, with two different roof angles, the lower one much steeper than the upper. Another variation is the gablet (UK terminology) or Dutch gable roof (U.S. and Australasian terminology), which has a hip with a small gable (the gablet) above it. This type simplifies the construction of the roof; no girder trusses are required, but it still has level walls and consistent eaves . The East Asian hip-and-gable roof

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1430-708: Is also home to a Cumberland Council branch library. Granville has an Olympic size pool and a football facility. Historic Garside Park is home to State Super League and Super Youth League club, Granville Rage . Sydney Speedway is a 460 metres (500 yards) dirt track speedway which opened in 1977 at the old Granville Showground as the Parramatta Speedway . The clay surface caters mainly to Sprintcars and has been home to some of Australia's greatest drivers including ten times Australian Sprintcar Champion Garry Rush , and multiple title holders George Tatnell, his son Brooke Tatnell, and Max Dumesny . The speedway

1495-544: Is also the only venue not in North or Central America to host a round of the famous World of Outlaws sprintcar series. Granville Magpies Soccer Club entered the Sydney competition in the early 1880s and has continued to compete with distinction until the early 2000s. The club originally played matches at a paddock behind Hudson Brothers' Works in Clyde before relocating to Macarthur Park, known nowadays as F.S. Garside Park. At

1560-515: Is located on a gentle sloping site fronting Carlton Street, Granville. Today it is bounded along the northern side by a laneway leading to the library carpark. To the south and west of the property now abuts residential development. A driveway from Carlton Street located south of the Town Hall and between it and the former council workers office provides limited on-site vehicular access and car parking. The site contains the: The Granville Town Hall

1625-497: Is now owned by Cumberland Council since 2016, having been owned by the City of Parramatta since 1949. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 December 2003. The township of Granville developed following the construction of the railway from Sydney in 1855 with timber and then fruit-growing as early industries. By the mid-1870s Granville had become a popular site for

1690-529: Is of state significance as a rare and intact example of a Victorian Free Classical government building. Its size, prominence and classical details indicate its public status as the seat of local government, and its façade is a confidently executed example of the Italianate Civic Palace style. It is thought to be one of only two intact nineteenth-century council chamber buildings extant in Sydney's west. The original 1888 Council Chambers building

1755-425: Is self-bracing, requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof . Hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs. Hip roofs have no large, flat, or slab-sided ends to catch wind and are inherently much more stable than gable roofs. However, for a hurricane region, the roof also has to be steep-sloped; at least 35 degrees from horizontal or steeper in slope is preferred. When wind flows over

1820-438: Is shaped like a pyramid . Hip roofs on houses may have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. They are almost always at the same pitch or slope, which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. Hip roofs often have a consistent level fascia , meaning that a gutter can be fitted all around. Hip roofs often have dormer slanted sides. Hip roofs can be constructed on

1885-425: Is similar in concept to the gablet roof. A half-hip, clipped-gable or jerkin head roof has a gable, but the upper point of the gable is replaced by a small hip, squaring off the top of the gable. The lower edge of the half-hip may have a gutter that leads back on to the remainder of the roof on one or both sides. Both the gablet roof and the half-hipped roof are intermediate between the gabled and fully hipped types:

1950-426: Is yet to occur (Form, 2016 (2), 17). The archaeological potential of the site is considered to be low. This is due to the Town Hall being the first building on the site and occupying the whole site. Despite the extent of modifications to the building over its life, little original fabric has been removed and conservation works have taken place in accordance with a Conservation Management Plan (2000). Construction of

2015-403: The 2011 census , there were 13,989 residents in Granville. More than half of people were born outside of Australia, with the top countries of birth being India, China and Lebanon. Three-quarters of people spoke a language other than English at home. The most common other languages spoken at home were Arabic 18.1%, Cantonese 5.5%, Mandarin 4.8%, Turkish 2.3% and Tongan 2.0%. The housing in Granville

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2080-399: The New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 December 2003 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. The Granville Town Hall is of state significance in demonstrating the development of Granville and nearby Parramatta in the late nineteenth century following the opening of

2145-566: The " Picture Palace " architecture popularly used for movie theatres. It is now used as a function hall . The Crest Theatre is now listed in the NSW State Heritage Register as being of "State significance", being one of the few cinemas built in Australia in the 1940s. Externally and internally the building remains largely intact, though the signage on the external decorative pier now reads "B-L-O-U-Z-A", rather than

2210-541: The Council Chambers involving both interior and exterior painting (Form, 2016 (2), 15). The Granville Town Hall is of state significance as a rare and intact example of a Victorian Free Classical government building. It is thought to be one of only two intact nineteenth-century council chamber buildings extant in Sydney's west. It demonstrates aspects of the history of Granville and the Parramatta locality in

2275-506: The Granville Historical Society. This is a Federation brick building, with the stretcher brick bond tuck pointed on the northern and eastern sides. It has a gabled Marseilles tiled roof and exposed beams in the eaves . It has two equal sized rooms. On the west and south-western sides of the hall there is a variety of non-significant skillion roof structures. The current allotment covers an area of 2739.4 sqm and

2340-477: The Granville Town Hall has some technical significance as an early example of extant ripple iron ceiling combining ventilation domes and exhaust cowls to provide air circulation. The archaeological potential of the site is considered to be low. This is due to the Town Hall being the first building on the site and occupying the whole site. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of

2405-700: The Parramatta City Council LEP, the Register of the National Estate and the Register of the National Trust of Australia (NSW). It has been the subject of conservation work by Parramatta City Council since 2000, reflecting the community's high regard for the building. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The auditorium of

2470-453: The Town Hall commenced in 1888. There have been 5 main stages of construction. The original Council Chambers (designed by Charles A Harding) comprised four offices for staff and library on the ground floor, and the Council Chambers and Mayor's Room on the first floor with a balcony located over the entrance porch . In 1900 a main Hall or auditorium (designed by James Whitmore Hill) including

2535-470: The Town Hall, and Banks and Whitehurst were selected to complete the building. The foundation stone was laid by John Nobbs on 5 September 1888. In his speech at the ceremony, John Nobbs as Mayor referred to the rapid growth of Granville over the decade. From 12 or 13 houses, it had grown to 900 buildings including 760 houses, 60 shops, two banks, three public halls including a School of Arts, seven churches, two public schools and 13 factories, of which, two were

2600-476: The area until 1948, when it became part of an enlarged City of Parramatta . On Anzac Day of 1974, Granville was partially severed by flooding of the Duck Creek stormwater channel due to torrential rain that fell over the area. 135 millimetres of rain fell between 11.30 pm and 12.30 pm at Guildford, with the ensuing flood doing major damage through Granville. The nearby RSL was damaged and many of

2665-421: The area, but eventually found the land was not suited for this type of agriculture. More farmers discovered the limitations of the local soils and fruit growers complained about the damage from flying foxes . Thus, the only practical use for the grasslands, which replaced the original bushland, was for dairy cattle. The Granville Municipality was formed in 1885 and the council carried on the local government of

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2730-618: The club's old photographs and honour boards were destroyed. Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster , which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the stanchion, causing the bridge to collapse. 83 people perished, making it the worst rail disaster in Australian history. Granville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Granville has

2795-530: The cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Granville Town Hall is of state significance in being a rare example of a Victorian Free Classical government building built in the nineteenth century. It is thought to be one of only two intact nineteenth-century council chamber buildings extant in Sydney's west. The building is an almost intact, although extended, government building. It has retained its original character and nearly all its fabric, both internally and externally. The decorative use of ripple iron in

2860-406: The early days of European settlement, timber was harvested to fuel the steam engines in Sydney and Parramatta. By the 1860s, the supply of timber was exhausted. The remainder was used by scavengers who made a living by collecting firewood. Wattle bark found use with tanners and the bark from stringybark trees was used for roofing of huts . In 1862, a major estate, Drainville , became subject to

2925-467: The erection of "gentlemen's villas". John Nobbs was a major figure among the early group of gentlemen, tradesmen and workers who settled at Granville. In 1878 the locality received its own post office, which was then part of the station master's house. The township retained the name of Parramatta Junction until 1880 when public meetings voted to change the name to Granville, in honour of the Earl of Granville,

2990-405: The flooring and the ceiling and the insertion of a large steel-framed window and narrow door and two windows. Internally these changes are supported with the walls revealing that the original fireplace and window openings have been bricked up and evidence of foundation walling beneath the floor. Further works prior to 2000 included: Suspended ceilings were installed in three ground-floor rooms and

3055-621: The gablet roof has a gable above a hip, while a half-hipped roof has a hip above a gable. Half-hipped roofs are common in England , Denmark , Germany and especially in Austria and Slovenia . They are also typical of traditional timber-frame buildings in the Wealden area of South East England. Half-hip roofs are sometimes referred to as "Dutch hip", but this term is easily confused with "Dutch gable". A roof with equally hipped pitches on

3120-418: The iron palisade railings to the flower beds fronting Carlton Street were removed. This phase involved major additions to the western end of the main auditorium with the relocation of the stage and the two dressing rooms. The auditorium ceiling was underclad with decorative fibrous plaster replicating the panelled vaulted form of the original ceiling. This ceiling with a latticed plaster grill obscured from view

3185-473: The largest in the colony: Hudson Brothers and Brunton's (Flour) Mills. The official opening of Granville Council Chambers was held on 16 January 1889. The opening ceremony was held in the Council Chamber which was lit by two chandeliers. According to the press report, the Council Chamber was built on "true Australian lines in the matter of ventilation freely afforded by windows all around the room." It

3250-400: The late nineteenth century. Built in 1888 following the incorporation of Granville in 1885, it is an important symbol of the growth of Granville and its sense of identity. Although the seat of local government has since moved to Parramatta, the building is a well-known local landmark and continues to be used as a major venue for community events and activities. Granville Town Hall was listed on

3315-552: The main hall) was added in 1900, designed by James Whitmore Hill, a Parramatta-based architect. The Municipality of Granville was merged into the Parramatta City Council from 1 January 1949 and the regular council meetings of the new Parramatta City were held at the Granville Town Hall from 1948 until 1958, when the new Parramatta administration centre opened. On 12 May 2016, the Cumberland Council

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3380-571: The name of Granville in honour of the British Foreign Secretary, the Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville . Even then the voice of protest was raised declaring the name was "too French", but the dissenter was ignored. At this time, the place had a population of 372, of which 176 were male and 196 female. In this era some German settlers, Joseph Klein and P W Merkell, tried to establish vineyards in

3445-466: The original "H-O-Y-T-S" (later it was "B-I-N-G-O"). Granville railway station is a major station on the Main Western railway line . It is served by T1 Northern & Western Lines and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line Sydney Trains services. Granville's bus interchange, as well as a car park, are located adjacent to its train station. Granville is serviced by Transdev NSW and features

3510-410: The original domed ventilators. The 1928 works also included the infilling of the area beneath the gallery to extend the hall and create new toilets and a strong room. The earlier toilets were converted to a kitchen. This phase did not involve major additions, only minor alterations. The dance floor and some floor joists to the auditorium were replaced in 1934. In 1938 the flooring of the Council Chambers

3575-418: The railway in 1855. The building of the Town Hall in 1888 followed closely after the incorporation of Granville as a local government district in 1885. It is an important symbol of the growth of the Granville locality and the rapid development of its sense of identity, from a minor settlement to a fully fledged local community complete with its own local government authority and its own Town Hall. The place has

3640-516: The traffic away from these roads, with entrance and exit ramps close to Parramatta. Granville has a major college of Technical and Further Education , which is part of the South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE . Schools include Granville Boys High School which was founded in 1926, Delany College, Granville Public School, Granville East Public School, Blaxcell Street Public School and Holy Family Catholic School. The suburb

3705-418: The upper floor. The interior consists of offices and the original Council Chamber. Of interest is the timber joinery, especially the elaborate architraves and the timber Honour Boards in the Council Chamber. The auditorium or hall, added in 1900, is a plain painted brick gabled structure running westward behind the front section. Internally the large hall is distinguished by restrained Doric pilasters supporting

3770-413: The venue for many major functions and festive occasions in the Granville area. Such activities have included regular meetings for social and cultural activities and these uses are ongoing. Dancing was, and still is, a regular activity held within the auditorium. The significance of the Granville Town Hall for the wider Sydney and NSW community is reflected in its listing in the following heritage schedules:

3835-413: The vicinity of the railway station. Buildings that deserve some attention are: The Crest building on the corner of Blaxcell and Redfern Streets, was built by Hoyts in 1948 as a movie theatre and was used for screening films up until 1963. The structure of the building is of a Quonset hut design, while the facade and interior is of a post- Art Deco and post-Moderne eclectic style, influenced by

3900-543: Was evenly spread between detached houses and higher density units or apartments. 46.3% of residents were renting their home and this was higher than the national average of 29.6%. Data from the 2016 census shows that the population of Granville was 15,332. Of this population: Data from the 2021 census shows that the population of Granville was 16,716. Of this population: 33°50′25″S 151°00′28″E  /  33.84040°S 151.00790°E  / -33.84040; 151.00790 Hipped roof A square hip roof

3965-550: Was officially gazetted and incorporated as a municipality. John Nobbs was elected the first Mayor, and enjoyed a reputation as the "Father of Granville". Council meetings were initially held in the School of Arts building in Good Street, north of the railway line. In 1888 Granville Council decided to erect its own Town Hall to celebrate the centenary of European settlement in Sydney. Architect Charles A. Harding of Sydney designed

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4030-752: Was proclaimed as a new local government area, combining parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway ), the Woodville Ward of the Parramatta City Council (which contained the Town Hall), and the majority of the Holroyd City Council . The first Special Meeting of Cumberland Council was held on 19 May 2016, at the Granville Town Hall. The Granville Town Hall is a largely intact example of

4095-473: Was reported that the site had cost 600 pounds, and the building's contract price was 1090 pounds without fittings. Offices for the Council Clerk, Engineer, Overseer, Inspector of Nuisances, and library were on the ground floor. A spacious staircase led to the first floor where the Council Chamber was located, 11m x 9m and Mayor's Room. A balcony, 3m x 1.5m was erected over the porch. The auditorium (i.e.

4160-438: Was reported to be well maintained as at 6 June 2003. Urgent repair works involving re-roofing and installation of a dampproof course commenced in early 2000. Since then, Parramatta Council has undertaken conservation works to the former Town Hall Chambers involving conservation of both the interior and repainting of the exterior. The separate 1922 Council Offices building is in fair condition although access for internal inspection

4225-483: Was upgraded. 1948: With the amalgamation of Granville within the Parramatta City area, the Town Hall became a community hall and a place for lease, although some Council staff were still located in the offices. It is probable that at this time that two ground-floor rooms were amalgamated into one large roon to provide additional library space. The conversion probably involved the removal of two walls, renewal of

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