The Jail at the Police Court Sydney (Albert St) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Jail at the Police Court Sydney (Albert St) / Alpat
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| 説明 | Police CourtCnr Albert and Phillip Streets, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSWPolice CourtDesigned by the prolific Colonial Architect, James Barnet, and erected between the Water Police Court and Water Police Station in 1885-86,(functioned as a Court until 1980) the Police Court reflected the need to provide additional resources to cope with the rising incidence of crime in the area and the increased volume of court work this generated. With a similar portico to the Water Police Court, Morton Herman commented in his book The Blackets - An Era of Australian Architecture, “Erected more than thirty years after Blacket's wing, it at least did him the compliment of being in the same design as the old work.”In this case, however, the delicate curved structures installed in the side arches of the Police Court in 1899 by the Government Architect, Walter Liberty Vernon, as separate male and female witness rooms have been retained. While Herman's comment is true for the exterior of the courthouse, the interior of the Police Court makes no concessions to the styling of its earlier neighbour. Through its elaborate roof, it possesses a lightness that the austere early-Victorian Blacket courtroom lacks. James Barnet was to exercise a powerful and direct influence on the character of NSW’s public buildings for 30 years.He was responsible for the building of 130 courthouses throughout suburban and country centres of NSW as well as many other major buildings in the City of Sydney including the nearby Lands Department building and the Chief Secretary's building. The Police Court has now been restored as an 1899 Court of Petty Sessions. It is not an exact recreation of this particular courtroom but instead is based on the 1856 plans for the Water Police Court and photographs of similar courts in the 1890s.Original wooden fittings in this room are the cedar canopy, Magistrate's bench, Clerk's cubicle and Court Reporter's screen and sections of the bar (the railing separating the public from the court area). The cedar screen installed in front of the exit doors to Phillip Street to reduce the influence of external noise and weather is also original. Almost all of the movable courtroom furniture has come from the Attorney General's Department's furniture repository, including the cedar bar table which was originally from this building. Lighting is provided by electric reproduction lights based on gas fittings used in courts of the 1890s while coir matting, which was commonly used in courts to deaden the noise, has also been installed. Both the reporter's box and the prisoners' dock are reproductions and are located according to the 1856 plans.The design of the dock, a term originating from the Flemish word for birdcage, is based on descriptions and etchings of the notorious Water Police Court dock which could hold as many as 15 prisoners at a time. This was necessary because there were no waiting rooms for the prisoners in the Water Police Court and so it was much easier to put them all in the dock together.Despite the courtroom's airy appearance, it was in fact quite stifling during warmer periods. To ease the comfort of the presiding Magistrate, a hydraulic air-cooling machine was constructed and installed beneath the floor in his chamber. The machine pumped cool air through a terracotta pipe into the courtroom. The squared metal vents for this refreshing flow can be seen in the corners behind either end of the Magistrate's bench. Corridor of CellsAlthough grim and forbidding, these cells were not for primary punishment but rather where the accused were temporarily held awaiting court appearance, transportation to gaol or release. Depending on when a person was placed in custody, their stay could be quite brief or extend to a number of days, especially over the weekend. Of the four cells in the corridor, female prisoners were allocated to one, as were sick or diseased prisoners who were isolated in a hospital cell. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-08-07 18:27:02 |
| 撮影者 | Alpat , Dunedin, New Zealand |
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