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Showing posts with label Edmund Blackett. Show all posts

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Sydney University -

Sydney University – was created under the 1855 act Sydney University act 


Despite the claims of many technologists, and the nightmarish jumble of buildings created on the site in the past 20 years the heart of Sydney University remains of Gothic may not block and grateful. This was the finest work of Edmund Blackett, creator of Saint Andrews Cathedral. The commission meant so much to him that he gave up his posters colonial architect in order to concentrate on it.
YouDespite the claims of many technologists, and the nightmarish jumble of buildings created on the site in the past 20 years the heart of Sydney University remains a Gothic main arts block and grateful. This was the finest work of Edmund Blackett, creator of Saint Andrews Cathedral. The commission meant so much to him that he gave up his posters colonial architect in order to concentrate on it.
When black are designed the calf to see the ceiling of the great Hall he had London Westminster Hall in mind. And when he drew the tutor perpendicular towers and pinnacles of the university, his spirit, and with the genius of English builders of the past. The gentle nature of the man shows charmingly in a story of how are you celebrated his triumph of design. In 1855 the University Senate was due to attend the laying of the foundation stone by the governor. The evening before the ceremony the blackout took his wife Sarah her sister Mary maze in Mary’s particular friend Mary styles to the great side of the great Hall
when black are designed to carve to see the ceiling of the great Hall he had London’s Westminster Hall in mind. And when he drew the tutor perpendicular towers and pinnacles of the university, his spirit, and with the genius of English builders of the past. The gentle nature of the man shows charmingly in the story of how he celebrated his triumph of design. In 1855 the University Senate was due to attend the laying of the foundation stone by the governor. The evening before the ceremony the blackout took his wife Sarah her sister Mary maze in Mary‘s particular friend Mary styles to the great side of the great HallTo the young ladies joy they found an unofficial stone, cut with the initials and the date had by his order been laid in a corner of the future hall-he had a fondness for calf initials
Like it was a talented designer of stained glass; but he must’ve been relieved when craftsman in England were given the huge job of creating the glass windows of the great Hall, which celebrate the founders of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and kings and queens of England.













































Sunday, March 29, 2020

St Andrews Cathedral - George Street - Sydney




St Andrews Cathedral - George Street Sydney

As Early As 1812 Governor Macqaurie. Four Years Later Architect Francis Greenway. 
The Church Was To Be Set By Gardens, A Bishops Palace, Divinity School, Museum & Library

Work Had Hardly Begun When Commissioner Bigge Arrived 


















18 Years Later Governor Bourke Relaid Macquarie’s Stone With The Architect James Hume