T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building

T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building
T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building is located in New South Wales
T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building
Location within New South Wales
T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building is located in Australia
T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building
Location within Australia
32°55′41″S 151°47′05″E / 32.9281°S 151.7846°E / -32.9281; 151.7846
Location45 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Site notes
ArchitectSpain and Cosh
OwnerCedtoy Pty Ltd
Official name
T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.316
Type
historic site

T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building is a heritage-listed office building at 45 Hunter Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

History

The building was built in 1923 for McIlwraith, McEacharn & Company and named Scottish House. It was designed by Spain and Cosh and built by contractors Stuart Brothers. The cost of the building and land amounted to approximately £100,000.

In 1935, it was bought by the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society for approximately £90,000, in what was then the biggest sale of any single freehold property in Newcastle.

In the early 1990s, the building was known as Hunter House.

Description

The T & G Building is a seven-storey rendered brick building in the English Renaissance style with a corner tower. It originally consisted of five storeys with a basement, with an additional two floors added after the building was bought by T & G.

Heritage listing

T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

References

  1. 1 2 "Scottish House". Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate. No. 14, 264. New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Scottish House". Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate. No. 18, 400. New South Wales, Australia. 3 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building". State Heritage Inventory. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "T & G Mutual Life Assurance Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning and Environment. H00316. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.

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