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Kyle House, Sydney
Kyle House is a heritage-listed commercial office at 27-31 Macquarie Place, in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by C. Bruce Dellit and built during 1931 by Stuart Bros. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Macquarie Place Park is literally the hub of New South Wales, as the obelisk erected there by Governor Macquarie in 1818 was the datum point for all distances in the colony. The west side of the triangular reserve was available for private purchase, while the south side was occupied by official buildings and on the east was The Government Domain. Significant emancipist traders such as Mary Reibey and Simeon Lord bought land on the west side and Lord's famous three-storied sandstone mansion with its warehouse next to the Tank Stream occupied the site of the future Kyle House. Lord's property, reduced somewhat by a land exchange with the government, remained in the hands of Lord's widow until her death in 1864 and was thereafter owned by their son George William Lord and his family until 1920.
From the 1890s the property was leased to the McArthur Shipping Co, founded by Alexander McArthur (1814–1909), an Irish Methodist entrepreneur who had come to Sydney around 1840 and established a major retail and wholesale enterprise, with branches in Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland finally a head office in London, which by 1880 represented "all the colonial houses in the English and European markets".
The McArthur Shipping and Agency Co Ltd bought the Sydney property in 1929 and in 1931 commissioned architect C. Bruce Dellit to design a new building for the site. Lord's building was entirely demolished and Kyle House opened towards the end of 1931, constructed by Stuart Bros.
The principal occupant was McArthur, but there were numerous tenants in the rest of the building, including Dellit. Shortly after a major internal renovation in 1983, McArthur sold Kyle House to the Mercantile and General Life Assurance Co of Australia Ltd.
Precast concrete panel/decoration, Face brick, Alumin. frame windows Rendered masonry, Steel/alumin. frame windows.
As at 18 September 2002, refer to Archaeological Zoning Plan The upper floors of the building are cantilevered over the rear courtyard. The building is generally in good condition.
As at 1 November 2006, the site of Kyle House is of state significance as the centre of two major commercial empires, Lord's and McArthur's, since the eighteenth century. Its site on the east bank of the Tank Stream is also significant. The present building has high historical significance as one of the two surviving office buildings designed by Dellit, the architect, who died young. Kyle House is aesthetically significant as an important example of Inter-war Art Deco style emphasising verticality and detail of cladding materials. It represents an early attempt to discard historical stylism and search for architectural forms and decorative elements more relevant to the 20th century.
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Kyle House, Sydney
Kyle House is a heritage-listed commercial office at 27-31 Macquarie Place, in the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by C. Bruce Dellit and built during 1931 by Stuart Bros. The property is privately owned. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Macquarie Place Park is literally the hub of New South Wales, as the obelisk erected there by Governor Macquarie in 1818 was the datum point for all distances in the colony. The west side of the triangular reserve was available for private purchase, while the south side was occupied by official buildings and on the east was The Government Domain. Significant emancipist traders such as Mary Reibey and Simeon Lord bought land on the west side and Lord's famous three-storied sandstone mansion with its warehouse next to the Tank Stream occupied the site of the future Kyle House. Lord's property, reduced somewhat by a land exchange with the government, remained in the hands of Lord's widow until her death in 1864 and was thereafter owned by their son George William Lord and his family until 1920.
From the 1890s the property was leased to the McArthur Shipping Co, founded by Alexander McArthur (1814–1909), an Irish Methodist entrepreneur who had come to Sydney around 1840 and established a major retail and wholesale enterprise, with branches in Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland finally a head office in London, which by 1880 represented "all the colonial houses in the English and European markets".
The McArthur Shipping and Agency Co Ltd bought the Sydney property in 1929 and in 1931 commissioned architect C. Bruce Dellit to design a new building for the site. Lord's building was entirely demolished and Kyle House opened towards the end of 1931, constructed by Stuart Bros.
The principal occupant was McArthur, but there were numerous tenants in the rest of the building, including Dellit. Shortly after a major internal renovation in 1983, McArthur sold Kyle House to the Mercantile and General Life Assurance Co of Australia Ltd.
Precast concrete panel/decoration, Face brick, Alumin. frame windows Rendered masonry, Steel/alumin. frame windows.
As at 18 September 2002, refer to Archaeological Zoning Plan The upper floors of the building are cantilevered over the rear courtyard. The building is generally in good condition.
As at 1 November 2006, the site of Kyle House is of state significance as the centre of two major commercial empires, Lord's and McArthur's, since the eighteenth century. Its site on the east bank of the Tank Stream is also significant. The present building has high historical significance as one of the two surviving office buildings designed by Dellit, the architect, who died young. Kyle House is aesthetically significant as an important example of Inter-war Art Deco style emphasising verticality and detail of cladding materials. It represents an early attempt to discard historical stylism and search for architectural forms and decorative elements more relevant to the 20th century.
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