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Department of Education building
NSW Dept Education Building North Side Bridge Street.JPG
Bridge Street façade of the Department of Education building
General information
Type Government administration
Architectural style Edwardian Baroque
Address 35–39 Bridge Street, Sydney central business district, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Country Australia
Coordinates 33°51′50″S 151°12′38″E / 33.86389°S 151.21056°E / -33.86389; 151.21056
Current tenants Pontiac Land Group
Estimated completion 1938
Relocated 1989
Renovated 1996
Owner Government of New South Wales
Technical details
Structural system Reinforced concrete slabs
Material Sydney sandstone
Design and construction
Architect
Architecture firm Colonial Architect of New South Wales
Developer Government of New South Wales
Official name Department of Education Building; Education Building
Type State heritage (built)
Criteria b., c., d., e.
Designated 2 April 1999
Reference no. 726
Type Office building
Category Government and Administration

The Department of Education building is a heritage-listed state government administrative building of the Edwardian Baroque architectural style located in Bridge Street in the Sydney central business district in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The large public building was designed by Colonial Architect George McRae and built in two stages, the first completed in 1912, with John Reid and Son completing the second stage in 1938. It is also known as the Department of Education Building and the Education Building. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

The building has been occupied by the Department of Education since its establishment, previously known as the Department of Public Instruction, and has a long association with the public life of New South Wales. Various portions of the building, previously occupied by Department of Agriculture, were subsumed by the Education Department in 1978 when the Department of Agriculture relocated to another city location. The NSW Department of Education moved out in 2018 and as of 2019 the building is being redeveloped by Singapore developer Pontiac Land Group, together with the nearby Department of Lands building, to become a luxury hotel, currently marketed as "the sandstone precinct".

Location

The building occupies an entire city block, bounded by Bridge, Loftus, Bent and Young Streets and Farrer Place in the Sydney central business district. Its four detailed sandstone façades were designed to dominate the precinct. The site is the longest official seat of the head office of the New South Wales government education administration. It has been occupied since September 1912, even though the department vacated the Bridge Street building late 1989 and returned in April 1996.

Images for kids

  • Education Building Bridge Street Sydney NSW (15087905558)

    View down Bridge Street in 1920, with the Department of Education building visible on the left

  • NSW Dept Education Building south side Farrer Place

    The building's Farrer Place side, built during its second stage

  • (1) Department of Education

    The building's Bridge Street facade

  • NSW Dept Education Building Decorative Detail

    Detail of the decorative stone work on the top of the building, north west corner.

  • NSW Dept Education Building west side Loftus Street (cropped)

    The coat of arms engraved above the building's western entrance, Loftus Street

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