Newcastle, Exhibition Park, Model Yacht Pavilion

HER Number:
9952

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Exhibition Park, Model Yacht Pavilion

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Pavilion

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
The Model Yacht Club Pavilion is a wooden and stone building of symmetrical design. The wooden porch and veranda are painted white and brown as are the benches around the inside walls. Above the veranda is a decorated wooded porch with a minaret at the pitch of the porch gable. The bulk of the building is constructed from rough sandstone and there are windows around the building located under the eaves. The Model Yacht Club was established in 1882. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2472

Northing:
6575

Grid Reference:
NZ24726575

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document