Earp Gillam Bond Store Precinct (under consideration to amend listing)

Item details


Name of item:	Earp Gillam Bond Store Precinct (under consideration to amend listing)
Other name/s:	Stanton Catchlove Bond Store; Russell Offices
Type of item:	Built
Location:	Lat: -32.92667137350 Long: 151.78676804
Primary address:	16 Telford Street, Newcastle East, NSW 2300
Parish:	Newcastle
County:	Northumberland
Local govt. area:	Newcastle
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Awabakal

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
		CP/SP	44807
LOT	1	DP	44807
LOT	2	DP	44807
LOT	3	DP	44807
LOT	4	DP	44807
LOT	5	DP	44807
LOT	1	DP	619238
PART LOT	2	DP	729028

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
16 Telford Street	Newcastle East	Newcastle	Newcastle	Northumberland	Primary Address
Bond Street	Newcastle	Newcastle	Newcastle	Northumberland	Alternate Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
	Private

Description


Designer/Maker:	Frederick Menkens (Earp Gillam Bond Store)
Builder/Maker:	John Straub (Earp Gillam Bond Store); James Russell (Russell Offices)
Construction years:	1886-1889
Physical description:	The Earp Gillam Bond Store is a four-storey, brick warehouse with timber beam construction built in an early federation Romanesque style. The facade is of polychromatic brick work in red and yellow, with brick pilasters topped out with a mix of composite style capitals. The two elongated side facades facing Bond Street and the former railway yards, now Foreshore Park, present a strong backdrop as a landmark for the East End of Newcastle. Each is punctuated with large arched doorways that define the three individual bays of the internal space, with arched window openings in vertical bays between. Each internal bay is defined by the alternating coloured external rendered and exposed brickwork. At the western end, the former Russell Offices is a three-storey Victorian Italianate masonry warehouse with rendered walls and symmetrical arched doorways and window openings (Dunn 2019).


Current use:	commercial offices
Former use:	bond store; warehouse; auction House; colliery office

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Commerce-Activities relating to buying, selling and exchanging goods and services	Storing goods for bond and customs duties-

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	HERITAGE ACT 1977 ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977: revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A. This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette. Dated this 29th day of October 2025 The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC Minister for Heritage For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below.	Nov 7 2025

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		00762	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former		00762	16 Apr 93	36	1806
Local Environmental Plan	Stanton Catchlove Bond Store (Earp Gillam Bond Sto	I373	03 Jul 92
Local Environmental Plan	Former Earp Gillam Bond Store (Earp Gillam Bond St	I492	03 Jul 92
Local Environmental Plan	Newcastle East Heritage Conservation Area	C5	03 Jul 92

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5044982
File number:	S90/01765, EF11/11670

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