Balmain & Glebe Heritage
Watch House 1854
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Originally one storey in height, the watch house was Balmain’s first police lock-up. As Balmain grew rapidly, the need for local police and cells to detain short term prisoners increased.
In 1854 the Balmain Watch House was built. Well known colonial architect, Edmund Blackett, Architect of the University of Sydney, and his clerk of works, James Charles White were involved in the construction.The Watch House was threatened with demolition in the mid 1960s. Its poor condition was the catalyst for the formation of the Balmain Association, who have subsequently undertaken repair and restoration works to the building
Watch House 1854
See where this picture was taken. [?]
Originally one storey in height, the watch house was Balmain’s first police lock-up. As Balmain grew rapidly, the need for local police and cells to detain short term prisoners increased.
In 1854 the Balmain Watch House was built. Well known colonial architect, Edmund Blackett, Architect of the University of Sydney, and his clerk of works, James Charles White were involved in the construction.The Watch House was threatened with demolition in the mid 1960s. Its poor condition was the catalyst for the formation of the Balmain Association, who have subsequently undertaken repair and restoration works to the building