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The Courthouse (circa 1880) faces Russell Street and is Neo-Classical with an octagonal Renaissance dome. It was designed by colonial architect James Barnet.
Bathurst's most distinguished public building, it is regarded by the National Trust as 'one of Australia's finest examples of Victorian public architecture'.
The Bathurst Showground is of state significance for its association with the larger agricultural region which contributed significantly to the economy and development of the state. The Bathurst Show became recognised as one of the best agricultural shows in NSW in regards to the quality of the livestock and exhibits, demonstrating both the success of farming in the region and the pride locals took in their produce and show.
THE BEAU BROWN PAVILION
The Beau Brown Pavilion was relocated from Ashfield, where it was used as a skating rink. The building is timber framed, with a main interior uninterrupted by supports, the space being spanned by bolted and laminated timber trusses, held on stout sawn timber posts. The trusses, which divide the structure into six bays, have bottom chords arranged so as to impart an approximately semicircular form, springing from about 2 metres above the level of the concrete floor, and top chords supporting a pitched roof iron, springing from wall plate height. There are steel lateral truss ties at two levels, the first level with the top of the wall boarding and the second just below wall-plate level.
The trusses are unusual, being wide in span and of bolted laminated sawn timber construction.
The main elevation faces south, is distinctively broad and gabled, being marked by its central entrance porch, flanked by small rooms with hipped roofs and surmounted by the stumpy tower. The tower has decorative bracketed eaves and a roof in the form of a truncated square pyramid. The tower's pitched roof has sheet metal tiles in a fish-scale pattern, crowned by a pressed metal cornice, featuring decorative mouldings and lions heads.
There is also a small central pediment motif above the eaves of the south face. It is this tower which imparts to the building its unusual Victorian Second Empire style.
Of almost equal interest is the treatment of the remainder of this front, which includes fine panelled and patterned boarding, notched and bracketed barge boards, eaves soffits, scalloped friezes and a radiating design over the semicircular windows, decorated window lintels and a prominent 'keystone', all done in cut and fretted timber. www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...
Cirencester park is the home of the Bathurst family. The house is not open to the public. Behind the high wall stands a spectacular yew hedge, which was planted in 1720 and is 40 feet high. The annual trimming in July was featured in both The Times and The Daily Telegraph in 1991. Park Street leads round to Cecily Hill, at the top of which is the main entrance to the park, one of the largest in England. The public is allowed on foot or horseback every day from 8.00am to 5.00pm or as stated on the gates. Cars, motorcycles and bicycles are not permitted.
The park and the woodlands were laid out and planted by the first Earl Bathurst starting in 1714, with the help of his friend, the poet Alexander Pope. From the entrance gates on Cecily Hill, the Broad Ride is laid out for a mile and a quarter between chestnut trees, which lead up to the Seven Rides. Here, seven rides meet together to form a Ronde Point which has fine views across the Cotswold landscape. The first Earl Bathurst built a little summer house feature for his friend and adviser Alexander Pope. The famous poet loved to sit here and muse, and it is said that many of his famous poems were written here, hence the name of Pope’s Seat. It is one of the charming folly buildings which adorn Cirencester Park.
The entrance to Chifley Home at 10 Busby Street. Chifley Home was the residence of former Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley and now operates as a house museum.
Originally called Bathurst District Hospital
Built in 1880 by J. Willett to the design of Sydney architect William Boles, the design was a result of a competition following the 1878 destruction by fire of the original 1824 convict hospital in Bentinck Street. A large late Victorian hospital complex in the second empire style, the two storey hospital is comprised of a central administrative area with a tower, and operating theatre block flanked by long wings, with the men's wards on one side and women's on the other. Constructed in Bathurst bricks; verandahs are decorated with timber posts, arched brackets and cast iron balustrades. The roofs are clad in iron sheeting.