OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND CURTILAGE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008–2013

J. Condition of Values
Part D – Appendices
358 Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan 2008–2013
Table 1. Assessment of condition and integrity - Fabric
No. Embodiment of significance Condition (Source) Integrity
36. King’s Hall, the Library,
Senate Chamber, House of
Representatives Chamber, Dining
Rooms, Senate Opposition
Party Room, Ministerial Party
Room, Clerk of the Senate’s
Office, Members’ Bar,
Government Party Room and
Leader of the Government in
the Senate’s Office (NHL D)
37. Greek key patterning evident
in the Chambers, and the
external metal and rendered
balustrades (NHL D)
38. generously proportioned with
clerestory windows (NHL D)
• King’s Hall
• Library
• Dining Room
39. use of timber for wall or ceiling
paneling and furniture (NHL D)
King’s Hall: Fair (Pearson,
Marshall, McCann,
Mitchell & O’Keefe 2000)
Library: Good
Chambers: Fair
(Conservation Works 2006)
Dining Rooms: Good
Senate Opposition
Party Room: Good
Ministerial Party
Room: Good
Clerk of the Senate’s
Office: Good
Members’ Bar: Good
Government Party
Room: Good
Leader of the
Government in the
Senate’s Office: Good
King’s Hall: Fair (Pearson,
Marshall, McCann,
Mitchell & O’Keefe 2000)
Library: Good
Dining Room: Good
Panelling: Fair (DCITA
2004, Taylor Thomson
Whitting 2005,
Conservation Works 2006)
Furniture: Fair (AVO
audit 2002, OPH staff)
40. Setting (CHL A) Good - although outside
OPH management
51. relationship with the areas around
Old Parliament House, particularly
the Senate and House of
Representatives Gardens and the
National Rose Gardens (CHL A)
Good - although outside
OPH management
52. curtilage (NHL D) Good - although mostly
outside OPH management
High
High
High, although there have
been some changes to the
Library and Dining Room
High/Medium
High, although trees planted within
the Land Axis may detract from
this aspect, and carparking on the
lawns south of OPH does detract
High
High