Barden And Ribee Saddlery
History
Barden & Ribee Pty Ltd was a successful Maitland saddlery business, which had been established in 1872 as a partnership between Thomas J. Ribee and J. W. Barden. The building was built in 1888 as new premises for the company, which required larger premises due to increased business. It was designed by John W. Pender and built by Robert James. The ground floor was used as retail premises, while the second-floor was a storeroom, with a workroom also on-site.
The business remained in their families after the death of the initial partners.
The business closed c. 1970s and sold the premises in 1978.
It has been converted to a restaurant, but retains evidence of its former use as a saddlery.
Description
It is a two-storey brick commercial building in the Victorian Free Classical style. It retains the original signage on the building's second-floor exterior and above a ground-floor window.
The City of Maitland describes it as "an excellent example of Victorian commercial premises" and states that it is an "important record of the pattern of commercial development and of a saddlery as interpretation of reliance on horses for local transport in the nineteenth century".
Heritage listing
Barden & Ribee Saddlery was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
See also
References
- ^ "Barden & Ribee Saddlery". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00089. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
- ^ "BARDEN & RIBEE". The Maitland Daily Mercury. Vol. 7128, no. 5271. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "DEATH OF MR. RIBEE". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 14, 256. New South Wales, Australia. 17 July 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 7 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Messrs. Barden and Ribee's New Premises". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. XLV, no. 6208. New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1888. p. 3 (Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury). Retrieved 7 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "DEATH OF MR. RIBEE". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 14, 256. New South Wales, Australia. 17 July 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 7 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Country Submission". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1978. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Barden & Ribee Saddlery". State Heritage Inventory. Office of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
Attribution
This Wikipedia article was originally based on Barden & Ribee Saddlery, entry number 00089 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.
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