Major Buildings and Works

November 13, 2013

Major Buildings and Works

Works and Building of Loveridge and Hudson

Loveridge and Hudson was a commercial building company operating in Sydney, Australia from 1882. They worked with stone, and built and repaired many buildings, mainly in the Sydney CBD, though they stretched as far as Hobart. The stones used were sandstone, marble, trachyte and granite.

History of Loveridge and Hudson

Aaron Loveridge was a building contractor in Sydney from 1852 to 1882. Thomas Loveridge, of Burwood, and Herbert C Hudson of Homebush worked together on the Hampton Bridge in Kangaroo Valley. Following this, in 1882, they formed their own company, Loveridge and Hudson. Aaron Loveridge had relinquished his stonework company to them.

They used trachyte in the Equitable Building in 1891, during which they developed trachyte quarries in Bowral.

List of Buildings, in no particular order

1887 The Customs House and later restorations

1893 Equitable Life Building (corner Angel Place & George St)

Bank of Australasia next door to Equitable Life Building
Bank of NSW, currently Raddison Plaza Hotel

Reserve Bank, Sydney (granite) by Edward (Ted) Colin Hudson 1970s

The Great Hall at Sydney University (William Henry Hudson did the timber work, Aaron Loveridge did the stone.)

St Paul’s and St John’s colleges at Sydney University

Christ Church St Laurence, partially.

Western towers of St Andrews.

Trachyte entrance of Queen Victoria Building

GPO - early foundations and replacement of the clock after WW2

Settlers Statue at the rocks (modern)

The Lands Department

The Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place

United Insurance Building, Pitt St

The Great Synagogue
Art Gallery of NSW, stonework

Part of the Museum in College St

Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park

Registrar Generals Building

Commercial Bank of Australia, corner of Pitt and Rowe St

Part of St Mary’s cathedral. Also including restoration

Sydney Museum (built by Loveridge and Turner). Later extensions and renovations by Edward Colin Hudson.

Mortuary Station near Central Station

All Saints Ainslee ACT. (Originally this was the “Receiving House” Rookwood Mortuary Railway Station. it was dismantled stone by stone and numbered to be erected in Canberra as All Saints Ainslee ACT.)

St John’s Glebe,

St John’s Darlinghurst,

St Paul’s Cleveland St, Redfern. Now a Greek Orthodox church.

St Mark’s Darling Point

St Andrew's Cathedral western towers

Reserve Bank, Hobart

Bridges
1898. Hampton Bridge, Kangaroo Valley
1903 Maldon Bridge, Picton

Works

1864 Storm water channel in Forbes St Darlinghurst

1888 Centenial Park - Ornamental stonework surrounding the main gates

Granite in the forecourt of the Opera House.

Granite forecourt at the Western end of Martin Place. This has since been replaced.

1870 Fortifications on George's Head, Mosman

Paving of the sheep yards at Flemington. Ted Hudson used some of this stone to pave his driveway at 14 Ferdinand St Hunter's Hill.

Trachyte kerb and guttering around much of Sydney. Trachyte, kerb and gutter. Loveridge & Hudson. Supply of Trachyte, kerb and gutter. | City of Sydney Archives (nsw.gov.au)

Building	Date	Material	Address	Builder	Notes

The Great Synagogue^{^[1]}	1878	Sandstone	187a Elizabeth Street, Sydney	Aaron Loveridge	At the time of completion the synagogue was the most imposing building in Elizabeth Street and was one of the first large Victorian buildings erected in Sydney and reflected civic pride and prosperity.^{^[2]}
The Customs House	1887
Nicholson’s music warehouse			Between Equitable and Bank of Australasia
Equitable Life Building	1893		Corner Angel Place & George St	Loveridge and Hudson
Blue Mountains Centenary Pavilion	December 1913		Mount York Road, Mount York	Loveridge and Hudson	Memorial tablet supplied by the monumental masons, Loveridge and Hudson.[3]
Reserve Bank Sydney	1970s	Granite		Edward (Ted) Colin Hudson	Granite facing only
Reserve Bank Hobart					Piles Creek sandstone, cut to size at Lewisham and sent to Hobart for building being constructed by E. A. Watts P /L