Seppelts Warehouse

In 1893 the Bond and Free Store was constructed for the South Australian Brewery Company. The store probably supplied miners and service industries with tools, commodities and ale. The building remained in the possession of the South Australian Brewery Company until 1923 when Seppelts & Son took over the building for a wine vinegar manufacture, storage and bottling store. == Description ==

Seppelts Warehouse is a tall single storey building plus basement. It is constructed of brick and rubble stone masonry walls with a galvanised corrugated iron roof and a timber ground floor. The basement floor is of earth. The masonry walls and especially the parapets and gables are an excellent example of decorative brickwork for that period. It appears that the bricks were made locally and the stone - gneiss - was gathered from the local area. == Heritage listing ==

Broken Hill was first established in 1883 and this building was one of the first warehouses to be erected within the area. This Bond and Free Store is an excellent example of the fine and decorative brickwork carried out by tradesman of that period erecting warehouses and work stores throughout Australia, and it is suggested that this building is the only surviving unaltered warehouse in Broken Hill today. The industrial character of the building, fenestration method of construction and the contribution to streetscape, blend together to give a culturally significant building reflecting the attitudes and needs of the Broken Hill mining community during the initial development years. Seppelts Warehouse was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. Broken Hill was first established in 1883 and this building was one of the first warehouse to be erected within the area. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. This Bond and Free Store is an excellent example of the fine and decorative brickwork carried out by tradesman of that period erecting warehouses and work stores throughout Australia. The place has strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. The industrial character of the building, fenestration method of construction and the contribution to the streetscape, blend together to give a culturally significant building reflecting the attitudes and needs of the Broken Hill mining community during the initial development years. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. It is suggested that this building is the only surviving unaltered warehouse in Broken Hill today. == See also ==