Ernest Baynes Stand at RNA

ErnestBaynesStandatRNA

BowenHills,QLD

Sector

Community

Subsector

Sporting, Parks & Recreation

Client

Royal National Agricultural & Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA)

Completed

2022

Team Leader

John Hutchinson

Architect

Richard Gailey Jnr

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£26K

Project value

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52

Weeks to build

7000

Capacity

In 1922 the Ernest Baynes Stand was erected on the site of the 1885 grandstand. Designed by architect Richard Gailey Jnr and constructed by John Hutchinson I, the building had two tiers with a seating capacity of 5000 and a total capacity of 7000. 

It was constructed with a steel frame faced with brick, the larger steel sections being imported from Britain and the smaller sections made in Australia. The foundation stone of the new grandstand was laid by Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, in November 1922, and the stand was completed in time for the August 1923 Brisbane Exhibition. 

The sub-floor contained a dining room which could accommodate 600 persons at a sitting, and a row of ten shops facing the lane at the rear of the structure.

In 2012 Hutchies celebrated their 100 year centenary at RNA with the backdrop the Ernest Baynes Stand, attended by then Prime Minster Julia Gillard.

Ernest Baynes Stand at RNA

Sporting, Parks & Recreation

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