Austin House (Guyana)

Building in Georgetown, Guyana

Coordinates6°49′20″N 58°09′48″W / 6.82235°N 58.16335°W / 6.82235; -58.16335

Completed5 October 1894

Austin House

Location within Guyana
General information
Location	Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana
Coordinates	6°49′20″N 58°09′48″W / 6.82235°N 58.16335°W / 6.82235; -58.16335
Completed	5 October 1894
Client	Anglican Diocese of Guyana
Technical details
Material	Wood^[1]
Design and construction
Architect	John Bradshaw Sharples

Austin House (also Bishop’s Court^[2]) located in Georgetown, is the official residence of the Anglican Bishop of Guyana. The building is named after William Piercy Austin, the first Anglican bishop of Guyana.^[1]

The original residence for the bishop was a U-shaped building constructed in 1842, and was named Kingston House.^[2] In 1892, it was renamed Austin House in honour of William Piercy Austin, the first Anglican bishop of Guyana.^[3] The building fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1894.^[2]

On 5 October 1894, the new building was completed.^[2] The Austin House is a wooden building with two steep roofs and Demerara windows.^[1] In 1930, the ground floor was enclosed to enlarge office space.^[2] In 1950,^[2] two stained glass windows were installed over the main entrance. One window contains the arms of the dioceses of London and Canterbury, and the other the arms of the dioceses of Guyana and Barbados.^[1] Austin House was restored in 2012.^[2]

In 1998,^[4] Guyana started a procedure to nominate Georgetown as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austin House was one of the 13 monuments selected for inclusion, however the nomination ran into difficulties due to inadequate legislation to protect the monuments.^[5] As of 2021, Guyana is not listed.^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 Arlene Munro (14 December 2006). "The stately civic buildings of Georgetown History This Week NO 50/2006". Stabroek News via Land of Six People. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Colonial Homes of Georgetown". Guyana Times International. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
↑ "Historic Kingston". National Trust of Guyana. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
↑ "Guyana to resume UNESCO heritage listing quest -Nathoo". Stabroek News. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
↑ Lloyd Kandasammy. "History This Week No. 26/2008". Stabroek News. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
↑ "Guyana". Unesco. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

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Airports	Cheddi Jagan Eugene Correia Kaieteur Aishalton Annai Apoteri Awaruwaunau Baramita Bartica Ebini Imbaimadai Kamarang Karanambo Karasabai Kato Kurukabaru Lethem Linden Lumid Pau Mabaruma Mahdia Monkey Mountain Mountain Point New Amsterdam Orinduik Paramakatoi Paruima Port Kaituma
Amusement parks	Splashmins Fun Park
Forts	Fort Nassau Fort Zeelandia Fort Kyk-Over-Al
Government and municipal	Georgetown City Hall Parliament Building Red House Secretariat of the Caribbean Community State House
Hospitals	Georgetown Public Hospital New Amsterdam Public Hospital St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Museums and zoos	Guyana National Art Gallery Guyana National Museum Guyana Zoo Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology
Other monuments	Arthur Chung Conference Centre Austin House Bank of Guyana Georgetown Cenotaph Georgetown Lighthouse Stabroek Market Umana Yana
Places of worship	Brickdam Cathedral St Andrew's Kirk St George's Cathedral Mission Chapel
Sports venues	Bourda Providence Stadium South Dakota Circuit Synthetic Track and Field Facility

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