Newcastle Police Stables
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| alternate_names = Toodyay Police Stables
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| address = 15-17 Clinton Street
| location_town = Toodyay
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| completion_date = {{start date and age|1891}}
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| main_contractor = James Hasell
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| designation1 = State Register of Heritage Places
| designation1_offname = Newcastle Gaol, Lock-up and Stables Group, Toodyay
| designation1_type = State Registered Place
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| designation1_date = 31 May 1996
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| designation1_number = {{SRHP|2558}}
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| references = Toodyay municipal inventory
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The Newcastle Police Stables on Clinton Street in Toodyay, Western Australia were constructed in 1891 and replaced the original timber stables erected on this site in 1860, which were destroyed by fire.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33063115 |title=Destructive Fire at Newcastle.|newspaper=Western Mail |location=Perth |date=20 December 1890 |accessdate=11 February 2014 |page=36 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26768003 |title=WEST AUSTRALIA. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=18 December 1890 |accessdate=2 March 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3139272 |title=DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEW-CASTLE. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=17 December 1890 |accessdate=2 March 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
In 1970 the stables were classified by the National Trust and included on the permanent Register of the National Estate in 1978 as part of the Newcastle Gaol, Lock-up and Stables Group.{{Heritage Council of Western Australia|name=Newcastle Gaol, Lock-up and Stables Group, Toodyay|id=02558|access-date=18 February 2018}} The stables along with the 1907 police lock-up were listed separately from the gaol complex on the municipal inventory to enable nomination to the National Trust classified list.{{Heritage Council of Western Australia|name=Newcastle Police Stables (fmr)|id=12169|access-date=18 February 2018}}
History
Timber stables were built on the site using convict labour in the 1860s. A fire that started in a dung heap destroyed those timber stables in 1890. The stables were replaced with a brick and stone structure designed by George Temple-Poole and built by James Hasell in 1891.
The present building is a single storey stone range with brick quoining and stone window dressings. It has a shallow pitched corrugated iron roof with gables. The façade facing the street is solid stonework with five small high level openings. The entrance to the building is at the rear.{{citation|url=http://www.toodyay.wa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/building/municipal-inventory/municipal-inventory.pdf|title=Municipal Inventory and Heritage List|publisher=Shire of Toodyay|year=2012|author=Hocking Planning & Architecture|pages=224–225|access-date=12 April 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The stables remained in use until 1955. Restoration of the building began in the 1970s and the stables are currently open as part of the Newcastle Old Gaol Museum complex.{{cite book|title=Living History|publisher=Shire of Toodyay}}
