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Four storey office block, assembly room and stables building on the corner of Hunter and Castlereagh Street which was designed by architects Benjamin Backhouse & John J Lough in 1882 and completed by builder WH Jennings in 1883 for Hawkes. Stalls for up to 156 horseswere situated even up to the third floor, with a series of ramps and elevator providing access. The site had previously been in use by circuses and for athletics. Also known as the Tattersalls Chambers, and subsequently the Royal Chambers, the building was demolished in the early 1960s and replaced by the P&O-Orient Line building at 1 Castlereagh Street.
