Image courtesy of City of Sydney Archives, CRS 000275

Terrace Houses: 3-9 Crown Street, Woolloomooloo

This row of very tall triple storey terraces was a sad loss to Sydney, although many like it still do remain in the inner suburbs.

The 1880s terrace was of a typical Sydney style, a double storey verandah, an upper storey with quite plain treatment and a parapetless high pitched roof with prominent chimneys and protruding party walls.  There were two sets of windows per house and the upper windows had elegant moulded sashes and ledged sills.  Elevated from street level, a flight of steps led to the ground floor which also had windows and doors with elegant Italianate style sashes.    The corrugated iron roof of the verandah curved out in concave fashion and the party walls featured some decoration in the form of acanthus scrolls.  The iron lacework on the verandah of each house was split in two by solid cast iron columns with cast iron lace brackets, fringes and upper storey balustrade.

The terrace was demolished in the early 1980s.  During my last visit the site was vacant and part of an the expansion plans for the Harbour City Hotel next door (the building pictured right).