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2-4 Sir John Young Crescent, Woolloomooloo. Sydney, New South Wales
2-4 Sir John Young Crescent. Woolloomooloo, New South Wales
This most unusual row of three storey terraces is in a prominent but in the most unfortunate position. Set on arguably Sydney’s busiest junction, wedged between the Eastern distributor, entrance to the Cross City Tunnel Northbound and Cahill Expressway and the overpass of the Bondi railway line (which presumably cuts through what may have been an extended streetscape at some stage). It is extremely difficult to photograph !
The terrace (4) closest the railway bridge has a slate roof and corrugated verandah with filligree on each level but the facade is otherwise plain. It is also visibly leaning and the verandahs appear unstable.
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Sobraon: 17-21 Ormond Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Sobraon is a magnificent row of three storey terrace houses in Paddington, Sydney is an unusual Italianate composition. The name could have come from a clipper of the same name which was regularly moored at Rose Bay between 1867-1871 and the largest composite ship ever built1 (itself named for a war in Punjab India in the 1840s) the sails and masts which may well have once been visible in the distant harbour from the rear of these homes. The mid terrace is notably wider than either flanking terrace.
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Dr Martin’s: 86-88 Collins Street. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 86-88 Collins Street. Melbourne, Victoria
This impressive row of two triple storey terraces was once actually a row of three built for Dr Robert Martin in 1873 by James Gall (a third house in this row was demolished in 1976 to give the Nauru House office tower a Collins Street address). It is now one of just a handful of terraces remaining in the Melbourne CBD. The terraces, originally a combination of consulting rooms and residence have been adaptively reused as offices with ground floor boutique retail.
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3-9 Crown Street Woolloomooloo. Sydney, New South Wales (demolished 1980s)
Image courtesy of City of Sydney Archives, CRS 000275Terrace 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.
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Granite Terrace: 1-9 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. Melbourne, Victoria. (demolished 1965)
Courtesy of Fitzroy Local History Photograph CollectionGranite Terrace: 1-9 Gertrude Street. Fitzroy, Victoria.
Granite Terrace (pictured here in 1958 a hundred years after its construction in 1858) is one of those buildings for which I wish I had a time machine to plead with developers not to demolish. Armed with the knowledge of what was there before it is a painful experience to see what is there today. Granite Terrace, a three storey Regency style terrace flanked another famous Melbourne terrace completed the same year – Royal Terrace.
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