Posts Tagged ‘1870s’
92-94 Perry Street, Collingwood. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 92-94 Perry Street. Collingwood, Victoria
This pair of plain looking old terraces in formerly working class Collingwood is in fair external condition but obviously visibly showing its age, moreso the house at 92 which has the appearance of subsiding with large visible cracks along its facade, nevertheless it was recently advertised by real estate agents as “structurally sound” and recently sold for many hundreds of thousands.
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154-160 Carrington Street, Adelaide. South Australia
Terrace Houses: 154-160 Carrington Street, Adelaide. South Australia
The row of four double storey bluestone terrace houses in this photo was built in 1878 one of several speculative developments by builder Simon Harvey. The terrace presents mainly to Carrington Street but has sides facing Royal Place and Pulteney Street and forms part of a magnificent collection of Victorian era terraces around Hurtle Square.
The most notable aspects of this terrace is the dominance of the roof, the unusual spacing of verandah posts, the positioning above the city footpath and the wholeness of the composition.
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Darcy Lever Terrace: 33-39 Hurtle Square, Adelaide. South Australia
Darcy Lever Terrace: 33-39 Hurtle Square, Adelaide. South Australia
This row of four double storey houses fronts Hurtle Square but also presents an end terrace to Halifax Street is named “Darcy Lever Terrace” is typical of the Adelaide style but a great individual example. Constructed in local basalt with mostly timber verandahs they were built in 1878 by Simon Harvey.
The roof is hipped with plain rendered chimneys and double wooden eaves brackets. The terraces have rendered mouldings with keystoned window surrounds, the keystones featuring vermiculation and string course moulding to visually separate the floors at the end terrace. The side facades have a brick pattern while the front facade.
Hollyford: 57 St Vincent Place Sth, Albert Park. Melbourne, Victoria
Hollyford: 57 St Vincent Place Sth, Albert Park. Melbourne, Victoria
Hollyford is a spectacular double fronted Victorian villa in the terrace style found overlooking Albert Parks beautiful St Vincents Gardens. Built in 1873 in polychrome brick and render, this single storey terraced house features incredible detail typically associated with the Melbourne “boom style”.
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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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