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12 and 12A Western Beach Road, Geelong. Victoria
Terrace Houses: 12 and 12A Western Beach Road, Geelong. Victoria
Commanding a sweeping elevated view over Corio Bay and foreshore cliffs near central Geelong, this pair has a great deal of history, having been altered several times since their first construction in 1854 as a single house built by Andrew and Elizabeth Martin, modified in 1880 by Charles Anderson and extended by his widow, Sarah, in 1895 to become two terrace houses.
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Wellwood Terrace: 82-92 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Victoria
Wellwood Terrace: 82-92 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Victoria
“Wellwood Terrace” is Geelong’s largest terrace. A row of six two storey terrace houses in the CBD it was build in 1887 as a row of four by J Wellwood and believed to be the work of Joseph Watts and later extended.
The terrace has a visible corrugated iron roof with prominent party walls and pairs of chimneys shared between pairs of houses evident along the roofline. The cornice is plain but with simple eaves brackets.
The terrace is set on a steep grade and is elevated off the street with staircases leading up towards the lower section.
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Milton Terrace: 1-19 Lower Fort Street, Dawes Point. Sydney, New South Wales
Milton Terrace: 1-19 Lower Fort Street. The Rocks, New South Wales.
With a picturesque setting at the feet of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the harbour this row of ten triple storey houses with sunken English style basements known as “Milton Terrace” built in 18801 and includes individually named terrace homes including Kia-Ora (17), Chelsea (15) and Surrey (13).
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