Posts Tagged ‘1889’

Ballarat Terrace: 227-231 Lydiard Street. Soldiers Hill, Victoria

Ballarat Terrace, built in 1889, is about as close to the Melbourne boom style of terrace that you can find outside of Melbourne. The terrace is fully restored and operates as a bed and breakfast.  Read more... (195 words, 5 images, estimated 47 secs reading time)

Photo by: Figaro

The Mansions. 40 George Street, Brisbane. Queensland.

The Mansions is a Brisbane landmark.  The huge row of six three storey terraces were built in 1889 to the design of G.H.M Addison and is a rare example of the American Romanesque style being applied to a row of terraced homes.

The building features some unique characteristics, including cat gargoyles on the corners of the parapet which is a balustrade.  The long limestone loggia are a substitute to the iron lacework typical of Australian terraces.  Classical columns prop up the arcades and triangular pediments mark the entrances.  There are other italianate features including the Palladian motifs on the upper windows over triangular pediments. Bays culminate in an attic level features an interesting asymmetric faceted bay design with a corrugated iron roof, cast iron finial crests and brick chimneys.  Read more... (212 words, 5 images, estimated 51 secs reading time)

Terrace Houses: Hopetoun House (22) and Victoria House (24) Northcote Road Armadale, Victoria

There is a certain elegance to Armadale’s terraces.  Many come in short rows.  Along the eastern side of Northcote Road there are several grand examples set high up back from the street obiously a vantage from which they have elevated views of the city skyline.  This double storey row at 22-24 is no exception.  I find it particularly interesting as for a boom style pair they manage to pull off a sense of grandeur despite their comparatively refined ornament.  Read more... (372 words, 5 images, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Cook Terrace: 249 Coronation Drive. Milton, Queensland

Cook Terrace is a landmark along the Brisbane River at Coronation Drive.  It is a three storey row of six Victorian buildings dating back to 1888-1889.

Cook Terrace is currently used as offices as part of a prominent business park, however the terrace has had a long and interesting history.

It was originally built as flats rather than terrace houses by builder Joseph Blain Cook to exploit a loophole in the Queensland Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act of 1885 and avoid subsequent penalties.   However like similar houses in Melbourne and Sydney, the row was aimed squarely at well-to-do tenants.  Read more... (215 words, 4 images, estimated 52 secs reading time)