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Traralgon: 212-216 Williams Road, Toorak. Melbourne, Victoria
Traralgon: 212-216 Williams Road. Toorak. Melbourne, Victoria
Part of the 1890s Bush Inn Estate, this row of three brown bricked terraces is rich in Mannerist style high victorian decoration with the mid terrace featuring a high parapet comprised of triangular and round shell patterned pediments and patterned corbels. The name of the terrace “Traralgon” is emblazoned on the parapet and obviously inspired by the Victorian town in the Latrobe Valley founded around 30 years prior. The verandahs feature thick round and flat arched windows and leadlights rich in cast iron filigree with rounded corner brackets and central pendants as well as a richly detailed fence. Even the blind arches have keystones for added effect.
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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.
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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67-69 Watkin Street, Newtown. Sydney, New South Wales
Photo by: Duncan KimballTerrace Houses: 67-69 Watkin Street, Newtown. Sydney, New South Wales. Image by Duncan Kimball
These terrace houses, largely hidden by trees, are of a most unusual design. Looking similar in appearance to a Manhattan brownstone, they feature an exaggerated Italianate mannerist (or baroque) style using stucco and mouldings to simulate heavy stone in stark contrast to the iron lacework inspired filigree terraces of the street.
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Karlsrue: 34 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli. Sydney, New South Wales
Karlsrue: 34 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli. Sydney, New South Wales. Image by Sardaka
Perhaps the most impressive feature of this tall freestanding Victorian terrace in Sydney’s inner north is the triple storey verandah, replete with iron lacework. Although the upper storey with its bullnose roof is missing its brackets the terrace has fringes, brackets and decorative cast iron columns on every level. This is rare for a Sydney terrace as most typically have verandahs only the bottom or bottom two storeys.
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2-6 Spring Street, Fitzroy. Melbourne, Victoria
2-6 Spring Street, Fitzroy. Melbourne, Victoria
This row of two storey terraces sits in a little side street just of Johnston Street in Fitzroy. Built right up to the property line, the narrow terraces have an italianate style similar to many in Sydney. The small deck has parquetry floor tiles and a small cast iron fence with gate.
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Botanic Chambers: 301-307 North Terrace, Adelaide. South Australia
Botanic Chambers: 301-307 North Terrace, Adelaide. South Australia. Image by Pdfpdf
Botanic Chambers is an an addition to Adelaide’s historic Botanic Hotel designed by architect McMullen and built between 1876 and 1877 to mirror the style of the hotel which also extends toward East Terrace.
The very English Italianate terraces were built in bluestone with stuccoed decrations incorporating classical elements including quoining, parapets, faceted bay windows on the ground floor and large aediculed windows on the upper storeys. The terrace has a prominent fence and gateposts which complete the composition. Cast iron lacework balconies were later added. The terraces complement the large collection of classic buildings which line North Terrace.
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