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Agincourt: 13-15 Collins Street, Annandale. Sydney, New South Wales

Semi-detached villas: 13-15 Collins Street, Annandale. Sydney, NSW

Photo by: J Bar licenced under (CC-SA)

Agincourt: 13-15 Collins Street, Annandale. Sydney, NSW

Set within a suburb with some fantastic examples of 1880s architecture is this unusual semi-detached pair of Victorian Italianate villas named Agincourt. Each house is asymmetrical, but the pair combines to a unique create symmetry and among the notable features are the campanile-like towers and the restrained ornament used to best effect. Read more... (290 words, 4 images)

Posted in 2 storey | Tags: 1880s, annandale, finial, iron lacework, italianate, mannerist, new south wales, romanesque, row of two, semi, semi-detached, sydney, victorian terraces, villa, wooden fretwork |

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rohan: And just went past and now roof is gone and back being bulldozed leaving what looks like a 3m depth left !
miffed: Oh this is such a sad a sad thing to observe. Surely couldn’t it all be restored if someone had the...
Dave M: These houses are looking a lot better now with the balconies repaired, the ironwork restored and matching,...
Jeremy: Awesome, i wish there were more areas like this. I want to live and work in this area.
Monica: I work in GPT, and have always been fascinated by these terraces (and a little disappointed that...

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