Posts Tagged ‘slate roof’
Pembroke Terrace: 91-101 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills. Sydney, New South Wales
Pembroke Terrace: 91-101 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills. Sydney, New South Wales
Pembroke Terrace is a row of six Georgian style sandstone terraced houses was built around 1860 and were among the first wave of terraced housing in Surry Hills.
Originally part of a row of 21 houses completed in 1871 most of which has since been demolished, clear photographs of the terrace soon after its completion are some of the best preserved images of the nature of early speculative development in Sydney1 2, even illustrate the use of cast iron bootscrapers and early rainwater systems and attracted a mix of middle class and working class occupants.3
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21 Hill Street, Hawthorn. Melbourne, Victoria
Freestanding Terrace: 21 Hill Street, Hawthorn. Melbourne, Victoria
21 Hill Street is a richly detailed double storey house which is built in the terrace style although freestanding.
This grand terrace features a hipped slate roof culminated in a central chimney above bracketed eaves – a design theme repeated elsewhere.
The verandah is the most important statement of this terrace. This is accentuated by the central breakfront triangular pediment propped up on cast iron columns and projected with wood brackets and a very short fringe to execute a temple effect. The pediment also features a decorative patterned cartouche inside of wooden fretwork or cast iron. The emphasis on the temple is accentuated further by the unusual relationship of a single central cast iron column below supporting the upper storey.
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37 Wentworth Street, Glebe. Sydney, New South Wales
Terrace Houses: 37 Wentworth Street, Glebe. Sydney, NSW
This row of five terraced homes in Sydney’s Glebe shares the same address and appears tall due to the basement level, making them triple storey houses.
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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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308-312 Neill Street. Soldiers Hill. Ballarat, Victoria
308-312 Neill Street, Soldiers Hill. Ballarat, Victoria
This small row of three red brick Queen Anne style terraces is unusual for Ballarat. While the marching down the hill style is similar to many in Soldiers Hill, the cute terraces of this row are unusually tiny and thin for Ballarat terraces, like miner or workers cottages. The size could possibly explained by their proximity to the railway station and the typically small blocks of the surrounding subdivision in Soldiers Hill.
