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24-26 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point

24–26 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point are heritage-listed terrace houses located at 24, 26 Lower Fort Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Millers Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

History

Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. This property was constructed c. 1860, forming part of a row of substantial Georgian townhouses. First tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1991.

Description

Two storey late Georgian townhouse with attic roof behind parapetted facade, two storey timber verandah with cast iron balustrading. Townhouse converted to four one-bedroom units. Storeys: Two; Construction: Painted rendered masonry, corrugated galvanised iron roof, iron lace, painted timber joinery. Style: Victorian Georgian.

The external condition of the property is fair.

Modifications and dates

External: Dormer modified, timberwork attached.

Heritage listing

As at 23 November 2000, this townhouse was constructed c. 1860, and is part of a substantial row of Georgian townhouses.

It is part of the Millers Point Conservation Area, an intact residential and maritime precinct. It contains residential buildings and civic spaces dating from the 1830s and is an important example of 19th century adaptation of the landscape.

24–26 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

References

^ "Building". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00852. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.

Bibliography

URBIS (2016). 26 & 28 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point - Conservation Management Plan.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Building, entry number 852 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 13 October 2018.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 24-26 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point.

Paul Davies Pty Ltd (March 2007). "Millers Point and Walsh Bay Heritage Review" (PDF). City of Sydney.
"Lower Fort Street". Millers Point Community. n.d. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

v t e Millers Point historical attractions
Residential buildings	Alfred's Terrace Argyle Place Nos. 1-7 Nos. 6-8 No. 9 Nos. 10-12a Nos. 22-32 No. 34 Nos. 36-38 Nos. 40-44 Nos. 46-48 No. 50 Nos. 52-60 Nos. 62-64 Argyle House Bettington Street Nos. 56-60 Nos. 66-68 Blyth Terrace Clydebank Dalgety Road Terraces Nos. 7-13 Nos. 15-25 Nos. 27a-35a Darling House Eagleton Terrace Hexam Terrace High Street Nos. 2-36 Nos. 3-9 Nos. 38-72 Nos. 74-80 House of Bodleigh Katoomba House Kent Street Nos. 18-22 Nos. 24-26 Nos. 21-29 No. 28 No. 30 Nos. 32-40 Nos. 37-47 No. 42 No. 44 No. 46 Nos. 48-50 Nos. 49-51 Nos. 52-54 Nos. 53-55 Nos. 56-58 Nos. 59-63 Nos. 60-62 Nos. 71-73 Nos. 75-79 No. 81 Nos. 82-88 Nos. 83-85 Nos. 90-92 Nos. 115-121 Nos. 123-125 Linsley Terrace Lower Fort Street Nos. 1-19 No. 20 Nos. 21-23 No. 22 Nos. 24-26 Nos. 25-35 No. 28 Nos. 30-42 Nos. 39-41 No. 43 Nos. 47-53 No. 55 Nos. 57-61 Nos. 63-65 Nos. 67-73 Nos. 75-77 No. 79 Merriman Street Nos. 14-16 No. 18 Nos. 20-48 Milton Terrace 18-20a Munn Street Osborne House Regency Townhouses Stevens Terrace Toxteth Trinity Avenue Nos. 2-4 Nos. 14-22 Undercliffe Cottage Undercliffe Terrace Vermont Terrace Windmill Street Nos. 1-63 No. 65 No. 69 No. 71 No. 73 Nos. 82-84 Nos. 86-88 Nos. 90-92 Winsbury Terrace
Commercial buildings	Argyle Street Railway Substation Dalgety's Bond Stores Grafton Bond Store MSB Stores Complex Oswald Bond Store Post Office Sydney Observatory Windmill Street No. 67
Churches	Garrison Anglican Church Precinct St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church
Pubs and hotels	Captain Cook Harbour View Hero of Waterloo Lord Nelson Palisade Shipwrights Arms
Other significant historical features	Millers Point & Dawes Point Village Precinct Walsh Bay Wharves Precinct

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