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Swifts, Darling Point
''Swifts'' (also known as ''The Swifts'') is a heritage-listed late-Victorian architecture, Victorian Battlement, castellated Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival mansion located in the suburb of Darling Point, New South Wales, Darling Point, Sydney. ''Swifts'' is a rare survivor of a group of similar grand private residences sited on the southern shore of Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. It is described by the Australian Heritage Council as "perhaps the grandest house remaining in Sydney". ''Swifts'' was listed on the Register of the National Estate on 21 October 1980, and the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The motto ''Perseverantia Palmam Obtinebit'', being Latin for "perseverance gains the prize", is carved into the eastern façade of ''Swifts'' and seems to sum up the home as well as the lives of those who have lived in it. Designed by G. A. Morrell, ''Swifts'' was built in stages from around 1873 to 1882 by Sir Robert Lucas Lucas-Tooth, the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Revival Architecture
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly serious and learned admirers of the neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, intending to complement or even supersede the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws upon features of medieval examples, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, and hood moulds. By the middle of the 19th century, Gothic had become the preeminent architectural style in the Western world, only to fall out of fashion in the 1880s and early 1890s. The Gothic Revival movement's roots are intertwined with philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of high church or Anglo-Catholic belief concerned by the growth of religious nonconfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
