Winsbury Terrace are heritage-listed

terrace house A terrace, terraced house ( UK), or townhouse ( US) is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row ...

s located at 75–79 Kent Street, in the inner city

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suburb of

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in the

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local government area of

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, Australia. It was built from 1875. The property was added to the

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on 2 April 1999.

History

Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. Millers Point took its name in the early days of the colony from "Jack the Miller", who built his windmills there, while Lieut. Dawes established his observatory on the point. This precinct, positioned between

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, Observatory Hill and the

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, contains a variety of architectural styles from early Georgian houses and tiny workmen's cottages, to the grander 19th century Victorian terraces. With much of the area given over to public housing in the 20th century, recent changes in ownership are again breathing life into these early buildings, although the need to ensure any renovation is done sensitively remains imperative. These large Victorian Italianate terraces are thought to be architect designed and constructed in 1875. They have also been previously known as A.K.A Craig Terrace. First tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1992. The terrace was the House of Providence rented by the

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from 30 July 1880;

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resided at the premises from February–March 1881.

Description

Winsbury Terrace is an elaborately detailed Victorian Italianate terrace house (row of three), bowed iron lace to mid floor

balcony A balcony (from , "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. They are commonly found on multi-level houses, apartme ...

, triple arched windows to ground floor. Splendid

chimney A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas. Chimneys are typical ...

pots. This residence has five bedrooms. Storeys: Three. Construction: Rendered masonry walls, slate roof to main body of house, corrigated galvanised iron to rear wing. Cast iron lace to balcony and ground floor balustrading. No. 77 has elaborate stucco work on the

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

(no. 77) and

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative Moulding (decorative), moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, ar ...

s and window and door surrounds. First floor balcony has most unusual, curved cast iron

balustrade A baluster () is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its ...

panels. Handsome tuck-pointing on Kent Street facade, recently restored by expert craftsmen using authentic materials.

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, 2016 Painted timber balcony timbers and joinery. Style: Victorian Italianate. The external condition of the property is good.

Heritage listing

As at 23 November 2000, this terrace is one of a group of three elaborately detailed Victorian Italianate terrace houses. Rear wings being amongst the most significant on any terrace house in Sydney. They are a significant streetscape element and highly significant rear wings. It is part of the

Millers Point Conservation Area Millers Point Conservation Area is a heritage-listed historic precinct at Millers Point, Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation. It was added to the New Sout ...

, an intact residential and maritime precinct. It contains residential buildings and civic spaces dating from the 1830s and is an important example of C19th adaptation of the landscape. Winsbury Terrace was listed on the

on 2 April 1999.

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* {{Millers Point historical attractions, state=collapsed New South Wales State Heritage Register sites located in Millers Point Terraced houses in Sydney Houses completed in 1875 1875 establishments in Australia Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Millers Point Conservation Area