30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point

30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point
30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point
	Disused and boarded up former public housing located at 30-42 Lower Fort Street (left) and 2-4 Trinity Avenue (right), pictured in 2019.
Location	30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.8571°S 151.2070°E
Built	c. 1910
Architect	NSW Government Architect
Architectural style(s)	Federation Arts and Crafts
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Residence
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	894
Type	Historic site
	Location of 30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point in Sydney

30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point are heritage-listed terrace houses located at 30-42 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. It was designed by the NSW Government Architect. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

History

Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. This block of apartments is one of a group built as part of the post-bubonic plague redevelopment of the area. First tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1982.[1]

Description

Block of three-storey face brick c. 1910 apartments with restrained detailing. Contains three two-bedroom units and three one-bedroom units. Storeys: Three; Construction: Face brick, corrugated iron roof and timber bracketed sun hoods. Cast iron balconies. Painted timber windows. Style: Federation Arts and Crafts.[1]

The external condition of the property is good.

Modifications and dates

External: Shutters altered. Joinery modified.[1]

Heritage listing

As at 23 November 2000, this block is a group of three storey apartment blocks built c. 1910 which is a fine example of post-plague workers' housing.[1]

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.[1]

30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

References

"Residence". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00894. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

Bibliography

Brooks & Associates (1998). Department of Housing s170 Register.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Residence, entry number 894 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 13 October 2018.

External links

Media related to 30-42 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point at Wikimedia Commons

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.

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[nswshr-894-1] "Residence". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00894. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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