83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point

83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point
83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point
	83-85 Kent Street, pictured in 2019.
Location	83, 85 Kent Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.8600°S 151.2034°E
Architectural style(s)	Victorian Italianate
New South Wales Heritage Register
	Official name: Terrace
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	879
Type	Terrace
Category	Residential buildings (private)
	Location of 83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point in Sydney

83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point is a heritage-listed former residence and now boarding house located at 83-85 Kent 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 is privately owned and 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 boarding house was first tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1984.[1]

Description

One of a pair of two storey with attic rooms and dormer windows. This boarding house contains five bedrooms. It has a curved roofed dormer window, decorative iron lace and frieze to balcony and spear fence balustrade to ground floor. Storeys: Two; Construction: Painted rendered masonry walls, slate roof to main body of house corrigated galvanised iron to balcony roof and rear wing. Decorative iron lace. Painted timber joinery. Style: Victorian Italianate.[1]

The external condition of the property is good.

Heritage listing

As at 23 November 2000, this is one of a pair of two storey Victorian terraces in good condition.[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]

83-85 Kent Street, Millers Point was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

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References

"Terrace". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00879. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

Bibliography

Brooks & Associates (1998). Department of Housing s170 Register.
City Plan Services (2016). 85-87 Kent Street, Millers Point - Conservation Management Plan.
Lucas, Stapleton and Partners Pty Ltd (2016). 83 Kent Street, Millers Point - Conservation Management Plan.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Terrace, entry number 879 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

Paul Davies Pty Ltd (March 2007). "Millers Point and Walsh Bay Heritage Review" (PDF). City of Sydney.

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[nswshr-879-1] "Terrace". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00879. 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