Blyth Terrace

Blyth Terrace
Blyth Terrace
	Part of Blyth Terrace, at left, and 90-92 Kent Street, at left, pictured in 2019.
Location	82, 84, 86, 88 Kent Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.8603°S 151.2039°E
Built	c. 1850s
Architect	Fowell & McConnel
Architectural style(s)	Victorian Filigree
New South Wales Heritage Register
	Official name: Blyth Terrace; AMA House
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	839
Type	Terrace
Category	Residential buildings (private)
Builders	Messrs Hutcherson Bros
	Location of Blyth Terrace in Sydney

Blyth Terrace is a heritage-listed series of terrace houses located at 82-88 Kent 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 Fowell & McConnel and built by Messrs Hutcherson Bros. It is also known as AMA House. 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. Terrace housing built during the 1850s. First tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1982.[1]

Description

82-86 Kent Street, pictured in 2019. 88 Kent Street is obscured, at far right.

Early Victorian, two-storey terrace with four bedrooms, sleep-out and attic. Features include a concave corrugated iron verandah painted in wide stripes, iron lace balcony and column supports and spear fence at ground level. Ground floor has a double hung window and front door with fanlight above. Upper level has two french doors opening onto balcony. Shutters on all windows. Storeys: Two; Construction: Painted rendered masonry, corrugated galvanised iron roof. Timber verandah with iron lace and balcony columns. Spear fence balustrading at ground level. Style: Victorian Filigree.[1]

The external condition of the property is good.

Modifications and dates

External: Some iron columns removed. Last inspected: 19 February 1995.[1]

Heritage listing

As at 23 November 2000, this 1850s terrace forms part of a cohesive streetscape element.[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 C19th adaptation of the landscape.[1]

Blyth Terrace was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

References

"Blyth Terrace". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00839. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

Bibliography

PTW Architects (2015). 82-88 Kent Street, Millers Point - Conservation Management Plan.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Blyth Terrace, entry number 839 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-839-1] "Blyth Terrace". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00839. 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