18-22 Kent Street, Millers Point Explained

18–22 Kent Street
Coordinates:-33.8588°N 151.2038°W
Map Relief:yes
Location:18, 20, 22 Kent Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Beginning Label:Design period
Built:s
Architecture:Victorian Filigree
Designation1:New South Wales State Heritage Register
Designation1 Offname:Terrace
Designation1 Type:State heritage (built)
Designation1 Date:2 April 1999
Designation1 Number:917
Designation1 Free1name:Type
Designation1 Free1value:Terrace
Designation1 Free2name:Category
Designation1 Free2value:Residential buildings (private)
Designation1 Free3name:Builders

18–22 Kent Street is a heritage-listed row of three terrace houses located at 18, 20 and 22 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 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. 18-22 Kent Street is terrace housing built during the 1860s. It was first tenanted by NSW Department of Housing in 1982.[1]

Description

A two-storey Victorian Filigree terrace house with three bedrooms. Features include painted stuccoed masonry, a cantilevered balcony over footpath, cast iron balustrade and verandah supports, a corrugated iron verandah, two french doors with fanlights on upper storey, fanlight over front door and a sash window with slab sill on ground floor.[1]

Heritage listing

This 1860s 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 nineteenth-century adaptation of the landscape.[1]

18–22 Kent Street was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. 00917. 13 October 2018.