Regency Townhouses | |
Coordinates: | -33.857°N 151.2065°W |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | 57, 59, 61 Lower Fort Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Beginning Label: | Design period |
Architecture: | Victorian Regency |
Designation1: | New South Wales State Heritage Register |
Designation1 Offname: | Regency Townhouses |
Designation1 Type: | State heritage (built) |
Designation1 Date: | 2 April 1999 |
Designation1 Number: | 887 |
Designation1 Free1name: | Type |
Designation1 Free1value: | Town House |
Designation1 Free2name: | Category |
Designation1 Free2value: | Residential buildings (private) |
Designation1 Free3name: | Builders |
The Regency Townhouses are heritage-listed former terrace houses and now commercial offices located at 57–61 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. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. This building is one of a group of fine Victorian Regency terraces based on the London model. First tenanted by Department of Housing in 1985.[1]
Three storey Regency townhouse with basement based on the London model, set back from street and enclosed by cast-iron fence. Classic ionic entrance portico. Boarding house with three by one bedroom units and two by two bedroom units. Storeys: Three; Construction: Painted rendered masonry, corrugated galvanised iron roof. Spear fence. Style: Victorian Regency.[1]
The external condition of the property is good.
External: Windows and fanlight altered.[1]
As at 23 November 2000, this building is a group of three Regency style townhouses based on London model of three storeys with basements, which are in almost intact exterior 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]
Regency Townhouses was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]