Heritage homes of Sydney
Encyclopedia
The following houses in Sydney
, Australia
are listed on the Register of the National Estate
and/or the State Heritage Register of New South Wales
:
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
are listed on the Register of the National Estate
Register of the National Estate
The Register of the National Estate is a listing of natural and cultural heritage places in Australia. The listing was initially compiled between 1976 and 2003 by the Australian Heritage Commission. The register is now maintained by the Australian Heritage Council...
and/or the State Heritage Register of New South Wales
NSW State Heritage Register
The NSW State Heritage Register is a heritage register administered by the Heritage Branch of the New South Wales Department of Planning. It is based in Parramatta....
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1790s
- Elizabeth Farm
- Experiment Farm CottageExperiment Farm CottageExperiment Farm Cottage, in Harris Park, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, is one of Australia’s oldest standing residences. It is located at the site of Experiment Farm, Australia's first European farmstead, which was itself created by Australia's first land grant.In 1789, James Ruse was...
- Old Government HouseOld Government House, ParramattaOld Government House is a former "country" residence of 10 early governors of New South Wales, located in Parramatta Park in Parramatta, New South Wales, now a suburb of Sydney...
1830s
- Camden ParkCamden Park Estate, New South WalesCamden Park was a large sheep station established by John Macarthur south of Sydney near present day Camden in New South Wales, Australia. Today, part of the original estate contains the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute.- Origins :...
- Elizabeth Bay HouseElizabeth Bay HouseElizabeth Bay House is a historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built between 1835 and 1839, Elizabeth Bay House was known as 'the finest house in the colony'. Elizabeth Bay House is a home in the Regency style, originally surrounded by a garden, but...
- Government HouseGovernment House, SydneyGovernment House is located in Sydney, Australia alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens, overlooking Sydney Harbour, just south of the Sydney Opera House...
- Lindesay
- Newington HouseNewington HouseNewington House is a historic house in Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia and is located 20 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council. The house and chapel are sited on the northern bank of the Parramatta River and are now enclosed...
- Rose Bay CottageRose Bay CottageRose Bay Cottage is a heritage home in Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia. It is listed by the Heritage Council as a building of historical significance. It is the oldest surviving house in the Woollahra Municipality....
1840s
- Admiralty House
- Carthona
- FernhillHeritage NSW
- The Hermitage, Ryde
- Richmond Villa
- WillandraWillandraWillandra is a Colonial Georgian house in Ryde, Sydney. It is listed by the New South Wales Heritage Council as a place of historical significance. It was built by James Devlin in the early 1840s and has been associated with several prominent people...
- Fitzroy Terrace, Pitt Street, Redfern
- Bronte HouseBronte HouseBronte House is an historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte. It is situated at 470 Bronte Road and is listed on the Register of the National Estate as well as having a New South Wales state heritage listing.-History and description:...
1850s
- BishopscourtBishopscourt, Darling PointBishopscourt is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Darling Point. It is heritage-listed.Originally known as Greenoaks it was designed by Edmund Blacket. A cottage originally occupied the site, and the owner, Thomas Sutcliffe Mort, built the sandstone Gothic Revival mansion around this...
- Bronte House
- Fairfax HouseFairfax HouseFairfax House is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.The two-storey Gothic house is on the south side of Ginahgulla Road. It was built in 1858 by John Fairfax, of the Fairfax family of newspaper proprietors...
- Greycliffe HouseGreycliffe HouseGreycliffe House is a historic, two-storey residential dwelling situated in the Sydney Suburb of Vaucluse. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.-History:...
- Kirribilli HouseKirribilli HouseKirribilli House is the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister. The house is located at the far eastern end of Kirribilli Avenue in the harbourside suburb of Kirribilli...
- Stead HouseStead HouseStead House, a grand Victorian Italianate residence located in Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney's Inner West, was initially established as “Waterloo Villa” sometime in the early 1850's by Archibald Mitchell on part of the 30 acre grant known as “Wain’s Farm”...
- Strickland HouseStrickland House, VaucluseStrickland House is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse.Listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate, it was the home of John Hosking, Sydney's first Lord Mayor. The house was designed by John Hilly and built in the 1850s, when it was known as "Carrara"...
1870s
- Fernleigh CastleFernleigh CastleFernleigh Castle is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.The two-storey home was built on the site of a sandstone cottage built in 1874, and incorporates the original walls of that building...
- The Hermitage, VaucluseThe Hermitage, VaucluseThe Hermitage is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.The main house was designed and built around 1870-1878 by Edward Mason Hunt, influenced by the design of Roslyndale, in Woollahra. It features a castellated tower,...
- Holrood
- St Claire
1880s
- The Abbey
- Cloncorrick
- CaerleonCaerleon, Bellevue HillCaerleon is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate.-History and description:...
- Highroyd, Annandale
- RonaRona, Bellevue HillRona is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.The design of Rona was based on Greycliffe House in Nielsen Park, another heritage home. Like Greycliffe House, it is a two-storey stone house in a Gothic Revival style. ...
- The SwiftsThe SwiftsThe Swifts is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Darling Point. The Australian Heritage Commission describe it as "...perhaps the grandest house remaining in Sydney". It has federal and state heritage listings.....
- Woollahra HouseWoollahra HouseThere were two houses called Woollahra House built on the same site in Point Piper, Sydney, Australia. The first was built in 1856 by Sir Daniel Cooper and the second by his son William Charles Cooper in 1883 . Both houses have been demolished, but two buildings still remain from the original...
See also
- Buildings and architecture of SydneyBuildings and architecture of SydneyThe Architecture of Sydney is not characterised by any one architectural style, having accumulated and developed over its 200 year history.Under early nineteenth-century the tenure of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, the works of Francis Greenway were the first substantial buildings for the fledgling...
- History of SydneyHistory of SydneyThe History of Sydney begins in prehistoric times with the occupation of the district by Australian Aborigines, whose ancestors came to Australia between 45,000 and 50,000 years ago...