14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point

October 2018 October 2018 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point 1.jpg A view of 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point, New South Wales Australia Sydney central#Australia -33.8571 151.2020 region:AU-NSW_type:landmark inline,title yes 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Design period 1837–1840 Victorian Georgian New South Wales State Heritage Register Stone Cottage & Wall State heritage (built) 2 April 1999 840 Type historic site Category Builders 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point is a heritage-listed stone cottage located at 14-16 Merriman 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 built from 1837 to 1840. It is also known as Stone Cottage & Wall. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.5045215 Stone Cottage & Wall 00840 13 October 2018 History Millers Point is one of the earliest areas of European settlement in Australia, and a focus for maritime activities. Merriman Street contains a substantial collection of Georgian style houses and terraces. Millers Point took its name in the early days of the colony from "Jack the Miller", who built his windmills there, while Lieut. Dawes established his observatory on the point. This precinct, positioned between Barangaroo, Observatory Hill and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, contains a variety of architectural styles from early Georgian houses and tiny workmen's cottages, to the grander 19th century Victorian terraces. With much of the area given over to public housing in the 20th century, recent changes in ownership are again breathing life into these early buildings, although the need to ensure any renovation is done sensitively remains imperative.NTA, 2016, 18 This cottage was built 1840, first tenanted by the NSW Department of Housing in 1986. Important local history item, possibly residence for the supervisor of the A.A. Co. wharf. Description Georgian, two bedroom, stone cottage, single storey with gable ends. Corrugated iron verandah with timber posts. Storeys: One; Construction: Painted stone, face to gable ends. Corrugated galvanised iron roof. Painted timber joinery. Style: Georgian. Small, 1837 working man's cottage on the level crest of the sandstone cliff that forms its foundation on the site where Barangaroo meets Millers Point. Cr Clive Lucas, the principal of Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners, was commissioned to conserve the by-then severely dilapidated cottage and create an imaginative and comfortable home for modern living, which respects and retains elements of its early life as a blacksmith's cottage and workplace. The external condition of the property is good. Modifications and dates External: Stone parapet modified. Verandah roof altered. Heritage listing As at 23 November 2000, 14-16 Merriman Street contains housing groups of the utmost historical importance. This stone cottage was possibly a residence for the supervisor of the A. A. Co. wharf. 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. 14-16 Merriman Street, Millers Point was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. References Bibliography Brooks & Associates 1998 Department of Housing s170 Register National Trust of Australia (NSW) 2016 Millers Point Day Attribution Stone Cottage & Wall 5045215 840 2018 13 October 2018 External links Paul Davies Pty Ltd March 2007 https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/119228/MillersPt_FinalMarch2007_Sec1-3.pdf Millers Point and Walsh Bay Heritage Review City of Sydney 1 December 2018 19 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200819060711/https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/119228/MillersPt_FinalMarch2007_Sec1-3.pdf dead collapsed Category:New South Wales State Heritage Register sites located in Millers Point Category:1840 establishments in Australia Category:Houses in Millers Point, New South Wales Category:Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register Category:Houses completed in 1840 Category:Millers Point Conservation Area