top of page
A repository of photographs of leadlight in homes in the Inner Western Suburbs of Sydney.
Marrickville
Holmesdale Street
Main Period: Victorian
Leadlight apparent at No’s 19, 20 & 24
Holmesdale Street is a very narrow street and most of the dwellings are very small. They were obviously built for workers expected to work in the local industries particularly the brick pits.
Holmesdale Street, August 2020.
Small workers cottages in Holmesdale Street, 2020
%20Marrickville%2C%204%20good%20level%20bui.jpg)
Holmesdale Street, 1876
%20Plan%20showing%20excavation%20Marric.jpg)
The brick pit in 1922
Holmesdale Street
No 19 is an early California bungalow (c.1920) with leadlight and a three panel casement window on the left and in another three panel casement window on the verandah. This design, with a flower in each panel is typical of the leadlight in bungalows of this period.
bottom of page