A repository of photographs of leadlight in homes in the Inner Western Suburbs of Sydney.
ASHFIELD
Victoria Street
Main Period: Victorian – Federation -
Interwar
Tree lined Victoria Street
Leadlight apparent at No’s 4, 6, 64, 68, 78, 102, 114, 132, 136, 139, 140, 153, 155, 159, 173, 175, 177, 185, 189, 195, 197, 207, 209, 233, 235 & 277
There are now high rise units, the police station and Fire Station, Yeo Park & Amman Park, Trinity Grammar School and little Yeo Park Primary School and Yeo Park, huge mansions, classic Federation houses and Californian bungalows, the old Masonic Hospital, the huge Cardinal Freeman retirement complex including the wonderful Glentwood, Interwar flats and units from the 1960’s, 70’s, & 80’s. There are cottages and huge heritage listed mansions. In its two kilometre length, Victoria Street provides a unique heritage experience and examples of leadlight from the early 1880’s through to the post war period.
175 Victoria Street
153 Victoria Street
Glentworth
141 Victoria Street
Interwar Flats
Classic Federation Corner House
The Harland Estate 1882
Victoria Street, Norton Street & Crane Street, 1882
1884 Murrel's Estate
Victoria Street 1902
A Pamphlet for Victoria Street, Norton Street & Prospect Road, 1882.
The Plynlimmon Estate 1883.
The Plynlimmon Estate 1884.
1884 Murrel's Estate
The Hurlstone Estate 1893.
The Mount Joy Estate 1904
The Woolford Estate 1905.
Trinity Grammar School Estate 1928.
Victoria Street
No 4 is a Californian bungalow (c.1920) with leadlight in the French doors, sidelights, tops and a fanlight on the verandah. It is difficult to see in the shadow but it looks intact. The house appears to be the same design as No 6 but the leadlight is different..
