The first main stop was one of Surry Hill’s hidden delights, a house designed by Francis Greenway. Although a classic simple-lined Georgian house (the kind of house a five year old might draw), this house has the added influence of a verandah.
Greenway Cottage
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- Members of the Architecture Tour, including our tour guide Terrance outside the Readers Digest Building in Surry Hills. It’s quite a fascinating building.
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- The old Dental Hospital which divided the group amongst those who thought it was terrific – myself included – and those who hated it.
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- The St Margaret’s Hospital complex on Bourke Street. Although I’ve walked past it many times, I’ve never been there, and have never appreciated how interesting architecturally it is. Nor how it combines so well with the area.
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- Along the way, we also stopped at the old Railway Institute Building (located next to the entrance to the Devonshire Street Tunnel at Central) which has classic Dutch-designed gables, combined with English-style brickwork.
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- A typical workers terrace house in Surry Hills.
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- Surry Hills Architecture Tour
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- An electricity sub-station converted into an apartment block on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills
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- Modern architect-designed house in Surry Hills, Sydney.
