Sydney terrace with devastating rooftop feature snapped up ahead … – Nine

by | Dec 24, 2022 | Engineer

There is sad reason why this grand old Sydney terrace has a harbour viewing platform. But the gut-wrenching historic feature hasn't stopped buyers snapping up the pad ahead of auction.
Crowning the four-level Millers Point house is a structure called a "widow's walk" – a raised area built in 19th coastal homes where shipping industry wives could see their husbands sail out of port and wait and watch, sometimes in vain, for their return.
It's a unique feature of 77 Kent Street, Millers Point, sold by McGrath Millers Point is understood to have been the only recent listing in Australia with one.
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Widow's walks are not uncommon in waterside North American properties constructed during the mid-16th and mid-19th centuries, especially those with an emphasis on Italianate architecture.
The Millers Point address – one in a row of terraces named Winsbury – was built in 1875 and has been sensitively restored to keep its character.
The widow's walk – which is technically a fifth level, with ground, one and two containing living zones and bedrooms, with an attic above that – takes in a 360 degree world-famous vista, including the soaring buildings of the modern Barangaroo, Observatory Hill and the Harbour Bridge.
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Inside, handsomely hefty doors, high ceilings, chandeliers, formal rooms and marble fireplaces speak to its age.
Double French doors in the main bedroom connect to a shady balcony.
A covered terrace with sparkling water views can be found on the second level, beyond the kitchen/dining room and a sitting room.
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The rear of the property comprises a leafy courtyard with a pond.
The listing is typical of the 19th-century terraced homes found in the old harbouside suburb, 1km from the CBD, and the neighbouring postcode of The Rocks.
Millers Point is located on the western side of Sydney Cove (next to the bridge's southern approach) where historic wharves and pubs are still a drawcard, centuries later.
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