Sussex Street, Sydney

Corn Exchange (1887)

Sussex Street is a street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia. It runs north-south along the western side of the city, between Hickson Road and Hay Street. It is in the local government area of the City of Sydney. The street is 1.7 km long.^[1] It was named after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, the sixth son of King George III.

The street is home to the state headquarters of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and "Sussex St" is widely used as a metonym for the ALP in general and for ALP headquarters in particular.

Description

Sussex Street is adjacent to Darling Harbour and as such has a wide range of buildings associated with the harbour activities and industries. In this respect it is similar to other streets like Kent Street and Wattle Street, whose character was largely influenced by their proximity to Darling Harbour.

The street features a large number of older, heritage buildings, alongside more recent developments like the Sheraton Four Points Hotel. It is in a part of the city that was depressed for a long time, but which has been revitalised recently.

Heritage buildings

The following buildings are listed on the Register of the National Estate unless otherwise stated.^[2]

Corn Exchange (1887), designed by government architect, George McRae
The Dundee Arms Hotel (1850)
Hunter River Steamship Navigation Company building, (c. 1883)
Royal George Hotel (c. 1858)
Former Commercial Stores, nos.121-127 (1850s)
Warehouses nos.139-145 (c. 1855)
Warehouses nos.149-153 (c. 1855)
Shelbourne Hotel, designed by Wilson, Neave and Berry (1902)
Windermere Chambers, corner Sussex and King Streets, designed by Walter Liberty Vernon and Howard Joseland, built 1880-1890 (State heritage listing)^[3]
Former Public School, designed by George Allen Mansfield (1875), later used as Flying Angel Seafarers Centre (State heritage listing)^[4]

Gallery

Former Commercial Stores
The Dundee Arms
Windermere Chambers
Hunter River Steamship Navigation Company
Shelbourne Hotel
Bristol Arms Hotel
Royal George Hotel
Former public school
Archival shot of Sussex Street with Corn Exchange on the left

References

↑ Gregory's Sydney Street Directory (2002) Maps A,C,E
↑ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, pp.2/109-110
↑ State heritage website
↑ State heritage website

External links

Media related to Sussex Street, Sydney at Wikimedia Commons

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