TERRACE HOUSE








285–291 Gilbert Street
These three attached terrace houses were built in 1886. Of special interest is a masonry detail on the western wall, where old fossils are clearly visible. The building carries a blue plaque.


This complex of three attached two-storey terrace houses, constructed of bluestone, were built in two stages for Herman Heinrich Schraeder. Dwellings 285 and 287 were built in 1886, and the largest and most westerly dwelling, 291, in 1893. The building features restrained classically derived embellishments, typical of the Victorian period, and is one of the few terraces to survive in the south western corner of the city.

– Plaque