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The Lieutenant Governor's House 1802

By
Edward Dayes
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[V1/1802/1 (detail)]
(Detail of 'View of Sydney Cove, New South Wales', 1802, drawn by E. Dayes, engraved by F. Jukes)

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Dayes, Edward

State Library of New South Wales

Colonial architecture

Housing

Lieutenant Governor's House

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In 1788, Major Robert Ross built the Lieutenant Governor's House, a small single storey cottage that was the colony's first substantial stone building.  After Ross was recalled in 1791, the house was occupied by Major Francis Grose, who, possibly inspired by buildings he'd seen while in service in America or India, added the colony's first verandah to the building in 1793. In 1802, Peron described the house as having a fine garden behind it. At different times in the 1800s the building housed the Superintendent of Police and the Sydney Hotel and Coffee House. It stood close to the location of the modern intersection of Grosvenor and George Streets, and was demolished in 1831, replaced by Samuel Lyon's auction rooms and stores.

The Rocks

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Suburb located north of the central business district on the western shore of Sydney Cove. Characterised by a precinct of restored nineteenth-century buildings which are a major tourist attraction, it was recognised as a separate suburb in 1993.