22-44 Campbell Street, St Peters

 

CATALOGUING HISTORIC BUILDING FABRIC

In 2016, Extent Heritage recorded a row of terraces at 28–44 Campbell Street, St Peters, NSW, for a catalogue of historic building fabric. The terrace row, otherwise known as Bradfield Terrace, was constructed by Henry Woodley between 1882 and 1906. Woodley was a local brick merchant who established a number of factories in the local area, and built the terraces to serve the needs of locally employed labourers.

Significance
Built in succession between 1882 and 1906, the terraces at 28–44 Campbell Street exemplify brickfield workers housing constructed from the 1880s to the turn of the twentieth century. Built from local bricks produced by brick merchant Henry Woodley, who owned and operated several brick pits in the area, the dwellings provided housing for locally employed labourers. The terraces are representative of the middle class who inhabited the St Peters area during the industrial development and they are aesthetically significant as Victorian filigree terraces. They are remarkable for retaining a largely uniform exterior from the front and rear, despite several additions being built in the decades following the terraces’ construction.

The project
Extent Heritage was commissioned to prepare a catalogue of historic building fabric for the terrace group. This was in response to the approved demolition of the dwellings for the WestConnex New M5 (Stage 2) works. Tasks included:

  • identification and documentation of internal and external fabric of historic value

  • photography of all elements

  • provision of recommendations surrounding the appropriate removal, storage, use, and on-sell of historic fabric to the local community.

 
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