Sydney - Argyle Place

Argyle Place, a stretch of gardens within the city center, was so named by Governor Macquarie in 1810 after his home area of Argyll in Scotland. The surrounding houses, built around 1830 and later, are typical of the period. There are also some Victorian terraced houses dating from the end of the 19th C. In Lower Fort Street, opposite the Garrison Church, are well-restored detached and terraced houses in a mixture of colonial, Georgian and Regency styles, of a kind that may be seen in 19th C streets in London. At the corner of Lower Fort Street is the Hero of Waterloo Hotel (1845), with a pointed gable.