Sydney - Argyle Street
On Argyle Street, which runs at right angles to George Street, are the Rocks Police Station (1879), the Orient Hotel (1844) and the Argyle Centre, with new shops modeled on old ones. The Argyle Cut is a tunnel through the rock (constructed 1845-59) linking Sydney Cove with Millers Point (Explorer Bus stop). In this area are some well-preserved 19th c. houses and the Garrison Church of 1844. On the south side of Argyle Place is Observatory Hill, with the Observatory (1858) and the National Trust Centre (built in 1815 as a military hospital). In Kent Street (corner of Argyle Street) is the Lord Nelson Hotel (1834).
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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.
