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0Juniper Hall
250 Oxford St. Tel (02) 9357 5222.
Map 5 C3. @ 333, 378, 380, 382.
Open check website for exhibition
dates. ∑ juniperhall.com.au
The emancipist gin distiller
Robert Cooper built this superb
example of colonial Georgian
architecture for his third wife,
Sarah. He named it after the
main ingredient of the gin The archway at the Oxford Street entrance
Pretty cast-iron balcony, the typical that made his fortune. to Victoria Barracks
architecture of Paddington Completed in 1824, the two-
storey home is the oldest dwelling wVictoria Barracks
8Five Ways still standing in Paddington. It is
probably also the largest and most Oxford St. Map 5 B4. Tel (02) 8335 5330.
Cnr Glenmore Rd & Heeley St. @ 378, 380, 382. Museum: Open
Map 5 C3. @ 389. extravagant house ever built in 10am–1pm Thu (last adm noon), 10am–
the suburb. It had to be: Cooper 4pm first Sun of the month. & Sun.
At this picturesque intersection, already had 14 children when he Closed Dec–Jan. 7 8 Parade & tour:
where three streets cross on declared that Sarah would have 10am Thu. ∑ armymuseumnsw.
Glenmore Road, a shopping the finest house in Sydney. Once com.au
hub developed by the tramline resident in the new house, he
that ran from the city to Bondi subsequently fathered 14 more. Victoria Barracks is the largest and
Beach (see p131). On the five Juniper Hall was saved from best-preserved group of late
corners stand 19th- and early demolition in the mid-1980s and Georgian architecture in Australia,
20th-century shops, one now has been restored. It is now home covering almost 12 ha (30 acres).
a restaurant. to the annual Moran Art Prize They are widely considered to
Much of the architecture in and holds exhibitions through be one of the best examples of
Paddington features decorative the year. a military barracks in the world.
cast-iron “lacework” balconies, Designed by the colonial
using mixed Victorian and qPaddington engineer Lieutenant Colonel
Classical Revival styles. Streets George Barney, the barracks
lined with pretty houses make Town Hall were built between 1841 and
this one of Sydney’s most Cnr Oxford St & Oatley Rd. Map 5 C3. 1848 using local sandstone
desirable areas. @ 333, 378, 380, 382. Closed to the quarried by convict labour.
public except the cinema. Originally intended to house
9Paddington ∑ palacecinemas.com.au 800 men, they have been in
continuous use ever since and
Village Paddington Town Hall was still operate as a centre of
completed in 1891. A design military administration.
Cnr Gipps & Shadforth sts. Map 5 C3.
@ 333, 378, 380, 382. competition was won by local The main block is 225 m (740
architect J E Kemp. The Classical ft) long and has symmetrical
Paddington began its life as Revival building still dominates two-storey wings with cast-iron
a working-class suburb of the area. No longer a centre of verandas flanking a central
Sydney. The community mainly local government, the building archway. The perimeter walls
consisted of the carpenters, now houses a cinema, library have foundations 10 m (40 ft)
quarrymen and stonemasons and a large ballroom. deep in places. A former gaol
who supervised the convict block now houses a military
gangs that built the Victoria museum. The tour leaves sharp
Barracks in the 1840s. at 10am on Thursdays.
The 19th-century artisans and
their families occupied a tight ePaddington
huddle of spartan houses
crowded into the area’s narrow Markets
streets. A few of these houses 395 Oxford St. Map 6 D4. Tel (02)
still remain. Like the barracks, 9331 2923. @ 378, 380, 382.
these dwellings and surrounding Open 10am–4pm Sat. Closed 25 Dec.
shops and hotels were built of 7 See Shopping p137.
locally quarried stone. ∑ paddingtonmarkets.com.au
The terraces of Paddington
Village are now a popular This market, which began in
address with young, up-and- 1973 as Paddington Bazaar,
coming Sydneysiders. Paddington Town Hall takes place every Saturday,
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp482–3 and pp504–7