Survey Data

Reg No

20514568


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Social, Technical


Original Use

Steps


In Use As

Steps


Date

1800 - 1840


Coordinates

167401, 71387


Date Recorded

21/05/1997


Date Updated

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Description

Limestone steps in five flights of three steps to Travers Street footpath, c. 1820. Previously eight flights, lower flights removed on construction of houses in 1995.

Appraisal

These steps form part of an interesting group with similar nineteenth-century paving schemes. Steps such as these are found in many locations throughout the city, and contribute to its unique character. These paving schemes utilised cut limestone, which in many cases has been replaced or covered with concrete. These steps are a particularly well maintained example, and retain well executed tooled limestone treads and risers.