Admiralty House, Sydney
Admiralty House is the Sydney official residence of the governor-general of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour (adjacent to Kirribilli House, which is the Sydney official residence of the Australian Prime Minister). This large Victorian Regency and Italianate sandstone manor, completed in stages based on designs by James Barnet and Walter Liberty Vernon, occupies the tip of Kirribilli Point. Once known as "Wotonga", it has commanding views across Sydney Harbour to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
| Admiralty House | |
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Admiralty House viewed from the south | |
Admiralty House Location in Greater Sydney | |
| Former names | Wotonga |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Viceregal residence of the Governor-General |
| Architectural style | |
| Location | 109 Kirribilli Avenue, Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°51′06″S 151°13′06″E |
| Construction started | 1842 |
| Completed | 1843 |
| Client | John George Nathaniel Gibbes |
| Owner | Commonwealth Government |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Sydney sandstone |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) |
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| Architecture firm | Colonial Architect |
| Official name | Admiralty House Garden and Fortifications |
| Type | Built |
| Designated | 22 June 2004 |
| Reference no. | 105399 |
| References | |
Its current name originates in the fact that it served as the residence for the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy's Australia Squadron from 1885 to 1913.
The original building on the site was completed, as a private dwelling, in mid-to-late 1843, by John George Nathaniel Gibbes, the then Collector of Customs for New South Wales and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. A portrait of Gibbes, painted in 1808, hangs in the house.
On 22 June 2004 Admiralty House was placed on the Commonwealth Heritage List.