Looking
west from Sydney Road, this development is
complete.
Begun just before 1880, the buildings on the
south (left) side were originally Adeline
Terrace, a row of private houses. Eight years
after the opening of Clock House Station in
1890 they were converted into shops.
The cottages in the south side are slightly
newer (c.1881) and remained predominantly
residential.
On the far left are the gates of Sydney Lodge,
the only pre-suburban survivor in this part
of the road.
Only the gabled building on the far right
remains this side of the bridge. The rest
were destroyed on 2nd August 1944 when a V1
flying bomb made a direct hit on Mrs Richards'
dining rooms towards the far end of the parade
on the left. It fell during the lunch hour
and 44 people were killed.
the road was widened after the war, completely
changing the character of the area.
