Paul Street

Paul Street is named for the Anglican church of Saint Paul, on the grounds of which it was constructed in 1894/95. The church building is extant.

The houses here were developed by the Corporation’s Artisans’ Dwellings Committee, the first plans being approved in 1891.¹ The plans were subsequently revised: Paul Street is labeled ‘New Avenue’ on the revised plan.²

It was originally proposed that the rear and interior walls of the houses be constructed in concrete, but wiser heads, including the City Architect and the Army engineers, advised that brick – Tullamore Brick faced with Mount Argos brick – be used instead,

1. Reports 1891/64. ↩︎
2. Reports 1895/30. ↩︎