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Cast Iron

Cast iron balustrading was popular in British Georgian houses, and was imported to the colony until 1843, when the Russell Foundry opened in Sydney. As the 1800s progressed, the style changed from simple geometric railings to increasingly ornate ‘lace’ panels as seen on late Victorian Italianate terraced houses in many parts of Sydney.

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