Project Type: Stonemasonry
Location: Tarpeian Way, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Year Completed: 2022
Scope of works: The cliff wall was built in 1880 enabled the extension of Macquarie Street and is known as the Tarpeian Way. It provides a dramatic backdrop to the Opera House forecourt and gets its name from the famous rock on Capitoline Hill in Rome where prisoners were hurled to the deaths in ancient times. What are now the Opera House iron gates, were originally the Governor’s private gates, and built in 1870.
RJC was appointed in 2021 to undertake the following works:
Duration: 12 months
Client: Heritage Stoneworks