54, CATHARINE STREET (See details for further address information)

No. 54 Catharine Street, which includes No. 42 Huskisson Street, is a pair of houses built in the 1830s. They are constructed of stucco and topped with a slate roof. The buildings rise three storeys with an attic and basement, featuring a layout of four by five bays. The ground floor showcases channelled rustication, while the first floor has a sill band, topped with a frieze, cornice, and blocking course. The two central bays are flanked by pilasters, and the central first-floor windows are adorned with architraves, friezes, and consoled cornices. All windows are sash, with those above the ground floor including glazing bars. There are two blind windows on the end bay, and the attic has two bays with panelled pilasters, a cornice, and blocking course, along with flanking scrolls and two blind windows.

In the third bay, an enclosed porch features an applied distyle-in-antis Ionic colonnade, and the central part of the entablature breaks back. The entrance is framed by an architrave. Decorative iron railings with heads are present in the area and steps. The ground floor has a cornice, with pilasters and a frieze and cornice on the first floor. Iron balconies are present on the first-floor windows. The return forms No. 42 Huskisson Street, which also has three storeys and five bays, with the central three bays breaking forward. The ground floor is rusticated, and the central bay projects further, featuring angle pilasters and an entablature above the first floor. The central entrance has a consoled cornice, with iron balconies on the first floor and iron area railings.