The beauty of sandstone - Victoria Regina

With so many beautiful sandstone buildings in Sydney, there are also many sculpted features that adorn them.

Many of them have various images of Queen Victoria on them as it was during her reign that the majority of these buildings were built. But not only were her images carved into stone on buildings but her initials were represented on various sandstone structures in and around Sydney.

 

 

Above the entrance to the Lands Department building in Bridge Street.

 

 

Above the entrance to Customs House Circular Quay.

 

 

Battlements at North Head.

 

 

Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 - 1901 was over a significant period of development in Australia hence why so many images of her exist in our heritage buildings.

 

Interesting fact - the "R" stands for Regina which means reigning queen.