Historic Houses Trust – The Mint

The building known as The Mint, is the Head Office of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, which runs 12 public museums and historic houses, including the Hyde Park Barracks Museum next door.

The Royal Mint, Sydney, operated on this site from 1855 to 1926, processing over 1200 tons of gold from the Australian goldfields and producing over 150 million coins. The building then housed Government offices and later a museum. The surviving colonial buildings have been conserved, and new buildings seamlessly integrated with the historic structures.

I like to step on the red sand/stones under foot. Simple and nice courtyard surrounded by the brick and sandstone made houses. The design is quite different comparing with the modern glass buildings on the other side of Macquarie street.