Grafton Bond Store, Heritage-listed warehouse in Millers Point, Sydney, Australia

Grafton Bond Store at 60 Hickson Road is a long, narrow former warehouse, four and five storeys high on Hickson Road and three above the rock shelf behind. Its cream brick walls, laid in English bond, are banded with red-orange brick, and the Hickson Road facade has three bays with plain parapeted gables, one curving around the Napoleon Street corner. The east side has three stepped gable parapets with catheads, and the Dutch gables bear the date 1881 and a red-brick monogram.

Construction began in 1881 under architect William Wardell as part of a larger warehouse complex containing 14 buildings. The complex was designed to handle and store massive amounts of cargo moving through the harbor at that time.

The building shows Sydney's connection to Northern Europe through its architectural style and Victorian-era construction methods. These features remain visible today and shape how the place looks and feels.

The building faces Hickson Road below the glass towers of Kent Street, with the sandstone wall giving level access to Kent Street properties above. It now serves as offices within the Maritime Centre, so interior access is limited to tenants and their visitors.

A sandstone wall surrounds the property, creating a physical boundary that once separated the entire harbor complex from the surrounding streets. This wall still connects Kent Street to Hickson Road as it did originally.