Monterey, Heritage apartment building in Mosman, Australia

Monterey is a three-storey apartment building at 1 Avenue Road, Mosman, built 1900–1901. Its ground floor is sandstone, the two upper storeys face brick, and it has a complex asymmetrical hip-and-gable tiled roof with shingled gables and leadlight glazing. A three-storey verandah with single and paired posts runs along the facade, and seven arched garage entrances pierce the sandstone retaining wall below the street.

Monterey was built in 1900–1901 as a grand residence for a local surgeon. It was later bought in a derelict state by W. Baker, who restored it for use as a restaurant and private hotel, and it has since returned to residential use. It was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Monterey began as a grand residence for a local surgeon around 1900–1901, then served as a restaurant and private hotel after W. Baker restored it from a derelict state. Its name and shingled, verandahed form recall the American resort of Monterey, a style choice that marked it apart from ordinary Mosman houses. Today it is again residential apartments.

The location in Mosman offers good connections to shops and public transport nearby. The building sits in a quiet residential area with good access to local amenities.

Below the terraced garden, the streetfront sandstone retaining wall is pierced by seven arched garage entrances, a detail easy to miss from the wharf. The garden itself holds a couple of very tall, shaft-like Washingtonia palms, with more Washingtonias and a Livistona in the neighbouring grounds framing the house.