Case study · Sydney

Darling Point Sandstone Cellar

Designed by Eamonn Egan. A sandstone cellar in Sydney for about 2,200 bottles, with timber racking against the raw stone. He consulted and designed. He did not build, supply or install it.

Raw sandstone walls lined with timber racking, a library ladder on a rail and an oak barrel on a flagstone floor.
Sandstone cellar with library ladder, timber racking and a central barrel.
Designer
Eamonn Egan. Design consultancy only.
Place
Sydney.
Capacity
About 2,200 bottles.

The room

The photographs show timber racking against raw sandstone walls, and a flagstone floor. The cellar holds about 2,200 bottles. A library ladder runs on a rail. A timber sink bench sits beneath a cased model ship. Case storage sits alongside single-bottle racking.

The racking, the bench and the ladder were made and installed by the client’s own trades, from the design. Eamonn designed the cellar. He did not build, supply or install it, and he does not carry construction liability for the work.

The finished cellar

  • Timber racking against raw sandstone walls with a barrel.
  • Timber racking along a sandstone wall.
  • Wall-mounted bottle display on raw sandstone.
  • Sandstone cellar with library ladder, timber racking and a central barrel.
  • Library ladder, racking and sink bench against the sandstone.
  • Sink bench with a model ship display above.
  • Timber benchtop over bottle racking.
  • Case storage and racking below a ventilation grille.

Traditional sandstone gallery