Durham Hall is a heritage-listed former residence, Servicemens' Club, Concordia Club and Red Cross U.S.A and now commercial offices located at 207 Albion Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Surry Hills in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

East of that line was set aside for the township and the west, which included the present-day Surry Hills, was considered suitable for farming and granted to military officers and free settlers.

When Olmer's returned from England to give evidence about the Rum Rebellion, financial circumstances forced the sale of the land.

Post World War II saw an influx of migrants to Surry Hills followed by their gradual displacement in the 1970s and 1980s by largely middle class population.

[4][1] Durham Hall is located on part of the land grant of 28 hectares (70 acres) to John Palmer on 1 April 1794.

After subdivision in 1833 the land was bought by Thomas Broughton and subsequently by George Hill, in 1835[5] who built Durham Hall on this and adjoining lots.

For a short time he was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council[3] and returned to municipal politics and in 1850 was elected Mayor of Sydney.

[2] His wife Jane lived at Durham Hall for another six years and in 1889 rented the home to women who used it as a boarding house.

In 1924 Durham Hall became the German Concordia Club and over the next decade extensive unsympathetic alterations and additions were made.

[26]: 136  According to Australian historian Robert A Hall, the African American servicemen provided an example that the Aborigines wanted to emulate.

[28] Durham Hall gives a significant contribution to a rare colonial Georgian group of buildings in Sydney and exemplifies the gentleman's town residence.

[30][1] Durham Hall, 207 Albion Street is a two-storey, Colonial Georgian, stuccoed, brick residence with stone dressings, built c. 1835 by George Hill.

[1] It is an archetypal colonial Georgian two-storey brick house with stone dressings and ground floor verandahs (LEP).

[1] The basic structure of the building is original, however many of the architectural components, such as the roofing, joinery and verandah are evidence of the extensive 1980s "restoration" work.

[32][1] Inside the house few original fittings remain although some cedar windows are still there, and part of the black and white marble-tield floor in the entrance hall has been uncovered.

It belongs to an import and rare group of surviving Colonial Georgian style, substantial, 2- storey, middle-class houses of symmetrical layout in Surry Hills and other parts of inner Sydney.

[31][1] Durham Hall demonstrates the first stage of the development of Surry Hills and the subdivision of early land grants in 1814.

With Cleveland House, Surry Hills, it is one of few surviving examples of Colonial Georgian residential development of this scale and type in the locality.

[1] Durham Hall has historical significance as the early nineteenth century residence of a colonialborn Sydney gentleman, and demonstrates the social status of Surry Hills at the time.

It is historically linked, through its shared original ownership and proximity, to more modest Colonial Georgian dwellings at 203–205 and 197–201 Albion Street, Surry Hills.

Born in Parramatta, the son of a convict, he amassed his fortune through work as a butcher and innkeeper, accumulating real estate in Surry Hills and the Murrumbidgee district.

Durham Hall Is of aesthetic significance as a fine, rare representative example of a Colonial Georgian style gentleman's residence.

With similarities to Willandra at Ryde and Cleveland House in Surry Hills, Durham Hall demonstrates the symmetry of Colonial Georgian style planning and form.

[35][1] Durham Hall was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

With Cleveland House, it is one of few surviving examples of Colonial Georgian residential development of this scale and type in the locality.

Born in Parramatta, son of a convict, he amassed his fortune through work as a butcher and innkeeper, accumulating real estate in Surry Hills and the Murrumbidgee district.

[31][1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

Like Willandra at Ryde and Cleveland House in Surry Hills, it demonstrates the symmetry of Colonial Georgian style planning and form.

With the cottages at 203-205 Albion Street it demonstrates Colonial Georgian architecture, influenced by the differing socio-economic status of the others.

As a result of extensive reconstruction Durham Hall has minimal research potential for understanding nineteenth-century building technology.