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City of Port Phillip Heritage Review 

Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed 1919 

Amendment C 29 

Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Scullin house 

Unknown 

63 Farrell St 

PORT MELBOURNE 

(Mapped as a Significant heritage property.) 

The house at 63 Farrell Street, Pt Melbourne is significant to the City because: 

it is an externally well preserved Federation Bungalow style house built for a railways employee, one of the 

large employers in the locality. 

Primary Source 

Andrew Ward, City of Port Phillip Heritage Review, 1998 

Other Studies 

This is a weatherboard Federation Bungalow style house, late in date for the style, with a gabled bay 

projecting from the main Dutch-hipped roof section of the house. The gable end is enriched with a stylised 

plant motif while the bullnose and ogee profile verandahs have been decorated with cast-iron brackets and 

friezes. Although the some of the timber frame of the verandah appears potentially early the mouldings, iron, 

and roofing have been replaced in a sympathetic form; the verandah floor has been replaced. Chimneys are 

the typical red brick shaft with stucco detail at the top. The front door has lead lighting and the lower wall 

boarding is in a narrow chamfer form. 

A new but related timber picket front fence has been erected and the plantings, such as the palms, are related 

to the house construction date. 

Condition: good (partially disturbed, well preserved) 

Integrity: substantially intact/some intrusions 

Princes St 

Liardet St 

Category Residential:detached 

Designer unknown 

Context: In a row of mixed detached housing with a Victorian-era villa adjoining: faces the government school 

Stokes St 

Farrell 

Heritage Precinct Overlay 

Heritage Overlay(s) 

Pool St 

HO1 

Nott St 

Citation No: 

2276

complex which has buildings of a similar era. 

History 

This house was built for John Scullin, engine driver, in 1919, as a 6 room weatherboard dwelling, housing 10 

people. Scullin lived there until the 1930s, followed by Clara Scullin. The number of persons living at the 

house had nearly halved in 1930 to 6 { RB}. 

The name Scullin is well known in the form of James Scullin the famous politician whose father was John but 

the latter lived at Trawalla while James moved from there to Richmond and later to Hawthorn { ADB}. This 

John Scullin however was a Victorian Railways employee with the Rolling Stock branch. He was born in 1867 

and at the age of 14 joined the railways. In 1914 he was paid 13/6d per week { VGG}. John Scullin died at 

Port Melbourne in 1933, the son of John and Ann (nee Logan) { Macbeth}. 

Ironically John had commissioned the construction of this house in the year of the national coal strike which 

cast most railways employees out of a job. The locomotive sheds at port Melbourne were closed and 

unemployment relief committee was set up to cope with the huge unemployment. It was also the year of the 

influenza epidemic and disastrous flooding. The nearby school was set up as a temporary hospital { Uren: 

213}. Nevertheless Port Melbourne was by then the transport hub of Melbourne at that time with the 

Sandridge piers and railway terminus, as well as upgrading of both tramway and rail services in this era. 

Thematic Context 

Making suburbs 

Recommendations 

G Butler, Port Phillip Heritage Review, Version 3, 2001 

recommended inclusions: 

Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme 

References 

VPRO Pt Melbourne Municipal Rate Book (RB) VPRS 586/P; 

Macbeth `Death Index Victoria 1921-1985'; 

Serle (ed) Àustralian Dictionary of Biography' (ADB) V11: 553 

Uren & Turnbull, 1983, À History of Port Melbourne' MUP: no index entry; 

`Victorian Government Gazette' (VGG) 4/8/1914: 3414


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Anzac Gardens 

St. Vincent Place 

Ferrars Place 

ALBERT PARK 


Category Public 


The Anzac Gardens were reserved together with St. Vincent Gardens prior to August, 1854 and severed from 

the main body of the Gardens by the St. Kilda railway in 1857. The soldiers' memorial hall, now occupied by 

the South Melbourne branch of the RSL, was opened in 1924 by the the local branch of the Returned Soldiers 

and Sailors Association. They are historically, aesthetically and socially significant. 

They are historically significant (Criterion A) as a part of the vision for the St. Vincent Gardens of which the 

Victorian Heritage Register states: "The St. Vincent Place Precinct is historically important as the premier 

'square' development in Victoria based on similar models in London. It is significant as the largest development 

of its type in Victoria and for its unusual development as gardens rather than the more usual small park as at, 

for example Macarthur, Murchison, Lincoln and Argyle Squares in Cariton. The precinct is also historically 

significant for its associations with Surveyor-General Andrew Clarke, and more particularly with Clement 

Hodgkinson, a prolific and influential surveyorlengineer in early Melbourne". The memorial hall and the naming 

of the gardens after the Anzacs is historically significant for its capacity to recall the sacrifices made by the 

community of South Melbourne during the Great War and subsequently. 

The gardens are aesthetically significant (Criterion E) for their relationship with the St. Vincent Gardens, the 

Anzac Gardens forming the eastern end of these gardens and in this respect forming an inseparable part of 

them. Their aesthetic values are reinforced by the position of the memorial hall on the axis of James Service 

Place which is reflected also in the position of the tower to the former St. Vincents Boys'Orphanage. The 

Victorian Heritage Register for the St. Vincent Gardens staes that the place is "aesthetically important for the 

outstanding quality of its urban landscape. The major elements that reflect this importance are the gardens 

with their gardenesque style layout and fine collections of mature specimen trees, and the harmonious 

relationship of the gardens with the residential buildings facing them around St. Vincent Place". The latter 

attribute also applies to the Anzac Gardens. 

The gardens and hall have social significance (Criterion G) for the value placed upon therri by the community 

of South Melbourne and especially in recognition of the sacrifices of those who served in the world wars. 

Ferrars St 

Ferrars Pl 



James Service Pl 

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Other Studies 

Description 

The Anzac Gardens consist of public gardens and a centrally placed Memorial Hall. The hall is a symmetrical 

stripped Classical Revival building in red face brick with stuccoed parapet, frieze and stuccoed band at first 

floor level. There is a hipped terra cotta tiled roof, partially concealed by a central projecting front section with 

parapet and curved pediment and flag pole surmounting the principal entry and cartouche reading "Memorial 

Hall" in low relief. The eaves are bracketed, the upper sashes of the double hung windows are multi-paned 

and the secondary elevations are understated. 

The hall is located on the axis of the Anzac Gardens which have a semi-circular shape. It faces James 

Service Place which reinforces the axial location of the hall and which is itself terminated at the east end by 

the tower of the former St. Vincent de Paul Boys' Orphanage. 

The Gardens themselves are sympathetic and have a recent path layout, ornamental lights and recent 

plantings. They have been separated from the St. Vincent Gardens area by the St. Kilda railway route and 

Ferrars Street. 

History 

The subdivision plan including St. Vincent Place was formed prior to August 1854, possibly to the design of 

Andrew Clarke, the Surveyor-General of Victoria. The present layout of the gardens is the work of Clement 

Hodgkinson. The original scheme shows St. Vincent Place having identical elliptical gardens at either end, the 

eastern gardens being subsequently severed from the main body of the gardens by the St. Kilda railway. The 

line was opened on 13th. May, 1857 by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company and in 1868 the 

Council assumed formal control of the public gardens including St. Vincent Place. It commenced to develop 

the gardens in the following year. 

Initially, Ferrars Place ran parallel with the railway at the back of the Gardens and Service Crescent was the 

name given to the curved street forming the characteristic curved end to the Gardens. This rear roadway has 

since been closed. After the Great War, the mayor of the City of South Melbourne launched an appeal for a 

soldiers ' memorial. A site in Service Crescent, looking across the railway cutting to St. Vincent Gardens was 

chosen in 1920 but the construction of a memorial hall did not start for another three years, the opening taking 

place in April, 1924. Prior to this, the local branch of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Association had met in 

the drill hall. On 25th. April, 1952 a stone was laid and dedicated by the State president of the R-S.S. and 

A.I.L.A in honour of those who served in the 1939-45 war. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities 

8. Developing cultural institutions and ways of life 

8.1 Organising recreation 

8.1.3 Developing public parks and gardens 


A Ward, Port Phillip Heritage Review, 1998 


Victorian Heritage Register 

National Estate Register 


References 

Priestley, S_ "South Melbourne A History", MUP, 1995, esp. p.292. 

Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance for St. Vincent Place Precinct, Albert Park, Victorian Heritage 

Register.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 

15 Ferrars Place 

SOUTH MELBOURNE 

15 Ferrars Place is of significance as one of the first houses built on the St Vincent Place subdivision and for 

retaining its timber and cast iron decoration that distinguishes it from the complex cast iron decoration typical 

of similar buildings of the following two decades. 


Original Use: Residence 

Date of Construction: 1866 (1) 

Category Residential:row 


Allom Lovell Sanderson Pty. Ltd., South Melb Conservation study vol. 2, 1987 

Other Studies 


Prior to 1865, block 38 Ferrars Place (originally Service Crescent) does not appear in the South Melbourne 

Rate Books and the St Vincent Place subdivision of which this was a part had not begun to be built upon(2). 

However by 1866 a George Wharton was listed as the owner of an ‘unfinished’ six-roomed brick and slate 

house given an initial N.A.V. of £50 (3). Wharton was a master tailor and occupied this house until the early 

1870s (4) when he sold to George Anthoness, a commercial traveller (5). By 1882 the property was listed as 

having ten rooms with an N.A.V. of £58 and was occupied by Walter Rayson, a draper (6). Immediately prior 

to the turn of the century and during the economic depression of the 1890s, the building (7) had decreased its 

N.A.V. to £31 (8). At that time it was occupied by Patrick Corrigan, a police constable (9). 

The house is two storeyed and built with a terrace form. In a manner typical to the 1860s, the walls are in 

render and are generally undecorated, the only relief being the ruling in the render to represent ashlar blocks. 

The main source of decoration to the house is applied to the two storeyed verandah, with the ground floor 

having a stop-chamfered timber frame within which are set diagonal timbers in the manner of the cross of St 

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HO3 

Cecil St 

Howe Cr 


987

Andrew. These are combined with an elegant cast iron frieze and balcony balustrading at first floor level. The 

cast iron fence is partially intact and so too the corrugated iron fence with timber capping that extends down 

the north boundary. 

History 

see Description 


unknown 





References 

1 City of South Melbourne Rate Books, 1865/66 

2 ibid. 

3 ibid. 

4 ibid, 1869/70 

5 ibid., 1873/74 

6 ibid., 1881/82 

7 The previous street number for the building was 18 

8 ibid., 1898/99 

9 ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 



34 Ferrars Place is of significance as a substantial house built for one of south Melbourne’s leading 

professionals in the mid-Victorian period. While of a building form common to areas such as East Melbourne, 

this house is not of a common scale or form to South Melbourne and it represents one of the larger 

developments associated with the St Vincent Place area. 





Madden St 




Other Studies 

Dr Charles Duret was the owner of fifty-three by ninety-nine feet of vacant land in Crown Section 37B from as 

early as 1875 (2). By 1877 he had erected his fifteen-roomed brick mansion, given a first N.A.V. of £130 (3). 

Duret started his practice in Emerald Hill quite early in the area’s development (4) and on his retirement Dr 

Marcel Crivelli, of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, carried on the work. Crivelli became the owner and 

occupier of Duret’s mansion in 1899 and the property remained in his ownership until the turn of the century 

(5) when the Crivelli family built new premises at No. 40 Ferrars Place (q.v.) (6). 

The house has a simple rendered façade marked with ruling to represent ashlar blocks and is decorated with 

bold architrave mouldings to the opening. The arched moulding and the six panelled front door are intact and 

particularly fine. The verandah is decorated with cast iron (although the original nature of all the iron required 

verification), and has slate flagging to its floor. The eave is decorated with sparsely set brackets and the 

moulded render chimneys and cast iron fence are intact. 

Ferrars St 

Bridport St 

Ferrars Pl 



Howe Cr 

HO3 

Anderson St 


Cecil St 

993

History 



unknown 





References 

1 City of South Melbourne Rate Books, 1876-1878 

2 ibid., 1875/76 

3 ibid., 1877/78. 

4 National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No. 2790 


6 Refer Citation for 40 Ferrars Place


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

"Balladonia" 

"Arrou" 


Comment 



‘Arrou’ is of significance as one of the largest Edwardian houses in South Melbourne that has a commanding 

and restrained design despite the wealth of decoration across its façade. It is a major work by the leading 

architect, William Salway. 




Architect: William Salway (2) 

Bridport St 


Designer William Salway 


Other Studies 

Dr Marcel Crivelli purchased a row of three wooden houses from Joseph Harper (3), a bootmaker, in 1900 (4) 

and demolished them soon after to build this large residence. Described as being of thirteen rooms and 

constructed in brick, the house had an initial N.A.V. of £170 (5). Originally named ‘Arrou’ (6), after Charlotte 

Crivelli’s birthplace in France, it was subsequently re-named ‘Balladonia’, the origin of which name is not 

known. It was one of the first houses in South Melbourne to be wired for electricity, and people reportedly 

congregated outside to catch a glimpse of the light when the front door was opened (7). 

‘Arrou’ is one of very few substantial Edwardian houses in South Melbourne; the area generally attracting a 

smaller residential building stock by that date. It is two storeyed and squeezed onto a very limited site. As a 

result, the façade does not have the degree of modelling that it may have otherwise enjoyed. It is however 

picturesque in massing and asymmetry was effectively contrived in a typically Edwardian fashion. Under the 

orderly hipped, terracotta-tile roof the walls are busy, with render played against tuckpointed red brickwork. A 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 

Anderson St 

Albert Rd 

Heritage Precinct Overlay None 

Heritage Overlay(s) HO121 


Cecil St 

1020

square window bay extends out at one side of the arched entrance and pedimented coupled windows are 

placed on the other side. The whole is lightened in effect by the quite intricately detailed timber decoration to 

the small side verandah. The main stylistic references are to the English Vernacular Free Style and the 

design shows restraint from the playful roof forms and verandah decoration so often applied to buildings of 

the period. 

History 



unknown 







References 


2 Architects’ Index, University of Melbourne 

3 Harper was the owner of vacant land immediately behind this property at what is now known as 

10-12 Anderson Street. Refer Citation No. ? 

4 City of South Melbourne Rate Books, loc.cit 

5 ibid., 1900/01 

6 National Trust of Australia (Vic.), ‘Notes on 40 Ferrars Place’, by R.G. Crivelli 

7 ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Albert Park Railway Station 

unknown 

Ferrars St 


The Middle Park Railway Station is of significance for having had a station in this position since 

1860, and for the distinction in the design of its buildings on both sides of the line. The impact of 

the station buildings on the streetscapes of Ferrars Street and Ferrars Place are integral to the 

significance of the whole. 


Original Use: Railway Station 

Date of Construction: 1880(1) 

Architect: Unknown 

Madden St 

Dundas Pl 




Other Studies 

Bridport St 

In May 1857(2) the privately owned Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company opened Melbourne's 

second railway - through South Melbourne to St. Kilda - following earlier suggestions that the route should run 

parallel to St. Kilda Road(3). The second station along from the city, previously known as the 'Butts' to serve 

the shooting practice area of the Royal Victorian Volunteer Artillery( 4), was opened in November 1860(5) . 

This was totally rebuilt in 1880(6), to become Albert Park Station, by the contractors Messrs Pritchard and 

Blackwood. 

In a manner similar to the South Melbourne Railway station, the Middle Park station is built in polychromatic 

brickwork with Italianate styling. The east building appears to have been built first, and has heavily bracketed 

eaves, coupled chimneys, an extremely fine cast iron infill unit to the entrance arch and an elegant concave 

verandah supported on fluted cast iron columns. The west building has red brick walls into which are set with 

Ferrars St 

Ferrars Pl 




Anderson St 

Albert Rd 

1150

contrasting bricks, and it has a cantilevered open truss verandah. 

History 



unknown 







References 

1. Architects Index, University of Melbourne 

2. ibid. 

3. C. Daley, 'History of South Melbourne'. p 67 

4. ibid. p. 216 

5. National Trust Australia (Vic.) 'Port Melbourne and St. Kilda Railway Lines', 

research Paper 

6. Architects Index, University of Melbourne


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

South Melbourne Railway Station Precinct 

unknown 

Constructed c. 1857 


Comment 

Ferrars St 



The South Melbourne Railway Station complex is of significance as a group of finely designed 

structures commenced soon after the laying out of this very early railway line. All have a 

distinction of design in their own right and as a group their individual significance is magnified. 


Original Use: Railway Station, road and pedestrian bridges 

Date of Construction: c.1857(1) (bridges) and 1883(2) (station) 

Architect: unknown 

Coventry St 

Dorcas St 




Other Studies 

Coventry St 

Dorcas St 

In May 1857(3) the privately owned Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company opened Melbourne's 

second railway - through South Melbourne to St. Kilda - following earlier suggestions that the route should run 

parallel to St. Kilda Road(4). The first station out from Melbourne was on this site, and was named 'Emerald 

Hill' which opened in September the following year(5). The existing station buildings were built in 1883(6) 

and adopted the new name of the municipality, South Melbourne(7). 

The station is nestled in a cutting that bisects Coventry Street and is part of an attractive railway precinct. An 

iron footbridge that crosses the line at the northern end of the buildings and has the name 'Enock Chambers' 

cast into the end column and the balusters at either end of the footbridge are embossed with 'P. Johns - 

Flinders Lane East' indicating the name of the manufacturer. 

Part of the original works associated with the line are the three basalt bridges crossing the railway at Bank, 

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Dorcas and Park Streets. Recorded in the Minutes of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Co., of 28 

July 1856 is the acceptance of the tender by Hope and McKenzie of £11,000 for the erection of the 

bridges(8). This was one of the first (if not the first) road-over-rail crossings in Australia(9). The bridge at 

Dorcas Street is incised in the capping with 'W. Elsdon, Engineer, St.K.R'y 1857'. 

The station building is typical of the 1880s in its use of polychromatic brickwork over an Italianate-derived 

design. In this case the essay is particularly complete, with heavily bracketed eaves and brick and render 

chimneys of Italianate styling with coupled expressed shafts. The decoration is continued into the entrance 

lobby of the Ferrars Street building with an intact tessellated tile floor, blind arches, and a very fine panelled 

timber ceiling set in panels with v-jointed lining boards to each panel. The verandah to the west platform is 

supported on fluted iron columns and the brick and iron picket fence is intact to the west of the building. The 

east building repeats the polychrome theme, but is less ornate and has a slightly later cantilevered verandah 

set on open trusses. Of particular distinction are the timber entrance gates. 

The basalt bridges are very simple in their forms and have expressed buttresses immediately flanking the 

railway line. The pedestrian bridge is an intact example of an open truss bridge with metal strapwork in the 

trusses and timber joists spanning between in order to support the pathway. 

History 



unknown 







References 

1. Date on the Dorcas Street Bridge 

2. National Trust Australia (Vic.) 'Port Melbourne and St. Kilda Railway Lines', 

research Paper p. 8 

3. ibid. 


5. National Trust Australia (Vic.) loc.cit. 

6. ibid. 


8. National Trust Australia (Vic.) 'Research into Dorcas-Bank-Park Street Bridges', 19 July 1986 

9 . National Trust Australia (Vic.) 'Port Melbourne ..' loc.cit.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Railway cutting and road bridges 

Address 221-351 Ferrars St 


Constructed 1856-57 


Comment New citation 

Significance 


Designer William Elsdon 

What is Significant? 

The railway cutting extends for about 800 metres between the former South Melbourne and Albert Park 

railway stations. Originally excavated in 1856-57 as part of the St Kilda branch line of the Melbourne & 

Hobson’s Bay Railway Company, this landscaped cutting includes three bluestone bridges at Dorcas, Park 

and Bank streets. 

How is it Significant? 

The railway cutting and bridges are of aesthetic and historic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 

Why is it Significant? 

Aesthetically, the railway cutting is of significance as an important vista between the railway stations at South 

Melbourne and Albert Park. Extending in a straight line for almost a kilometre, this notably long view can be 

appreciated from several vantage points including the road bridges at Dorcas, Bank and Park streets, the 

footbridge at Coventry Street, and the level crossing at Bridport Street. The bridges themselves are important 

visual elements, punctuating the vista, while the grassed embankments and mature trees also contribute to 

its aesthetic qualities. It contrasts with many other early railway cuttings (eg that in Alma Park) which tend to 

be curved. Historically, the railway cutting and road bridges are of significance for their associations with the 

initial development of Melbourne’s railway network in the 1850s. Although much of the actual railway 

infrastructure was removed following the line’s conversion to a light rail, the cutting itself remains as one of 

the oldest and longest in the inner city area, while the three bluestone bridges are also rare and significantly 

early surviving examples of their type. 


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Description 

The railway cutting extends for 800 metres between Coventry Street and Bridport Street, corresponding, 

approximately, to the portion of railway line between what are now the South Melbourne and Albert Park 

light rail stations. The cutting is crossed at Dorcas Street, Bank Street and Park Street by three bluestone 

bridges of identical design. Each of these comprises, at the lower level, a central segmental-arched opening 

with rock-faced voussoirs, flanked by smoother battered piers, and thence by rock-faced abutments. The 

upper level, with smoother ashlar masonry, is delineated by two projecting courses of smooth-faced 

stonework. On the inside of this wall, facing the road, the stonework has a bush-hammered finish with a 

smooth border, and there are some iron spike railings. The bridge closest to South Melbourne station also 

has an engraved panel bearing the name of the original engineer, William Elsdon, and the date 1857. 

The steeply sloping sides of the railway cutting are grassed, and there are also a number of mature pepper 

trees (Schinus molle, a ubiquitous element along railway reserves such as these) and other plantings. A 

number of buildings have been erected alongside the railway cutting, variously fronting Ferrars Street or 

Ferrars Place. The scout hall, on Ferrars Place near Bridport Street, is a utilitarian red brick structure with 

buttress-like brick piers and a broad gabled roof. The premises of the South Melbourne Cycle Club at 335- 

337 Ferrars Street is a red brick building, apparently of Edwardian or inter-war vintage, which is enlivened by 

rendered stringcourses, scotia cornices and flat-arched windows with steel-framed casement sashes. There 

is also row of townhouses, of quite recent origin, at 339-349 Ferrars Street. 

History 

The first railway line in the present-day City of Port Phillip, and also the first public steam train service in 

Australia, was the 2¼ mile (3.6 kilometre) link between Sandridge Pier to Flinders Street, which was laid out 

from 1852 by the Melbourne & Hobson’s Bay Railway Company. This opened on 12 September 1854 and 

such was its success over the next twelve months that the company, having returned an eight percent 

dividend to its shareholders, decided to erect a branch line to St Kilda. A public meeting was held in 

December 1855 to consider possible routes; A proposal to locate the line to the south and west of the hill 

was rejected by residents, who considered that it would hinder their access to the beach, and it was 

subsequently decided that the line should be on the east of the hill, along Moray Street. Early the following 

year, this option was also dropped when a select committee deemed it too expensive. Instead, it was 

decided that the new line should neither follow the east or west of the hill but, rather to extend through the 

centre of it, parallel to Ferrars Street. 

Construction of the branch line commenced in Spring 1856, with 200 workmen under the direction of the 

company engineer, William Elsdon, who had replaced its original engineer, James Moore, in December 

1854. The new line turned off the main Sandridge railway soon after the Flinders Street terminus, extending 

3 miles (4.8 kilometres) to a purpose-built station building on Fitzroy Street. Completion of the project was 

delayed due to difficulties with the original contractor, who was eventually replaced by another from Sydney, 

and the new line opened on 13 May 1857. Over the next few years, the Melbourne & Hobson’s Bay Railway 

Company upgrading both of its lines, which included the duplication of tracks and the opening of new 

stations. On the St Kilda branch, stations were opened at Emerald Hill (now South Melbourne) in September 

1858, and at Butts (now Albert Park) in November 1860. 


COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 

The railway cutting at South Melbourne can be compared to a small number of similar cuttings in the inner 

metropolitan area. In terms of its early date, it is most comparable to the cutting that runs between Windsor 

Station and Alma Road, East St Kilda. The railway line between Windsor and North Brighton opened on 19 

December 1859, being part of a longer route to Brighton Beach that was laid out by the St Kilda & Brighton 

Railway Company, in several stages, from 1858. The cutting, which is approximately 600 metres long, 

bisects Alma Park and includes the road bridges at Chapel Street and Dandenong Road. The cutting retains 

some historic infrastructure, including red brick bridges and retaining walls (within the City of Stonnington), 

while the portion through Alma Park (within the City of Port Phillip) is delineated by rows of mature pepper 

trees. While this cutting is clearly of some aesthetic and value, it is of a curving form and thus lacks the 

continuous vista qualities that are so strongly evident at South Melbourne. A second cutting, in the portion 

between Hotham Street and Elsternwick Station, is straighter but shorter (about 500 metres), and this is 

located within the City of Glen Eira. 

Other railway cuttings in the inner suburbs also tend to be of curved profile, and are generally shorter, and of 

more recent origin, than the example at South Melbourne. The cutting between Brewster Street and 

Glenbervie station in Essendon, which dates from 1872, is about 500 metres long and is also of a gently

curving form. Like the cutting at South Melbourne, it has roadways running parallel to it. Slightly different is 

the example that runs between Jolimont and West Richmond Stations. This is a distinctive element in that 

local landscape, as it actually runs below houses and incorporates two bridges and a long viaduct beneath 

Wellington Parade. Laid out during 1901 as part of the railway line between Princess Bridge and 

Collingwood, this cutting is also about 600 metres long, and curves at a particularly sharp angle. 

Further east is the substantial railway cutting between Burwood Road and Camberwell Station, which dates 

from 1882. This is about 800 metres long, and, with multiple tracks, is considerably wider than its 

counterpart at South Melbourne. It is also curved, thereby lacking the same vista qualities. It is of aesthetic 

significance in its own right, but its character is more industrial; the western portion, running parallel to 

Burwood Avenue/Auburn Parade, having vast buttressed red brick retaining walls, some with early painted 

advertising signage. 


Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme. 

References 

Leo Harrigan. Victorian Railways to ’62. pp 38-43. 

Susan Priestley South Melbourne: A History. pp 86-87.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Former Freemasons Hall 

unknown 

254-256 Ferrars St 



The former Freemasons Hall is of significance as a South Melbourne landmark and for having been built to 

house the Yarra Yarra Masonic Lodge. Architecturally it is also one of the most commanding institutional 

buildings in the area and is unusual in its two storeyed form for a hall structure. The building’s significance is 

enhanced by its intact state. 


Original Use: Freemasons Hall 


Architect: Adamson and McKean (2) 

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Other Studies 

Designer Adamson and McKean 

The site of the Freemasons Hall on the south-west corner of Dorcas Street was acquired by the Yarra Yarra 

Masonic Lodge in 1875 (3). The following year and at a cost of £2,000 (4), Leonard Haffner (5) was 

commissioned to build the hall to the designs of local Emerald Hill architects, R. Adamson and W. McKean. 

Erected as the first permanent rooms of the Yarra Yarra (Scottish) Lodge, No. 714 E.C. (6), the building was 

used by the Freemasons until 1881, when financial difficulties forced them to vacate (7). After a short period 

in the hands of real estate agents (8) the building was owned and occupied from at least 1884, by Henry 

Mortimer Franklyn, the Victorian publisher and journalist. Although no confirming evidence has been found it 

is thought that Franklyn may have used the Masonic Hall for publishing purposes (9). James Munro, 

businessman, former Premier and Treasurer of Victoria, is listed as the following owner of the building in 

1887(10), when it is described as a hall and store, having an N.A.V. of £150 (11). By 1895 the ‘Try Boys 

Society’ were the new occupants (12). The Yarra Yarra Lodge re-acquired the hall in 1910, however with 

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increasing membership it again became necessary to secure new premises (13). 

On its corner site, the hall is a landmark in South Melbourne and while relatively close to the Town Hall, it is 

one of the few institutions to have been built to the west of the St Kilda railway line. The façade is fashioned 

in render, the ground floor with its rusticated piers forming the basement course to the decorated piano nobile 

floor above. The first floor is decorated with shallow corinthian pilasters and the cornice above it is 

surmounted by a balustrated parapet. The Coat of Arms, name and date remain intact above the Dorcas 

Street entrance, while the Ferrars Street entrance houses a commanding entrance way. 

History 



unknown 







References 

1 National Estate, ‘Listing for South Melbourne Freemason’s Hall’, as at 22 September 1986 


3 National Trust of Australia (Vic.), ‘Submission for the Addition of the Former, Freemason’s Hall…’, 

held in File No. 2746 

4 HBPC, ‘Findings of the Sub-committee’, in File No. 83/2803 

5 ibid. 

6 National Trust of Australia (Vic.), ‘Building Citation: 254-256 Ferrars Street’ 

7 National Trust of Australia (Vic.), ‘Submission for the Addition…’ 

8 ibid. 

9 [not recorded] 

10 ibid. 


12 An inscription on the front wall of the building reads ‘South Melbourne Try Boys’ Society, 1895’ 

13 National Trust of Australia (Vic.), ‘Submission for the Addition…’


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 

44 Finlay St 


44 Finlay Street is of significance as an investment property built for the leading South Melbourne 

businessman, W.P. Buckhurst and for the intricate nature and the substantially intact state, of the timber 

decoration. 




Manufacturers: Unknown 




Other Studies 

Finlay St 

William Parton Buckhurst, the highly successful South Melbourne real estate entrepreneur built a row of 

speculative houses in Finlay Street, including No. 44, 1881-82. This six-roomed wooden dwelling was first 

rated at £14 (2). The following rateable period of the N.A.V. had jumped to £34 and was then owned and 

occupied by William Robertson, a tailor (3). After about six years, ownership passed to Thomas Brown, a 

‘manufacturer’, who leased it to Henry Green, a miner (5). By 1900 Brown and Green still owned and 

occupied the property. 

The house, while a small building and built as an investment property, was given some very unusual querks of 

detailing that remain substantially intact. The house is clad in timber to represent ashlar blocks, but is 

dominated by the projecting gable and the decoration under it. The barge board has an accentuated 

scalloped edge and turned timber finial and drops, while the bay window under has – all in timber – bold 

castellation drowning it, a moulded cornice, hood moulds terminated with consoles to each of the three double 

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hung sash windows, and the whole is flanked by pilasters. Despite such intricate work in timber, the building 

remains substantially intact. The main elements that have not survived are the frieze and capitals to the 

verandah. 

History 



unknown 





References 


2 ibid. 

3 1861-1862 

5 ibid, 1890-1901


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Railway Station and Surrounds 

unknown 

Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 


Mary St 



This railway station is very important as it is an early Victorian example of this building type and the only one to 

remain from the days of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay, Railway Company. The unique platform canopy 

dates from the original construction and is substantially intact. The bluestone retaining wall dating from 1857 

and Edwardian planting featuring mature date palms are an important part of the complex. 


Nigel Lewis and Associates, St. Kilda Conservation Study, 1982 

Other Studies 

Canterbury Rd Fitzroy St 

West Beach Rd 

The St Kilda Railway Station was erected for the opening of the line on 13th May 1857 at the termination of a 

Hobson's Bay Railway Company branch line and included refreshment, retiring rooms and a bar. The 

restrained Italianate building originally featured a semi-circular portico probably demolished in 1913, when 

buildings were also erected at the southern end of the station and the single train track was duplicated. The 

unusual platform canopy displays timber valencing and is supported on open web joists. A timber signal box 

and mature railways planting (probably dated from the 1906 renovations) all add character to the precinct. 

The bluestone retaining wall along Canterbury Road is clearly shown in an 1857 engraving by Sands, Kenny & 

Co. 

Intactness 

The demolition of the portico, the addition of buildings, the lengthening of the platform and the bricking up of 

openings detract from the original design, although the original platform canopy (extended on the Fitzroy 

Street end) and timber valencing remain substantially intact as does the platform elevation. 

Loch St 



Grey St 


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History 



unknown 







References 

'The Illustrated Journal of Australasia', vol.4, No.XXl, March, 1858, p.119 

'The Illustrated Melbourne Post', 9 August 1862, p5 

Ward, A., 'Victoria's Railway Stations. An Architectural Survey'. Vol.2 Nov. 1980. 

Information from Andrew Ward, 1982. 

The Age, 14th May 1857.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

St Kilda Park Primary School 

unknown 

Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

Canterbury Rd 


Category School 

Designer H. R. Bastow 

This building provides an intact example of the more exuberant style of Gothic adopted for Victorian schools. 

The two-storey splayed corner element is unusual. The school is situated at the edge of an important 

architectural area of St Kilda. 



Other Studies 

Fitzroy St 

The St Kilda Park Primary School was erected in 1882 by contractors Beardall and Glenncross to a design of 

architect H.R. Bastow prepared three years earlier. As early as 1874 land was applied for, but it was not 

granted until 1878 when a bill was passed in the Legislative Assembly for the annexure of land from the 

permanent reserve, Albert Park. The two-storey, red brick school is in the Gothic style, which had been 

developing in the late 1870s in Victorian school design. Polychromatic brickwork, pointed arches surmounting 

openings and steep gable roofs give a Gothic character. The two storey splayed corner element is unusual in 

school design, but provides a visual transition between the two facades. A prominent tower exhibits 

decorative iron cresting and arches below supported on iron columns. Similar school plans were adopted in 

the late 1880s. 

Intactness 

This school building is very intact and the steep roof has been re-slated. Additions and alterations were 

carried out in 1923 and two additional rooms erected in 1969. 

Grey St 

Dalgety St 




Princes St 

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History 



unknown 







References 

Blake, L.J. (ed)' Vision and Realisation', vol.3, p.377, Education Department of Victoria, 1973. 

Burchell, L.' Victorian Schools, A Study in Colonial Government Architecture, 1837-1900', Melbourne, 1980. 

Cooper, J.B. 'The History of St Kilda', vol.1, p.391. Melbourne, 1931.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Wesleyan Church Complex 

unknown 

Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

The Wesleyan church itself is an early building of its type and together with the other buildings on the site, 

forms an intact complex of church buildings. 



Other Studies 

The existing bluestone Wesleyan Church, Fitzroy Street, was erected in 1857-58, and was the second church 

to be built on the site. Designed by Crouch and Wilson, the Gothic church features a square central entrance 

tower with Early English stepped buttresses and pinnacles above. The sides of the rectangular nave feature 

narrow lancet windows which alternate with buttresses. Adjacent to the church is a brick school building which 

replaced the original timber one in 1888. The red brick Gothic building, which features cream brickwork, was 

designed by Percy Oakden. The original parsonage, erected in Princes Street at the rear of the church in 

1856 and designed by T.J. Crouch, was demolished in 1888 and the second one erected in the following year. 

This two storey residence was probably designed by Percy Oakden and Ralph Wilson and built by T.B. Allen. 

The fourth building on the site is the third parsonage which was designed by A. Eggleston, the result of an 

architectural competition early this century and erected by R.J. Jones. 

Intactness 

The complex of buildings are substantially intact. 

History 



Fitzroy St 

Princes St 

Category Church 

Pattison St 



Designer Crouch and Wilson 


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unknown 







References 

Griffiths, A.B. and von Hartel, Y., 'An Architectural History of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, St 

Kilda'., Research Essay, 1965, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne. 

Cooper, J.B., 'The History of St Kilda', Vol 1, p.354-6, Melbourne, 1931.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed c 1900 


Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Elenara" and "Thalassa" 

unknown 

Cnr. Fitzroy St and Beaconsfield Pde 

ST. KILDA 


Beaconsfield Pde 



Elenara and Thalassa are intact examples of large Edwardian residences erected in St Kilda. In addition to 

their architectural significance, the buildings are located in a critical position, at the gateway to the important 

foreshore area, opposite the Catani Gardens. The pair of buildings form an extremely important link at the 

corner of Fitzroy Street and Beaconsfield Parade. In spite of the losses of important buildings in both these 

streets the survival of this corner group manages to maintain much of the original character of this area. 



Other Studies 

Fitzroy St 

Elenara and Thalassa, Fitzroy Street, St Kilda are two adjacent Edwardian residences erected at the 

beginning of this century. A contemporary description in 1914 spoke glowingly of Elenara: 

"A home of palatial residences and hotels is Fitzroy-street, the main thoroughfare leading down to the 

Esplanade, but none are more attractive than "ELENARA" at the corner of Acland-street, with its quaint 

architecture and great stretch of windows, making one of the most pleasant pictures on a summer's eve when 

the lights are glowing. It gives so reposeful an impression, and that is deepened as one moves through the 

sumptuously furnished and carpeted rooms, finished with the touch of an artist. Facing the water, just a few 

steps from all the life, and joy of the Esplanades it is an ideal private residential hotel." 

Originally both of exposed red brickwork, the buildings feature many elements of the Federation period often 

in an extreme manner. The two storey residences incorporate half-timbered gables, bow and bay windows 

with leaded glass, rectangular, triangular and oriel de boeuf windows, timber fretwork, arches, a glazed tile hip 

and gable roof with terracotta ridging and finials, and substantial tall red brick chimneys. Cement render is 

Acland St 



Park St 

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employed to highlight window bays and to provide a continuous contrasting band around the buildings. The 

resulting compositions are highly asymmetrical, complex and diverse and show the influence of the Queen 

Anne revival style in England in the latter half of the nineteenth century. 

Intactness 

Both residences are substantially intact with Elenara retaining its exposed brick and render facades. 

History 



unknown 






References 

Sands and McDougall Directories, various dates. 

St. Kilda by the Sea, 1914, p. 95, also illustration. 

Rose postcard, u.d. held by City of St Kilda.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

George Hotel 

Terminus Hotel 

Constructed 1889, 1925 


Comment 

Cnr. Fitzroy St and Grey Street 

ST. KILDA 


Canterbury Rd 

Category Commercial: residential 

Designer See DESCRIPTION 

The George Hotel, situated at the terminus of the St Kilda railway line, is historically important as an early 

landmark in this fashionable seaside resort. It stands on a site which sported a hotel from early days of St 

Kilda. The Victorian building is typical of the hotels erected during the boom years in Melbourne, and is a 

reasonably intact example. 



Other Studies 

Fitzroy St 

Grey St 



Dalgety St 


Originally the Terminus Hotel stood on this site although this was renamed in 1867 by the new proprietor, 

Charles Forster after the George Hotel, Ballarat. Extensions and alterations to the hotel occurred with one 

extensive addition being designed by Robert Rusby Cowl in 1873 for the proprietor Fredrick Wimpole (who 

owned the hotel from 1870 to well into the next century). The hotel as it exists today comprises two buildings 

which reflect two styles; one being erected on the corner by 1889 and the other adjoining in Fitzroy Street in 

1925. The four storey Victorian building originally of two hundred and fifty rooms, was designed by Harry B. 

Gibbs and features a curved corner tower and recessed balconies on both elevations. Arched openings 

dominate the composition with applied decoration including Corinthian pilasters and bosses. The 1925 section 

which abuts the earlier one is an austere building of five storeys which employs vertical oriel window bays to 

relieve the facade. Strips of rectangular windows maintain the horizontal line of the Victorian building and the 

parapet is balustraded in a similar manner to the adjoining building. 

Intactness 

The existing building is reasonably intact and the extensive 1925 addition does not distract greatly from the 

earlier building. A mansard roof to the corner tower shown in an early illustration is no longer extant. 

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History 



unknown 







References 

'Argus', 29 October 1873, s.p.2. 

'Building, Engineering and Mining Journal', 30 November 1889, p.450. 

Davison, G (ed),'Melbourne on Foot', p. 128 Melbourne, 1980. 

Smith, J. (ed), 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria', Melbourne, 1903, vol. 1, p. 384. 

R.K. Cole, 'Hotel Records' held at State Library of Victoria.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Summerland Mansions 

Summerland House 

17-25 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 


Summerland is of significance both as a key example of the `flats over shops' building type and as an example 

of mansion flats. This combination together with the scale of the apartments and the scale of the complex as 

a whole, sets it apart from other buildings of this type. This significance is enhanced by the sophisticated 

relationship of the design to the predominantly commercial Fitzroy Street frontage on one hand, and the 

residential Acland Street on the other. Its location in St Kilda reflects a key part of St Kilda's history as an 

important seaside resort in the first half of the twentieth century. Architecturally, it is a fine representative 

example of a transitional style between the eclectic survival of the early 20th century and the emergent 

functionalist styles. 


Style : Arts and Crafts, Free Classical 

Two and three storey walk-up flats, shops 

Original owner: ER & GHC Crespin 


Fitzroy St 


Designer Christopher A Cowper 

Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan, St Kilda 20th century Architectural Study Vol. 3, 1992 

Other Studies 

Jackson St 

"Summerland Mansions" is a complex of shops and large residential flats situated on the corner of Fitzroy and 

Acland Streets. The site itself is strongly connected with St Kilda's earliest history. It was the first block of 

land sold in the first Crown Land sales in St Kilda in December 1842. The buyer, Lieut. James Ross 

Lawrence RN, was Captain of the schooner "Lady of St Kilda" from which the city took its name. Captain 

Lawrence named Acland Street after Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the owner of the vessel. 

Before Elsie Rowe Crespin and her husband GHC Crespin acquired the property in 1919, it had been known 

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as "Summerland House", a Victorian mansion owned by Georgina Wilson Watt. They engaged the architect 

Christopher A. Cowper of Collins Street to redevelop the site as the grand block of mansion flats and 

incorporated shops that remains to this day. 

The flats were built in two stages. The first part was the main three storey section fronting Fitzroy Street 

consisting of six shops and a dining room on the ground floor and eight flats of approximately 175m2 above. 

While these were being built in 1920 a further permit was granted for the erection of four more flats of 

approximately 200m2 behind the first stage forming a two storey block with its entrance on Acland Street. 

The disposition of the two blocks consolidated the emerging retail and commercial character of Fitzroy Street 

on one frontage and the long standing residential character of Acland Street on the other. They formed a 

landmark at this important intersection that announced St Kilda's urban residential and commercial character 

to those arriving in its heart from Beaconsfield Parade and Fitzroy Street. 

The buildings present massive symmetrical facades to both streets capped with broad terracotta tiled hipped 

roofs. The ground floor walls are of exposed brick, forming a base for the roughcast rendered facades. The 

horizontal banding of the triple bayed sash windows, the cut out openings of the deep balconies, and the 

visual heaviness of roof and eaves, all emphasise the massiveness of the building. The composition and 

detailing is very orderly and stripped back, in a style quite characteristic of the period without fully following 

any one in particular of the styles fashionable at the time. Cowper appears to have employed a number of 

Classical and Arts and Crafts motifs to articulate a bolder, more modern massing setting this work apart from 

earlier Queen Anne buildings for which he is renowned. 

Internally, symmetrical Beaux Arts ordering combines with solid Arts and Crafts interiors to produce two 

bedroom mansion apartments of considerable space, luxury and ingenuity. A central feature of each of the 

Fitzroy Street flats is a large timber panelled reception hall at the head of each stairway entry. The Acland 

Street flats are planned less formally but also feature graciously proportioned main rooms. Each flat is 

provided with a balcony, a screened porch and a fully glazed sleepout. The Acland Street block has a huge 

flat roofed area at the back providing recreational and clothes drying facilities to all the residents, and 

calculated to circumvent the Council's requirement for half the land area to be open space. 

Perhaps the most interesting planning feature of the flats was the large communal dining room centrally 

located on the ground floor. (The dining room and kitchen is occupied by the present Mexican restaurant). 

Residents had direct access to this facility from the two internal staircases and could dine looking onto Fitzroy 

Street through the large plate glass "shop front" windows. With this added amenity, each apartment was fitted 

only with a "kitchenette". 

Summerland Mansions marks the heyday of apartment living in St Kilda. Its programme of retail shops below 

the residential flats typifies St Kilda's non-suburban residential nature, and the attraction of living near the 

seaside is clearly evident in "Summerland's" character. 

The buildings have remained as residential flats (minus the dining room), commanding lower and lower rents 

as the district ran down over the years. Recently the apartments have been extensively renovated and strata 

titled, reflecting the upsurge in St Kilda's residential desirability. These works, carried out by the architects 

Peter Johnson and Tony Walliss, have carefully maintained and enhanced the original character. 

History 



unknown 





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Residences 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Constructed c.1881-1882 


Comment 


Park St 

Category Residential:attached 


These residences are of State significance as a unique three storey arcaded terrace pair. The arcading, 

columns, balustrading and articulated side facade are important elements. Because it is one of the few 

surviving buildings remaining from 1880s in Fitzroy Street it is an important remnant of the early Victorian 

street character. It is a prominent corner element with an unusually large front garden and intact cast iron 

fence and edged garden path. 



Other Studies 

Loch St 

Fitzroy St 



Jackson St 


The pair of three storey Italianate residences are the remains of three erected in 1881-1882 for James Hogan 

as twelve roomed houses in Fitzroy Street, St Kilda. The arcaded terraces feature fluted cast iron Corinthian 

columns at each level and infilled incised balustrading. The transition from the Fitzroy Street facade to the 

simpler Park Street one is successfully resolved by the continuation of heavy rustication of the ground floor 

section and string courses to define the second and third floors. Arches feature chevron moulding and 

patterned bands decorate the front facade. 20 Fitzroy Street was the residence of the politician Sir Graham 

Berry from 1891-1894. 

Intactness 

The pair of buildings are substantially intact with original detail surviving internally and externally. Although the 

third terrace was demolished in 1970, it does not distract from the surviving pair because the three terraces 

were identical in external treatment. 

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History 



unknown 






References 

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) research notes 

MMBW Detail Plan City of St Kilda, 1897.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Prince of Wales Hotel 

unknown 

29 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

A representative example of Modernist streamlined hotel design, primarily of significance as one of an 

important series of residential hotels and guest houses in Fitzroy Street, and as one of the `bookends' to the 

cafe and retail strip on the north side of Fitzroy Street. The hotel has been a significant social landmark in its 

various forms since the nineteenth century and has important historical associations as the wartime 

headquarters for American officers and as an entertainment venue. 


Style : Functionalist 

Four storey hotel 

Builder: Hansen and Yuncken 

Category Commercial 

Designer Robert H. McIntyre 


Other Studies 

The current Prince of Wales Hotel is a rebuilding of an earlier hotel that existed on this site. At the time of its 

completion the new building was regarded as one of the most up to date in Melbourne, with a shift away from 

the reliance on bar trade, which had formerly characterized the establishment, towards more diverse venues 

including lounges with fireplaces, private rooms for functions and a dining room. The entrance to the 

residential section was faced in black Carrara glass with the motif of the Prince of Wales feathers in stainless 

steel. The motif was continued in sand blasted glass panels elsewhere in the hotel.(1) 

History 



Fitzroy St 

Acland St 



Park St 

HO5 

Jackson St 


1473


unknown 






References 

NOTES 

(1) J. Ramsay Johnson, `The Hotel Dresses Up', The Modern Store (February 1937), pp.11-14


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed 1930s 


Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Edmaro 

unknown 

31 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

A small, finely crafted flat over shop building in the Georgian Revival style, notable for the symmetrical 

composition of the upper facade centred on a deep balcony framed by a crisply delineated Serlian motif. The 

balcony recess is given solidity and depth by the curved ceiling extending back from the central arch. The 

facade is constructed of variegated roman brick work, carefully detailed to form flat arches over the windows 

and chevron patterned panels below the sills. The building is largely intact though the rendered detail to the 

cornices, keystones and balustrading is painted an unsympathetic colour. The restrained design of the recent 

Di Stasio restaurant on the ground floor, undertaken by Architect, Allan Powell, contributes to the quality of the 

building. 


Style : Georgian Revival 

Two storey restaurant, shop and flats 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Acland St 



Fitzroy St 1474 

Jackson St 

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Citation No:




References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Gatwick Hotel 

Gatwick Hotel 

Address 34 Fitzroy St 

ST KILDA 



Comment New Citation 

Significance 




Category Residential:apartment 



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What is significant? 

The Gatwick Private Hotel at 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda was constructed by 1938 and is one of a number of 

substantial apartment buildings or private hotels constructed in St Kilda during the inter-war period. It is a 

three-storey stuccoed building with three street frontages, executed in a restrained Spanish Mission manner. 

The building is built to the property boundaries to the three streets. The façade (south facing) has a parapet 

at the top with curved accents at the centre and corners. There is a diamond-shaped motif, made up of four 

square tiles, at either end of the parapet. The central raised area of the parapet has the inscription 

‘GATWICK’. Below the parapet is a band of projecting bricks (three courses, each successive course 

projecting more), which acts as a cornice, though it does not stretch the entire length of the façade. The long 

Loch Street elevation (east side) is broken up into five sections: three have similar curved parapets to the 

façade (with the same diamond-shaped tile motif), interspersed with two sections with overhanging eaves, 

making the terracotta roof tiles visible. The rear elevation (overlooking West Beach Road) has an identical 

parapet to that of the façade, without the central raised section. The west elevation, which abuts the 

neighbouring property, has three parapeted sections (front, rear and near the rear) interspersed with two 

broad setbacks, creating window wells, with overhanging eaves. The exterior of the building including the 

entrance foyer and awning and other detailing such fenestration is intact. There have been recent repairs to 

the cement render above many of the windows (possibly to repair the lintels). 

The interior of the hotel is also highly intact. On the ground floor the reception office and a spacious (former) 

telephone booth feature Jacobean dark wood panelling with beveled glass lights above. The former lounge 

(in the south-east corner) has a large Adamesque ceiling centre in fibrous plaster. The upper two floors also 

feature fibrous plaster ceiling centres in the stairwells; these are Art Deco in style. The staircase has a 

wrought-iron balustrade with a lyre motif. The walls of the corridors and stairwell are finished with textured 

plaster in a swirled pattern below the picture rail. The upper two floors also have timber panelled telephone 

booths on the landings. The doors to the rooms are highwaisted with two small horizontal panels over two 

vertical ones. Most doors retain Art Deco door hardware. Reportedly most of the hotel rooms are intact. 

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Modern fire doors (partially glazed), which have been installed in the corridors and other post-World War II 

alterations are not significant. 

How is it significant? 

The former Gatwick Private Hotel is of local historic, social, aesthetic and architectural significance to the 

City of Port Philip. 

Why is it significant? 

The former Gatwick Private Hotel at 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda is considered to meet Criterion A.4 as one of 

a number of substantial private hotels or residential apartments constructed in Fitzroy Street during the interwar 

period, which illustrate the continuing development of St Kilda as a seaside resort during that time and 

the transition to higher density living. It is also significant for its use as a boarding house in the post-war era, 

which illustrates the changing socio-economic circumstances in St Kilda during that time (AHC criterion A.4). 

Its significance is enhanced by its rarity value as surviving example of a residential hotel that remains in an 

intact condition both externally and internally (AHC criterion B.2). The former Gatwick Private Hotel is 

historically significant for its strong associations with the Carbone family who have owned and managed the 

building at least since 1977. Vittoria Carbone or ‘Queen Vicky’, in particular is fondly remembered for her 

compassionate management of the Hotel and her legacy is carried on by her daughters Rose and Yvette 

today (AHC criterion H.1). 

The former Gatwick Private Hotel at 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda is architecturally significant a good and very 

intact representative example of the substantial residential hotels erected for professional people in St Kilda 

during the inter-war period. The significance is enhanced by the high degree of intactness to both the exterior 

and interior (AHC criterion D.2). 

The Gatwick Hotel at 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda aesthetically significant as an intact interwar hotel that 

contributes to the historic character of Fitzroy Street. Although it is architecturally undistinguished its scale 

and siting of the building on the street frontage on two sides on a corner site gives it landmark qualities and 

makes it a prominent and important part of the streetscape on the north side of Fitzroy Street (AHC criterion 

E.1). 

The Gatwick Hotel at 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda is socially significant as a long-standing boarding house in St 

Kilda. It has strong associations with people of different socioeconomic circumstances who have been an 

important part of St Kilda society since World War Two. While many residents are short term, some have 

lived at the Hotel since the 1960s and regard it as ‘home’. The strength of association and attachment to the 

Gatwick is demonstrated by its celebration in artworks and writing produced since 2002 (AHC criterion G.1). 

Levels of significance: 

Primary significance – all 1938 fabric as noted above including the interiors. 

Secondary significance – none specified. 

No or limited significance – post-WWII additions or alterations. 


David Helms, Heritage Assessment, Four Places in Port Phillip, 2008 

Other Studies 

Description 

The Gatwick Hotel, at 34 Fitzroy Street, Saint Kilda, is a three-storey stuccoed building with three street 

frontages, executed in a restrained Spanish Mission manner. The building is built to the property boundaries 

to the three streets. The façade (south facing) has a parapet at the top with curved accents at the centre and 

corners. There is a diamond-shaped motif, made up of four square tiles, at either end of the parapet. The 

central raised area of the parapet has the inscription ‘GATWICK’. Below the parapet is a band of projecting 

bricks (three courses, each successive course projecting more), which acts as a cornice, though it does not 

stretch the entire length of the façade. 

The long Loch Street elevation (east side) is broken up into five sections: three have similar curved parapets 

to the façade (with the same diamond-shaped tile motif), interspersed with two sections with overhanging 

eaves, making the terracotta roof tiles visible. The rear elevation (overlooking West Beach Road) has an 

identical parapet to that of the façade, without the central raised section. The west elevation, which abuts 

the neighbouring property, has three parapeted sections (front, rear and near the rear) interspersed with two

oad setbacks, creating window wells, with overhanging eaves. 

The façade is five bays wide. The entrance, in the central bay, is a segmentally arched opening, with a 

Tudor label mould, inside which are white marble steps leading up to the front door. The walls of the 

stairway are panelled with brown marble bordered in dark grey marble. The double doors are dark-varnished 

timber with four horizontal glazed panels below an Art Deco ziggurat motif at the top (comprising a square 

central window pane and four narrow side bars). There is a large transom with three panes above the double 

doors. The entrance is sheltered by a small cantilevered box awning. 

Above the entrance are windows to the first and second floor corridors. They are single sash windows with 

leadlights in the upper sashes. The leadlights have small yellow glass lights with a heraldic motif at the 

centre. Identical leadlights are found to the stairwell windows on the Loch Street elevation. On either side of 

the central bay are two bays of windows to hotel rooms. They are paired two-over-two sashes with horizontal 

muntins. All of the windows on the first and second storeys have concrete flower boxes resting on small 

corbels (the paired windows share a single, longer box). The ground floor windows also have two-over-two 

sashes, but have simple rendered sills instead of flowerboxes. 

The side and rear elevations have mainly the two-over-two sash windows with horizontal muntins and simple 

rendered sills (apart from the stairwell windows, as noted). On the Loch Street elevation, near the rear (in 

the second parapeted section), three differentiated ground floor windows indicate the presence of a former 

common room: there is a large picture window with a curved muntin between it and three transom panes. 

On either side of this window is a pair of the two-over-two sash windows. There are two chimneys on the 

Loch Street elevation, both near the edge of the roof. They are rendered with a projecting band near the top 

below with an upside down ‘T’ motif on each face. A single terracotta chimney pot survives on the rear 

chimney. At the very rear of this elevation, the building steps in to provide a tiny walled courtyard at groundfloor 

level, presumably for storage of rubbish bins. Above the bins storage are three levels of toilets, 

indicated by the external waste pipes and smaller, louvered windows. The rear of the building also has a 

raised basement, due to the slight slope of the site. There are two one-over-one sash basement windows on 

the Loch Street side and five on the West Beach Road side. 

The exterior of the building is intact. There have been recent repairs to the cement render above many of 

the windows (possibly to repair the lintels). 

The interior of the hotel is also highly intact. On the ground floor the reception office and a spacious (former) 

telephone booth feature Jacobean dark wood panelling with beveled glass lights above. The former lounge 

(in the south-east corner) has a large Adamesque ceiling centre in fibrous plaster. The upper two floors also 

feature fibrous plaster ceiling centres in the stairwells; these are Art Deco in style. The staircase has a 

wrought-iron balustrade with a lyre motif. The walls of the corridors and stairwell are finished with textured 

plaster in a swirled pattern below the picture rail. The upper two floors also have timber panelled telephone 

booths on the landings. The doors to the rooms are highwaisted with two small horizontal panels over two 

vertical ones. Most doors retain Art Deco door hardware. Reportedly most of the hotel rooms are intact. The 

one viewed (on the first floor) was divided into bedroom and sitting room areas by a head-height timber and 

glass partition. Each section of the room had its own fibrous plaster Art Deco ceiling centre. Modern fire 

doors (partially glazed) have been installed in the corridors. 

History 

The Gatwick Private Hotel was constructed by 1938. It replaced a nineteenth century house known as 

‘Lockings’ that was occupied by members of the O’Donnell family in the early decades of the twentieth 

century. The O’Donnells owned both this property and the adjoining lot to the south-west. In May of 1936 the 

subject property was sold to Margaret Carter who later that month transferred the property to ‘Maribeale Pty 

Ltd’ of 34 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda (Land Victoria 1). Sands & McDougall Directories show that in 1936 the 

house on this site was still listed as being occupied by the ‘Misses O’Donnell’. In 1937 the notation is ‘Flats 

being built’ and by 1938 the Gatwick Private Hotel is listed at 34 Fitzroy Street along with Mrs L.M. Beale 

who presumably was the manager. 

As noted above, the Gatwick Private Hotel was one of the last of the substantial private hotels erected in St 

Kilda during the inter-war period that catered for a more up-market clientele. During World War Two it 

provided accommodation for the U.S. armed forces when officers from Base Section Four headquarters at 

Port Melbourne, under the command of Colonel Galloway were billeted at the Prince of Wales Hotel (where 

an officer’s club was established), and at the Gatwick Hotel, which were both owned or managed at that 

stage by Edwin Jewell. According to Longmire (1989:122) both hotels were ‘highly regarded for the facilities 

they provided’. The Gatwick Hotel lacked a dining room so officers and their ‘female friends’ dined at the 

Prince of Wales where ‘the freezer was stacked with ice-cream and the pantry full of unprocurable goods’

(Longmire, 1989:122) After WWII, standards at the Gatwick Private Hotel and other guest houses declined. 

At some time in its history the Gatwick, like many other buildings as noted above, became a short or long 

term rooming house for people of more limited means and it was no longer the ‘gentleman’s hotel’ with its 

‘highly regarded facilities’ of before the war. Title information shows that from 1944 to 1977 it was owned by 

Louis Whyte, an ‘investor’. In 1977 it was purchased by Ronald and Vittoria Carbone as joint proprietors with 

Vittoria continuing as sole proprietor from 1983 after Ronald’s death (Land Victoria 2). Vittoria or ‘Queen 

Vicky’ as she affectionately came to be known ran the guest house until her death in 1998 and according to 

her daughter, Rose, ran the Gatwick ‘more like a home than a hotel’ and held the view that ‘everyone 

deserves to be treated with respect’ (SKHS, 2007). 

As previously noted the Gatwick Hotel was one of 12 boarding houses listed in a 1978 St Kilda 

accommodation guide. The rates were $20 per week ‘room only’ or $25 p/w ‘bed and breakfast’ with different 

rates for casuals. The bathrooms were shared, but it was noted that each room had a ‘vanity basin with hot 

and cold water’. Linen blankets were supplied. There were no kitchens for tenants, and some rooms had a 

sitting room area which is furnished with a table and chairs and easy chairs. The building was described as 

‘old but fairly clean’ and they advised that they would accept ‘pensioners, people on unemployment benefits 

and families’ (Davis, 1978:50). 

Rose and her twin sister, Yvette, helped their mother with the running at the Gatwick ‘from an early age’. 

They continue to own and manage the Gatwick today and carry on the tradition established by their mother. 

As noted above it is now one of the few remaining rooming houses in St Kilda. According to Rose around 

85% of the residents have lived at the Gatwick for more than 5 years and the longest staying resident 

moved in, in the 1960s and many now regard it as ‘home’ (SKHS, 2007). 

As one of the last boarding houses in an increasingly gentrified St Kilda the Gatwick is often (rightly or 

wrongly) perceived as reason for many of the anti social activities happening in and around Fitzroy Street. 

This has inspired a former resident to write a witty poem where all manner of social ills from local drunks to 

world events can be explained away by the phrase ‘Blame it on the Gatwick’ (SKHS, 2007). In 2002 an 

exhibition of historical and contemporary photographs of the Gatwick and artworks by about 30 residents 

was exhibited at St Kilda Town Hall (The Age). 

Comparative analysis 

As noted in the History, the former Gatwick Private Hotel is one of a number of substantial private hotels or 

residential apartments constructed in Fitzroy Street during the inter-war period, which illustrate the 

continuing development of St Kilda as a seaside resort during that time. Architecturally it is undistinguished, 

but its significance as an important component in the Fitzroy Street streetscape is a consequence of its 

scale, massing and siting, which is comparable with other landmarks including the former ‘Ritz’, ‘Mansions’, 

‘Majestic’, ‘Regal’, ‘Seaview’, and ‘Kingsgrove’. It is also significant for the level of intactness to both the 

exterior and the interior. The interior is especially notable as all of the other buildings have been significantly 

altered internally as part of conversion to apartments and other uses from the 1980s onwards. 

The continuing use of the Gatwick as a private hotel/boarding house adds to its significance. It is one of only 

three original buildings along Fitzroy Street still used for their original purpose – the others are the private 

hotels ‘Elenara’ and ‘Thalassa’, which were constructed in 1912. The Prince of Wales Hotel retains its 

residential hotel component and there is a recently constructed boarding house building at the rear of the 

Regal apartments. 


Settlement: Growth and Change; Depression and recovery: the inter-war years 

Ways of life: St Kilda 


Recommended inclusions: 


References 

Primary sources 

Land Victoria 1, Certificates of title Vol. 6047 Fol. 281/282 

Land Victoria 2, Certificate of title Vol. 6733 Fol. 480

Sands & McDougall Directories, 1934-38 

Secondary sources 

‘Apartments and boarding houses in St Kilda, January 1978’, compiled by Irena Davis Accommodation 

Officer with St Kilda Community Group 

‘At the Gatwick, the school of art knocks’, article in the 29 September 2002 edition of The Age, viewed 

online (1 July 2008) at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/28/1032734371529.html 

Longmire, Anne, St Kilda. The show goes on. The history of St Kilda Volume 3: 1930 to July 1983, 

Hawthorn, 1989 

St Kilda Historical Society (SKHS), ‘Gatwick Hotel, Fitzroy Street St Kilda’ article in ‘St Kilda Times’, 

Newsletter Issue No.186, August-September 2007 

Ward, Andrew, Port Phillip Heritage Review, Version 2, 2000, Vols. 1-6


Identifier 

Formerly 

Tolarno 

Residence 

Address 42 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

Constructed c. 1880,1933,c. 1960 


Comment 

Significance 

An important element of the Fitzroy Street precinct, `Tolarno' incorporates the two storey Victorian residence 

which bore this name in the nineteenth century. The building complex is important for its associations with 

Melbourne's artistic and gastronomic circles. The mixed residential, restaurant and gallery uses of the building 

have contributed to St Kilda's cultural life. The interior of the Tolarno Restaurant features a whimsical scheme 

of decoration by noted St Kilda artist Mirka Mora and is an interior of significance. 


Description 


Style : Various 

Private hotel, restaurant and gallery, former residence 

Original owner: S.C. Cronin (1933) 

Canterbury Rd 

Fitzroy St 


Designer G.G.Cronin (1933) 


Other Studies 

The Tolarno Gallery and Restaurant was opened here in 1966 by Georges and Mirka Mora. The business 

was established in the existing hotel which at that time was largely intact. Longmire cites a conversation with 

artist Mirka Mora who used the bridal suite and later the cellar of the building as her studios. Tolarno Galleries 

and the Moras played important roles in the re-emergence of St Kilda in the 1960s as a focus for artistic 

activities in Melbourne.(1) The building complex is centred around a two storey Victorian house that bore the 

name `Tolarno'. The house subsequently became a guest house with substantial additions being made to the 

rear in 1933. These additions included 29 bedrooms, and a new dining room and kitchen. The proprietor at 

the time was S.C. Cronin and the permit drawings were executed by G.G. Cronin. The front bedroom wing 

and present restaurant were added to the front of the Victorian house in the 1960s. 

Loch St 




1475

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

(1) Anne Longmire, 'St Kilda: The Show Goes On' (Hawthorn, 1989), pp.225-226. St K.C.C. building approval 

No. 8348 issued 1933.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Kingsgrove" 

unknown 

44 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

An unusually large apartment complex incorporating a central open courtyard, one of the few examples of this 

type of residential design in Melbourne and one of the most intact. The reduced classicism of its front and rear 

elevations is well-mannered but unremarkable. The building makes an important contribution in its scale and 

dignity to the character of Fitzroy Street. The view through its front entrance arch past its letterboxes to the 

central courtyard adds to the interest of the footpath environment. 


Style : Free Classical 

Three storey serviced apartments 


Designer P.J. O'Connor 


Other Studies 

A substantial three storey complex of apartments centred around a large open courtyard, and which stretches 

through a whole block, with frontages to both Fitzroy Street and West Beach Road. The building was erected 

in 1926 and the architect was P.J. O'Connor. Externally, the building is unremarkable with its centrally placed 

front entrance and classically derived facades incorporating standard motifs such as bay windows and 

recessed balconies. 

History 




Loch St 



Canterbury Rd 

Fitzroy St 

HO3 


1476

unknown 





References 

NOTES 

Terry Sawyer, `Residential Flats in Melbourne', research report, Dept of Architecture and Building, University 

of Melbourne, 1982.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Boncap 

unknown 

49 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

The Fitzroy Street elevation of the `Boncap' complex demonstrates a very assured interpretation of the then 

current trends in European architecture being applied to residential design. The complex with its mixed 

residential and commercial uses is an important element of this section of Fitzroy Street. The rear wing 

contains a number of tiny bachelor flats. The complex is in a generally intact condition. 



Three storey shops, flats and bachelor flats (rear) 



Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 


Designer L. Garrard Cahn 


Other Studies 

The 'Boncap' complex comprises two parts that were erected in quick succession. The first part comprises 

the three storey section fronting onto Fitzroy Street. This section provided shops on the ground floor with 

residential accommodation on the upper floors. The drawings for this section were prepared by L. Garrard 

Cahn and submitted to St Kilda Council for approval in 1934. The building permit application for the rear 

section was submitted in the following year and provided bachelor flat accommodation. The earlier section 

has more architectural pretentions than the later section and with its fine cream brick façade to Fitzroy Street 

demonstrates a very assured interpretation of the then current European architectural styles, particularly 

Dutch architecture. The projecting balconies work well to shade the main living spaces and solid brick 

balustrades provide privacy to the occupants and with their curved ends give a strong streamlined effect to 

the building. The effect is further enhanced by the small rectangular windows at each of the balcony ends. 

Acland St 

Park St. 



HO5 


1477

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval No.8565 issued 9.4.34, also contains drawings for bachelor flats, 1935.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

State Bank 

unknown 

54 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

A typical example of one of the many State banks designed during the 1910s by the architects Sidney Smith 

and Ogg. The banded rustication, Ionic pilasters and pediments and balconies emphasising the corner of the 

site are typical of the architect's style, and this small cubic building is important in defining this prominent 

corner with Canterbury Road and in terminating the northern streetscape of Fitzroy Street. 



Two storey bank with dwelling 

Builder: T. Cockram 

Original owner: State Savings Bank 

History 





Designer Sydney Smith and Ogg 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Canterbury Rd 

Fitzroy St 



HO3 


Grey St 

1478


References 

NOTES 

St K C C building approval issued Jan 1914.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Leo's Spaghetti Bar 

unknown 

55 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

A Melbourne institution, Leo's Spagetti Bar is one of the first of a wave of cafes established by Melbourne's 

post war migrants. The shopfront spells out the name of the premises in giant brickwork letters, and the use 

of the structure of the building to create a sign is an unusual and possibly unique feature. At night, the 

extensive neon signage also contributes to the restaurants lively street presence. 


Style : Vernacular Functionalist 

Restaurant 

Original owner: Leo Mastrototara 





Other Studies 

Jackson St 

Leo's was opened in 1956 by Leo Mastrototara, an Italian who had lived in Australia since 1928 and who had 

been interned during the war. The restaurant is among the earliest Italian restaurants in Melbourne and its 

construction reflects the social changes that occurred in St Kilda following the influx of migrants of the post 

war period. Initially consisting of laminex tables and fewer than thirty chairs, Mastrototara served Italian food 

and the restaurant was reportedly popular with the Italian Olympic Team who visited Melbourne for the 1956 

Olympics.(1) The restaurant was extended in 1972 with the addition of a licensed bistro seating 100 

people.(2) The Fitzroy Street elevation of the premises is interesting for the giant size letters incorporated in 

brickwork into the shopfront spelling out the name of the restaurant. 

Park St 

Loch St 

Fitzroy St 



HO5 


1479

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

(1) A. Longmire,' St Kilda, the Show Goes On' (Hawthorn 1989) p.174 

(2) Ibid., p.231.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Banff 

unknown 

145 Fitzroy St 

ST. KILDA 

`Banff' is one of St Kilda's largest and most strongly designed Functionalist style blocks of flats. Built in 1940, it 

marks the end of an era of experimentation and advancement in flat design through the inter-war period. Its 

advanced design offered its 27 tenants a large courtyard garden area, a cafe/restaurant at its street front, and 

extensive basement car parking. The concept of incorporating a cosmopolitan European style cafe into a 

residential block had only begun to be revived in the mid to late 1930s, and the introduction of underground 

parking was possibly a first for Melbourne. (The quaintly old fashioned Banff Garage sign over the car park 

entry suggests a certain unsureness in how to handle this new concept.) The bold brick geometry of the 

building's facade has been severely diminished by having been painted only a few years ago. `Banff' is an 

important component of Fitzroy Street's high density residential zone and has the potential to play an 

increasingly important role in the street life of the area. 



Three storey walk-up flats and restaurant 

History 




Other Studies 



unknown 

Canterbury Rd 


Grey St 



Fitzroy St 

HO5 


1480





References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval Nos. 10509, issued 25.4.40 for twenty-seven flats & cafe and U1190, 27.8.51 for 

alterations


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

The Regal Hotel 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

With its continuing residential usage, the Regal Private Hotel complex is an important element of the Fitzroy 

Street precinct. The building is a prominent example of a conversion of an earlier Victorian residence. J.R. 

Daley, who owned and constructed the additions to the original house, was an important land holder and 

developer in St Kilda during the early part of this century. He also owned the Majestic and the Waldorf Hotels 

which he combined into a large integrated complex which included the Regal. It contributes to the character of 

this area of large scale residential buildings. 



Three storey private hotel, former residence 

Builder: J R Daley 

Original owner: J R Daley 

Fitzroy St 




Other Studies 

The nucleus of the present Regal Private Hotel complex is a two storey Victorian residence. It appears that 

additions were made to the front and rear of this original building in 1922 for the then owner J.R. Daley; no 

major alterations have been made to the premises since that time. The three storey wing facing Fitzroy 

Street has no architectural pretensions and is little more than a scaled down version of the adjacent Majestic 

Hotel the only difference being that this facade is clad in a watered down version of the then popular neoclassic 

style. The Victorian residence behind survives in a recognizable form and in many respects is quite 

intact. The rear wing is utilitarian in design. 

Grey St 




HO5 

Little Grey 

Dalgety St 


1481

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval No. 4794 issued 12.4.22.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Junction Oval 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Constructed c.1856-1930 


Comment 

The St Kilda Cricket Ground has its own small claim to international significance as the longest serving home 

ground site of any cricket club in the world. Its playing surface is also known as one of the finest in the world. 

As a venue, it is of historical significance on several counts: as one of the earliest established sites in St Kilda 

(predating the formation of the Municipality); in its associations with the early days of organised cricket and the 

genesis of Australian Rules football in Victoria; as one of the original VFL home grounds; and as a communal 

focus in St Kilda in an era in which so much of the civic identity of each of Melbourne's inner suburbs was 

invested in its sporting teams. Though none of its architecture is outstanding, its four grandstands, and, behind 

them, an array of red brick out-buildings, walls and entrance gates, are strong examples of their type and have 

survived virtually untouched from the first half of the century. Numerous structures associated with the 

ground's use for cricket and football are evocative reminders of the oval's history and of the days of precommercialised 

sport. The grandstands, structures and relics together have a strong and coherent character. 

Their physical presence is of great significance to the identity of St Kilda. They hold the collective memory of 

generations of St Kilda followers; a virtual sacred site in Melbourne's sporting culture. 



Cricket ground and grandstands 

Original owner: St Kilda Cricket Club 

Queens Rd 



Fitzroy St 




Other Studies 

Wellington St 

The St Kilda Cricket Ground has occupied a prominent place in the history of the City since the St Kilda 

Cricket Club played its first match there in 1856.(1) No other cricket club in the world has played on the same 

St Kilda Rd 

HO3 


Punt Rd 

1482

site for a longer period. The oval is said to be one of the finest playing surfaces in the world, and it has been 

graced by many of Australia's greatest cricketers, of which the St Kilda Club produced more than its share.(2) 

The St Kilda Football Club also had a long association with the ground. Football matches were played on the 

adjacent "Alpaca Reserve" as early as 1864.(3) The Football Club's links were severed, amidst bitter 

controversy, in 1965 when it relocated to Moorabbin. For generations of St Kilda residents the ground had 

been a focal point of the City's civic identity within the sports-mad Melbourne metropolis.(4) Along with its 

venerable association with Victorian cricket, the Junction Oval still holds a permanent place in Melbourne's 

folklore as one of the original VFL football grounds. (Between 1972 and 1983 the Fitzroy Football Club used 

the oval as its home ground and in recent years Sheffield Shield cricket has been played at the ground.) 

The architecture of the ground reflects the days before big money and ground rationalization by the VFL 

began to change the face of its suburban venues. Of the three larger grandstands, two are of the old style 

timber variety: the Kevin Murray (formerly G.P. Newman) Stand, built in 1925, and the Don Blackie, Bert 

Ironmonger Stand of 1934. The two are identical in style: built on red brick bases housing changing rooms 

and other facilities, roofed with long, pitched roofs supported at the front on eight slender posts and sporting 

over each end bay smaller forward-facing gabled sections with flagpole finials. Ornamental treatment is 

limited to the bracket supports at the top of the columns, but the visual effect of both grandstands is rich in 

character and old fashioned charm. The third major grandstand is the R.L. Morton Stand. Though built only a 

couple of years after the Blackie Ironmonger Stand, it is a complete departure into modern functionalism. Its 

reinforced concrete and its minimally supported curving cantilevered steel roof lack the character of the older 

stands, but it is nonetheless a strong example of its type and an indispensable part of the ground's character. 

The ground's oldest stand is a modest timber structure between the social club and the scoreboard. Known 

as the "Racecourse Stand", it was shifted from the old Elsternwick Racecourse to its present location in the 

1920s. Also of considerable note are the red brick perimeter walls, entrance gates and facilities and outbuildings 

behind the grandstands, all dating from around the 1930s. Associated structures, such as the outer 

terracing, the scoreboard, kiosks and pressboxes, though of no architectural significance, are integral parts of 

the ground and its historical use. Relics of the VFL era, such as the timber bench seating around the 

boundary fence, the coaches' boxes on the boundary line, and the Cyclone fenced players' races are all 

evocative reminders of the Saturdays of old when the ground would shake to the roar of 30,000 or more 

parochial football fans.(5) 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

(1) Centenary Report of the St Kilda Cricket Club, 1956.(2) Conversations with Mr Orm Bird, Secretary of the 

St Kilda Cricket Club.(3) Cooper, Vol 2 p 35. see also Vol 1 pp 310-312.(4) Longmire, pp 212-213. see also pp 

11-13.(5) The ground's record attendance was 46,973 in 1950; Rodgers, 'The Complete Book of VFL 

Records', p 127


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

The Majestic Hotel 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 



Comment 


The former Majestic Hotel is one of the most prominent landmark buildings in St Kilda. Originally built as flats 

and later converted to a private hotel, the building is a cogent indicator of the city's historical development. 

With the neighbouring and adjacent group of hotels, former hotels and apartment buildings, the Majestic is part 

of an important group of residential buildings along the city's main thoroughfare from St Kilda Road to the 

Beach. The building's height and balconied facade make the Majestic a prominent element of this group. One 

of the oldest surviving large scale apartment buildings in Melbourne, the Majestic, with its central light court, 

demonstrates an early design concept in the evolution of this residential building type. 


Five storey former serviced apartments 

Style: Freestyle 

Fitzroy St 






Other Studies 

The Majestic Private Hotel was built as a block of flats in 1912. It offered accommodation in two-room suites, 

with shared bathroom facilities on each floor and a communal dining room on the fifth . The suites opened 

onto steel framed galleries around a central light well. A single caged lift served the five levels. To the North 

on each floor, larger apartments opened onto balconies overlooking Fitzroy Street. Servants' quarters were 

located at the South East corner of each floor. 

The entire development was undertaken by J R Daley, who financed, designed, built and managed the flats. 

He reportedly disliked architects and never employed them, which may account for the seemingly outmoded 

planning and format of the accommodation. Daley also owned substantial amounts of property throughout St 

Princes St 

HO5 


1483

Kilda and the Majestic remained in the hands of his family until the 1980s. 

The Majestic was later converted into a Private Hotel and a new facade and portico were added in 1935, in 

the art deco style that still characterizes the building today. Further alterations, such as connecting passages 

to the Waldorf and Regal Hotels on either side, the provision of bathroom and kitchen facilities to each unit 

(1962?) and the glazing of the balconies, marked the various phases of the building's evolution from a hotel to 

a low tariff boarding house and eventually to low rental flats. The Majestic was closed in November 1989. 

History 



unknown 





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

The Waldorf 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

The Waldorf is an early example of Guest House accommodation design and its internal planning 

demonstrates a skilful handling of design requirements at the time. The external appearance of the building 

takes on the form of a single residence, responding to the residential character of Fitzroy street at the time of 

its construction. As part of the Majestic and Regal complex, it contributes to the area's collection of large scale 

residential buildings. 


Style : Queen Anne 

Two storey former guest house 

Fitzroy St 






Other Studies 

Princes St 


The Waldorf was constructed in 1912 as a Private Hotel. The two storey brick structure is designed in the 

popular Edwardian style of the time with exposed red face brickwork and a terra-cotta tile roof. In contrast to 

the later and neighbouring guest houses and boarding houses , the Waldorf takes on the character of a large 

single residence rather than a hotel, perhaps due to the dominantly residential nature of Fitzroy Street at the 

time prior to its transformation as a popular tourist and holiday venue. The building is well planned with 

premier accommodation being located on the street frontage and secondary accommodation located in a rear 

wing separated from the front section by a dining room and light court. Few alterations have taken place to 

the building since its construction, however its recent vacant state has resulted in most of the internal features 

and external glazing being vandalized or removed. 

HO5 

1484

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

Meredith Gould, unpublished report prepared for St Kilda City Council, May 1987.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Ritz Hotel 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

This Intact Three Storey former hotel, prominently located on the corner of Grey and Fitzroy Streets, has 

served as an entertainment and night club venue for many years. Its curved corner, the bay windows and 

arched openings create a composition that addresses its corner location and contributes strongly to the 

physical character of Fitzroy Street. 


Style : Classical Freestyle 

Three storey hotel 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Fitzroy St 




Princes St 



HO5 


1485

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Park Lane (Ritz Mansions) 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

This grand urban apartment block of the 1920s is one of the very few buildings of its type in Melbourne that 

approaches a truly cosmopolitan character in its scale and setting. The massive street facade is dominated by 

tall oriel bay windows and stacked, distinctively balustraded balconies and sunshades. The centrally located 

front entrance is marked at street level by a cantilevered canopy and on the parapet above by a stepped 

pediment. The building is an important element of Fitzroy's mixed residential and retail character. 


Style : Classical Freestyle 

Five storey flats, offices and shops 

History 








Other Studies 



unknown 


Princes St 

Fitzroy St 




1486


References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Lynbrae" 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

A well designed and substantial complex of apartments in the functionalist style comprising a pair of wings 

separated by a dramatically planned pedestrian space. The staircases to the front apartments on each wing 

are expressed on the elevation as solid vertical brick masses and contrast with the horizontality of the flanking 

apartments. Cantilevered balconies further enhance the contrast between these elements. The cantilevered 

landing of the staircases to the rear apartments provide a dramatic spatial effect to the narrow space between 

the wings. This effect is further enhanced by the thin horizontal plane of metal at third floor roof level. This 

element bridges the two wings, providing the only connection between the buildings. The complex is an 

important element in the residential character of Fitzroy Street. Few, if any, alterations have been made to the 

exterior of the buildings since their completion. 



Three storey multi-block walk-up flats 

History 




Other Studies 



unknown 

Princes St 


Fitzroy St 



HO5 

St Kilda Rd 


1487





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Duplex 

unknown 

22-22a Foam St 

ST KILDA 



Comment 

Significance 


The building at 22 and 22a Foam Street is a semi-detached single-storey inter-war rendered brick duplex, each 

half articulated separately: one (22) as a conventional double fronted villa with exposed hip roof and external 

porch, the other (22a) as a quirky element with a curving corner wall, parapet and recessed porch. The former 

portion was erected c.1937 and the latter portion evidently completed the following year. 


The duplex is of aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Aesthetically, the duplex is significant for its unconventional and hybrid appearance, comprising two attached 

dwellings that are quite disparate in their form, composition and fenestration but are linked by a common 

vocabulary of materials (roughcast render, terracotta tiles) and detailing (Tuscan columns, dark brick trim). 

The southern half (No 22A) is the more distinctive of the two dwellings, of particular note for its unusual curving 

wall (presumably influenced by the acute traingular shape of the corner site) and parapet. In the broader Foam 

Street streetscape, the building forms a unique and distinctive element on this irregular corner site overlooking 

the canal, its setting enhanced by an equally unusual stone fence with rubble piers and cast iron gates 

retaining original timber escutcheons. 


Heritage Alliance, Elwood Heritage Review, 2005 

Other Studies 

Description 

Updated citation 

(Mapped as a Significant heritage place.) 


Heritage Overlay(s) 416 




1488 

Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan, St Kilda 20th century Architectural Study Vol. 3, 1992 Andrew Ward, City 

of Port Phillip Heritage Review, 1998

The building at 22 and 22a Foam Street, occupying an odd-shaped triangular corner site, is a semi-detached 

single-storey inter-war rendered brick duplex with a hipped roof of glazed terracotta tiles. Each half of the 

building is quite different in articulation; the northern dwelling (No 22) is more conventional, having its hipped 

roof exposed and a double-fronted asymmetrical façade, with a projecting bay to the left side and a semienclosed 

porch alongside. The porch has a pair of Tuscan columns in antis, and the flanking bays have 

tripartite steel-framed sash windows and corners enlivened by brown Roman brick quoining. The southern 

half (No 22a) has a distinctive curving front wall that goes around the corner (following the acute triangular 

shape of the site) and rising up to form a capped parapet. The curved wall has a single multi-paned timberframed 

double hung sash window at on the corner and, on Foam Street, a recessed porch with depressed 

archway and in antis Tuscan columns, its surround embellished with banding in brown Roman bricks.The 

street frontage has a low rock wall and, to each dwelling, a gateway comprising a pair of tapering rubble pillars 

and woven wire gates with curved wrought-iron ridging, and small wooden escutcheons bearing the respective 

house numbers. 

History 

This duplex was evidently erected in two stages; the first portion, comprising the house at No 22, was 

evidently erected during 1937, as it first appears in the Sands & McDougall Directory in 1938, with one Albert 

W Bricker listed as occupant. The same source listed a ‘house being built’ alongside; this was identified in 

subsequent directories as No 22A, occupied by Frederick P Harris, identified in electoral rolls as a joiner. The 

earlier house was listed as ‘vacant’ in 1939, and thence by Harold Francis (1941), William B Hodgson (1943- 

46) and Stanley Hodgson (1947-55). The house at No 22a, meanwhile, remained occupied by its original 

resident, Frederick Harris, until his death in 1956. 


Single-storeyed semi-detached that were houses erected during the inter-war period were generally 

articulated in two ways. Typically, they were expressed as a symmetrical pair, with each half forming a mirrorreversal 

of the other in its composition, fenestration and detailing. This can be seen in such examples as 11- 

11a Hammerdale Avenue and 2-8 Jervois Street, all in East St Kilda, or 156-158 Brighton Road, Ripponlea. 

An alternative approach was for the pair of attached houses to be ‘disguised’ as a single detached house. 

The latter technique developed in Victorian period, and became increasingly common during the Edwardian 

era (eg 6-8 Robertson Avenue, St Kilda, of c.1910). The articulation might be as a house with a symmetrical 

frontage (eg a large gabled roof, evoking a bungalow, as at 17-19 Havelock Street, St Kilda) or an 

asymmetrical double-frontage façade, evoking a single Tudor Revival or Moderne villa (eg the paired houses 

in McRae Street, Elwood) 

The duplex in Foam Street, by contrast, is a rare example of a single-storey duplex that makes no attempt at 

cohesion in its composition, form and fenestration, although the actual materials and detailing are common. 

While it has no directly comparable examples, it can broadly be compared a house (not a duplex) at 2 Albion 

Street, St Kilda, which has similar Tuscan columns in antis to a recessed porch, and a hybrid roofline that 

combines projecting eaves and parapets. 


Recommended inclusions 

:Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme 

References 

Sands & McDougall Directory. Various.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Style : Free 

Two storey walk-up flats 

"Darjeeling" 

unknown 

15 Foster St 

ST. KILDA 


Designer H.V. Gillespie 

Darjeeling is the best and most intact surviving example of the work of architect H V Gillespie in the St Kilda 

area, and a fine example of his work generally. Gillespie's designs are highly individual, and his work stands 

out amongst that of his more conventional contemporaries for its fragmented appearance and bold assembly 

of disparate architectural motifs, characteristics which are well demonstrated at Darjeeling. The significance of 

the building is further enhanced by its very intact state, its original front fence and its overgrown gardens. It is 

also a rare example of a development containing one single bedroom flat located above another, and the 

planning of these flats is distinctive both in layout and in the generous provision of space. 



Other Studies 

Mitchell St 

15 Foster Street was designed by the architect H V Gillespie. Gillespie practiced from an office in Chancery 

Lane, Melbourne, but undertook a number of projects in St Kilda, including a service station and motor garage 

on the Esplanade and Acland Street (later altered), shops at the corner of Barkly and Blessington Street (later 

heavily altered), the San Remo flats at 354 Beaconsfield Parade, and extensive alterations to the factory at 37 

Greeves Street. 

Gillespie's buildings can be identified both through his use of certain motifs and through the use of certain 

compositional principles. The prime characteristic is an almost careless fragmentation of the forms of his 

buildings; an impression of `loose fit' between the parts of the composition which are then resolved by a 

Barkly St 


Carlisle St 

Foster St 

Foster Av 



HO7 


1490

casual use of props, chains, columns and bands of feature brickwork to tie the whole design together. At 

Darjeeling, Gillespie's favoured prow windows (a projecting window with a triangular plan form supported on 

expressed beams and propped from below) jockeys for attention on a facade that also features corner 

buttresses, small prow windows with roofs `supported' by chains, small square porthole windows, a large 

arched opening to an upstairs balcony, a concrete canopy on brackets over the ground floor entrance and a 

skillion roof supported on thin struts which sweeps down from the main line of the roof to protect the exposed 

stair leading to the upper apartment. To this cacophony of elements he adds a stepped balustrade to the side 

of the stair and feature bands of red brick relieving the unpainted roughcast render. The overall effect is 

eccentric and highly characterful, and the ad hoc feel of the design seems especially appropriate in a suburb 

like St Kilda. 

In terms of planning, the building is a rare example of one flat above another with the upper flat served by an 

open stair. It was much more typical of this period to provide two flats per level, with the building taking up the 

bulk of the site, but here in contrast much of the site is left for gardens. This oddity is compounded by the 

provision of unusually large balcony areas, while the flats themselves contain only one large bedroom with an 

adjoining generously scaled sleepout, a big kitchen giving onto a bathroom and lounge/living room. The scale 

of the rooms and their arrangement is notable in a plan area that might normally be expected to 

accommodate at least two bedrooms rather than one. 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No. 5626


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

"Carolina Court" 

unknown 

1 Fulton St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

A locally prominent block of flats which appears to have had a third storey added in the 1950s or 60s. With its 

prominent eaves line, this well integrated addition has accentuated the stepped plan form of the western end 

of the block, and given the building its distinctive tall and narrow proportions. This building contributes to the 

area's architecture primarily for its stylistic and visual oddity. 


Style : Vernacular 

Three storey walk-up flats 




Other Studies 

This apartment block takes on an unusually long thin form derivative of the dimensions of the land on which it 

is built. This form is accentuated by the stepped form of the building and the `stretched' cornice effect 

produced by the position of the cornice between the first and second floors. The second floor wing at the 

eastern end adds to the structure's puzzling qualities with its symmetrical facade dominated by a large 

leadlight window displaying the building's name. Apart from the painted face brickwork, the building is in a 

generally intact condition. 

History 



Westbury St 

Alma Rd 



Fulton St 

None 


1491

unknown 



recommended Conservation 

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Style : Arts and Crafts 

Two storey residence 

History 

Residence 

unknown 

12 Fulton St 

ST. KILDA 

Constructed early 1920s 


Comment 

A sparsely adorned two storey attic villa notable for its distinctive square balcony void set symmetrically in its 

plain brick central bay. The property is basically intact including the front fence. 






Other Studies 



unknown 





References 

Westbury St 

Palm Ct 

Fulton St 



HO6 


1492

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

"Croyland" 

unknown 

20 Fulton St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

An intact two storey block of apartments of simple design. The building is significant for the clarity of its form 

emphasised by its elevated siting, the definite delineation of the base and upper storey of the building with 

contrasting clinker brick and render finishes, the fine detailing of some of its window openings, and the general 

intactness of its finishes. 




History 





Other Studies 



unknown 

Fulton St 




Westbury St 


Palm Ct 



HO6 


Pilley St 

1493

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Former "Crawford", now "Barrington Flats" 

"Katoomba" 

22 Fulton St 

ST. KILDA EAST 




The building formerly known as "Crawford" at no. 22 Fulton Street, St. Kilda East, was built for Oliver Levey in 

1882 and substantially altered in 1936 when it was renamed "Katoomba". It is aesthetically important. This 

importance (Criterion E) is derived from the arrangement of the elements, generally in the Italianate manner 

but with an unusual and presumed inter-war conical porch giving it distinction at the Municipal level. 



Other Studies 

Johnson St 

An unusual and imposing single storeyed late Victorian Italianate villa with a distinctive semi-circular porch 

having slender Ionic Order columns mounted on balustrade pillars and having a shallow conical roof with 

slender ball finial. This element may be a late addition. There are projecting wings on either side, the eastern 

wing having a faceted bay and the western wing being possibly of a later date, the absence of vermiculated 

quoins and incised work being suggestive of an addition. The window reveals have cement colonettes and 

there are aedicules to the window heads. 

Condition: Sound 

Integrity: High 

History 

At Crown land sales, the partnership of Fulton, Mackinnon and Sargood bought numerous allotments 

including allotment 155A which comprised five acres on Dandenong Road between the railway reserve and 

Hotham Street. By 1873, Fulton Street had been formed and there were three houses on each of its north 

and south sides. Lot 12 on the north side was undeveloped and was owned at the time by a person named 

White. The land had a frontage of 110 feet and an NAV of 20 pounds and was purchased by Oliver Levey 

Pilley St 

Fulton St 



HO6 

Hotham St 


2120

c.1880. Levey, described as an agent in 1882 and a publisher in 1883, built a brick house for his residence 

on the east side of the block in 1882. The house had nine rooms and an NAV of 120 pounds. 

By the turn of the century, the house which was owned and occupied by Mary Bage, was named "Crawford" 

and had been extended to 13 rooms. The Bage family owned several properties in the area at the time. By 

1930, the house had been acquired by William John McCarthy of Hawthorn. In 1935-37, ownership changed 

three times from John James Cotter to Ward Investments Pty. Ltd. and then to Louis William Sigel of the 

"Hotel Mentone". The Rate Books at the time are unclear however during these years the property was 

redeveloped. Pilley Street at the rear of the site was extended. In order for this to occur, MMBW plans 

indicate that the rear of the house would have had to be demolished. Substantial additions were carried out in 

1936 which presumably gave the building its present appearance. It was named "Katoomba" and was 

comprised of four flats, three with four rooms and one with three rooms. The NAVs ranged from 60 to 70 

pounds. 

The Commercial Bank at Balaclava took over ownership of the flats in 1939. In that year, they were occupied 

by Horace Roberts (estate agent), William Stone (commercial traveller) and Angus Burrows (chemist). Flat 

three was vacant. Thomas William Cooper of Toorak was the owner in 1950. Flats 1 and 2 were still 

occupied by the Roberts and Stone families, the hairdresser David Charlesworth rented flat 3 and Ellen Dove 

rented flat 4. By 1973, it seems the flats had been converted to a single residence occupied by A.L.Spooner. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities: 4.1.2. Making suburbs (St. Kilda East). Nineteenth century 

suburban expansion. 





References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1879-83, 1889-90, 1899-1900, 1920-21, 1930-40, 1950-51. 

Sands and McDougall directories: 1890, 1910, 1920, 1930. 

MMBW litho plan no.46, undated. 

J.E.S.Vardy, "Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda", Hamel and Ferguson, 1873, North/3. 

Parish Plan, Prahran. SLV, 820 bje, St. Kilda and Elwood.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Residences 

Shop 


Comment 

4 Garton St 



The former shop at the corner of Ingles and Garton Street is of local significance. The substantially intact 

interior has a notably restrained Renaissance Revival design, particularly to the pilastered and parapeted 

corner block. The building is representative of typical small combined shops and residences located in 

residential areas, and is a prominent streetscape element in conjunction with 92 Ingles Street (q.v.). 


PRINCIPAL THEME:Commerce/Trade 

SUB-THEME: Shops 

Residential 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Partick McCarthy 

LOCAL/PRECINCT CHARACTER: AUTHENTICITY 

Individual Character (Individual, 90%+ original 

different from adjacent) 

BUILDING TYPE: Former shop 

ORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL Residence attached to commercial premises 

USE TYPE: 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Victorian Free Classical 

PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Rendered masonry 

Ingles St 



Allom Lovell and Associates, Port Melbourne Conservation Study review Vol. 4, 1995 

Other Studies 

Garton St 

PHYSICAL/STYLISTIC DESCRIPTION 

This two storey building is of rendered masonry construction and is designed as two distinct units, one a 

Bay St 



HO1 


651

parapeted corner block, and the other a more simply designed wing to the rear along Garton Street. The 

corner block has flat Tuscan pilasters to each storey supporting an entablature and cornice at first floor roof 

level. The splayed corner contains two-leaf, three-panelled doors with a rectangular fanlight above. The 

existing ground floor multi-light sash windows appear to be replacements of the original shop windows. The 

upper floor windows have moulded architraves and sills, whereas those on the ground floor are 

unembellished. 

The rear wing has a plain rendered wall facing Garton Street with a flat string course at first floor level. The 

wall is not parapeted; instead the roof has bracketed eaves and a hipped roof visible from the street. The 

ground floor windows and door are round-headed, with plain openings. The first floor windows are similar to 

those on the corner block. 


The restrained and conservative Classical design of this former shop is almost Regency in style and is 

characteristic of suburban shop design of the pre-Boom period years up to the mid-1880s. Comparable 

shops in South Melbourne, for example, include, 266 Park Street, South Melbourne (1883), and 174 Cecil 

Street, South Melbourne (1881), which retains the original round-headed timber shop windows. Compared 

with these examples, the unusual height of the parapet and the double-storey trabeation make the front part 

of this building particularly imposing. 

History 

This building was constructed as a shop for its first owner, Patrick McCarthy in 1886, and was described as a 

15 roomed brick shop valued at 80 pounds when first rated in 1886-87. (1) In 1890-1891 it accommodated 

several members of the McCormack family, Patrick, a gentleman, Mary, a dressmaker, and Lizzie, whose 

occupation is not known. The ten roomed brick building was still owned by Partrick McCarthy at this date and 

was valued at £100 pounds. (2) 


This building was one of a substantial number of corner shops constructed in residential areas away from the 

main retail and commercial strip of Bay Street. Many of these buildings remain, though most have been 

converted to residences or for other uses. 





References 

1. Port Melbourne rate book, 1886-87, no. 1275 

2. Port Melbourne rate book, 1890-91, no. 1344.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed c.1913 


Comment 

Significance 

Ripponlea Railway Station 

unknown 

off Glen Eira Rd, (Sandringham 

Railway Line) 

RIPPONLEA 

CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE 

Ripponlea railway station is an important, intact Edwardian era timber railway station. Later changes have 

been minimal and the ticket offices retain their early fittings. Edwardian timber stations are rare in Melbourne 

and this building is the best of this actual design. Mentone railway station is the only other significant 

Melbourne station of this type. The station is part of the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. 

Almost all of the surrounding area was built during the same period. 

EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 

Up and Down station buildings, platform retaining walls to each side and connecting timber footbridge. 

SURROUNDING ELEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE 

Approach to Up side station is through the Burnett Grey Gardens. Planting along west side of Up platform 

along Monkstadt Avenue. Reserve and shops to the eastern side. Part of a conservation area. 

OTHER EVALUATIONS 

A. Ward and A. Donnelly in association with the Australian Railway Historical Society(1) 'Victoria's Railway 

Stations. An Architectural Survey', unpublished, 1982. 


David Bick in conjunction with Wilson Sayer Core Pty. Ltd., St. Kilda Conservation Study Area 2 Vol. 1, 

1984 

Description 

Style: Federation Arts and Crafts 

Railway station and associated structures 

Maryville St 

Glen Eira Rd 


Designer Victorian Railways Architect (John 

Hardy?) 


Other Studies 

Morres St 

Glen Eira 

Av 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 




Oak Gv 

329

(Robert Peck Von Hartel Trethowan City of St Kilda, Twentieth Century Architectural Study,1992) 

DATE OF CONSTRUCTION 

Not known, probably 1913 (first drawn 1911) 

ORIGINAL OWNER 

Victorian Railways. 

ARCHITECT 

Victorian Railways Architect (John Hardy?)(1) 

BUILDER/ ARTISANS 

Not known. 

LATER OCCUPANTS 

In continuing use. 

LATER ADDITIONS/ ALTERATIONS 

Toilet fixtures replaced. Signal box and lamp room/ store/yard demolished. 

DESCRIPTION 

Both station buildings are timber framed, single storied structures with cantilevered platform verandahs. 

Cladding is weatherboard with roughcast render above door head height and 'half-timbered' gables. Main 

roofs are diagonal asbestos cement shingles with corrugated iron sheet verandahs faced with small pitch 

sheet valences. Lining internally is tongue and groove timber board walls with pressed metal sheet ceilings. 

CONDITION 

Building is in reasonable condition. Some roof shingles are loose and the northern end of the Up building has 

settled. Window glass has been smashed and not replaced. 

ORIGINAL USE 

Railway station. 

PRESENT USE 

Railway station 

PRESENT OWNER 

V Line 

INTACTNESS (February, 1984) 

The buildings have a high degree of intactness. Recent toilet fixtures are the most significant changes. The 

signal box and corrugated iron clad lamp room/store/yard building located near Glen Eira Road have been 

removed (for details of latter see Appendix - drawing no. 1). 

OTHER 

Ward and Donnelly(2) have identified Edwardian timber stations under the overall heading Gisborne Group. 

Within that group are sub-groups covering design variations; Macedon [7 stations], Ripponlea[4], Donald[4], 

Mansfield [5] and Yarra Glen [3]. Ripponlea Station is the only 'very important' station in the sub-group and 

with Mentone, the only station in Melbourne regarded as very important in the Gisborne group. 

(David Bick, St. Kilda Conservation Study, 1985) 

History 

The original drawings for the station are initialled and dated 1911 and further stamped 1913. There are no 

Contract Book records of the date of construction, cost and/or builder. The area around Glen Eira Road, east 

of the railway, was mostly developed from around the First World War and this was the reason for 

construction of a station. The Quat Quatta/Erindale Estates were subdivided in 1911. The railway though was 

opened in 1859. 



unknown 







References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1. Original drawings held by Victorian Railways (V Line) -

*no. 1 'New Station Buildings at Glen Eira Road' . Plans, elevations and so on. 

Scale 8 ft to 1 in. Dated 21/12/1911. 

*no. 2 Sections, details and so on. Scale 2 ft to 1 in. Dated 21/12/1911. 

Both no. 436, bin 11341. (See Appendix) . 

2. A. Ward and A. Donnelly, in association with the Australian Railway Historical Society, 

'Victoria's Railway Stations, An Architectural Survey', unpublished,1982.(See Appendix for 

relevant extracts).


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

see Significance 

Residence 

Tringingham 

2 Glen Eira Rd 

RIPPONLEA 



Comment 

This single storey villa is a distinctive building in this part of Glen Eira Road. Generally it is typical 

architecturally, features being the tiled chimneys and eaves and the relatively uncommon Greek key pattern 

cast iron frieze. Originally the building was face brickwork apparently, now painted. 

Around 1900 this house was called Tringingharn (M.M.B.W. plan). 





David Bick in conjunction with Wilson Sayer Core Pty. Ltd., St. Kilda Conservation Study Area 2 Vol. 1, 1984 

Other Studies 

History 



unknown 

Brighton Rd 


Glen Eira Rd 

Victoria Ave 






Morres St 

HO7 


Lyndon St 

Av 

Glen Eira 

326

References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

M.M.B.W. Detail Plan no. 1451 - Appendix. 

City of St. Kilda Rate Books, 1890/91 no. 3920, George Connibere owner, Charles Hicks importer 

occupant, N.A.V. 90 - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Shops & Dwellings 

unknown 

15-27 Glen Eira Rd, and 6 Glen Eira 

Avenue 

RIPPONLEA 


Glen Eira Rd 



The corner turret, parapet and size of this building make it a local landmark and a key element in the Los 

Angeles/Glen Eira Road conservation area. The verandah and the shopfront of no. 15 Glen Eira Road and no. 

6 Glen Eira Road are intact, though the former is painted. The shops generally are surprisingly intact. The 

upper floor facades have generally been painted, though two remain in their original state. 




Other Studies 


1984 

Description 

Style : Federation Freestyle 

Two storey shops and dwellings 

Builder: Dunlop and Hunt 

Original owner: Lane and Morgan 


See also Los Angeles Court / Glen Eira Road conservation area. 

Builders Dunlop and Hunt constructed this building in the latter half of 1912 for Lane and Morgan. A railway 

station was first constructed here around this time and no doubt was the reason for the erection of this 

building. 


Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 

Victoria Ave 

Oak Gv 

Quat Quatta Av 



HO7 


Hotham St 330

History 



unknown 





References 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 1600, granted 28/5/1912.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Shops and Dwellings 

unknown 

45-55 Glen Eira Rd 

RIPPONLEA 



The façade design of these six shops is a key link between the significant buildings at the eastern end of the 

shops and the building at the corner of Glen Eira Avenue (q.v.). The façade design, with its parapets centred 

on the chimneys, is of architectural interest. 




Other Studies 


1984 

Description 



Builder: J.R.Daley 

Original owner: J.R.Daley 


See also Los Angeles Court / Glen Eira Road conservation area 

J.R. Daley was the owner/builder of these six shops. Construction took place in the latter half of 1914 and the 

estimated cost was £3,000. Daley built a number of other shops in this shopping centre. 


History 



Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 

Victoria Ave 

Oak Gv 

Glen Eira Rd 




HO7 


Hotham St 331


unknown 





References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St Kilda building permit records, no. 2383, granted 9/7/1914.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Brinsmead's Pharmacy 

unknown 


RIPPONLEA 


Brinsmead's Pharmacy is one of Victoria's finest chemist shops on account of its shopfront and fittings. 

Manufactured by Duff, the fittings feature leadlight round and elliptical domes and are some of the finest 

examples of this work in the State. Leadlight was a common feature of buildings built early this century, but 

rarely used with such skill. The fabric of the shop section and the remainder of the building is intact. Shopfront 

pier cases with incised lettering advertising dental services remain. The pharmacy is a key element in the Glen 

Eira Road shopping and the conservation area. 


Of primary significance are the shopfront, the shop area with its fittings and the preparation room immediately 

behind, together with the gable roofed front section and the south (street) and east facades, including number 

71. The remainder of the building is of secondary significance due to the intactness of the fabric. 


Numbers 71 and 73 end a long line of two storey shops, all of the same period and complementary in design. 

This building is part of the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. 




1984 

Description 

Style : Federation Arts and Crafts 



Glen Eira Rd 


Designer Sydney Smith and Ogg 


Other Studies 





Hotham St 

332

Builder: Queever. 

Shopfitters: Thos. Duff 

Original owner: Frederick Damyon 


(71 part of the same building) 


1918 - later half(1). 


Frederick Damyon, pharmacist(1),(2). 

ARCHITECT 

Sydney Smith and Ogg (1) 


Queever builder. Shopfront and fittings by Thos. Duff and Bros. (name-plate on shopfront) 


Late 1920's Joseph Lakeland. Early 1930's Samuel Park. 1938 - Campbell Fraser Johnson (owner from 

1955/56)(2),(3) 


None of any consequence. Redecoration. Facade painted apparently, with painted signs of unknown origins. 

DESCRIPTION 

Brinsmead's Pharmacy is in a two storey brick building housing two shops. The ground floor is red face 

brickwork, whilst the first floor and gables are roughcast rendered. The roof is clad in terracotta tiles. Features 

of the building are the crow stepped gables to each side wall, round gable window, the facade first floor 

window surrounds, the decorative pattern between them and the facade gable. Internally there is no direct 

access between shop and residence. 

The shopfront features two recessed timber doors with leadlight domes over them. Framing is in light metal 

sections, with a leadlight top window and paired light brackets over the central window. The shop internally is 

lined with glass cabinets, light timber framed in oak and mirror backed. Behind the counter a timber drawer 

unit with leadlight screen above follows the curve of the elliptical dome over this area. 

CONDITION 

Shop and remainder of the building are in good condition. 

ORIGINAL USE 

Pharmacy. 

INTACTNESS (February, 1984) 

The shopfront and shop area are intact. The street facade above the verandah has been painted, as has part 

of the east wall. Part of an early sign remains on the east wall and there are the remains of old signs above 

the first floor façade windows. 

Internally the rooms have been repainted, but the fabric remains intact. 


History 

Frederick Damyon's Brinsmead's Pharmacy has its origins in the chemist shop opened around 1913 by 

James Brinsmead in Glen Eira Road, two doors from the railway line (3). Damyon acquired the business and 

had the present building constructed in 1918 (1), (2). 

Sydney Smith and Ogg were the Architects for the building, but Thomas Duff and Brothers made and 

presumably designed the shopfront and fittings internally. From the late 1920's Damyon leased the shop to a 

series of other chemists, whilst also maintaining other shops in St. Kilda and Woodend (2),(3). The present 

owner, Mr. C F Johnson, leased the building in 1938, acquiring it in 1955/56(2),(3). Brinsmead ' s 1913 shop 

became Appel's Pharmacy, now located nearby on the corner of Hotham Street(3). 

OTHER EVALUATIONS 

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Recorded. 



unknown 





National Estate Register


References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1 . City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 3640, includes copy of original drawings - Appendix. 

2. City of St. Kilda Rate Books. 

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) file no. 3670 - research notes in Appendix. 

3. Sands and McDougall Melbourne 'Directories', various years. 

Royal Victorian Institute of Architects Journal, Melbourne, March 1930, advertisement page 

XXXIX- - Appendix. 

James Smith (ed), 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria', Cyclopedia Company, Melbourne, 1903, Vol. 1, 

p. 549, biography of Thos. Duff and Bros. - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Public Park 

Burnett Grey Gardens 

unknown 

Glen Eira Rd 

ST. KILDA 

Constructed unknown 


Comment 

The Burnett Grey Gardens form, with the Ripponlea Station, the urban design centrepiece of its precinct. The 

gardens create a tranquil, traditional foreground to the station and retain remnants of their original formal 

planting and landscaping, including its Canary Island Palms and the lava rock seats which are so characteristic 

of St Kilda's parks and gardens. 



Category Garden 



Other Studies 

History 



unknown 






Morres St 

Glen Eira Rd 

Glen Eira 

Av 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 



Oak Gv 


1495

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Maisonettes 

unknown 


RIPPONLEA 

Landscape assessed 

Brighton Rd 


Glen Eira Rd 

Victoria Ave 


Designer P.J. Brunning Pty. Ltd? 


This building is one of the very few blocks of maisonettes built during the 1920's or '30's and is most probably 

the only such block in the Spanish Mission style in Melbourne. Maisonettes were uncommon in the first 

decades of flat building in Victoria, during the 1910's, '20's and '30's. The Spanish Mission style was popular in 

the latter half of the 1920's and was almost always used for more expensive buildings than the norm. The 

nature of maisonettes, each with their own stair, make them more costly to build than flats, which was no doubt 

the reason for using this style. The building is well detailed with an individual porch on timber brackets to each 

pair of entrances, with their angled reveals. The bay windows are clad in octagonal tiles, each with a graded 

colouring. Each maisonette has a first floor balcony. 

Landscape 

The main garden element of the Spanish Mission style two storey maisonettes is the approach courtyard 

garden which includes a mature bull bay magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), privet, Bhutan cypress (Cupressus 

torulosa) and concrete pond which all date from c1930s. It is of historic and aesthetic significance to the 

locality of Ripponlea. 


Entire building, front and screen walls and the approach courtyard including magnolia, cypress and pond. 


This building is near the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation areas, which contain a variety of 

houses built at the same time. 

Morres St 




Av 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira 

327



Other Studies 


1984 

Description 


Two storey maisonettes 

Builder: P.J.Brunning Pty Ltd 

Original owner: P.J.Brunning Pty Ltd 



P.J. Brunning Pty. Ltd. 

ARCHITECT 

P.J. Brunning Pty. Ltd.?, drawn by K. Hooker. 


P.J. Brunning Pty. Ltd. 


First floor balconies filled in? 

DESCRIPTION 

This two storey building contains eight maisonettes arranged on an irregular site in one long block, with two 

smaller wings forming a courtyard at the northern end. Construction is in rendered brickwork with a cement 

tiled roof. Face brickwork frames the pairs of front doors, with angled reveals and quoins. The tiled porch 

roofs are supported on shaped timber brackets. Dwarf face brick walls enclose each entry. Windows are 

timber, multi-pane upper and single pane lower sashes to each. The first floor recessed balconies are framed 

with pilasters on brick corbels. Each maisonette contains lounge, dining room and kitchen /breakfast room on 

the ground floor, with two bedrooms, bathroom and balcony on the first floor. 

Mature bull bay magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), privet, Bhutan cypress (Cupressus torulosa) and concrete 

pond all date from c1930s. 

History 

P. J. Brunning Pty. Ltd. were the owner/builders for this building, which was constructed in the latter half of 

1929. The drawings were drawn by K. Hooker in July, 1929. The subdivision of Brunnings Nursery to the 

north in 1926 resulted in much of the surrounding building stock and there are several Spanish Mission style 

houses. 


1.5 Settlement:Growth and Change; 1.5.3 Depression and recovery: the inter-war years 






Tree controls to apply. 

References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 7515 granted 5/7/1929, includes working drawing.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Residence (Gleneira) 

unknown 


RIPPONLEA 



Comment 

Landscape assessment 

Brighton Rd 


Part of a conservation area, this house is something of a local landmark, whilst its detailing is of note. With 

numbers 2 and 10 (extensively altered) and nearby Quat Quatta in Quat Quatta Avenue it forms a small group 

of late 19th century buildings in an area otherwise built in the early 20th century. The detailing of the verandah, 

its end wall and the bay window iron railing are all distinctive. Generally the building is typical in design for this 

period. 

Landscape: 

The black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia) at the front and rear western boundary of 12 Glen Eira Road, 

Ripponlea, is significant as a remnant nineteenth century planting which reflects the former type of exotic trees 

planted in the early development of the locality and municipality, once widespread but no longer practiced. 

The trees are an integral part of a varied and distinctive cultural landscape and are significant for their 

association with the activities of an historically significant place which played a role in the development of the 

municipality, as well as for the combination of their maturity and extent as compared to other early properties in 

the City and as an uncommon landscape type in the City and a specimen also uncommon for its maturity. The 

trees are also significant for their association with the early development of the Glen Eira/Ripponlea district. 


See also Los Angeles Court / Glen Eira Road conservation area. 

Glen Eira Rd 

Victoria Ave 




Other Studies 

The garden contains three mature and very large black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia). Tree #1 is at the 

rear western boundary of 12 Glen Eira Road, measuring 18 metres in height and a canopy spread of 11 

Morres St 




Av 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira 

328

metres. Tree #2, also at the rear western boundary of 12 Glen Eira Road, measures 17 metres in height and 

a canopy spread of 11 metres. The trees are estimated by an ArborCo Pty Ltd arborist to be 60-70 years old, 

so planted c1929-39 (ArborCo Pty Ltd, 1999). 

Tree #3, at the front of the villa, was noted in the ArborCo Pty Ltd report (ArborCo Pty Ltd, 1999) but not 

measured. It is lower in height than Tree #1 and #2 but probably dates from the same time of planting. Black 

locust trees were more commonly planted in the late 19th century than post 1920s. It is estimated that these 

three trees were planted soon after the construction of the main building, c1890-91. 

History 

The house ‘Gleneira’ is a two storey late 19th century brick house, constructed in 1890-91 by an unknown 

designer. There is an exotic garden with some mature trees. The property has been identified in the Port 

Phillip Heritage Review (A Ward, 1998, dbase no. 328) and D Bick’s St Kilda Conservation Study Area 2 (vol. 

1, 1984). 





Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme, including tree controls 

References 

M.M.B.W. Detail Plan no. 1451 - Appendix 

City of St. Kilda Rate Books, various years; 1890/91 no.3925, Charles McEvoy o/o, 8 R. Brick; N.A.V. 

110 - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Moira" 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Perhaps St Kilda's finest example of this particular architectural style: a hybrid of Mediterranean and 

Functionalist influences which had some currency in the 1930s. It is especially notable for its finely detailed 

tapestry brick and plaster work, and its diverse range of exquisite steel framed windows. Almost all features of 

the building including its garden paths and front fence are intact. 


Style : Mediterranean, Functionalist 





Other Studies 

Perhaps the best example of the rare 1930s hybrid Mediterranean-Functionalist architectural style in St Kilda. 

It is notable for its finely detailed tapestry brick and plaster work, and its diverse range of exquisite steel 

framed windows. Even the metal lettering of the name "Moira" is of a quality far above the ordinary. The 

yellow of the window frames and eaves linings is a felicitous touch. The canvas awning is the only feature that 

does not contribute to this gem of a house. 

History 



unknown 


Glen Eira Rd 

Victoria Ave 

Morres St 



HO7 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 


1497





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 



History 

"Milverton" 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Constructed late 1920s 


Comment 

A sprawling two storey block of flats notable for its elongated stepped form, and the way in which each step is 

treated as with its own, individual set of stylistic motifs. These motifs are quotations from styles as diverse as 

Spanish Mission and Old English. The composition is unified by its consistent building materials and the 

thematic use of variegated brick trim and banding. The form of the building on this corner site is of importance 

to the surrounding streetscapes of the precinct. 






Other Studies 



unknown 





Morres St 

Victoria Ave 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 



Glen Eira Rd 

HO7 


1498

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Four shops with dwellings above forming part of a very important streetscape. Like the shops further east (45- 

67) the upper facades are intact and unpainted. Their chimneys and chimney pots are integrated into their 

parapets, an extremely unusual feature, which gives the streetscape its distinctive punctuated skyline. Shop 

No. 35 is the only one with its original shop front fittings. 




History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Glen Eira Rd 




Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Av 




HO7 


1499

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Six shops with dwellings above forming part of a very important retail strip streetscape. Like the shops further 

west (31-37 and 45-55) the upper facades are intact and unpainted and have their chimneys and chimney pots 

integrated into their parapets, a extremely unusual design feature which gives the streetscape its distinctive 

punctuated skyline. The shop fronts seem to have all been refitted in the 1930s with Nos. 65-67 only recently 

destroyed. No. 59 is of special note having all the original signage of the footwear shop opened there at the 

time of the 1930s refit. 




History 







Other Studies 



unknown 





Glen Eira Rd 

HO7 


Hotham St 1501


References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Shop and Dwelling 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

An excellent example of corner shop and dwelling of this period by the noted architect Arthur Plaisted. The 

significant surviving elements of the building include the tall rendered frieze and bracketed cornice, and the 

porthole and verandah openings of the diagonally symmetrical front portion. Several unfortunate alterations 

have been made to the street facades, however, some of the window openings are intact (though 

unsympathetically glazed), and the red brick and render finishes are as original. One of the most important 

individual elements in this significant retail strip streetscape. 



Two storey shop and dwelling 

Original owner: J. Durston 


Glen Eira Rd 


Designer Arthur Plaisted 


Other Studies 

This corner shop and dwelling was designed by the important architect Arthur Plaisted in 1918 and was one of 

the three or four best pieces of shop-and-dwelling architecture to be found in St Kilda (compare 71-73 Glen 

Eira Rd, 90 and 121 Ormond Rd). Its strength is still to be seen in the upstairs front section which is still fairly 

intact. The rest of the building has been largely ruined. Permit drawings show the Quat Quatta Ave elevation 

as a charming composition of irregularly sized and placed windows, a 45 degree sloping roof and parapet at 

the end, and an unusual asymmetrical arched entry porch. The porch has now been completely bricked over, 

the windows (except for the two port holes in the first floor corner) have been unsympathetically reglazed, and 

the awnings have been lost to a particularly unfortunate steel deck replacement. The shop itself, as is normal, 

has long since been refitted and is now a notably ugly laundromat. 




HO7 


1502

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No 3670.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Description 

Glen Eira Road Bank Group 

unknown 



Comment 

Significance 

74, 76 and 78 Glen Eira Rd 

ST. KILDA 

This group is opposite Brinsmead's Pharmacy and is part of a conservation area. 



Built 1930, 1927-28 and 1922 respectively. 

See also Los Angeles / Glen Eira Road conservation area 

Glen Eira Rd 


Designer 1922 Sydney Smith, Ogg & Serpell. 

1927-28 Twentyman & Askew. 1930 

A. & K. Henderson 


Other Studies 

This group comprises three bank buildings built next to each other between 1922 and 1930. They show 

something of the diversity of architectural styles used during the 1920s. The easternmost and earliest, the 

State Bank, built in 1922 is in a Classical style derived directly from the Edwardian Baroque of the 1900's and 

1910's. This building is nearly identical to the State Bank in Glenhuntly Road, Elwood (q.v.) by the same 

Architects, Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell, but has been more extensively altered. The adjacent number 76, 

now N. & D. Electric Co. Pty. Ltd., was built for the English, Scottish and Australian Bank (E.S. & A.) in 1927- 

28 and is in the comparatively rare, so-called Greek or Greek Revival style. The Architects of this building 

were Twentyman and Askew. The third bank in the group, the A.N.Z. at number 74, was originally the Bank 

of Australasia and is significant in that it portends the architecture of the next decades. The overall form of 

the façade is more reminiscent of the 1940's and 50's whilst the Colonial details, the multi-pane double hung 

windows and the door case were commonly used in the mid to later 1930's. Unlike the other two banks which 

were specially built, this building was two shops, extensively rebuilt to the designs of A. and K. Henderson 




HO7 

Hotham St 


333

Architects in 1930. 

History 



unknown 


76,78 Glen Eira Road 




References 

City of St. Kilda permit records - 

1. No. 4818 granted 10/5/1922, includes working drawing (builder E.H. Plaisted); 

2. No. 7030 granted 22/11/1927, includes working drawing (builder G. Reid) - Appendix 

3. No. 7831 granted 22/10/1930, includes working drawing (builder W. Machlin). 

Additions to the rear no. 11,081 granted 3/11/1944 (builder A. Deseter).


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

State Bank 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 


This group comprises three bank buildings built next to each other between 1922 and 1930. They show 

something of the diversity of architectural styles used during the 1920s. The easternmost and earliest, the 

State Bank, built in 1922 is in a Classical style derived directly from the Edwardian Baroque of the 1900's and 

1910's. This building is nearly identical to the State Bank in Glenhuntly Road, Elwood (q.v.) by the same 

Architects, Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell, but has been more extensively altered. The adjacent number 76, 

now N. & D. Electric Co. Pty. Ltd., was built for the English, Scottish and Australian Bank (E.S. & A.) in 1927- 

28 and is in the comparatively rare, so-called Greek or Greek Revival style. The Architects of this building 

were Twentyman and Askew. The third bank in the group, the A.N.Z. at number 74, was originally the Bank of 

Australasia and is significant in that it portends the architecture of the next decades. The overall form of the 

façade is more reminiscent of the 1940's and 50's whilst the Colonial details, the multi-pane double hung 

windows and the door case were commonly used in the mid to later 1930's. Unlike the other two banks which 

were specially built, this building was two shops, extensively rebuilt to the designs of A. and K. Henderson 

Architects in 1930. 



Two storey bank with dwelling 

Original owner:State Bank of Victoria 


Designer Sydney Smith and Ogg and Serpell 


Other Studies 


Glen Eira Rd 



HO7 

Hotham St 


1984

History 



unknown 





Planning Scheme 

References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No 4818. Identical design to State Bank at 6 Ormond Road and similar to State Bank at 54 

Fitzroy Street.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Chenier" 

unknown 

8 Glenhuntly Rd 

ELWOOD 

A well styled two storey block of flats designed, as a remodelling of an earlier building, by the architect J H 

Esmond Dorney. It is the most prominent of a number of flats in Elwood designed by Dorney in the mid 1930s 

in a style influenced by the American Prairie School. Most of it is intact, in particular its stylish leadlighting, 

although the building has been painted an inappropriate grey and mauve in the recent past. 


Style : Mediterranean 

Two storey walk-up flats, former residence 

Original owner:Mrs M.L. Dorney 

History 



Designer J.H. Esmond Dorney 


Other Studies 



unknown 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Bluff Av 




Barkly St 


Addison St 



Wilton Gr 

HO8 


1985

References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No 8667. Nos 39 and 4-4A Shelley St appear to have been designed by Dorney around the 

same time. Refer also entry for 51 Ormond Esplanade.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 



History 

"The Wandsworth" 

unknown 



Comment 


ELWOOD 

A large well styled Arts and Crafts block of flats intact apart from painting to roughcast and shingled sections. 

Notable also for its intact brick fence with highly unusual roughcast pier cappings. 




Designer See notes 


Other Studies 



unknown 

Glenhuntly Rd 




References 

Barkly St 


Bluff Av 



Addison St 

HO8 


Wilton Gr 

1986

NOTES 

Distinctive pier cappings suggest same architect/builder as 40-42 Glenhuntly Road.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 

unknown 

Constructed 1950's? 


Comment 



History 


ELWOOD 

A large three storey block of flats in cream brick built in a complex configuration of facades, bays and 

balconies, featuring a variety of interesting window treatments, and styled with a hint of classical detailing. An 

impressive early example of the cream brick classicism that became popular in the post-war period. 






Other Studies 



unknown 


Addison St 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Wilton Gr 






References 

HO8 

Ruskin St 


1987

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

St Columba's Roman Catholic School 

unknown 

22-24 Glenhuntly Rd 

ELWOOD 



Comment 

A very prominent, impressive and well-kept collection of school buildings of various periods. With St 

Columba's Church, it forms a precinct that has had a major presence in the heart of Elwood for many years. 



One and two storey school 

Original owner: Roman Catholic Church 

The smaller schoolhouse at the front may have been the one designed by Kempson and Conolly in 1917 (see 

Notes). The larger building to the rear appears to have been built in the 1930s and the additions beside the 

small schoolhouse were probably built at the same time. The later buildings have cleverly continued the red 

brick and render banding theme of the earlier one, producing a visual unity amidst divergent styles. 

History 



Designer Kempson and Conolly (see notes) 


Other Studies 



unknown 

Wilton Gr 


Ruskin St 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Normandy Rd 



Broadway 

Ormond Rd 


Byrne Ave 

1988





References 

Kempson and Conolly, architects, designed a small school for the site in 1917 (St K C C permit No 3125). Ref 

also permit Nos 3425 (1917), 5150 (1923), 9739 (1937).


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

St Columba's Roman Catholic Church 

unknown 


ELWOOD 


St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church is a landmark in Elwood, part of a precinct of local significance and of 

some architectural interest. The tower can be seen from many parts of Elwood and both the tower and 

building proper dominate the Elwood junction of the Broadway with Ormond and Glenhuntly Roads. A number 

of Roman Catholic churches of similar scale and varied detailing were erected around this time and this 

building is one of the best. The design of the belfry and cupola is unusual. The barrel vaulted ceiling, a 

common feature of these churches and one used by Fritsch decades earlier at Sacred Heart in Malvern, is the 

main feature of the interior. The stained glass is also of note, as well as the choir gallery balustrade and the 

walls behind the altar. 


Entire church building. 


Part of a precinct of local significance, the Elwood junction conservation area. 




1984 

Description 

Style : Romanesque Church 

Builder: Reynolds Brothers 

Original owner: Roman Catholic Church 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Normandy Rd 


Designer A.A. Fritsch 


Other Studies 

Wilton Gr 


Ruskin St 

Broadway 

Ormond Rd 

Byrne Ave 




Tiuna Gr 

334



Roman Catholic Church 

ARCHITECT 

A.A. Fritsch, F.R.V.I.A(1) 


Reynolds Brothers(l) 


Not applicable. 


Later changes have been minimal. 

DESCRIPTION 

St. Columba's is an essentially symmetrical building in plan constructed with red face brickwork externally 

and stucco dressings. The roof is clad in slate. The tower, capped by a metal clad cupola, is positioned in 

the north east corner of the building. The windows are roundheaded and have stained glass of some note. 

There is a choir gallery over the narthex with an elaborately panelled balustrade. A frieze supported by figures 

runs along the bottom edge of the barrel vault. Transverse bands divide the vault, which is further decorated 

with foliated and other panels. The walls behind the main altar are faced in a low, blind arcade. 

CONDITION 

This church is in good condition. 

ORIGINAL USE 

Church. 

PRESENT USE 

Continuing use. 

PRESENT OWNER 

Roman Catholic Church. 

INTACTNESS (April, 1984) 

The fabric of this church is essentially intact. 


History 

The Reverend M.F. McKenna was the incumbent when St. Columba's was constructed in 1929(1). Augustus 

Andrew Fritsch (1866-1933) was the Architect, drawing the building in November, 1928(1). A school was 

already on the site and it was enlarged with the hall in 1937(1). 


unknown 






References 

NOTES 

RNE status: Reported (14621). 


BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1. City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 7416 granted 8/2/1929, includes working drawing of 

church. Nos. 3425 (1917), 5150 (1923) and 9739 (1937) refer to other buildings on the site. No. 

7416 - Appendix. 

La Trobe Library, State Library of Victoria, small picture file, photograph. 

James Smith (ed.), 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria', The Cyclopedia Company, 

Melbourne, 1903, vol. 1, p. 384, biography of A.A. Fritsch - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 



History 

"Ormond Mansions" 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

A typical c1920 two storey block of flats with an unusual double frontage; the rear fronting of the block onto 

Ormond Road. Shops were later built on its Ormond Road frontage (Nos 15-21) which gives the building an 

extra layer of interest. Apart from having its roughcast surfaces painted and its balcony balustrades boarded 

over, it is quite intact, including the unusual pier cappings on its front stairs. 



Nil 

References 




Other Studies 



unknown 


Glenhuntly Rd 

Ormond Rd 

Byrne Ave 



Tiuna Gr 

HO8 

Goldsmith St 


1990

NOTES 

Forms part of complex at 15-21 Ormond Rd. Some stylistic similarities suggest same architect/builder as 13 

Glenhuntly Rd.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed 1920's 


Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

An unusual multi-unit flat type, 60-66 Glenhuntly Rd is a rambling building containing four separate residences 

and featuring a wealth of very unusual design details. It is among the best of a number of residences around 

St Kilda that appear to be the work of the same, very individual architect, possibly R Levy. 


Style : Californian 

One and two storey multi-unit residence 

History 



Designer R Levy? 


Other Studies 



unknown 





References 

Goldsmith St 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Spray St 




1991

NOTES 

Probably the same architect as 90 Glenhuntly Rd, 4 Foam St, 311 Orrong Rd, and possibly of 136 Glenhuntly 

Rd, 225 Alma Rd, and 86 & 88 Mitford St.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Elwood Post Office 

unknown 


ELWOOD 



The Elwood Post Office is one of the key corner buildings of the Elwood Junction conservation area, which 

demonstrates the nature of architectural design during the 1920's. Essentially a standard design, this single 

storied building contrasts with the two storey building stock around it. Stylistically its Classically based detailing 

relates it to the State Bank opposite, both of which contrast with the other buildings around the intersection. 




Other Studies 


1984 

Description 

One storey post office 

Original owner: P.M.G. department 


Elwood Post office was constructed around 1925, partly as a result of lobbying by the St. Kilda Council late in 

1923. Its design is very similar to the Balaclava Post Office in Westbury Street. The fabric of the Elwood 

Post Office is generally intact. 


History 


Broadway 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Ormond Rd 



HO8 


1992


unknown 





References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

John Butler Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda' from its first settlement to a City and after 1840-1930, City of St 

Kilda, Melbourne, 1931, Vol. 2, pp. 114-5, illustrations facing p. 116.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Duplex Shops and Dwellings 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

An intact single storey shop and dwelling duplex notable for its very unusual central entry and courtyard plan. 



One storey duplex shops and dwellings 

History 



recommendation nil 

References 

unknown 




Other Studies 



unknown 

Broadway 

Ormond Rd 



Glenhuntly Rd 

None 


1993


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


One storey residence 

History 

Residence 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

One of the most eccentric little houses in St Kilda featuring a number of unusual building elements, including 

rubblework chimneys and piers, and a well-kept garden. 




Designer R. Levy? (see notes) 


Other Studies 



unknown 





References 

Daley St 

Glenhuntly Rd 

Foam St 




1994

NOTES 

Possibly by the same architect as 90 and 60-66 Glenhuntly Rd, who is possibly R Levy.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

Along with 521 St Kilda St forms a pair on the corner of Glenhuntly Rd of highly intact brick bungalows typical 

of the eclectic but conventional architectural style of their period. They are particularly notable for the excellent 

leadlighted and bevelled glazing of their windows, and for the intactness of their shared fences and garage. 


Style : Arts and Crafts, Mediterranean 


History 




References 




Other Studies 



unknown 

Foam St 

Glenhuntly Rd 



None 

St Kilda St 


1995

NOTES 

St K C C permit No 6621 issued Nov 1926. Possibly the same architect/builder as 172 Ormond Rd. 

Compare also Morres St, Maryville St and Monkstadt Ave houses. H. Johnson, the builder, may be the 

architect.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 



History 

"Maytime" 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

A small, finely crafted bungalow with a number of unusual design features, several in uncommon materials. 






Other Studies 



unknown 


Heaton Ave 

Glenhuntly Rd 






References 

Brighton Rd 


1996

NOTES 

There is some chance that the building approval for No 163 next door is in fact for this address.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 

unknown 

68 Goldsmith St 

ELWOOD 

One of three virtually identical blocks of flats in the area designed and built by J.S.Seccul around 1941. (See 

358 Barkly St and 89 Addison St). Their conventional two storey L-shaped plan is enlivened by four shallow 

curved bays and a rounded front corner, each carrying wrap-around steel frame windows. The simplified 

(though by no means minimalist) styling makes them good examples of conventional flat- building of the time. 

All are in excellent condition, but 68 Goldsmith St stands out as the only one with its original paint finishes 

intact. 


Style : Vernacular, Functionalist 


Builder: J.S. Seccul 

Original owner:J.S. Seccul 

History 



Designer J. S. Seccul 


Other Studies 



unknown 

Broadway 

Ormond Rd 



Goldsmith St 

Glenhuntly Rd 

None 


1997



References 

Same design as `Romadon' 358 Barkly St (with shortened rear wing) and `Rappelle' 89 Addison St.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Narooma" 

unknown 

25-27 Gordon Ave 

ELWOOD 

A wide two storey block of flats in a Mediterranean style, characterised by its rhythmic series of arches to the 

deep porches and verandahs of both floors. It is delightfully sited behind an excellent stand of plane trees 

which filters dappled light over its pale roughcast walls. The significance of the block is greatly heightened by 

its location: its facade forms the major backdrop to the E.C. Mitty Reserve, making it the dominant building of 

the Broadway intersection/park precinct. A pre-existing single storey villa is an integral part of the complex. 

The low orange brick fence is not. 




Original owner: E.H. Rampling 

History 



Designer Dunstan, Reynolds and Partners 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Meredith St 

Broadway 



Gordon Ave 

Goldsmith St 

HO7 

Mitford St 


1998




References 

St K C C permit No 6856 issued Apr 1927.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Cassidy Family Hotel 

Graham's Family Hotel 

97 Graham St 



Cassidy Family Hotel is of local significance. Substantially intact externally, this nineteenth century hotel is 

historically significant, being one of the few hotels to remain in the immediate area out of the large number of 

hotels which were constructed in the foreshore area in the nineteenth century. Its architectural character is 

representative of nineteenth century hotels. 


PRINCIPAL THEME: Assembly and Entertainment 

SUB-THEME: Hotels 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Alfred J. Johnson 


Individual Character (Individual, 70-90% original 


BUILDING TYPE: Hotel 

ORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL na 

USE TYPE: 


PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Rendered brick 

Graham St 


Designer Frederick Williams 


Other Studies 


This two-storey rendered brick hotel is located on a corner site with two principal elevations and a splayed 

corner. The ground floor walls have rusticated voussoirs above the segmental-arched windows and doors 

Dow St 



HO1 

Esplanade West 


652

and block rustication formed in the render, above a later tiled dado and basalt plinth. A plain rectangular 

string course runs at first floor level. The upper floor walls are plain rendered with corner quoining, 

vermiculated to the Graham Street elevation only. The straight-headed upper floor window openings have 

moulded render architraves and sills. The two windows to the west of the Graham Street elevation are double 

width. While the openings appear to be original, the window frames are not. Above the dentilled cornice at 

the splayed corner is an arched pediment flanked by piers and scrolled brackets. 


The Renaissance Revival style of this hotel was frequently used for hotels in the 1870s and '80s. The two 

storey corner building form was typical. The treatment used on this building of rusticated ground floor, plain 

upper floor and balustraded parapet was similarly used in the earlier former St Osyth Hotel, 135 Stokes Street 

(1872) (q.v.), the Hotel Rex, Bay Street (q.v.), and the Railway Club Hotel (1875-6), Raglan Street (q.v.). On a 

considerably grander scale, similar treatment can be seen on the three-storey Maori Chief Hotel, Moray 

Street, South Melbourne (1875). 

History 

This hotel was constructed in 1872 for its first owner, stevedore, Alfred J. Johnson. The architect for the 

building was Frederick Williams.(1) Before the construction of the hotel, the land was valued at £6.(2) When 

first rated in 1872-3, the brick hotel of ten rooms was valued at £100.(3) The hotel was leased from 1874 by 

publican Andrew Curran, who eventually purchased the property in the mid 1880s from the executors of 

Johnson's estate. The hotel was still in the hands of the Curran family at the turn of the century. (4) Architect 

Thomas Taylor carried out decorative works to the interior in 1877.(5) 


By the 1860s, most areas of Port Melbourne were well-stocked with hotels, many of which catered to the 

passing shipping trade. Though the municipality's earliest hotels had been of timber, for the most part these 

were replaced by brick and/or stone in the 1860s and 1870s. 

A number of new hotels were also established during this period, including Graham's Family Hotel. 





References 

1. ' Argus', 17 August 1872, p. 3. 

2. Port Melbourne rate book, 1871-2, no. 1453. 


4. Port Melbourne rate book, various years. 

5. 'Argus', 7 September 1877, p. 2.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Palmville" 

unknown 

240 Graham St 





"Palmville" at 240 Graham Street, Port Melbourne, was built in 1899 for the fish salesman, Albert Dusting. It is 

aesthetically important as a substantially intact and ostentatious Federation period villa on Graham Street 

(Criterion E). 



Other Studies 

Stokes St 

Graham St 



A conservative Federation period single fronted symmetrical "black" brick villa with hipped corrugated iron 

clad roof, extended side walls to the cast iron posted verandah, bayed windows either side of the central entry 

and symmetrical chimneys. There are tiled panels in the eaves frieze. Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

Surveys and land sale proposals at Sandridge were made and withdrawn for ten years before the first sale of 

land was affected in 1850. By 1855 however, a township had taken shape, largely defined by the railway line 

(1854) and the lagoon. 

In 1855, the land comprising Section 9 had been sold. Lot 9 of Section 9 was purchased from the Crown by 

M. O’Sullivan. It had a frontage to the north side of Graham Street between Stokes and Nott Streets of 125 

feet. 

By the turn of the century, Section 9 had been subdivided and a portion with a frontage of 40 feet had been 

purchased by Albert Dusting of 158 Stokes Street. Dusting, a fish salesman, built on the site this brick house 

for his residence in 1899. It had six rooms and a NAV of 42 pounds. 

Nott St 


30

Dusting’s occupation was described as (auctioneer) in 1910. At that time, six people lived at no.240 and 

(stables) had been added to the property’s description. 

In 1920, Dusting continued as owner/occupant and the house continued to be described as (brick, six 

rooms). In that year, Dusting’s property holdings also included houses at nos.234 and 236 Graham Street 

described as (brick) with 4 and 3 rooms respectively. 

In 1997, the house was known as (Palmville). 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities. 4.1.2 Making suburbs. 


Recommended for inclusion in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning 

Scheme. 

References 

Port Melbourne Rate Books: 1899-1900, 1905-6, 1910-11, 1920-21. 

VPRS 586, PROV. 

MMBW litho plan no.18, dated 7.7.1894. 

Plan of the Township of Sandridge 1855, Department of Lands and 

Survey. PROV. 

Parish Plan South Melbourne (Port Melbourne), Department of 

Lands and Survey (photo-litho), 1932. PMHS.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Residence 

Shop 


Comment 

249 Graham St 



This former shop is of local significance. The relatively elaborate design of the facades, particularly to the 

slightly Mannerist parapets, is unusual in Port Melbourne. The exterior remains substantially intact, apart from 

the building-up of the shop windows and the corner entrance. Along with the former hotel on the opposite 

corner (135 Stokes Street, q.v.), the building is a prominent element in the streetscape forming a gateway to 

Stokes Street. 


PRINCIPAL THEME: Commerce/Trade 

SUB-THEME: Former shop 

ORIGINAL OWNER: James Millar 


Precinct Character (similar to 90%+ original 

adjacent, contributes to overall 

character of the precinct) 

BUILDING TYPE: Former shop 


USE TYPE: 


PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Rendered brick 

Stokes St 




Other Studies 

Graham St 




653


This former shop is of two storeys and has a splayed corner originally containing the shop entrance. A 

separate entrance to the residence is located centrally on the Stokes Street elevation. The rendered brick 

walls have a relatively elaborate Classical Revival treatment. Tuscan pilasters to the ground floor support an 

intermediate entablature and cornice, and are located at the corners, each side of the original shop window 

openings to both elevations and each side of the arched doorway on the Stokes Street elevation. The original 

ground floor windows are framed with moulded render architraves. The shop windows have been built up 

with smaller windows inserted. At first floor level, the windows are arched with moulded archivolts on a string 

course enriched with acanthus leaf mouldings. The window sills are moulded and supported on brackets. 

The pilasters each side of the splayed corner are carried up at the first floor as narrow piers of rusticated 

square blocks containing vermiculation. The parapet above the upper cornice is elaborated by raised panels 

between square pedestals located centrally on each elevation and above the splayed corner. The pedestals 

originally supported urns on all elevations, but these remain only on the Graham Street elevation. 

A rendered brick extension has been constructed to the rear, along Stokes Street. 


The slightly Mannerist detailing of the parapets to this building is unusual in Port Melbourne, but has 

equivalents in commercial buildings of the early 1890s in other parts of Melbourne, for example the threestorey 

shops and residences at 374-6 Victoria Street, North Melbourne (1892). In other respects the 

comparatively conservative design of the facades is typical of commercial architecture of the 1880s. 

Relatively few such buildings, however, retain intact ground floor elements such as pilasters framing the 

original shop windows. 

History 

This building appears to have been constructed for its first owner, grocer James Millar, in 1890. In the 1890 - 

1 rate book, the building was described as an eight roomed brick shop and was valued at £60. (1) Millar also 

had two iron stores on the site. 









References 

1. Port Melbourne rate book 1890 - 91, nos 350 - 1


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 

344 Graham St 



Graham St 




344 Graham Street, apparently constructed in c. 1871, is of local significance. Its first owner was the locally 

prominent stevedore and Mayor of Port Melbourne James Close. The house is among the earliest and largest 

residence to be constructed west of the railway line. The picturesque combination of vernacular Italianate and 

Tudor styles is representative of the period, and is the only such example in Port Melbourne. 


PRINCIPAL THEME: Residential 

SUB-THEME: Nineteenth century brick freestanding house, two storey 

ORIGINAL OWNER: James Close 




BUILDING TYPE: Nineteenth century brick freestanding house, two storey 

ORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL Private residence 

USE TYPE: 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Victorian Italianate 




Other Studies 

Ross St 654 

Evans St 



344 Graham Street, located on a prominent corner site, is a large two-storey rendered masonry residence. 

The asymmetric front elevation has a simple treatment combining elements of the vernacular Italianate and 

HO1

Tudor styles, contrasting with the more flamboyant Italianate style of later houses. The low-pitched roof is 

gabled to the front projecting wing, and hipped to the other elevations. The rendered chimneys have moulded 

cornices. The gable has decorative bargeboards with alternating circles and short straight elements. The 

roof has been reclad with modern concrete tiles. The plain rendered walls are stop-chamfered at the corners 

and have a rectangular string course at first floor level. The tripartite ground floor window and paired first floor 

window to the projecting bay have Tudor label moulds, and there is a circular moulded roundel in the gable 

above the upper window. To the side of the gabled wing is a timber balcony with cast iron friezes and 

balustrading, the remainder is brick. 

Part of the front boundary to Graham Street is fenced with a modern reproduction cast iron palisade fence 

with square cast iron gate piers and cast iron gate. 


The asymmetric Italianate form and low-pitched front gable of 344 Graham Street and the Tudor details such 

as the label moulds and carved bargeboards derive from the published designs in nineteenth century pattern 

books such as Loudon's "Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture". The only example in Port Melbourne of a 

house of this style, it can be compared with houses of similar style and derivation in the eastern and southeastern 

suburbs. The style, however, always remained a minority one in the face of the prevailing Classical 

Revival idioms. 

History 

This residence was constructed in 1888 by James Close, the owner of Port Melbourne stevedore company, J. 

Close and Co. (1) The building was first rated in 1888-89, when it was described as a nine-roomed brick 

house, and was valued at £100. (2) 


This substantial brick residence was one of the first to be constructed in an area where the building stock in 

the immediate vicinity consisted mainly of timber cottages. 

In addition to his ownership of a local shipping company, the first owner of the building, James Close, was 

mayor of Port Melbourne in 1887-88. (3). 





References 

1. Sands and McDougall Melbourne Directory, 1890. 


3. N. Turnbull and N. U'Ren. 'A History of Port Melbourne'. p. 273


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Clare Castle Hotel 

unknown 

352-358 Graham St 



The Clare Castle Hotel is of local significance. One of the largest nineteenth century hotels in Port Melbourne 

following the c. 1891 alterations, the size of the building and the elaborate Renaissance Revival design of the 

largely intact facades demonstrates the social importance and level of patronage of the hotel trade in Port 

Melbourne and the commercial rivalry between hotels during the 1880s boom. The hotel is unusual in that it 

included shops following the c. 1891 remodelling. The hotel is an important streetscape element, which along 

with the Hibernian Hotel (q.v.) on the opposite corner, forms a gateway to Ross Street. 




ORIGINAL OWNER: Mary Costello (licensee) 







USE TYPE: 



Graham St 

Ross St 






Other Studies 

HO1 

Evans St 


656


The Clare Castle Hotel, as apparently enlarged and altered in c. 1891, is one of the largest hotels remaining 

in Port Melbourne. The two-storey rendered masonry facades to Graham and Ross Streets have an 

elaborate Renaissance Revival treatment. The principal cornice has alternating brackets and moulded 

roundels above a thin string course, and has no parapet above. All of the first floor windows have flat 

moulded hoods, except for the window to the splayed corner which has a triangular moulded decorative 

device above. The first floor windows have moulded architraves formed by raised lines, with a guillochemoulded 

string course running between the windows. Moulded string courses run at sill and first floor level. 

The ground floor doors and windows are both round-headed and rectangular, with archivolts to the arched 

openings and scrolled broken pediments supported on brackets to the rectangular openings. The lower part 

of the walls is covered with tiling which appears to date from the c. 1930s, and the ground floor doors and 

windows have been altered within the original openings. A verandah extends over the footpath in front of the 

former shop at the east end of the Graham Street facade, and has cast iron posts with Corinthian capitals, 

matching those on 350 Graham Street adjacent (q.v.). It lacks the original frieze panels, fascia board and 

gutter. 


The incorporation of shops within a hotel structure is rare in Port Melbourne, but less unusual in other 

Melbourne suburbs. Other examples of variations on this theme include the former Barnard's Family Hotel 

(32 Peel Street, Collingwood), which is part of a purpose-built hotel/shops row, and the Vine Hotel (254 Bridge 

Road, Richmond), which was originally built as a hotel, but which appears to have undergone alterations in 

the 1860s with the addition of a number of adjacent shops. Though the accommodation of a hotel within a full 

terrace of shops is a characteristic of this later, mid-Victorian period, it is also interesting to note that other 

early hotels, such as the former Devonshire Arms (Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy, 1843-7), and the former Queens 

Arms (330-334 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne, 1855) were originally built to house butcher and grocer 

shops respectively.(7) 

In terms of architectural character, the Clare Castle Hotel follows the typical corner form and Renaissance 

Revival style of nineteenth century hotels. Its distinctive features are the ground and first floor window 

surrounds, particularly the somewhat mannered scrolled pediments to the ground floor, and the elaborate 

bracketed cornice, similar to that of the former Sir John Franklin Hotel, 75 Victoria Parade, Collingwood (c. 

1885). 

History 

The Clare Castle Hotel was constructed in 1875. Its first licensee was Mary Costello. (1) The building was 

upgraded in the late 1880s, an advertisement dated October 1891 proclaimed 'this Hotel has recently 

undergone extensive alterations, and has been greatly enlarged and renovated, and it is now one of the 

largest and finest hotels south of Melbourne, no expense having been spared to render it a credit to the 

district.'(2) It appears that these additions may have been made to the building in 1888-9, when H. Lording 

called tenders for 'brick additions to the Castle Hotel'.(3) 

The MMBW 160':1" plan, which appears to have been updated to sometime in the early twentieth century, 

shows the hotel consisting of the original corner building, with two buildings to the south (352 and 354 

Graham Street) which seem now to have been incorporated into the overall hotel structure, but which were 

originally separately rated shops, constructed in 1887. Like the hotel, these shops were also owned by 

Montgomery's Brewery Co, and, when first rated in 1887-8, were described as five-roomed brick shops. (4) 

352 Graham Street was occupied by Elizabeth Insall, a confectioner, while 354 Graham Street was occupied 

by Mary Ames, a hairdresser. It is possible that the 1888-9 works involved the refacing of the original hotel 

building to incorporate these shops, but that as separately tenanted premises they continued to be listed 

separately. 

Of the hotel service itself, the advertisement made the following comments: 

'The Proprietor trusts, by supplying nothing but the best brands of liquors, combined with excellent 

accommodation, attention and civility, to merit a share of public patronage. A first class Alcock's Billiard Table 

has been added for the convenience of patrons.'(5) 

It is interesting that the Hibernian Hotel opposite (q.v.) was also reported to have undergone extensive 

improvements at around the same time, and had also added a billiard table; no doubt the competition 

between these two establishments had been fierce. Along with the Hibernian, for a few years before World 

War I, the Clare Castle was a meeting place for the 'Snakes', one of the Port Melbourne gangs.(6) 


The Clare Castle was one of many hotels constructed in Port Melbourne in the 1870s. The suburb was 

already well-endowed with hotels, but the maritime and working-class nature of the locality meant it was able

to support large numbers of such establishments. There were far fewer hotels west of the railway line, and 

the Clare Castle, and its companion, the Hibernian, were major additions to this hitherto under serviced area. 





References 

1. 'Sands and McDougall Melbourne Directory', 1875-1876. 

2. 'Port Melbourne Standard'. 10 October 1891. 

3. 'Australasian Builder and Contractor's News'. 26 May 1888. Miles Lewis Index of Australian 

Architecture. 

4. Port Melbourne rate book, 1887-8. 

5. 'Port Melbourne Standard.' 10 October 1891. 

6. Vigilante of Port Melbourne. 

7. B. Raworth and Allom Lovell & Associates. Inner Metropolitan Hotel Study. Appendix A.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Hibernian Hotel 

unknown 

360-362 Graham St 



The Hibernian Hotel is of local significance. It is one of a small number of hotels in Port Melbourne dating from 

the 1860s which, although apparently extended later in the nineteenth century, appears to retain most of the 

original conservative facade design, and was not later remodelled. The lettering below the cornice 

commemorates the proprietorship of the hotel for some thirty years from 1874 of Charles Edward Potter. The 

hotel is an important streetscape element, along with the Clare Castle Hotel (q.v.) on the opposite corner, 

forming a gateway to Ross Street. 




ORIGINAL OWNER: John McGrath (licensee) 







USE TYPE: 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Victorian Regency 


Graham St 

Ross St 






Other Studies 

HO1 

Evans St 


657


The Hibernian Hotel is a two storey building with a splayed corner to Graham and Ross streets. To the rear is 

a balconied wing facing a yard behind the wing running along Ross Street. The hotel is designed in a 

conservative and restrained mid-Victorian style, and has plain rendered walls with a rectangular string course 

at first floor level and a simple moulded cornice and string course below the parapet. The parapet has 

regularly spaced pedestals which probably originally carried urns. The rectangular first floor windows have 

moulded architraves and bracketed sills. The ground floor door and window openings, and possibly the wall 

surface, have been altered, losing their original decorative detail. Door openings which are likely to have been 

located in the splayed corner and at the centre of the Ross Street elevation have been altered or built up. 

Below the cornice are the words "POTTER'S HIBERNIAN HOTEL" in raised block lettering. 


The very simple early-Victorian style of the Hibernian Hotel is typical of hotels dating from the 1860s. 

Although many early hotels were remodelled later in the nineteenth century, many survive in other suburbs 

which retain the original facades, such as the Steam Packet Hotel, Cole Street, Williamstown (1861). The 

facade lettering is characteristic of the lettering style commonly used on mid-nineteenth century commercial 

buildings, seen also on other hotels such as the former Prince Arthur Hotel, 214 Nott Street (q.v.) and the 

Victoria Hotel, 312-4 Victoria Street, North Melbourne (1863-4). 

History 

There has been a hotel on this site since at least 1869, when John McGrath was listed as the licensee. On 21 

December 1871, a fire broke out in the building. The 'Argus' reported that firemen were 'unable to do anything 

to arrest progress . . . beyond saving a wooden building which was close to the hotel.(1). The owner of the 

hotel, Spiro Williams, estimated the loss at £700. (2) It is not clear whether or not the damage necessitated 

the reconstruction of the hotel, but by 1873 a new licensee, George Gibson, was installed at the Hibernian. 

(3) The following year, the hotel was taken over by Charles Edward Potter, who was the proprietor for some 

thirty years. Unspecified additions were made to the building in late 1878 under the supervision of local 

architect Frederick Williams. (4) In 1888, the hotel was 'greatly enlarged' (5) through the addition of '15 rooms 

and stabling'. Tenders for these works were advertised by architect J B Grut in September 1888. (6) 

Following the additions, the hotel was noted as having 26 rooms and was valued at £190, a considerable sum 

for this date. (7). 

Along with the Clare Castle Hotel, for a few years before World War I, the Hibernian was a meeting place for 

the 'Snakes', one of the Port Melbourne gangs. (8). 


The Hibernian was one of many hotels constructed in Port Melbourne in the 1870s. The suburb was already 

well-endowed with hotels, but the maritime and working-class nature of the locality meant it was able to 

support large numbers of such establishments. There were far fewer hotels west of the railway line, and the 

Hibernian, and its companion, the Clare Castle, were major additions to this previously under serviced area. 





References 

1. 'Argus'. 22 December 1871. 

2. ibid. 

3. R.K. Cole collection. 

4. 'Argus'. 9 October 1878, p. 3. Miles Lewis Index of Australian Architecture. 

5. Noted in advertisement appearing in 'Port Melbourne Standard'. 10 October 1891. 

6. 'Australasian Builder and Contractor's News'. Mile Lewis Index of Australian Architecture. 


8. Vigilante of Port Melbourne.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Port Melbourne State School no.2932 

unknown 



Comment 

415 Graham St 




Designer Hugh Philip 

The Port Melbourne State School no. 2932 was designed under the direction of the Education Department's 

chief architect, Henry Robert Bastow and later J.T. Kelleher and built in 1888-91. It is historically and 

aesthetically important. It is historically important (Criterion A) for its capacity to demonstrate the 

infrastructural standards established by the Education Department in Port Melbourne during the late Victorian 

Period, whilst its aesthetic value (Criterion E) rests on its survival as a representative inner city school of its 

period in the Gothic Revival manner, the survival of the original pointed windows being unusual. 



Other Studies 

Walter St 

Jacobs Lewis Vines, Port Melbourne Conservation Study, 1979 Allom Lovell and Associates, Port Melbourne 

Conservation Study review Vol. 2, 1995 

Description 

A substantial late Victorian polychrome State School in the Gothic Revival mode characteristic of the 

Education Department's work under the direction of its chief architect, Henry Bastow. The façade has a 

central break fronted gable end with enriched barges and hood moulds and engaged tower with cartouche 

and surmounting belfry and spire characteristic of the time. Similar pavilions terminate the façade. Several 

wings of various periods exist at the rear of the building. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

The land on the south west corner of Graham and Clark Streets was set aside for educational purposes in 

1873 soon after the Education Act of the previous year introduced "free, compulsory and secular" education 

for children aged between six and fifteen. A District Inspector's report stated that "the locality is not an 

attractive one, the ground being bare sand or made ground". The District Inspector, Mr Craig, conducted a 

Clark St 

Graham St 




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survey which revealed that about 330 children had to cross the busy railway-line to get to school. During 1887 

and 1888 growing agitation persuaded the [Education] Department to build a school to the west of the 

railway. The site, on the very fringe of settlement was opened as an infants school in 1888. A similar design 

was prepared for the Merri school no. 3110 and built in 1890.The contract drawings were signed on 27 

August 1888 and the school [opened] as an adjunct to Nott Street School on 6 May 1889. Additions to the 

south west of the tower were provided in 1891, the architect being J.T. Kelleher. It was an annex to the 

severely overcrowded and government neglected Nott Street school which had opened in 1874 on a site with 

equally poor amenities and drainage. Problems beset the new school almost immediately. Deputations to the 

Department made little headway. To alleviate overcrowding, a Baptist Mission Hall in Clark Street was hired 

for use as classrooms. In 1908 the school ceased to be an adjunct to Nott Street. Nevertheless by 1912, one 

of the 47 by 20 feet classrooms at the school was accommodating three classes. By this time, the school 

had ceased to be an adjunct of the Nott Street school and enrolled children up to grade six. Two acres of 

land were acquired to extend the playground but extensions and alterations to the building were not effected 

until after the First World War. In 1920, two new infant rooms were built and existing classrooms were 

partitioned. Air raid shelters were dug in the grounds during the Second World War. Further additions 

included an art/craft room (1955), two classrooms and a staffroom (1969) and a multi-purpose hall, library and 

classrooms (1978). 


6. Educating. 6.2. Establishing schools. 






References 

MMBW litho plan no.18. 

Vision and Realisation, Education Department of Victoria, 1973, Vol.3 p.394. 

Nancy U'Ren and Noel Turnbull, "A History of Port Melbourne", Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1983, 

pp.74-77. 

Burchell, L., "Victorian Schools A Study in Colonial Government Architecture 1837-1900", MUP, 1980, pp.155, 

175.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Former Gas Works 

unknown 

Graham St 


The former gasworks site is of significance as the remains of one of South Melbourne's and Melbourne's most 

prominent industries that directly served the general populous. It is also one of the few industries to have 

developed in South Melbourne away from the area directly south of the Yarra. The current landscaping works 

to the east of the site are jeopardising the clear interpretation of its industrial character. 


Original Use: South Melbourne Gas Works 


Category Industrial 



Other Studies 

St. Vincent St 

Bridport St 

By June 1859 the Melbourne Gas and Coke Company had gaslights burning in Clarendon Street(2), however 

in May 1861 the Emerald Hill Council, dissatisfied with the service, gave notice to the Company to terminate 

its supply(3) and later that year a site was granted at Yarra Bank for a public wharf and a local gas works(4). 

Nothing eventuated from this initiative and it was not until 1871 that the first steps were taken towards the 

formation of a South Melbourne Gas Company.(5) At a meeting held in September at the Myrtle Hotel in 

Coventry Street, twelve people were elected from both Emerald Hill (South Melbourne) and Sandridge (Port 

Melbourne) to form a provisional committee. By 1872 a lease on a six acre site astride the municipal boundary 

had been secured(6) 

Construction of the works began immediately under the guidance of Henry Courtis(7) all parts of the plant 

being designed for easy extension or duplication. The Retort House, the most prominent building on the site, 

was a substantial and solid structure with a chimney stack almost ninety feet high(8). On 22 March 1873 the 

Esplanade East 

Pickles St 

Graham St 

Richardson St 

Foote St 

Barrett St 



Greig St 


1155

Company supplied its first gas to Emerald Hill and Sandridge(9) and later that year it received approval to 

supply gas anywhere within an eight mile radius of Princes Bridge(10). 

In 1878 the amalgamation of the three principal gas companies serving Melbourne (City of Melbourne, 

Collingwood-Fitzroy and South Melbourne) resulted in the formation of the Metropolitan Gas Company(11). 

This led, amongst other things, to greater efficiency to consumers and it was the South Melbourne works that 

were regarded as the leading of the Company's three stations.(12) Supplementing the works and on the west 

side of Graham Street were the workshops for making and repairing gas meters. Land on this site was 

purchased from the Australian Glass Company who, up until 1885, operated their extensive manufacturing 

establishment from the site(13) 

As a result of the depression years gas consumption dropped, forcing the works to close at the end of the 

winter 1931 until March 1935(14) and in 1957 production of gas at the South Melbourne works ceased 

permanently(15). The plant was closed down however the meter shop kept operating to supply the demand of 

industrial meter repair. This building has subsequently closed and its projected use is as a museum relating to 

the gas works. 

The buildings that remain, particularly to the east side of Graham Street, are sparse in comparison to the 

large number of buildings on the site by the mid twentieth century. They are however, in addition to the tall 

walls surrounding the site, sufficient to reflect and interpret its industrial history. Further research is required 

on the detailed history of the function of each building. 

History 



unknown 





References 

1 R. Proudly, `History of the Gas Industry in Victoria' Draft, p. 63. 

2 ibid, p. 61. 

3 C. Daley,' History of South Melbourne', p. 99. 

4 Proudly, loc. cit 

5 ibid. 

6 ibid., p. 378. 

7 ibid. 

8 ibid. 

9 ibid, p.63. 

10 ibid., p. 64. 

11 Daley, op. cit, p.159. 

12 ibid. 

13 Proudly, op. cit, p. 1. 

14 ibid. 

15 Personal communication Ray Proudly, Gas and Fuel Corporation Historian.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Former St Kilda Coffee Palace 

Hampton House 

Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 



The St Kilda Coffee Palace forms a key element in an important conservation area and has historical 

significance as a reminder of the rise of the temperance movement in Victoria. 



Other Studies 

The St Kilda Coffee Palace was established in Grey Street by J.B. Crews in 1883, but only remained in use as 

such, until 1888. Crews also established similar buildings in Prahran and South Yarra. By 1900, the St Kilda 

Coffee Palace was in use as a boarding house, known as Hampton House. The classical facade of the three 

storey building is symmetrical in composition with each floor receiving different treatment. The main entrance, 

at ground level, is surrounded by a large arch with voussoirs and heavily rusticated piers and rectangular 

windows have segmental arch hoods. Vermiculated quoining replaces the rustication at first floor level and 

window hoods are both triangular and arched in form. The top floor features simple arched windows, 

Corinthian pilasters and a balustraded parapet over. The rear elevation reveals a large barrel vaulted roof or 

corrugated iron. 

Intactness 

The St Kilda Coffee Palace is substantially intact, although the main entrance has been altered. 

History 


Canterbury Rd 


Fitzroy St 156 

Jackson St 

Grey St 



HO5 

Dalgety St 



unknown 






References 

Davison, G. (ed.)' Melbourne on Foot', p. 131


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Former Bank of Australasia 

unknown 

17-19 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 



Designer Reed, Henderson and Smart 

The former Bank of Australasia building and shop at nos. 17-19 Grey Street St. Kilda were built in 1889-1890 

to the design of architects Reed Henderson and Smart. They are historically and aesthetically important. 

They are historically important (Criterion A) for their capacity to symbolise the role and economic strength of 

the Bank just prior to the Depression of the early 1890's, the former Bank of Australasia being one of the few 

banks not to close during this period. The buildings are aesthetically important (Criterion E) for their late 

Victorian Classical Revival treatment that hints with its use of red bricks at the emerging Queen Anne style that 

was to remain popular throughout the decade. The buildings are unusual (Criterion B) for this reason in the 

Municipality and are locally important to the extent that they mark the commencement of the Fitzroy Street 

commercial centre as one approaches it along Grey Street. 



Other Studies 

Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 

A substantial two storeyed Queen Anne influenced Italianate commercial building with corner splay having an 

arched porch to the former bank. The section nearest to Fitzroy Street was built as a shop whilst the corner 

bank has its arched residential entry in Grey Street. The elevational treatment is pilastrated with prominent 

string course, cornice and surmounting balustrading, ball finials and corner pediment in cement, contrasting 

with the red body bricks. 



Grey St 



HO5 


2115

History 

The south corner of Fitzroy and Grey Streets was substantially developed with shops and offices in 1885 

when the Bank of Australasia bought its site in Grey Street from Martha Cordner. The block on the corner of 

Jackson Street had a frontage of 50 feet and an NAV of 100 pounds. On the 18th. August 1888 and again on 

the 13th. April 1889, the architectural firm of Reed, Henderson and Smart called for tenders for the erection of 

a Bank of Australasia in St.Kilda. In 1889, the Bank built a shop with a four roomed residence at no.17 

presumably to the design of Reed, Henderson and Smart, which it let to John Thomas, a tailor and it was in 

the process of building a bank premises with an eight roomed residence at no.19. The buildings were both 

brick. The Bank was finished the following year and was managed by J.L.Irvine who occupied the residence. 

The NAVs of the buildings were 85 and 220 pounds respectively. 

At the turn of the century, the Bank continued to operate from its premises at no.19 and to own the shop at 

no.17. At the time, the shop was occupied by Elijah Thomas who was a tailor. The Bank of Australasia had 

been established in 1835, merging with the Union Bank in 1951 to form the ANZ Bank Limited. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities. 4.6. Remembering significant phases in the development of 

towns and suburbs. 





References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1885-91, 1899-1900. 


Miles Lewis Index, St. Kilda-Banks.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Casa Milano 

unknown 

20 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

An interesting example of flats over shops, as a probable conversion of an earlier Victorian building, and for 

the application of the functionalist style to a facade of this type. Notable aspects of the facade are the plain 

surface with a central, planted sunroom bay, the curved corners of which are reflected in the design of the 

intact shopfront below. The shopfront is integral to the style and character of the building. 



Three storey shop and walk-up flats 




Other Studies 

Casa Milano represents an extreme but successful attempt at modernisation of a two storey Victorian shop. 

The building immediately adjacent on the north side replicates Casa Milano's original appearance and serves 

as a guide to the extensive renovations that took place to generate the present structure, including the 

construction of an additional floor. Although somewhat naive, the two storey projecting bay window and 

austere facade make a strong and contrasting statement in a cohesive row of buildings that descend Grey 

Street and terminate in the George Hotel. 

History 



(Mapped as a Contributory heritage property.) 

Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 

Grey St 



Little Grey 

Dalgety St 

HO5 


1999

unknown 





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Houses 

unknown 

31-33 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 




The pair of dwellings at nos 31-33 Grey Street, St. Kilda, were built for Anne Eliza Godfrey as an investment in 

1909-10. They have aesthetic significance (Criterion E) arising from their highly individual Arts and Crafts 

treatment, demonstrating that movement's evolution from the English Queen Anne style. The curved window 

bay may have precedents in the work of C.F.A. Voysey whilst the contrived picturesque treatment has its 

origins in the highly influential English domestic architectural developments of the late nineteenth and early 

twentieth centuries. 



Other Studies 

Eildon Rd 

Dalgety St 

A remarkable Arts and Crafts influenced two storeyed attached pair of dwellings having two storeyed 

verandahs abutting projecting wings distinguished by highly individual treatments. The southern wing has a 

curved two storeyed window bay with surmounting crow-stepped gable end showing Rococo influence whilst 

the northern wing has a single storeyed bay and strapwork to an extraordinary crow-stepped gable end. The 

verandahs have bayed wrought iron balustrades with Arts and Crafts influenced ornamentation and a similar 

and therefore unusual treatment to the lower verandah friezes. The eaves are bracketed and the terra cotta 

tiled roofs have tall chimney pots being motifs characteristic of the Arts and Crafts movement. 


Integrity: High. 

History 

When J.E.S.Vardy surveyed St. Kilda in 1873, Samuel Jackson owned lots 37 to 41 facing Grey Street and 

encompassing the area from no. 35 Grey Street to Fitzroy Street. Between Jackson Street and Eildon Road 

Grey St 



HO5 


2118

on lots 38 and 39 Jackson owned a pair of brick houses which he disposed of some time before 1891 to 

George Godfrey. Godfrey leased these houses to various tenants until 1909 when the properties passed to 

Annie Eliza Godfrey. In that year, the Rate Book entry for each house was brick with 14 rooms "in course of 

erection", the implication being that the previous houses were demolished and new houses were being built. 

However, contrary to the usual practice of listing unfinished places as "vacant", the occupants were listed, 

George Godfrey, a solicitor, at no.33 and Samuel Ewing, a medical doctor at no.31, suggestive of the old 

houses being incorporated in the new. The houses were finished in 1910, each having an NAV of 150 

pounds. No.31 by then was owned by Ethel Florence Ewing who continued as owner/occupant in 1920. In 

that year, Annie Godfrey was owner/occupant of no.33. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities: 4.1.2. Making suburbs ( St. Kilda). Twentieth century suburban 

consolidation. 







References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1890-91, 1899-1900, 1907-1911, 1920-21. 

J.E.S.Vardy, "Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda", Hamel and Ferguson, 1873, West/4. 

MMBW litho plan no.35, undated.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 

34 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

The balcony of this residence has been enclosed but the remainder of the building and its garden is 

substantially intact. 



Other Studies 

This exuberant two storey residence was erected on the corner of Grey and Dalgety Streets, St. Kilda in 1883 

for the merchant, Charles G. Arnell. Typical of the residences erected during Melbourne's boom years, its 

wide main facade is highly decorated and symmetrically conceived. Polygonal bays flank the large arched 

entrance and rows of vermiculated blockwork alternate with plain blocks to emphasise the mass of walls. 

Intricate cast iron work is displayed on the verandahs and groups of three cast iron columns support the 

central bay which is surmounted by a pediment. Another pediment crowns the parapet which is elaborately 

decorated with large cuboid urns, scrolls, and other mouldings. Decoration is reduced on the side elevation 

where two windows only are emphasised with heavily decorated surrounds. 

Intactness 

This residence is substantially intact. 

History 




Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 

Grey St 



Eildon Rd 



Dalgety St 


157

unknown 







References 

Davison, G (ed) 'Melbourne on Foot', Melbourne, 1980, p. 131.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

"Eildon" 

unknown 

51 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 



Eildon remains as a large intact mansion with cement render walls remaining unpainted and in good condition. 

The stables remain and form part of the complex at Eildon. The residence has some historical associations as 

the city mansion of John Lang Currie, wealthy Western District pastoralist. 



Other Studies 

Eildon was erected in 1871 in Grey Street, St Kilda for the Western District pastoralist J.L. Currie who owned 

the stations "Larra" and "Titanga". After his death his widow continued to live at Eildon until the first decade 

this century. By 1930 Eildon was in use as a guesthouse, as were many of St Kilda's large mansions. Eildon's 

main facade, oriented towards the sea, is symmetrical with a two storey loggia flanked by two projecting 

rectangular bays. The square Corinthian columns, paired and single, which support the balcony, became 

pilasters of the same order at first floor level. The entire parapet is balustraded and many of the large 

spherical elements remain intact. Heavy quoining emphasises the corners of Eildon. 

Intactness 

The original grounds of Eildon have been significantly subdivided and a large block of flats faces the main 

facade. However the building appears to be substantially intact and the stables still exist. 

History 




Eildon Rd 

Grey St 

Burnett St 

Neptune St 



Gurner St 


158

unknown 







References 

Davison, G. (ed).'Melbourne on Foot', p. 133 Melbourne, 1980.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Flats 

unknown 

60 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

A powerful design statement located on a prominent corner at the crest of the Grey Street hill. The powerful 

form of the complex is achieved by the vertical accentuation of its projecting bays, which thrust through the 

eaves line of the building as towers. Its three storeyed rendered facades are articulated by sets of crisply 

rectilinear windows and the unusual oval forms of the balcony openings. The back-to-back configuration of the 

plan form and the use of scissor type access stairs contribute to its significance. The complex is largely intact, 

including its low piered fence (which reflects in miniature the design of the building), and its original render 

finishes. 


Other Studies 





Designer R. Clifford Jasper 


Gurner St 

Plans for this three storey block of flats were submitted to the St Kilda Council in February 1921 by R. Clifford 

Jasper, a local architect practising from 38 Charnwood Road. The complex comprises 12 two bedroom 

apartments in two `back-to-back' groups of six. Entrance courtyards on the north and south sides of the block 

provide access to a complex system of open stairs which commence with a particularly tight set of winders. 

Each apartment is attractively planned with two open balconies or `porticos'. The openings to these balconies 

are arched with a balancing arc incorporated into the masonry balustrades, a motif that is repeated in a 

number of contemporary apartment complexes in the area. The success of the design rests in the powerful 

symmetrical free standing form of the building with its solid projecting bays balanced by the voids of the 

recessed balconies. Each element is capped by deep projecting eaves at varying levels with the projecting 

Grey St 

Burnett St 



HO5 


2000

ays stemming from a red face brick plinth. This effect, accentuated by the building's prominent corner 

location is balanced by an astute attention to detail with the strong mullions to the windows and balcony 

glazing and the simple projection above each of the window openings. The plain rendered facades are 

unpainted and the perimeter masonry fences are contemporary with the building. 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval No. 4604 issued 11.2.1921.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Former Residence 

unknown 

71 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

This residence is an intact example of a large early Victorian residence, a reminder of the former grandeur of 

St Kilda. 



Other Studies 

The two storey residence at 71 Grey Street, St Kilda was erected in 1873, and the building is now attached to 

Presentation Convent. This early Victorian mansion features arcaded verandahs at both levels, formed from 

segmental arches and supported on narrow columns. The simple balustrading is composed of plain vertical 

elements supporting a rail. The separate parapets of the balcony and main building are plain and below, a 

cornice projects around the facades. The cast iron picket fence and bluestone base remains. 

Intactness 

The residence is substantially intact and the cast iron fence along Grey Street remains. 

History 



unknown 



Eildon Rd 

Grey St 





Burnett St 

Neptune St 

HO5 


Gurner St 

159






References 

Davison, G (ed) ,' Melbourne on Foot', Melbourne, 1980, p. 134.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Former Residence 

unknown 

73-75 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 

The residence at 73-75 Grey Street is an intact example of an early Victorian mansion erected in St Kilda. 



Other Studies 

The two storey mansion at 73-75 Grey Street, St Kilda was erected in 1871 for the merchant Gavin Shaw, as 

a twelve room brick residence. The early Victorian building is plain in form and features finely carved timber 

verandah brackets, heavy window hoods supported on consoles and massive chimneys above the exposed 

slate hip roof. 

Intactness 

The exterior of the residence is substantially intact, although a high timber fence has replaced the original. 

History 



unknown 



Eildon Rd 

Grey St 





Burnett St 

Neptune St 

HO5 


Gurner St 

160





References 

Rate Books, City of St Kilda, 1871-1874. 

Vardy, J.E.S. Plan of the Borough of St Kilda, 1873


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residences 

unknown 

77-79 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 

The two storey residences at 77-79 Grey Street are intact terraces which are unusual in their adoption of 

decorative elements more common in the Edwardian period. 



Other Studies 

The adjoining two storey residences at 77-79 Grey Street, St Kilda were erected in 1892 for the merchant 

Gavan Shaw, who resided in the adjoining mansion (now 73-75 Grey Street). The overall front facade is 

symmetrical and Edwardian in character. A central red brick bay with arched openings protrudes and the 

steep sided parapet gable over dominates the composition. Heavy pilasters and string courses divide this 

gable into panels which individually display incised sunray decoration, festoons, chequerboard tiling and plain 

red brickwork. Spherical elements terminate the pilasters above the steep gable. Flanking balconies display 

cast iron valencing of Greek frieze pattern and a steep slate roof features red brick chimneys. The red brick 

and cast iron fence, is still intact. 

Intactness 

The two residences including their front fences, are substantially intact. 

History 




Eildon Rd 

Grey St 



Burnett St 

Neptune St 



Gurner St 


161

unknown 







References 

Sands and McDougall Directories, various dates 

Davison, G (ed), 'Melbourne on Foot', Melbourne, 1980 

Rate Books, City of St Kilda, 1892: owner, G. Shaw, 9 room brick, unfinished, N.A.V. 90 pounds (for 

each dwelling); 1893, G. Shaw (owner), 77 Grey Street, 9 room brick, William Smythe, surgeon 

(occupier), 79 Grey Street, 9 room brick, Sydney Jones, sharebroker, (Occupier), value each 110 

pounds.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Sacred Heart Church 

unknown 

83-87 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Neptune St 

The Sacred Heart Church is an early, and possibly the first, example of the Italian Renaissance being adopted 

for a church building in Victoria. Together with the hall and presbytery, it forms an intact ecclesiastical 

complex. 

(Nigel Lewis & Associates, St Kilda Conservation Study, Area One, Final report, 1982) 



Description 

Gurner St 

Grey St 


Robe St 



Designer Reed, Henderson and Smart 


Other Studies 

Style :Italian Renaissance 

Church 



The Sacred Heart Church was erected in Grey Street in 1884 and designed by Reed, Henderson and Smart. 

Possibly the first Victorian church built in the Italian Renaissance style, the massive, brown brick building was 

completed by architect, W.P. Connolly in 1927, who replaced the hipped roof companile on the western side 

with another crowned with a copper dome. The symmetrical front facade features an entrance portico flanked 

by arch headed windows, deep buttresses and niches. A central pediment over contains a niche, and blind 

oculi continue round the sides of the building. Internally, a wagon headed ceiling over the nave forms a 

clerestory above the semi-circular arcading of the side aisles. 

The foundation stone for the Sacred Heart hall was laid in 1901 and it appears that the present presbytery, 

situated between the hall and church, was erected in the following years. The red brick hall reflects the church 

building by employing a similar facade composition and repeating elements such as the pediment over 

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containing a niche, deep buttresses, blind oculi and arch headed windows. The two storey, red brick 

presbytery features heavy timber fretwork and turned timber columns on its verandahs and terracotta ridging 

and finials on its slate roof. Arch headed windows are heavily outlined and the ironwork of the balcony is 

coarse rather than fine. The front fence is of red brick and features panels of ironwork. 

Intactness 

The three buildings are substantially intact. 


History 



unknown 







References 

'Historic Environment', vol. 1, no.1, 1980 pp. 40-41. 

Cooper, J.B. 'The History of St Kilda', Vol. 1, p. 352, Melbourne, 1931. 

Sands and McDougall Directories, various dates. 

NOTES 

Separate HBC nominations have previously been made for the Presbytery (604518D-) and the Hall (6045196- 

). The church has also been reported to the RNE under file No 14666. 


City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 4582, granted 20/8/1921


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

"The Langham" 

unknown 

95 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

An interestingly composed block of apartments . Its castellated, attenuated corner tower punctuates the 

horizontal sweep of the large, curved balconies which visually turn the corner between Grey and Robe Streets. 

The facetted surface modelling of the tower, with its planted on face-of-wall sash windows and render swags 

contrasts dramatically with deeply recessed, tall, arched bays above the dual Grey Street entrances. This play 

adds to the visual distinctiveness of the building. The building is largely intact, though the balcony railings have 

been sheeted over. 


Style : Free 


Builder: R.E. Williams 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Grey St 

Neptune St 2001 

Robe St 



HO5 





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 


Bungalow Court 

History 

"Bungalow Court" 

unknown 

96 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

An example of the rare Bungalow Court flat type by the notable architects Richardson and Wood. The 

architects have attempted to individualise each of the four units, using slight variations to porches and feature 

windows, reflecting the concern in the development of the Bungalow Court type to create a unflatlike living 

environment. The complex has suffered from some unsympathetic alterations including the conversion of the 

original garden into car parking, the glazing-in of verandahs and porches and the painting over of its natural 

Arts and Crafts finishes. 






Designer Richardson and Wood 


Other Studies 



unknown 

Robe St 

Grey St 

Clyde St 



Barkly St 

Charles St 

Inkerman St 

None 


2002

References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval records, 1920.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Waverley 

unknown 

115-119 Grey St 

ST. KILDA 

The two storey complex comprises a front block on Grey Street with shops on the ground floor and apartments 

above, and a wing of flats extending along Clyde Street. It is significant as an early experiment in combining 

flats with shops, and as a representative work of the important architect Joseph Plottel. 



Two storey walk-up flats, shops 

Plottel is best known for his designs for the Footscray Town Hall. 

History 



Designer J. Plottel 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Clyde St 

Grey St 






Barkly St 

HO5 

Inkerman St 


2003

References 

NOTES 

T. Sawyer, `Residential Flats in Melbourne', Melbourne University Faculty of Architecture Research Report 

1982


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Railway Bridge 

unknown 

Grosvenor St 

BALACLAVA 



Comment 




The railway bridge across Grosvenor Street, Balaclava, was designed and built for the St. Kilda and Brighton 

Railway Co., presumably to the design of the company engineer in 1858-59. It was subsequently duplicated by 

the Victorian Railways in 1882, the engineer for existing lines at the time being William Henry Greene. It is 

historically, aesthetically and technically important. It is historically important (Criterion A) as a rare (Criterion 

B) surviving structure of its type built by a private railway company during the first decade of railways in 

Victoria. In this respect it compares closely with the nearby bridges at Carlisle and Nightingale Streets, 

Balaclava. It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) for its graceful curved retaining walls associated with the 

abutments and for the similarity between this bridge and those of the Hobson's Bay Co. on the St. Kilda line of 

1857 and the Government's bridges on the Williamstown Pier line opened earlier in 1859. 



Other Studies 

Gourlay St 

Grosvenor St 


1984 

Description 

A skewed concrete girder bridge with axe finished bluestone abutments and piers having tooled margins and 

dressed copings, the associated retaining walls being curved and terminated by low piers. The piers are in 

pairs, the eastern piers being the earliest along with the eastern portions of the abutments which are more 

roughly worked than the later Government sections of work. 

Condition: Medium 

Integrity: Medium, girders replaced, balustrade removed. 

History 

Construction of the railway line between the terminus at St. Kilda and Bay Street, Brighton was authorised on 

Gibbs St 

Grosvenor St 

Somers St Brunning St 



William St 


2109

24th. November, 1857. The work was undertaken for the St. Kilda and Brighton Railway Co. by the contractor 

William Randle who was awarded the contract in August, 1858. The first train ran on 3rd. December, 1859 

and there were 11 bridges on the single line of railway included in the work. The Grosvenor Street Bridge was 

one of these bridges. The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Co. purchased the line on 1st. 

September, 1865 and it was during this company's period of ownership that iron girders were used to replace 

several of the timber bridges on the line of which this bridge may have been one. The company's assets were 

sold to the Government on 1st. July, 1878. On 25th. November, 1882 a contract was let to Sharp and 

Campbell for the construction of a "second line of way" between Windsor and Elsternwick and it was at this 

time that the width of the bridge was increased to accommodate a double line of track. The earlier metal 

girders have since been replaced with concrete girders. 


3.7.3 Moving goods and people on land. 3.7.3.1. Building and maintaining railways. 






References 

Harrigan, L.J., "Victorian Railways to '62" VR Public Relations and Betterment Board, 1962. 

Victorian Railways: "Report of the Board of Land and Works for the y.e. 31st. Dec., 1883.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

"Kyarra" 

unknown 

18 Gurner St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

An attractive and well preserved late Federation villa in the Arts and Crafts style. The simplified treatment of 

the bow window of the front gabled bay, with punched window openings in a curve of roughcast render, reflects 

an arts and crafts concern for developing a more formal simplicity. This contrasts markedly with the 

complexity of the west elevation with its stepped form, chimneys, dormer windows and contrasting roof lines. 

The present paint scheme and front fence may both be contemporary with the building's construction and are 

contributory to the intact condition of the building. 



Two storey flats, former residence 

History 







Other Studies 



unknown 


Burnett St 

Gurner St 

Emilton 



Av 

HO5 

Barkly St 


2004

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats (Two Flat Home) 

unknown 

20 Gurner St 

ST. KILDA 

This building is of significance as the one of the earliest flat buildings in St Kilda, following the Majestic 

Mansions (153 Fitzroy Street, q.v.) by only a year and predating the Canterbury (236 Canterbury Road, q.v.). 

The building was erected in 1913 as a `two family residence' for Major O'Farrell by the architect J J Meagher, 

and represents one of the earliest experiments in domestic scale multi-occupancy residential development in 

Melbourne. The roughcast render finish is intact, and the composition is notable for the asymmetrical overlay 

of a variety of window treatments on its extremely simple gabled form. 



Two flat home 

Builder: Thackeray Bros 

Original owner: Major O'Farrell 

History 



Designer J.J. Meagher 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Burnett St 

Gurner St 

Emilton 



Av 

HO5 

Barkly St 


2005




References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval No. 1816 issued early 1913.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Aldershot" 

unknown 

27-29 Gurner St 

ST. KILDA 

A block of four flats significant for its extraordinary styling. The building consists of conventionally planned flats 

contained within a simple rectangular boxlike form, but the building is made remarkable by the massive, 

overhanging eaves supported on oversize brackets and generally its exotic style. The viewer is immediately 

struck by the array of disparate decorative elements and unconventional forms, but the whole composition has 

such a sense of coherence as to suggest some exotic yet well defined stylistic source. The interweaving of the 

horizontal elements ( the voids of the verandahs and balconies, and the eaves and string courses) with the 

vertical elements (the piers defining the paired entrances to the upper flats and the corners of the building) is 

reminiscent of American Arts and Crafts or Prairie School sources). The unusual flattened roof (deriving from 

the flattened pagoda style structure of the roof of the original plans) and the intended detailing of the side 

balconies, suggest oriental influences reminiscent of Purnell's work. The building is largely intact, though the 

fence is inappropriate. 


Style : Freestyle 


Original owner: Edward Hart 


Burnett St 

Gurner St 


Designer G.F. Trudgion 


Other Studies 

This two storey brick apartment block was erected in 1919 for Edward Hart to designs prepared by G.F. 

Trudgion, architect, of Peel Street Windsor. The building comprises four two bedroom apartments, two on 

each floor with a continuous party wall allowing the two apartments on each floor to be a reflection of one 

another. Driveways along both sides of the building lead to a series of garages along the rear boundary. The 

Emilton 



Av 

HO5 

Barkly St 


2006

ground floor apartments are accessed from each driveway. Doors to the two upstairs apartments are located 

centrally in the front elevation. The red face brick facades are capped by a hipped roof with an exceptionally 

wide eave. Large diagonal timber brackets support the eave at each of the four corners of the building. 

Cantilevered first floor balconies (glazed soon after completion of the building) on each of the side elevations 

shelter under these eaves. The street elevation is enlivened by recessed verandahs and balconies on both 

floors serving the main bedrooms of each apartment, and a projecting columned porch over the central 

entrance. Unusual slender columns articulate each of the verandah and balcony openings and chains 

support the porch canopy. Clerestory windows over the stairways to the first floor apartments produce an 

interesting lighting effect to these spaces. The drawing of the proposed flats in the collection of the St Kilda 

Council indicates that an elevated tower with a small sitting area was originally proposed above the stair halls 

of the first floor apartments. The drawing also shows that some elevation treatments were altered during the 

construction. The plan and general form of the final structure is generally consistent with this earlier 

document. 

History 



unknown 






References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval records, 1919


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Observation 

Description 

Stone Pine 

7 Hammerdale Ave 

EAST ST KILDA 

Constructed Not Applicable 


Comment 

Category Tree 

Designer Not Applicable 

The mature planting of the stone pine is of historic and aesthetic significance to the locality of St Kilda East 

and the Port Phillip region. The stone pine tree at the rear of the property provides evidence of the origins of 

Hammerdale Avenue, as a remnant of the original landscaped mansion grounds. 


Heritage Aliance, East St Kilda Heritage Study, 2004 

Other Studies 

A significant landscape element of Hammerdale Avenue is the large mature stone pine (Pinu pinea) in rear 

garden of the house at no. 7 Hammerdale Avenue, which is a remnant of the landscaped grounds of the 

original "Hammerdale" mansion estate. 

History 

A very old 19th century tree, of which there are few in the City of Port Phillip of a similar size, age or rarity. 

Hammerdale Avenue developed on the site of the eponymous mansion, "Hammerdale". The first stage of the 

subdivision, auctioned in December 1925, consisted of eleven new allotments. It was duly noted in the 

auction material that the allotments were already fully landscaped with lawns, palms and shrubbery "and need 

not be interfered with - a great saving to purchasers." One prominent landscape element was a large tree, 

retained in what became the back yard of the house at No. 7 Hammerdale Avenue. 


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1.5 Settlement:Growth and Change; 1.5.1 Three settlements: Sandridge, St Kilda and Emerald Hill; 1.5.2 The 

late nineteenth century Boom 

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Include in planning scheme to provide protection as a heritage tree. 

Tree controls to apply. 

References 

Auction flyer, 5 December 1925 

East St Kilda Heritage Study, 2004 by Heritage Alliance


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Duplex 

unknown 

11-11a Hammerdale Ave 


A substantial villa duplex in the Spanish Mission style. The building is notable for the expansive breadth of its 

facade, which is accentuated by the symmetrical modulation of the eaves line culminating in the large, 

scalloped, centrally placed pediment. The two built-in garages are a particularly unusual feature for a duplex, 

especially with the prominent central location they have been given. The building is situated on axis with the 

entrance of Jervois Street into Hammerdale Avenue, an intersection of immense architectural and spatial 

character. The expansiveness of the intersection and of the building's facade mutually accentuate one 

another; the axiality of its siting highlights the building's spreading symmetry. The duplex is largely intact 

except that the roughcast render of the northern half of the pair has unfortunately been painted. (In an amusing 

way, this half and half painting, demarcated abruptly down the centre line of the facade, also somehow 

accentuates the symmetry of the pair.) The miniature front fences are an original feature, and the minimal, 

clipped gardens also enhance the character of the property. 



Description 

Style : Spanish Mission 

Duplex 

History 




Other Studies 



Incorporated within the Hammerdale Av Precinct. 


Raglan St 

Alma Rd 

Hammerdale Av 



HO387 

Westbury St 


2007

unknown 




Heritage Alliance - Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme as a 

part of the Hammerdale Av Precinct. 

References 

East St Kilda Heritage Study, 2004


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 

26 Hammerdale Ave 


A good example of a typical Arts and Crafts/Californian bungalow which is of significance for its overall state of 

intactness. From the street the house appears to be unaltered, its intact features include its unpainted 

roughcast render and brickwork, its stained bellcast shingles and the original green paint colour of its 

timberwork. The brick and roughcast render garden walls, the driveway gates, and the garage at the rear are 

also highly intact. Its shrubby garden, including the mature melalukea on it nature strip, makes an attractive 

and appropriate setting for the house. This property is one of St Kilda's most complete and evocative `time 

capsules' surviving from the 1920s. 



Description 

Style : Arts and Crafts/Californian 


History 





Other Studies 



unknown 

Incorporated wtihin the Hammerdale Av Precinct. 


Raglan St 

Alma Rd 

Hammerdale Av 

HO387 



Westbury St 


2008





part of the Hammerdale Av Precinct. 

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Duplex 

History 

Duplex 

unknown 

17-19 Havelock St 

ST. KILDA 

The strength of the Arts and Crafts influence captured in this duplex makes it one of the best of its kind in St 

Kilda. Significant features include the boldly proportioned front gable, cleverly interpenetrated by the two bow 

windows with the base chord of the pediment continuing through as a horizontal division between the 

casement sashes and the fanlights. This triangle, emphasised by its roughcast finish, is bisected by a party 

wall which terminates just below its base chord in an elegant point and ball. The scalloped timber of the side 

verandahs is integrated into the composition with comparable skill. The building is largely intact, though the 

fences are not original. 


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unknown 

Acland St 


Fawkner St 

Havelock St 

Albert St Albert St 



Carlisle St 

HO5 

Irwell St 


2009




References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Hawsleigh Court" 

unknown 

2B Hawsleigh Ave 

BALACLAVA 

An impressive residential complex arranged around a broad and pleasant garden courtyard. Its refined 

architecture is notable for its soft roughcast walls, restrained classical motifs, crisp detailing and high degree of 

intactness. 

Landscape: 

The main garden element of the Mediterranean style two storey walk up flats is the central courtyard garden 

which includes two mature Liquidambers (Liquidamber styraciflua), a silver birch and a bed of camellias. It is of 

historic and aesthetic significance to the locality of Balaclava. They are also of significance for their association 

with the building Hawsleigh Court, possibly designed by the architect Hugh Philip. 



Two storey walk-up flats with a central courtyard. 

Original owner: Henry Gibson 

History 


Designer Hugh Philip 


Other Studies 

see Description. 







2010




Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme, including tree controls 

References 

NOTES 



Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Attic villa 

History 

Attic Villa 

unknown 

6 Heaton Ave 

ELWOOD 

A crisply massed attic villa in the English Vernacular revival style, this house is not of particular individual 

significance but is an important element in the Heaton Avenue streetscape. The low front fence is not original 

but is appropriate in scale to the house. The overpainting of the render, shingle and face brickwork detracts 

from the building's significance. 






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unknown 


Burns St 

Heaton Ave 




Brighton Rd 




2011

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Attic Villa 

unknown 

9 Heaton Ave 

ELWOOD 

This building, though constructed in 1921, is comparable in style to typical single ridged Federation Arts and 

Crafts bungalows. The stylistic character of the building is advanced somewhat by the broad bay window of the 

lower facade which appears to follow American Prairie School influences. In general, however, this house is 

less of significance individually than for its contribution to the streetscape in this key location. 



Attic villa 

Builder: R. Sloane 

Original owner: W.E. Brand 

History 





Designer J.R.C. Blanche 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Heaton Ave 

Glenhuntly Rd 



Brighton Rd 


2012

References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No. 4658 issued November 1921


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Attic villa 

Original owner: J Russel 

Attic Villa 

unknown 

10 Hennessy Ave 

ELWOOD 


Designer Arthur W. Plaisted 

A representative example of the work of noted architect A W Plaisted and a good example of a fusion of 

English Arts and Crafts and the American Californian styles. The drum shaped corner bay intersected by a 

corner buttress is a bold and unusual handling of this motif and the arched entrance porch with its keystone 

contributes to the character of the building. The buttressing, chimney design and infusion of classical motifs 

such as the keystone are characteristic of English Arts and Crafts influences. The shingling, dominant gables 

and low pitched roof are characteristic of American West Coast bungalow styles. The house is part of a fine 

group of bungalows of around the same period in this part of Hennessy Avenue. 



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Dickens St 

Hennessy Av 



Brighton Rd 


This house is an example of the work of architect A W Plaisted, an important architect in the St Kilda area 

responsible for a large number of buildings the best known being Hartpury Court in Milton Street. This is a 

minor example of his work, which appears to have gone through a number of transformations from building 

permit stage to final construction, including the transformation of an original design for a single ridge 

bungalow into a small attic villa. The composition is distinctive though made clumsy by the adaptation of a 

simpler earlier design. The drum shaped bay window intersected by a buttress is a distinctive element of the 

composition. 

None 

Chapel St 

2013

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No. 4345


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Attic villa 

History 

Attic Villa 

unknown 


ELWOOD 

Number 11 Hennessy Avenue is an excellent example of a cross-ridged attic villa in the English Arts and 

Crafts style. The building stands out from others of this genre for the subtlety and wit of its composition, in 

particular the complex bracketing of the attic window to the east gable, the asymmetrical placement of a 

buttress/chimney breast to the north elevation and the recurrent theme of pairing that occurs in the placement 

of windows. The house is an important part of the Hennessy Street streetscape though the high, solid 

masonry front fence detracts from its role. 








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unknown 

Dickens St 

Tennyson St 

Avoca Ave 


Hennessy Av 



Wimbledon Ave 

HO7 

Brighton Rd 


Chapel St 

2014


References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

see History 

"Rothermere" now "Sherwood Hall" 

Rothermere 


ELWOOD 



Comment 


Designer David C. Askew of Twentyman and 

Askew 

Rothmere, now called Sherwood Hall, is of note for the historical basis of its construction, for its illustration of 

the nature of land development in St. Kilda and Elwood in the early decades of this century, whilst being 

architecturally typical of mansions of its era. 



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History 

Joseph Cowen Syme was in partnership with his uncle David, running the Age newspaper from 1878 till 

1890. The stormy relationship ended when David Syme bought Joseph out for £140,000, resulting in the 

construction of the 45 room mansion Rothmere during the latter half of 1890 and first half of 1891. J.C. 

Syme's forceful character is further illustrated by the court case which followed in 1892, when the contractor 

sued Syme (and won). He still lived there in the 1910's and his widow Laura until the 1920's, when the 

building was converted into a guest house. The grounds were subdivided in the later 1920's, Hennessy and 

Wimbledon Avenues being extended through the estate. Currently the building is flats. 

David C. Askew of the firm Twentyman and Askew was the Architect for Rothermere and Thomas Machin the 

contractor. The contract was for £8,900. 


Dickens St 

Tennyson St 

Avoca Ave 


Hennessy 

Av 



Wimbledon Ave 

HO7 

Brighton Rd 


336

unknown 






References 

City of St. Kilda Rate Books, various years; 1890/91 no. 2009, J.C. Syme, 45 rooms brick (unfinished) - 

Appendix. 

City of St. Kilda subdivision plans, draw 18, plan no. 54 - Appendix. 

'Australasian Builder and Contractor's News', Melbourne, 17/June/1980, p. 1106, tenders. 

'Australasian Builder and Contractor's News', Melbourne, 4/June/1892, p. 398, Legal News - Appendix 

C.E. Sayers, "David Syme (1827-1908)" in Bede Bairn (ed.), 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', Melbourne 

University Press, 1976, vol. 6, pp. 232-236 - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 

23 Hotham Grove 

ELSTERNWICK 



The villa at 23 Hotham Grove, Elsternwick, was built in 1887 for Alfred Ramsden. It is important as a 

representative substantial house of its period, being larger than the other houses in its immediate vicinity and 

possibly linked with the bricklayer/ developer of the late Boom period, A. Ramsden of Richmond . 



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Brighton Rd 


A representative substantial late Victorian Italianate asymmetrical stuccoed villa with two storeyed cast iron 

lace verandah and faceted window bay to the projecting wing. There is a hipped tiled roof and vermiculated 

cement spandrels over the lower level arched windows to the bay. The front doorway is arched and has 

associated stained glass work. Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

At Crown land sales, J.M. Holloway purchased portions 259, 268 and 269 which consisted of about 11 acres 

of the wedge of land where Brighton Road and Hotham Street met. Holloway of Northampton Buildings in 

Acland Street, subsequently had the area surveyed for a housing estate by surveyor, S.W. Smith. Each 

allotment had two frontages or the benefit of a magnificent Right-of-Way, 15ft wide. 

Hotham Grove at the time was named Susan Street. With some amendments, the sale of land later went 

ahead. John Reynolds, a gentleman of Winsdor, purchased all of Susan Street. 

On the north side at the point where the street dog legged, Alfred Ramsden bought lots 12 and 13A-F and in 

1887, built a six roomed brick house on lot 13C. The house had an NAV of 65 pounds. In that year, the 

Erindale Av 

Bell 

Lyndon St 

Erindale Av 

Hotham Gr 




Hotham St 

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street name changed to Hotham Grove. Ramsden may have been the bricklayer/developer of Richmond who 

is known to have arrived in Melbourne in 1885 and built "villas, stores and cottages in Armadale and 

Richmond, and many more in the City" (see Sutherland A., "Victoria and its Metropolis Past and Present" 

(1888), v.2, p.651). 

By 1891, the house and land were being leased to Peter Brady, a livery stable keeper. The number and 

nature of outbuildings shown on early MMBW plans suggest Brady ran his business from the site. 

Brady, who progressed to the rank of cab proprietor, continued to lease the house in 1900, however by then, 

ownership had passed to the Victorian Permanent Building Society. The house had been extended to ten 

rooms and the NAV was 50 pounds. Two lots on the south of the property had by then been sold. 





Scheme. 

References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1887-91, 1889-1900. VPRS 2335, PROV. 


Parish Plan of Prahran, Borough of St. Kilda. SLV, Map Section, 820 bje 

J.E.S.Vardy, Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda, c.1873, South/14. 

“Plan of Subdivision of Portions 259, 268 and 269 Parish of Prahran”, 

undated. SLV, Map Section, Vale Collection, Book 4A, P.172.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

"Hood's Court" Flats 

unknown 

2 Hood Street 

ELWOOD 



Comment 

Significance 


Erected c.1927, the Hood’s Court Flats, at 2 Hood Street, Elwood, is a double-storey rendered brick block of 

flats with a jerkinhead roof and a symmetrical façade articulated by plain piers and enriched with panels of 

chevron clinker brickwork. 


The Hood’s Court flats are of aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Aesthetically, the flats are significant for their highly unusual design, in particular its carefully considered façade 

that incorporates a number of stylistic influences and elements without actually creating a discordant or 

cluttered result. Its symmetry, regular fenestration and tall smooth rendered piers reveal an apparent Classical 

influence, while the roughcast render, clinker brick and jerkinhead roof (a rare element amongst Elwood’s 

apartment blocks) evoke the bungalow style, and the inset panels of chevron-pattern brickwork recall the 

Tudor Revival. Occupying a corner site, the building remains as a distinctive element in the streetscape, 

enhanced by a setting that includes an equally unusual rendered front fence, with squat cube-like piers and a 

curving dwarf wall. 



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Description 

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Hood’s Court Flats, at 2 Hood Street, Elwood, is a double-storey brick building on a corner site, containing 

four flats. It has a distinctive jerkinhead roof, clad in red Marseilles pattern terracotta tiles. The Pozieres 

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Street frontage is utilitarian, with a painted finish and rectangular windows with soldier brick sills, rendered 

lintels and double-hung sashes with leaded glazing. The Hood Street frontage, by contrast, has much 

architectural enrichment. Its symmetrical façade is divided into three bays by smooth rendered piers, with a 

row of smaller clinker brick piers across the gable end. The central bay has a wide window at the upper level 

and, at ground floor, a half-glazed timber door and sidelights, sheltered by a projecting concrete hood on plain 

brackets. The spandrel between is roughcast rendered, with a bordered panel bearing the name HOOD’S 

COURT in raised lettering. The two flanking bays have a tripartite timber-framed window at each level, and 

roughcast spandrels with panels of tuckpointed clinker brickwork in a chevron pattern. 

Along the Hood Street frontage, the flats have a low roughcast-rendered brick wall with smooth-rendered 

capping, made up of squat cube-like piers, curved walling, and taller gateposts with two pairs of letter box 

slots. 

History 

Hood’s Court flats were evidently erected during 1927, as they first appear in the Sands & McDougall 

Directory in 1928. At that time (and, indeed, subsequently), they were listed simply as ‘Hood’s Court Flats’, 

with no record of individual occupants. 


The flats at 2 Hood Street are of significance for their idiosyncratic aesthetic qualities, and have no directly 

comparative examples within the City of Port Phillip. The flats incorporate a number of individual elements 

that are unusual in this particular context. The dominant jerkinhead roof, for example, is a rarely used in 

apartment design in Elwood, being more commonly associated with large detached houses in other parts of 

the municipality, such as 16-16A Selwyn Ave, St Kilda (1914) or 175 Hotham Street, Balaclava (1923), or with 

smaller bungalow-style houses or duplexes (eg 4-6 McCrae Street, Elwood). Similarly, the use of inset panels 

of non-horizontal brickwork is also unusual in a fully rendered building such as this, being more commonly 

seen in Tudor Revival buildings that are erected entirely or primarily of face brickwork (eg flats at 26 

Lansdowne Street, St Kilda, of 1935). 




References 

Sands & McDougall Directory. Various.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

House 

"Arden" 

2 Hotham Grove 

RIPPONLEA 



Comment 

Significance 


The house at 2 Hotham Grove, Ripponlea, is single-storey double fronted Victorian weatherboard villa of 

unusual form, having a squat T-shaped plan enveloped on three sides by a double return verandah (the latter 

subsequently rebuilt during the inter-war period). The house was erected during 1889 by Joseph Wild, a local 

builder, for his own residence. 


The house is of historic, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip 


Historically, the house at 2 Hotham Grove provide evidence of the dense but somewhat limited phase of 

residential development that occurred in Ripponlea during the prosperous Boom period of the 1880s, 

concentrated in the relatively small area bounded by Brighton Road, Hotham Street and Hotham Grove. 

Architecturally, the house is significant as a somewhat unusual example of the ubiquitous symmetrical doublefronted 

Victorian timber villa, noted for its atypical plan form comprising aT-shaped footprint with a double 

return verandah to three sides of the building. Although the verandah itself was altered during the inter-war 

period, the house remains aesthetically significant as a distinctive element in the streetscape on this prominent 

and odd-shaped corner site. 



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Description 

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Occupying a prominent corner site, the house at 2 Hotham Grove is a single-storey double fronted Victorian 

weatherboard villa with a hipped slate roof penetrated by three unpainted rendered chimneys with moulded 

caps. The house is of note for its relatively unusual form, with a small projecting gabled wing to each side 

forming a squat T-shaped footprint, enveloped on three sides by a double return verandah. The latter, rebuilt 

during the inter-war period, now comprises a low hipped roof of corrugated galvanised steel, supported on 

turned timber posts (and one stop-chamfered post) that rise up from capped brick piers with a roughcastrendered 

finish. Presumably, the roof was originally supported by stop-chamfered timber posts, which have 

evidently been replaced (or, in one case, cut down) when the verandah was rebuilt. Otherwise, the 

symmetrical façade had a central doorway (with highlight and sidelight windows) flanked by rectangular 

windows with timber-framed double-hung sashes. The projecting side wings have pierced timber bargeboard 

to the gable ends and each has two windows – one of which opens onto the verandah space. 

History 

Hotham Grove (originally known as Susan Street) formed part of a modest residential subdivision that was 

gazetted in August 1887. The City of St Kilda rate book for 1889 (dated 26 November 1888) records that 

Joseph Wild, a builder, owned land with a frontage of 70’9” (21.5 metres) to Hotham Grove, on the corner of 

Bell Street. The next edition of the rate book, compiled just over a year later in January 1890, records Wild 

(then identified as a carpenter) as owner and occupant of a new four-roomed timber dwelling, valued at £36, 

on his Hotham Grove site. According to the Sands & McDougall Directory, the house was ‘vacant’ in 1889, 

and occupied by one William Wild by 1891. Subsequent occupants included James Miller (1892-93), Miss 

Constance Giles, costumier (1894-95) and Alfred Brett (1897-98), Roger Cleghorn (1900-03), John Loller 

(1904) and F C R Spottiswood (1905). During this period, the house was listed in directories as 6 Hotham 

Grove and, in the first few years of the twentieth century, was also identified as Arden. By 1910, the street 

address had been renumbered as No 2. 


Amongst the relatively sparse surviving evidence of Boom-period residential subdivisions in Elwood and 

Ripponlea, there are relatively few large detached timber villas with symmetrical facades. The most intact 

examples are those in John Street, namely a fine individual specimen at No 10, and the cohesive row at Nos 

24-30. There are two examples in nearby Clarke Street, one (No 17) being more distinguished (if somewhat 

altered) than the other (No 1), and another altered example at 12 Hotham Grove. None of these houses, 

however, are truly comparable to 2 Hotham Street, which is of particular interest for its unusual plan form: 

namely, a T-shaped plan with a return verandah on three sides of the building. The MMBW map of Elwood 

(c.1897) shows that there were once a number of such villas in the area, albeit invariably of masonry rather 

than timber construction. Most of these, however, have been demolished. By far the most comparable 

example was the double-fronted symmetrical timber villa Ivica at 95 Ormond Road, which had a double return 

verandah and canted bay windows; the verandah, however, had been removed by the time that the house 

was identified in the City of St Kilda Heritage Review and, in any case, the house itself has since been 

demolished. 




References 

Lodged Plan No 1622, dated 31 August 1887. 

City of St Kilda Rate Book. South Ward. 

Sands & McDougall Directory.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Houses 

unknown 

7& 9 Hotham Grove 

RIPPONLEA 



Comment 

Significance 




The houses at 7 and 9 Hotham Grove, Ripponlea, comprise a detached pair of single-storey double fronted 

Victorian weatherboard villas with asymmetrical frontages. Virtually identical in detailing (twin rendered 

chimneys; bullnosed verandahs with cast iron columns), No 9 remains the less intact of the two, with tray deck 

roof in place of its original slate roof. They were two of five identical houses erected during 1889 by P J 

Murphy. 


The houses are of historic, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Historically, the two houses at 7-9 Hotham Grove provide evidence of the dense but limited phase of 

residential development that occurred in Ripponlea in the prosperous Boom period of the late 1880s, 

concentrated in the small area bounded by Brighton Road, Hotham Street and Hotham Grove. As a pair, they 

provide evidence of a more substantial row of five identical houses that were erected on the north side of 

Hotham Grove by the same developer in 1889. 

Architecturally, the houses are significant as representative and relatively intact examples of double-fronted 

Victorian weatherboard villas with asymmetrical frontage which, while common in other parts of the 

municipality (eg St Kilda, Port Melbourne) are somewhat rarer in Elwood and Ripponlea. As a virtually identica 

pair, they also demonstrate the recurring use of standard designs in speculative Boom-era subdivisions such 

as these. Aesthetically, they remain as prominent elements in the streetscape. 



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Description 

The houses at 7 and 9 Hotham Grove comprise a pair of detached single-storey double-fronted late Victorian 

timber villas. They are, or were, more or less identical in their form and detailing: hipped roofs with bracketed 

eaves and pairs of unpainted rendered chimneys, asymmetrical block-fronted facades with hip-roofed 

verandahs. The house at No 7 retains its original slate roof, while No 9 has been reclad with metal deck. 

Both also retain original cast iron verandah posts with Corinthian capitals; No 7 has plain columns and No has 

fluted ones. The houses have timber-framed double-hung sash windows and matching doorcases; the 

windows to the projecting bays have awnings with ripple iron (No 7) and metal deck (No 9) roofing. 

The house at No 7 has a sympathetic timber picket fence, while No 9 has a brick fence. 

History 

Hotham Grove (originally Susan Street) formed part of a modest residential subdivision that was gazetted in 

August 1887. Rate books show that, by the end of that year, six allotments on the north side of the street 

(numbered 5-10) were owned by P J Murphy, each valued at £9. The 1888-89 rate book (dated 26 November 

1889) records that five five-roomed timber villas, each valued at £40, had been built on Murphy’s lots. Only 

one of these (Lot 5) was still owned by Murphy at that time, while the others had been acquired by White & 

Company, agents. 

The houses at No 7 and 9 (then Lots 7 and 8) were originally occupied by James Dumbrell and William 

Walsh, both described as ‘gent’. By early 1891, the two houses were owned and occupied by Peter Cherry, a 

tanner (No 7) and Joseph J Haley, a civil servant (No 9), both of whom remained there for some years. The 

house at No 7 was still occupied by Peter Cherry in 1912, and subsequently by Francis Cherry (presumably 

his son). No 9, meanwhile, was occupied by J J Haley only until the turn of the century, and thence by Mrs 

Rosa Haley (probably his wife, or widow) until 1906, and a Miss R E Haley (presumably their daughter) until 

1909. 


Across the present study area, there are relatively few surviving examples of double-fronted Victorian timber 

villas with asymmetrical facades. A fine cohesive row exists at 20-28 Moore Street (part of a proposed 

heritage precinct), and there are also some isolated single examples such as 10 Hotham Grove. The two at 

Nos 7-9 are most significant as an adjacent pair, providing evidence of the former extent of a typical Boomera 

residential subdivision and, moreover, the repeated use of standard designs in such estates. In this 

regard, the houses can be compared to the few surviving rows of pairs of Victorian housing across Elwood, 

including the aforementioned row at 20-28 Moore Street (the most pertinent comparison), the row at 24-30 

John Street (double-fronted symmetrical timber villas) and the two pairs at 54-56 Spray Street and 99-101 

Tennyson Street (all double-fronted asymmetrical rendered brick villas, since much altered). 




References 

Lodged Plan No 1622, dated 31 August 1887. 

City of St Kilda Rate Book. South Ward. 

Sands & McDougall Directory. Various


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 



Comment 

42 Hotham St 


Incorporates the east st kilda heritage study. 



The house at 42 Hotham Street, East St Kilda, is a unusually ornate bungalow-style dwelling, erected c.1927 

for (and possibly by) bricklayer Harold Summers and his new wife Minnie. 


The house is of historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Historically, the house is a representative example of the type of housing that proliferated in East St Kilda in 

the 1920s, when large Victoria estates were carved up into new residential subdivisions. Aesthetically, the 

house stands out from the average inter-War bungalow by its intactness and its high level of decorative 

detailing, notably the unusual shaped shingles to the gable ends, and the extensive use of patterned and 

moulded brickwork, which extends to the matching front fence. 



Description 



Mooltan Av 


Other Studies 

The house at 42 Hotham Street, East St Kilda, is a single-storeyed bungalow on a corner site. It is of 

tuckpointed clinker brick construction, with a hipped and gabled roof of red Marseilles pattern terracotta tiles. 

The gable ends, to the two street frontages, are clad with timber shingles of a particularly unusual cusped 

form, and the eaves are supported on shaped timber brackets. The principal frontage, to Hotham Street, is 

asymmetrical, comprising a central segmental-arched entry porch flanked by a curved bay window and a 

broad verandah, now infilled with glazed panels. The verandah has a distinctive hit-and-miss brick railing with 

Hotham St 




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ullnosed coping; this detail is echoed on the front fence, which extends along both street frontages. This 

brick walling has been unsympathetically altered by the addition of a tall timber paling fence. 

History 

The site of this house formed part of an eleven-lot residential estate that was created in 1922 from the 

grounds of Mooltan, a large Victorian mansion. The house at No 42 first appears in the Sands & McDougall 

Directory in 1927 as a ‘house being built’ on the corner of Mooltan Avenue. The following year, it was listed as 

‘vacant’ and then, in 1929, occupied by one Harold V Summers who, according to electoral rolls, was a 

bricklayer. It is possible, therefore, that he built the house himself. Research establishes that Harold Victor 

Summers (1888-1983) and his wife Minnie, nee Fort (1894-1967) had married in 1927, around the time that 

this house was built. They remained living there for only a few years. Subsequent occupants included Sydney 

F Palmer (1933), George Simpson (1935) and Daniel Blomme (from 1936 to at least 1940). 


Comparative Analysis 

The California Bungalow is ubiquitous in many parts of the City of Port Phillip, including St Kilda, St Kilda East, 

Ripponlea, Balaclava and Elwood. It is less common elsewhere in the municipality; a rare example in Port 

Melbourne being that at 20 Ross Street (1929). Given the extent of closer settlement which occurred in East 

St Kilda during the 1920s, it is not surprising that some of the best examples of California Bungalows are 

located there. A number have already been identified as being of individual significance due to either their 

high levels of intactness, or because of particular stylistic influences or unusual integration of elements or 

decorative details. 

Amongst those bungalows of relatively conventional design that are distinguished simply by their remarkable 

intactness are 26 Hammerdale Avenue (1920) and 186 Alma Road (1928), both in East St Kilda, and 521 St 

Kilda Road (c.1927). Bungalows with unusual stylistic influences include 331 Orrong Road, St Kilda East 

(1920) and 17 Robe Street, St Kilda, both with an oriental flavour; 109 Tennyson Street, Elwood (c.1920), 

which displays a pure American influence, and 18 Normanby Street, St Kilda (c.1920), one of several 

bungalows designed in an idiosyncratic style by local builder M Sherlock. Those examples which are 

noteworthy for particularly unusual detailing include 217 Alma Road (1918-19), with its tapered pillars 

embellished with river pebbles; 18 Lansdowne Road (1924), with its quirky canted front porch; 13 Baker 

Street (1920s) with its unusual stucco work, concrete awnings and bracket supports; 86 Mitford Street, 

Elwood (c.1920), embellished with river pebbles and unusual brick banding; 19 Wavenhoe Ave (late 1920s) 

with its atypical decorative brickwork. The example at 42 Hotham Street, with its quirky shingles and 

decorative brickwork, is not directly comparable to these five examples, beyond the fact that, like them, its 

unusual detailing makes it stand out from the more generic California Bungalows of the 1920s. 



Andrew Ward, Heritage Review 1998 also recommended conservation. 

References 

Lodged Plans No 8866, declared 16 June 1922 

Sands & McDougall Directory. 1926 onwards.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Terraces 

unknown 

113-119 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 




The terrace at nos. 113-119 Hotham Street, Balaclava. was built presumably by the contractor Leigh Farr for 

his father(?) W. Farr in 1888. It is historically and aesthetically important. 

It is historically important (Criterion A) as a late Victorian terraced development demonstrating together with 

other houses in the locale how land was subdivided and developed during the Land Boom years, the housing 

areas to the west being heavily built up and dependant on the suburban railway service, in contrast with those 

to the east which were generally spacious villas on large estates whose occupants presumably travelled in 

their own horse drawn conveyances. 

It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) as a prominent and isolated late Victorian terrace situated on the 

eastern edge of the suburban corridor centred on the Brighton Beach railway. It compares in this locality only 

with the surviving terraced developments in Gourlay and William Streets, closer to the railway line. Its 

aesthetic values may also be interpreted by comparison with other houses erected by Leigh Farr immediately 

to the south, nos. 113-119 being the most visually prominent on account of their two storeyed terraced form. 



Other Studies 

The Avenue 


1984 

Description 

A two storeyed stuccoed terraced row of four dwellings with plain parapet and central flat topped pediment in 

the centre of the row. There is cast iron lacework to the verandah friezes and upper level balconies and 

friezes, coupled Romanesque windows to the downstairs front rooms with vermiculated imposts and 

architraves, encaustic tiled verandah floors, dentillated fascias, a bracketed cornice and plain face brick end 

Hotham St 




2194

walls. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, high front fences. 

History 

S. Donovan and V. Callagher were the grantees of section 214B which extended south from Carlisle Street 

along Hotham Street to The Avenue. It consisted of about four and a half acres which by 1873 had been 

subdivided into lots 24 and 28 , the latter being the one on which the terrace at nos. 113-119 was 

subsequently built. At the time it was owned by J. Langdon. 

In the 1880s, two houses existed on this lot and a third was unfinished. They were owned by Alfred Shaw, the 

chemist Henry Francis and the architect Nahum Barnett respectively . One W.Farr bought the properties of 

Shaw and Francis in 1887, demolishing them and dividing the land between the agent Arthur Farr and the 

contractor Leigh Farr , possibly his sons. By November 1888, the former had erected the terrace at nos.113- 

119, living in one of them and letting the others to Sarah Beggs, the clergyman William Addis and the 

accountant Roland Woodward . The houses were possibly erected by Leigh Farr who built the three houses 

south of these in 1889-90, the middle one for himself . 

In 1889 ownership of nos.113-119 passed to Thomas Farr, a gentleman who in the following year sold them 

to the town clerk of South Melbourne, F.G.Miles. The dwellings were described as brick, each with eight 

rooms and were let in 1895 to Jas.Fulton, a gentleman, Robert Henry Shackell, an auditor, Mary Nutting, 

domestic duties and Charles Hunt, a hydropathist. 

At the turn of the century, H.R.Harvey owned the houses, leasing them to three ladies engaged in domestic 

duties, Marian Bennett, Mary Davey and Louie Sampson and the clerk Joseph Dodd . At the time they had 

the street numbers 163-169, continuing as such until the 1920s when the present numbering was adopted. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities: 4.1.2. Making suburbs (Balaclava). Nineteenth century suburban 

expansion (Hotham Street). 





References 

St.Kilda rate books: 1887-90, 1895-96, 1900-01. 

Sands and McDougall directories: 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. 

Parish plan, St.Kilda and Elwood. SLV Maps 820 bje. 

J.E.S.Vardy, Plan of the Borough of St.Kilda, Hamel and Ferguson, Melbourne, 1873, South Ward, no.7. 

MMBW litho plan no.47, dated c.1935.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 

121 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 



The house at no. 121 Hotham Street, Balaclava, was built in 1888 for the ladies Ackers and Brooke 

presumably by the builder/speculator, William Farr. It is historically and aesthetically important as a contributor 

to the group of similar houses on Hotham Street immediately alongside. 

It is historically important (Criterion A) to the extent that it is one of a number of houses built speculatively by 

William Farr, a builder active in the area during the height of the Land Boom. In this respect it compares with 

the terrace at nos. 113-119, the adjoining houses at nos. 123 and 125 and other houses in the locale. 

It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) for its surviving form and ornamentation which allow close 

comparisons to be made with other houses nearby also erected by William Farr, the stucco work, arched 

windows, asymmetrical form and cabled colonettes being elements repeated in his other work. This house, 

together with others like it, assists in the interpretation of speculative building processes during the Land Boom 

in this area. 



Other Studies 

The Avenue 


1984 

Description 

A representative asymmetrical stuccoed Italianate villa with bull nosed verandah and encaustic tiled floor, cast 

iron columns and lace, cabled colonettes and vermiculated quoins with ashlar markings to the cement work. 

There is a faceted window bay to the projecting wing with Romanesque arched windows and a hipped roof. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, later cement tiles to roof, high front fence. 

Hotham St 





2195

History 

J.Gatehouse was the grantee of section 219 which extended west from Hotham Street almost to William 

Street. It consisted of just under ten acres which by 1873 were subdivided into lots 29, 30 and 33 , the first 

mentioned being that on which this house was subsequently built, but at the time owned by S.McGowan. 

Alfred Shaw owned the other two lots, each with a house, one of which may be extant at no.11 The Avenue. 

The lots were subdivided and The Avenue formed in the 1880s. The Hotham Street blocks created on the 

north side became lots 1, 2 and 3. In 1887 P.Corkhill (presumably the builder Phillip Corkhill) owned lots 1 

and 2 and the ladies Ackers and Brook owned lot 3. Each block had frontages of 47 feet and by November 

1888, houses had been built there described as 5 rooms, brick, the first two including present no. 121 owned 

by the gentleman Thomas Farr. They were unoccupied, possibly having been just completed . 

The builder, William Farr, built nine houses in Hotham Street running south from The Avenue and the first 

twelve houses in The Avenue on the south side at the Hotham Street end in the late 1880s . 

Thomas Farr continued as owner of no.121 in 1890, the house at the time being let to the gentleman John 

Harris . The Farrs’ business may have failed during the depression as by the turn of the century the Northern 

Assurance Company owned the house, which by then contained seven rooms and was occupied by George 

Clark, a warehouseman . Subsequent occupants included James Goold (1910), Stephen Barker (1920) and 

Miss Sadie Barker (1930). The house had the street number 171 until the 1920s when the present numbering 

was adopted. 








References 

St.Kilda Rate Books: 1887-90, 1895-96, 1900-01. 






Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 

123 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 


The house at no. 123 Hotham Street, Balaclava, is presumed to have been built by either William or Leigh 

Farr, both of whom were building contractors, in 1888. It is historically and aesthetically important as a 

contributor to the group of similar houses on Hotham Street immediately alongside. 


the Farrs, builders active in the area during the height of the Land Boom. In this respect it compares with the 

terrace at nos. 113-119, the adjoining houses at nos. 121 and 125 and other houses in the locale. 


comparisons to be made with other houses nearby erected by the Farrs, the stucco work, arched windows, 

asymmetrical form and cabled colonettes being elements repeated in their other work. This house, together 

with others like it, assists in the interpretation of speculative building processes during the Land Boom in this 

area. 



Other Studies 


1984 

Description 

A representative asymmetrical Italianate stuccoed villa with concave roof and black and white marble tiled 

floor to verandah, cabled colonettes, ashlar cement markings, vermiculated quoins and sills, Palladian 

window motif and slates to the hipped roof. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity; High, high front fence. 

The Avenue 



Hotham St 




2196

History 


Street. It consisted of just under ten acres which by 1873 were subdivided into lots 29, 30 and 33 , the first 

mentioned being that on which this house was subsequently built, but at the time owned by S.McGowan. 

Alfred Shaw owned the other two lots, each with a house, one of which may be extant at no.11 The Avenue. 


north side became lots 1, 2 and 3 which in 1887 were owned by P.Corkhill, probably the builder Phillip Corkhill 

who had lots 1 and 2 and the ladies Ackers and Brook who owned lot 3. The blocks each had frontages of 47 

feet and by November 1888, houses which were described as 5 rooms, brick. By then the gentleman 

Thomas Farr owned this house on lot 2 and the one on lot 1 . 

Corkhill was implicated in the collapse of the Premier Building Association in 1890 and it is presumed that 

either the builder William Farr or Leigh Farr built this house. Leigh Farr also owned a house in The Avenue 

that was occupied by Alfred White, an architect . Farr built nine houses in Hotham Street running south from 

The Avenue and the first twelve houses in The Avenue on the south side at the Hotham Street end in the late 

1880s . 

Thomas Farr continued as owner of no.123 in 1890, the house at the time being occupied by Leigh Farr . The 

Farrs perhaps realised some returns on their investments or perhaps their business failed during the 

depression as by the turn of the century the Northern Assurance Company owned the house. By then it 

contained seven rooms and continued to be occupied by Farr, still described as a contractor. . Subsequent 

occupants included S.M.B.Jones (1910), Harry Hadden (1920) and Robert Gregory (1930). The house had 

the street number 173 until the 1920s when the present numbering was adopted. 








References 







Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 

125 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 




The house at no. 125 Hotham Street, Balaclava,is presumed to have been built by either William or Leigh Farr, 

both of whom were building contractors, in 1888. It is historically and aesthetically important as a contributor to 

the group of similar houses on Hotham Street immediately alongside. 


the Farrs, builders active in the area during the height of the Land Boom. In this respect it compares with the 

terrace at nos. 113-119, the adjoining houses at nos. 121 and 123 and other houses in the locale. 


comparisons to be made with other houses nearby erected by the Farrs, the stucco work, arched windows, 

asymmetrical form and cabled colonettes being elements repeated in their other work. This house, together 

with others like it, assists in the interpretation of speculative building processes during the Land Boom in this 

area. Further aesthetic value is assigned to this house on account of its corner location and unusual ridge 

cresting to the window bay. 



Other Studies 

The Avenue 


1984 

Description 

A prominent stuccoed Italianate asymmetrical villa with reconstructed bull nosed verandah, faceted window 

bay to the projecting wing with Romanesque arched windows and cast iron cresting to the faceted roof of the 

bay. The cement work has ashlar markings, there are vermiculated quoins and colonettes to the front 

windows. 

Hotham St 




2197

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 


Street. It consisted of just under ten acres which by 1873 were subdivided into lots 29, 30 and 33 , the 

second mentioned being that on which this house was subsequently built, but at the time owned by Alfred 

Shaw who also owned lot 33. Both lots contained a house, one of which may be extant at no.11 The Avenue. 


north side became lots 1, 2 and 3. In 1887 nos. 1 and 2 were owned by P.Corkhill (probably the builder Phillip 

Corkhill) and the ladies Ackers and Brook owned lot 3 on which the footings of the present house at no. 125 

had been built. Each block had frontages of 47 feet and by November 1888, houses which were described as 

5 rooms, brick. Ackers and Brook may never have occupied their property as in its first year there was no 

occupant recorded and in its second year it was acquired by the gentleman Thomas Farr. Farr leased the 

house to Philip Joseph, a cigar importer . 

Corkhill was implicated in the collapse of the Premier Building Association in 1890 and it is presumed that 

either the builder William Farr or Leigh Farr built this house. Leigh Farr also owned a house in The Avenue 

that was occupied by Alfred White, an architect . Farr built nine houses in Hotham Street running south from 

The Avenue and the first twelve houses in The Avenue on the south side at the Hotham Street end in the late 

1880s . 

The Farrs’ may have realised some returns on their investments or perhaps their business failed during the 

depression as by the turn of the century the Northern Assurance Company owned the house. By then it 

contained eight rooms and was occupied by Jane McLean. Subsequent occupants included Edward 

J.Francis (1910 and 1920) and Mrs.L.E.Francis (1930). The house had the street number 175 until the 1920s 

when the present numbering was adopted. 








References 







Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 

unknown 

169 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 

One of the most notable of St Kilda's conventional 1960s blocks of flats, the complex is well composed in a 

series of articulated forms and surfaces with the ground floor masonry walls extending from the building to 

form courtyard gardens and boundary walls. The variety of concrete blockwork used extensively for decorative 

effect is an additional important feature. 


Style : International 


History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Oak Gv 




Elm Gr 



HO7 

Hotham St 


2019

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Attic Villa 

unknown 

173 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 

This Arts and Crafts house may have undergone some early alterations but appears hardly to have been 

touched since. It is notable for its overall intactness and its original weathered finishes. 



Attic villa 

Original owner: Capt J.G. Ormiston 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Oak Gv 






References 

HO7 

Hotham St 


2020

NOTES 



Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Attic Villa 

unknown 

175 Hotham St 

BALACLAVA 

A prominent attic villa notable for its raw roughcast wall finishes and its heavy terra cotta tiled roof and 

jerkinhead gables. Its neighbour at 1 - 3 Oak Grove is built of the same materials and together the pair make 

something of a local landmark. 



Attic villa 

Builder: Hogg 

Original owner: Mrs M.I. Johnson 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Oak Gv 






HO7 

Hotham St 


2021

References 

NOTES 



Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 


Sandringham Railway Line Road Bridge 

unknown 

Hotham St 

ELSTERNWICK 



Comment 

The origins of this bridge are unknown, but it appears to be early and complements the abutments at Carlisle, 

Nightingale and Grosvenor Streets (q.v.) as part of one of the earliest railway lines in Melbourne. The beams 

supporting the roadway are presumably a replacement. 






Other Studies 

History 

The Brighton railway line, later extended to Sandringham, was opened in 1859. 


unknown 

Brighton Rd 


Erindale Av 

Hotham Gr 






Bell St 

Lyndon St 

Hotham St 



Hotham St 


338

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Uniting Church 

Congregational Church 

72 Hotham St 

ELSTERNWICK 



Comment 



Designer Hillson Beasley 

The former Congregational Church at 72 Hotham Street, St. Kilda East was built in 1887-88 to the design of 

architects, Beasley and Little. It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) as a highly successful design in full 

polychrome, comparing locally with the Toorak Jubilee Church (demolished), St. Georges Presbyterian 

Church (St. Kilda East) and the present Uniting Church (St. Kilda East). At the State level, it compares with 

many earlier polychrome churches but particularly with the former Wesley Church (Brunswick), the former 

Congregational Church (Hawthorn) and the former Wesley Church (Ballarat). The church is important also for 

its role as a place of worship in the community since 1888 ( Criterion G). 



Other Studies 

Lambert Gr 

Inkerman St 

A prominently situated incomplete late polychrome brick church in the Gothic Revival mode with Oamaru 

stone dressings consisting of a nave, transepts placed beneath transverse gables and an octagonal turret. 

The façade has a lancet arched west window enclosing a smaller rose window in the spandrels surmounting 

two entry doors, also with lancet arches, the visual effect of the complex polychrome brick and stone patterns 

being the most arresting feature of the design. Inside, there is a Fincham organ built c.1865-70. Condition: 

Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

Among the early independent churches in Victoria was the Congregational Church. Its parishioners and 

interests spread to East St. Kilda in the 1860’s accompanied by the desire for a purpose built meeting place. 

An early church was erected in 1868 in Westbury Street on the western side between Inkerman and Carlisle 

Hotham St 

Cardigan St 




33

Streets. It was relocated in 1885 at a site purchased for the purpose of erecting a new church. The site was 

on the north east corner of Hotham and Inkerman Streets and had frontages of 100 feet to Hotham Street and 

about 166 feet to Inkerman Street. It was part of portion 161A, which had been purchased from the Crown by 

J.Sutherland and had in part, been subsequently acquired by E.Watson. 

A Church Land and Building Committee requested submissions for the design of a new church in 1886. The 

design of architect Hillson Beasley,(prepared jointly with John Little), and who later became Chief Architect of 

the Western Australian Public Works Department, was chosen as the 'most suitable'. 

Tenders for the new church were called on the 1 June 1887 and James Potter was duly appointed. The 

building was described as "...English style...brick with Oamaru stone dressings...a turret in front, and single 

transepts on either side. Ultimately a spire of 100 ft in height will be erected...accommodation...for 380 

persons...complete cost, about 2,500 pounds...". The church opened in May 1888. 

Changes to the property occurred from time to time, the most significant being the subdivision of the land and 

sale of the block on which the Sunday School stood to provide funds for alterations to the Church. The rear of 

the Church was converted to a hall with a kitchen and toilets and in the body of the Church, the furniture and 

organ were relocated. Accommodation was reduced to 150 people. 

In 1954, an addition to the rear of the Church designed by Hudson, Stevenson and Howden and built by 

H.G.Jacobs and Son, made provision for a Sunday school kindergarten. The Church otherwise remains 

close to its origins. 

The East St. Kilda Church joined the Uniting Church in 1977. Since then, the parish has gained strength and 

presently serves the community as its Centre for Creative Ministries. 


8. Developing cultural institutions and ways of life. 8.6 Worshipping. 



Scheme. Also recommended for inclusion on the National Estate Register. 

References 

Parish Plan of Prahran, Borough of St. Kilda. SLV 820 bje. 

MMBW litho plan no.47, dated 1935. 

J.E.S.Vardy, “Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda”, 1873(?), North/7. 

Jack Barnes, 'A History of the East St. Kilda Congregrational Church', East St. Kilda Uniting Church 

Parish Council, 1995. 

Lewis, M.(ed): "Victorian Churches: their origins, their story and their architecture", National Trust, 1991, 

p.85.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Block of Flats 

unknown 

32 Hotham St 


This building is an unusual and distinctive block of flats in terms of architectural style. The strictly formal 

symmetrical design is a fusion of Georgian and beaux arts details, adapted to the new building type of this 

period, the block of flats. There are several blocks of flats in St. Kilda from this period in classically based 

styles, as well as a number in Melbourne generally. This building is one of the most innovative. 

With the three houses across Hotham Street (numbers 27- 31) all variations of the same basic design and built 

by the same firm in 1929, it gives some idea of the diversity of architectural styles used in the latter half of the 

1920's. These buildings form the Hotham Street group. 

This building was designed by Dunstan, Reynolds and Partners, Architects for Architects Homes Corporation 

Pty. Ltd. and constructed early in 1927. 




1984 

Description 



Builder: Architects Homes Corp. Pty Ltd 

History 


Designer Dunstan, Reynolds and Partners 


Other Studies 



Rath Ct 

Alma Rd 

Hotham St 



Wavenhoe Ave 

HO6 


337


unknown 





References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 6733 granted 1/3/1927, include working drawings. 

City of St. KI1da building permit records, no. 7570 granted 10/9/1929, for nos. 17 - 31 Hotham Street.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed c1920 


Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 



A substantial pair of residences with a distinguished symmetrical front elevation and shared garden giving the 

impression of a single house. The hanging of the fish scale terra-cotta shingles, shingled roofs to the chunky 

bay windows and the boldly projecting gables and bay windows are notable features. The front fence with its 

profiled brickwork is of a style more typical of the Federation period, and may predate the houses as it 

continues north to the two adjacent properties. 



One storey multi-unit residence 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 





Hotham St 

Mooltan Av 

Cardigan St 




2016

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Rocklea Gardens" 

unknown 



A fine, well preserved and high quality example of apartment design of the 1960s. Features include the curtain 

glass walling and projecting balconies to the symmetrical front elevation, the stylish front entrance foyer with 

elevator and internal access to all apartments, the well maintained landscaping and the preservation of the 

original colour scheme, particularly the aqua highlights. 



Three storey flats with elevator access 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Mooltan Av 


recommended 

inclusion: Schedule to 

the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme 

Hotham St 

Cardigan St 




2017

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

B'nai B'rith House 

unknown 

99 Hotham St 


Two aspects of this site are significant. The two storey religious institution (B'nai B'rith House), was built in 

front of a still existing c. 1890 villa in 1959. Despite being rather too large for its allotment, its architecture is of 

a high quality, demonstrating the aesthetic possibilities of the usually banal building conventions of the time. It 

has served as an important community focus among the Jewish population in this area. The remnant 1890's 

house, sandwiched between the 1959 building and extensive additions behind, can be clearly recognised by 

the extent of the hipped and gable roofs, remnant chimenys, polychrome brick walls and eaves detailing is 

historically significant as a demonstration of the early settlement of the area as one with substantial houses 

with generous front setbacks on very large sites (see 305, 366 and 382 Carlises Street). 



Two storey religious institution & former residence 

Builder: L.U. Simon 

History 




Other Studies 



unknown 


Balston St 

Carlisle St 

Hotham St 




2018





References 

NOTES 

St K C C permit No 57/830 issued 3/8/59.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Terrace Row 

unknown 

15-17 Howe Cres 


15-17 Howe Crescent is of significance as one of the first developments built after the subdivisions of the 

Howe Crescent and St Vincent Place area and as one of the most intact terrace rows of the 1860s extant in 

the municipality. Its contribution to the streetscape of Howe Crescent and the manner in which the façade is 

decorated are integral to the significance of the row. 


Original Use: Residences 


Howe Cr 




Other Studies 


Raglan St 

The first building development commenced in Howe Crescent in about 1865, the first land sales having been 

the previous year (2). These three brick terrace houses were one of the first buildings to be erected and the 

South Melbourne Rate Books list that in 1869, they were in an ‘unfinished’ state. They had been given an 

initial N.A.V. of £96 and were originally owned by a Robina Fordyce (3), who at that time also owned the 

property at 319-321 Clarendon Street (q.v.). No. 17 was listed as having eight rooms, while Nos. 15a and 15 

were both of six rooms (4). 

During the 1873/74 rate period the N.A.V. had jumped to a total of £190 for all three buildings. The occupiers 

at that that time were Robert Stoddart, described as a bank clerk (in No. 17), Robina Fordyce (in No. 15a) and 

Thomas Fordyce, a grocer (in No. 15) (5). Subsequent occupiers of the building have included civil servants, 

a draper, printer, clerk and an ‘agent’. In 1898 John Foley, a ‘gentleman’ had become the owner of the 

property (6). 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 

Cecil St 



HO3 

Dow St 


Napier St 

1034

The terrace row is one of the more opulently designed in South Melbourne and it creates a strong line 

following the crescent form of the street. They have rendered facades ruled to represent ashlar blocks, that 

have been left quite plain behind the two storeyed verandah. In contrast, the wing walls and parapet have a 

plethora of detailing including foliated mouldings capping the wing walls, lions masks, festoons, swags and 

two designs of urns across the parapet. The decoration was extended to the chimneys that while not all 

intact, are heavily moulded and bracketed. The verandah decoration is only partially intact, however it reflects 

the relatively early date of the row, with simple regimented cast iron to the balustrade combined with timber 

brackets. The cast iron fence has an unusual design to its picket heads and is intact, however the paths and 

verandah do not retain their original detailing. 

History 



unknown 






References 

1 City of South Melbourne Rate Books, 18 

2 P. Sanderson; Investigation Project, University of Melbourne 1980 

3 ibid., Refer Citation No…/… for 319-321 Clarendon Street 

4 ibid. 

5 ibid., 1873/74 

6 ibid., 1898/99


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 

22 Howe Cres 


22 Howe Crescent is of significance as one of the most intact examples of a late-Victorian house in the South 

Melbourne municipality. Built with a terrace form and fine detailing, it is an integral component of the Victorian 

buildings along the Howe Crescent streetscape. 







Other Studies 

Howe Cr 

It is highly plausible that Redfern, a South Melbourne builder and the original owner, was responsible for the 

construction of this ten-roomed house. He purchased the vacant land from Patrick Cleary (2) an accountant 

and immediately prior to the 1890s depression erected this substantial residence. It attracted an initial N.A.V. 

of £100 (3). By 1895, the building had halved its N.A.V. to £50 (4), presumably as a direct result of the 

depression years and by 1898 it was, rather inconsistently, described as having only seven rooms (5). 

The house is a substantial two storeyed rendered building, built in a terrace form with a two storeyed 

verandah. The walls have been left quite plain except for a foliated string course at ground floor level and the 

twisted colonettes that flank the ground floor windows. The cast iron to the verandah is a particularly elegant 

design and is substantially intact, while the verandah is relatively unusual for retaining the timber bracket 

decoration to the fascia between its two levels. The front door, while typical of the period, is a fine example of 

a six panel door with sidelights and fanlight, while the verandah retains intact its encaustic tile floor, and the 

chimneys, their render mouldings. 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 

Park St 



Cecil St 


HO3 


Napier St 

989

History 



unknown 





References 

1 City of South Melbourne Rate Books 1889-1891 

2 ibid. 

3 ibid. 

4 ibid, 1895/96 

5 ibid. 1898/99


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Former Barrett Residence 

unknown 

Constructed 1867, 1877 


Comment 

30 Howe Cres 


The former Barrett residence is of significance as one of the most commanding Italianate houses in South 

Melbourne and as one of the first buildings built after the subdivision of Howe Crescent, to house one of the 

area’s most prominent families. The substantially intact nature of the stable block and the front fence are 

integral to the significance of the whole. 



Date of Construction: 1867 (1), additions 1877 (2) 

Architect: William Henry Ellerker (3), additions, W.H. Ellerker & Co (4) 


Designer William H. Ellerker 


Other Studies 


Raglan St 

This twelve-roomed brick residence was built for Dr James Barrett in 1867 (5) and as such was one of the 

first buildings to be built in the Howe Crescent/St Vincent Place subdivision. By 1869 the property included 

stables, a coach house and out offices, and its N.A.V. was recorded at £160 (6), while in 1877 it is recorded 

as having had additions by the same architects, although the extent of these is not immediately evident. 

Barrett was a surgeon and South Melbourne general practitioner from the late 1860s until the turn of the 

century (7) and five of his children were also medical practitioners, including Sir James William Barrett, a 

noted opthalmologist and publicist and Edity Ellen who was active in many voluntary organisations concerned 

with the medical and social conditions of women and children (8). 

Following the death of Barrett, the building was sold to Dr T.J.K. Whittam in 1920 (9) and in the 1950s it was 

converted into five apartments (10). In October, 1971, the building was acquired by the Victorian Chapter of 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 

Napier St 

Cecil St 

Howe Cr 




996

the Royal Australian Institute of Architects as its headquarter and named ‘Robert Russell House’ (11). 

The Barrett residence is a most commanding two storeyed rendered house with a symmetrical Italianate 

façade onto Howe Crescent. The house is built close to the pavement and the entrance extends out to the 

pavement line with a shallow Tuscan portico, while rising above the entrance is a squat tower with bracketed 

cornice line and balustraded parapet. The front façade is stepped back at first floor level and the projecting 

rooms at ground floor level are enframed by a shallow system of pilasters and crowned by an Italianate 

balustrade to the balcony above. 

The house has a fine, bracketed eaves line and chimneys decorated with a series of blind arches continuing 

the Italianate references. It remains, externally, substantially intact including the six panelled front door, the 

cast iron fence, and the weatherboard stable block with its loft hoist and dovecote apertures. It is unfortunate 

that one of the chimneys has been altered at the top, and new openings have been set into the walls of the 

stable block. 

In its symmetrical Italianate form the house is unusual in Melbourne, despite applying a very familiar 

vocabulary. Its stepped façade is reminiscent of the composition of ‘Hazelwood Terrace’ at Nos. 46-48 Howe 

Crescent and Nos. 41-42 Howe Crescent (q.q.v.), both built two years earlier. 

History 



unknown 







References 


2 ibid. 

3 ibid. 

4 ibid. 

5 National Trust of Aust. (Vic.), ‘Research into 30 Howe Crescent …’, 17 April 1979 

6 ibid. 

7 ibid. 

8 ibid., ‘Further research into 30 Howe Crescent …’, 19 November 1979 

9 ibid., ‘Research into 30 Howe …’. 

10 ibid. 

11 ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Former Congregational Church and Hall 

unknown 

32 Howe Cres 


Constructed 1867-8, 1874-5 


Comment 


NB The following citation has been quoted from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) File No. 2824. "Two 

successive Congregational churches which epitomise the mainstream of the bichrome and polychrome brick 

church architecture of Victoria between the 1860s and the 1880s, as well as relating well and deliberately to 

each other. The first church (later hall) was built in l867-8 to the design of the ecclesiastically prolific firm of 

Crouch and Wilson, and is now, after Joseph Reed's St. Jude's, Carlton (of the previous year) the oldest fully 

fledged polychrome church surviving in Melbourne. The second church of 1874-5 is a fine design by W.H. 

Ellerker, with a triple gable end and decorative polychrome friezes running up the gables, and a most 

distinctive galleried and plaster-vaulted interior." 


Original Use: Congregational Church and Hall 

Date of Construction: lst church, later hall - 1867-8 

2nd Church - 1874-5 

Architect: 1st church, later hall - Crouch and Wilson 

2nd Church - W.H. Ellerker 




Other Studies 

Designer Crouch and Wilson, W. H. Ellerker 

The Congregational Church was formed in South Melbourne in 1859, holding its services in the 'Great Iron 

Store', and later in the Mechanics' Institute. By the end of 1865 a wooden church had been erected on this 

site and this was replaced by the northern of these two buildings in 1868, that was to later become the church 

hall. With the increase in congregation, the church was replaced by that to the south in 1874-75. 

Howe Cr 

Cecil St 

Napier St 

Howe Cr 

Raglan St 




1118

History 



unknown 







References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Houses 

unknown 



39-40 Howe Crescent are of significance as a substantial pair of houses built soon after the subdivision of the 

St. Vincent Place/Howe Crescent area, that were given an elegance in their overall design and in their detailing 

that was in keeping with the pretensions of the Crescent. The verandah detailing, valences and the rear 

facades are integral to the significance of the whole. 







Other Studies 

In 1866, the year after the Howe Crescent area was subdivided, John Cole, locksmith, owned land with the 

dimensions of 70 by 60 feet in Howe Crescent (2). In 1867, two attached seven-roomed brick dwellings were 

erected on the site and both properties had an initial N.A.V. of £80 (3). The following year their joint N.A.V. 

had increased to £240 (4). Cole occupied No. 39 for one year while he let No. 40 to George Oldham, a 

teacher (5). By 1881 George Leverett, an engraver, owned and occupied No. 40; the property (6) by then 

described as two ten-roomed dwellings with stables adjoining No. 40. At this time Leverett also had financial 

interests in the two houses at 324-326 Albert road (q.v.) and by 1887, he owned Nos 41-42 Howe Crescent 

next door (q.v.). 

This is one of the most elegant pairs of houses in South Melbourne and as would be expected of the buildings 

of the Howe Crescent subdivision, they are substantial in size. They clearly reflect their relatively early date of 

construction and are very similar in effect, if not detail, to Nos. 41-42 next door (q.v.). Their composition adds 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 




Howe Cr 

Cecil St 

Bridport St 

HO3 


Raglan St 

972

to the effect of size; the entrance doors having been set at each side to give the effect of a single house 

rather than a pair of houses. The box-like hipped building has plain walls of tuckpointed Hawthorn bricks and 

is embellished with a very finely detailed, single-storeyed timber verandah. The verandah has a combination 

of stop chamfered coupled posts, turned drops and a lattice frieze and remains almost completely intact, 

returning around to embrace the side entrance doors. The only other decorative devices on the façade are 

the fluted valences above the first floor windows, although these are also practical, having been built to house 

external venetian blinds. The houses appear to remain substantially intact at the rear. 

History 



unknown 






References 


2 ibid., 1866/67 

3 ibid., 1867/68 

4 ibid., 1868/69 

5 ibid. 

6 ibid., 1881-1885


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Description 

Houses 

unknown 



Comment 

Significance 



41-42 Howe Crescent are of significance as a substantial pair of houses built soon after the subdivision of the 

St Vincent Place/Howe Crescent area, given an elegance of massing and detailing in keeping with the 

pretensions of the Crescent. Their design is most distinctive in the broader context of Australian architecture 

and marks a pleasing restraint and confidence. 



Date of Construction: circa 1865 (1) 





Other Studies 

Bridport St 

The Rev. Hugh Darling was the minister of the Clarendon Street Presbyterian Church for ten years from 1864 

(2) and it was during that time that he was the first owner of this substantial two-storey brick residence in 

Howe Crescent (3). From the beginning, in 1865-66, the building was described as having two apartments of 

eight rooms with a total N.A.V. of £180 (4). Darling himself occupied one half of the building for the first two 

years and Lewis Coleman, described as a ‘warehouseman’, tenanted the other (5). The property passed to 

George Leverett in 1887 (6), who also owned Nos. 39-40 next door from 1881 (q.v.), while tenants included 

prominent residents such as John Buxton, the South Melbourne auctioneer who was later to build 

‘Hughenden’ in Beaconsfield Parade (q.v.), William E. Wells, an architect and Edward Clarke, a surveyor (7). 

This pair of houses is one of the most elegant in design in South Melbourne. They clearly reflect their 

relatively early date of construction and are very similar in effect, if not detail, to Nos. 39-40 next door (q.v.), 

while the configuration of the balcony is very similar to Nos. 46-48 Howe Crescent (q.v.), designed by Charles 

Ferrars Pl 


Howe Cr 

Cecil St 



Raglan St 

HO3 


979

Webb during the same year. 

They are a most substantial pair of houses combined into a unified whole as if only one residence. Clad in 

render, they are box-like in form, set under a hipped slate roof that extends out over a bracketed eaves line. 

The front façade is most unusually composed, with a single-storeyed rendered balcony spanning the full 

width. The balcony is supported on two arched porches in front of the two front doors and brackets extendingout 

from octagonal bay windows to the ground floor. The houses gain, mainly through the overall massing, 

the configuration of the balcony and the simple render mouldings, a restrained elegance rarely achieved on 

buildings decorated with a plethora of render or cast iron decoration. 

History 



unknown 







References 

1 City of South Melbourne Rate Books list the dwelling in 1865-66. Prior to that date Block 38 is not 

listed 

2 C. Daley, 'The History of South Melbourne', p.175 


4 ibid, 1865-1874 

5 ibid. 

6 ibid., 1887/88 

7 ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Terrace Houses 

unknown 



Nos. 43-45 Howe Crescent are of significance as one of the few three-storeyed terrace rows to have been built 

in Melbourne during the nineteenth century and for remaining in a substantially intact state. The contribution of 

the row to the quality and continuity of the Victorian building stock along this part of Howe Crescent is integral 

to the significance. 







Other Studies 

When Charles Arnell, a merchant and tobacoo manufacturer from St Kilda, bought what is now 43-45 Howe 

Crescent from solicitor Charles Roy (2) it was land that had been listed as a ‘garden’(3) for at least eight years 

(4). By the middle of 1882 this building of three thirteen-roomed apartments was being constructed and its 

first occupants, a year later, were Joseph Kind a clergyman, in No. 45, Henry Dodds an engineer, in No. 44 

and John Freeman described as a ‘gentleman’, in No. 43 (5). In 1887 the building was given an initial N.A.V. 

of £335 (6), undoubtedly the most valuable property in Howe Crescent at that time. The 1890s depression 

severely cut the N.A.V. of Arnell’s property and by 1898 it had decreased by £200 (7). 

Having three storeys, the terrace row is one of the most distinctive in South Melbourne and being set on the 

outward curve of Howe Crescent, it is in an exposed position that takes full advantage of its scale. The 

rendered façade is relatively restrained in its degree of ornamentation for the 1880s and is prevented from 

appearing too massive by the verandah only spanning up two of the three floors. The ground floor walls have 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 

Bridport St 



Raglan St 

Cecil St 


Howe Cr 1040 

HO3

deeply incised banded rustication across them while the second floor is in plain render. By contrast, the more 

exposed third floor has double hung sash windows each with a projecting cast iron balconette. The terrace 

row remains substantially intact including most of the cast iron to the verandah, the cast iron fence and the 

cream and terracotta garden paving tiles. Only No. 44 retains its original verandah floor and it is unfortunate 

that the parapet across the row has had its ornamentation above cornice level removed. 

History 



unknown 







References 


2 ibid. 

3 The nature of the garden has not been researched, although its N.A.V. of £40 was most substantial 


5 ibid., 1881-1885 

6 ibid., 1887/89 

7 ibid., 1898/99


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Hazelwood Terrace" 

unknown 



‘Hazelwood Terrace’ is of significance as one of the first buildings to have been built in Howe Crescent, and for 

remaining in a substantially intact state. It is an important terrace by the prominent architect Charles Webb 

and is of significance for the atypical form and boldly applied render decoration across the façade. It is an 

integral part of the Victorian character of the Howe Crescent streetscape. 




Architect: Charles Webb (2) 


Designer Charles Webb 


Other Studies 

This row of three terrace houses was first described in the South Melbourne Rate Books in 1864 and was 

listed as a ‘house in progress’ (3). As such it was one of the first buildings to be started on the Howe 

Crescent/St Vincent Place subdivision, most not being commenced until at least the following year. Built as 

an investment for George Black, the terrace row was initially listed in 1866 with an N.A.V. of £80 for each 

house (4). Among Black’s tenants were Michael Gordon, a civil servant; Joseph Clark, a woollen merchant; 

and William Rocke, an auctioneer (5). The house passed to Harold Rayson in 1873 (6) and then to Samuel 

Lomax, a butcher, for a ten year period (7). By 1899 Sarah Lomax was the new owner of the three sevenroomed 

dwelling, by then with a total N.A.V. of £116. The occupiers were Frederick Johnson, a physician; 

Ferrars Pl 


Howe Cr 

Anderson St 



HO156 

HO157 

Cecil St 

Bridport St 


1027

and Herbert Franklin, a ‘traveller’ (8). 

This two storeyed row of terraces is clad in render and has an unusual composition, with a single storeyed 

balcony spanning the façade. The balcony has a render, chain-like balustrade and is supported on arched 

porches framed by corinthian pilasters that are set in front of the three entrances. Its configuration (but not 

decoration) is very similar to Nos. 41-42 Howe Crescent (q.v.) built during the same year. The façade behind 

has bold mouldings in render, giving an embellished effect, with foliated consoles flanking the pedimented 

windows at both levels, raised quoins dividing the three houses and a balustraded parapet spanning above. 

The first floor windows have valences in a similar manner to those on 39-40 Howe Crescent (q.v.). Nos. 47 

and 48 retain intact their cast iron picket fences, their slate and marble paths and slate flagged verandah 

floors. 

‘Hazelwood Terrrace’ is a very fine example of Charles Webb’s architecture. While embellished, it is typical 

of Webb’s work in that it displays a restraint from over-ornamentation: a quality reflected in his buildings such 

as Tasma Terrace and the Windsor Hotel. 

History 



unknown 







References 


2 Information supplied by Dr Miles Lewis 

3 ibid. 

4 ibid., 1866/67 

5 ibid., 1866-1870 

6 ibid., 1873-1882 

7 ibid., 1884-1896 

8 ibid., 1898/99


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Description 

"Blinkbonnie" 

unknown 



Comment 

Significance 



‘Blinkbonnie’ is of significance as one of the most intact and elegantly decorated houses of the 1860s extant in 

South Melbourne. Its wide single storeyed form and siting within its block give it a command over its site and 

while atypical amongst the other original buildings in Howe Crescent, it is an integral component of the 

Victorian buildings in that streetscape. The detailing to the joinery and the chimneys, front and rear, are 

integral to the significance of the house. 







Other Studies 

The first entry in the Rate Books for ‘Blinkbonnie’ was in 1866, when it was described as having seven rooms, 

being constructed in brick and slate and having ‘out offices in (the) back room’, the whole with an N.A.V. of 

£60 (2). As such it was one of the first houses to be built in the Howe Crescent/St Vincent Place subdivision. 

James Smith (3) was listed as both the owner and occupier of the building in 1866 and for at least another 35 

years thereafter. He was described as a teacher (4) in the Rate Books and was at one time the principal of 

the Dorcas Street Presbyterian School, while he also conducted a private college for a period (5). The head 

teacher at the Albert Park State School from 1873 was a James Smith (6) and it is possible he was the same. 

‘Blinkbonnie’ is a most distinctive house that clearly reflects its early date of construction. It is unusual for 

South Melbourne in being sited well back from the line of the pavement. It is a wide, single-storeyed house 

symmetrical about a central entrance door, roofed with a high, slated hipped roof. The embellishment to the 

Ferrars St 


Ferrars Pl 




Howe Cr 

Cecil St 

Bridport St 

HO3 


Raglan St 

973

house is both restrained and intact and is a very good example of 1860s construction. Except for the 

bracketed eaves line, the render walls are quite plain, with the main decoration being on the concave 

verandah with its intricate timber frieze, protruding brackets and timber drops. The chimneys too are most 

unusual and decorative, with coupled octagonal pots, impressed with patterning to each face. These are 

extant on both the front and rear chimneys. The front door has round-headed panels: an indication of its 

early date. 

History 



unknown 






References 

1City of South Melbourne Rate Books list the dwelling in 1866. Prior to that date Block 38 does not 

appear 

2 ibid., 1865/66 


4 ibid., 1869/70 

5 'The Record', 20 October 1928, p.4 

6 C. Daley, 'History of South Melbourne', p.244


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residences 

unknown 

324-326 Howe Pde 



324-6 Howe Parade is of state significance. It is historically significant as the first pair of houses to be 

constructed by the newly established Housing Commission of Victoria in 1939, the start of a massive program 

of provision of low-cost public housing in Victoria following World War II. Built as an experimental prototype, it 

was the precursor of the Commission's Concrete House Project. The Concrete House Project was of 

considerable importance as a large scale exercise in industrialised mass production of housing over four 

decades, culminating in the Housing Commission high rise flats of the 1960s and '70s. Technologically, while 

not the first built example of the Fowler precast concrete system, it is a key example of this construction 

technique. 



SUB-THEME: Inter-War concrete houses 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Housing commission of Victoria 





BUILDING TYPE: Inter-War concrete house 

ORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL Public housing 

USE TYPE: 

PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Concrete 

Williamstown Rd 



Other Studies 

Howe Pde 




659 

Designer Housing Commission Architects Panel

ARCHITECT/ENGINEER: Probably the Housing Commission Architects Panel (Arthur C. Leith, 

Frank Heath, Best Overend, Harold Bartlett, Thomas Buchan and 

John Scarborough) 

BUILDER: Victorian Housing Commission 

PHYSICAL /STYLISTIC DESCRIPTION 

This semi-detached pair of houses was built as a prototype using the Fowler system of precast reinforced 

concrete construction. The building has a simple rectangular plan form and a low-pitched roof supported on 

closely spaced timber beams projecting to front and rear. It is the only house with such a roof, all subsequent 

houses at Fishermen's Bend and other Housing Commission estates having conventional hipped or gabled 

roofs. The wall panels, precast on horizontal steel tables, have preformed door and window openings with 

projecting surrounds to provide stiffening. Concrete nib walls project from the front elevation on each side of 

the front doors, partly enclosing shallow entry porches. The aluminium-framed windows are replacements of 

the original timber-framed windows. 


324-6 Howe Parade is virtually identical in design to the other later concrete houses on the Fishermen's Bend 

estate apart from its almost flat roof. The construction technique is clearly indicated by the expressed framing 

of the window openings and the corner posts. The extreme simplicity of the elevations and the flat roof 

associate the house with the functionalist Modern Movement style of the 1930s. The house is also similar in 

its simple rectangular form to the various prefabricated house types, mass produced in a range of materials, 

that were developed in Australia, Britain and the United States during and immediately following World War II. 

History 

This pair of houses was constructed in 1939 as an initial experiment in precast reinforced concrete 

construction, following the establishment of the Housing Commission of Victoria in early 1938 and the design 

competition for the layout of the Fishermen's Bend estate. The house was constructed using a system 

devised in the 1920s by T.W. Fowler, a retired surveyor and farmer of Werribee. The Fowler system had been 

developed over a period of some fifteen years before being taken up by the Housing Commission. During the 

1930s Fowler was advertising the system and contracting it out to developers. (1) 

The experimental house appears to have been designed by the panel of consultant architects appointed by 

the Housing Commission, made up of Arthur C. Leith, Frank Heath, Best Overend, Harold BartIett, Thomas 

Buchan and John Scarborough. (2) Following the successful completion of 324-6 Howe Parade, a total of 58 

concrete houses were constructed at Fishermen's Bend in 1940. (3) 


The Fowler system was one of several systems of reinforced concrete construction developed in Australia in 

the early twentieth century for houses as well as for commercial buildings and civil engineering structures. In 

the 1920s, S. B. Marchant built houses in Adelaide using his 'Monolyte' system, and the system was usedexperimentally 

by the State Savings Bank of Victoria in 1924-5. Also in the 1920s, A. C. Matthews developed 

the 'Self-Form' system which produced cavity walls. (4) The State Savings Bank also used concrete block 

construction at the Garden City estate and elsewhere in the 1920s. (5) 

The pre-cast concrete construction system used in this prototype was refined and developed by the Housing 

Commission over the next three decades. Additional estates of Fowler system houses were constructed in 

the 1940s at Albion Street, Brunswick, Croker Street, Newport, Curtin Avenue, Brunswick, Champion Road, 

Williamstown and at Oakleigh. (6) A significant development was the acquisition by the Commission in 1946 

of the former munitions factory at Holmesglen, which was developed as a centralised concrete panel 

production facility for what became known as the Concrete House Project. (7) The Holmesglen factory 

operated until the 1970s, and produced panels for several thousand concrete houses as well as later for flats. 

Precast concrete four storey walk-up flats were being built by the Commission in the 1950s, and in 1960 the 

first concrete high rise Commission flats were built at the Emerald Hill estate in South Melbourne. (8) 







References 

1. A. C. Leith. The 'V H C' Concrete House. p. 3. G. Tibbits. 'The Enemy Within Our Gates'. in R. 

Howe, ed.' New Houses for Old'. p. 129.

2. A. C. Leith. op. cit. p. 49. 

3. 'Building'. 25 November 1940- p. 25. 

4. J. Clare. op. cit. p. 89. 

5. G. Tibbits. loc. cit. 

6. A.C. Leith. op. cit. passim. 

7. G. Tibbits. op. cit. p. 130. 

8. ibid. p. 145.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 



History 

unknown 

13 Hughenden Rd 


A fine block of flats in the Functionalist style, this building is significant for its distinctive site planning, with the 

flats set well back from the street and placed in a symmetrical arrangement around a generous lawned central 

court, and as an excellent intact example of this style with its streamlined corners, banding in salmon coloured 

brickwork and render and steel framed windows. The building is in fine condition and the gardens, hedges and 

original front fence are contributory to its significance. 






Other Studies 



unknown 





Wando Gr 

Hughenden Rd 



HO6 


Orrong Rd 

2022

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Vacant building 

J. Kitchen & Sons Pty. Ltd. Offices 

Ingles St 




The former administrative offices and staff amenities building of John. Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd., is 

historically significant (Criterion A) for its capacity to demonstrate the scale of the company's undertaking in 

Port Melbourne as well as its long standing presence at this site, commencing c. 1858 when it was seen to be 

sufficiently remote from settled areas for a noxious industry. It is important also for its capacity to demonstrate 

the company's enlightened attitude to workers' conditions, accommodating a social hall for their enjoyment. 

The building is important for its capacity to indirectly recall the products manufactured at this site which 

became in many instances household words throughout the nation. Together with the former premises of 

Felton Grimwade and Co. John Kitchen and Sons' operations survive as the principle industrialists in Ingles 

Street during the nineteenth century. Finally, the building has architectural significance as an exceptionally 

imposing commercial building in the Classical Revival manner of the inter-war period outside of the City centre. 



Other Studies 

Boundary Rd 

An imposing stuccoed three storeyed office building in the inter-war Classical revival manner with rusticated 

pavilions, bracketed cornice and plain parapet. Visual emphasis is given to the central entrance by means of 

a stepped reveal in buff coloured cement with a polished granite architrave. The windows are steel framed 

whilst the façade treatment is carried in part along the side elevations. There are original partitions inside. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. There are other inter-war buildings associated with the operations of 

John Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd. on this site including the two and three storeyed red brick premises at the 

Ingles Street/Woodruff Street intersection. They exhibit a range of architectural treatments including a 

stripped Classical façade to Ingles Street having raised pavilions in stucco and red brick with stepped 

parapets and steel framed windows. There may be other elements of historic importance within this extensive 

Ingles St 


Williamstown Rd Normanby Rd 

Ross St 

Munro St 




48

industrial complex. 

History 

Mr. J. Kitchen arrived in Australia in 1856 and together with his three sons established the firm of J. Kitchen 

and Sons, the largest soap making firm in Australia. By 1890 it had premises in Victoria, New South Wales 

and Queensland with its principal works at Ingles Street, Port Melbourne and at Alexandria, near Sydney. 

Products manufactured included "Velvet", "Witch" and "Anchor" laundry soaps; "Persil", "the modern oxygen 

washer"; "Solvol" and "Electrine" candles. An important by-product was glycerine used for explosives, 

medicinal purposes and in the tobacco industry. The site of the works at Ingles Street had been chosen as a 

suitably remote one for a noxious trade from as early as c.1858. By 1894 it was occupied by the Apollo 

Candle factory at the Kitchen Street intersection. The administrative offices were erected in 1925. They 

consisted of a brick and steel frame on piles with a mosaic floor to the vestibule, polished Maple and plate 

glass doors and a social hall for the use of staff. The premises have been recently vacated. Founded as 

John Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd., subsequent company names included Lever and Kitchen, Unilever and 

Unichema. 


3. Developing local, regional and national economies. 3.12 Developing an Australian manufacturing 

capacity. 



Scheme. Recommended for inclusion on the Register of the National Estate. Recommended, subject to an 

interior inspection, for inclusion on the Victorian Heritage Register. 

References 

"The National Handbook of Australia's Industries", The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd., 1934, pp. 280-82. 

"Advance", 7/25, v.2, no.7. 

MMBW litho plan no.18.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Piano Bar 

Joseph Hill Residence 

92 Ingles St 



92 Ingles Street is of local significance. Its large scale and elegant, distinctive and elaborately detailed 

Classical Revival design are aesthetically notable and gives it the character of an urban town house 

contrasting with the more meagre surrounding houses. 


Jacobs Lewis Vines, Port Melbourne Conservation Study, 1979 

Description 


SUB-THEME: Brick houses, two-storey 

Commercial premises-Auction Rooms 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Joseph Hill 




BUILDING TYPE: Brick house, two-storey 


USE TYPE: 






Other Studies 

Garton St 

Crockford St 


This two-storey rendered brick building is constructed on the property line to both Ingles and Bay Streets. The 

principal elevations are designed in a Classical Revival style, with smooth rendered walls quoined at the 

Nott St 

Heath St 

Ingles St 



Bay St 

HO1 


270

corners. The cornice has closely spaced brackets with decorative panels between. The main elevation, to 

Ingles Street, has a central breakfront emphasised by quoining and ground floor rustication about the central 

entrance. The tripartite ground floor windows to each side are elaborately detailed, with stop-chamfered 

mullions and lintels, moulded hoods supported on consoles with swags between and bracketed sills. The 

round-headed upper floor windows have moulded archivolt and pilaster surrounds with large keystones, and 

balustraded panels below the sills. The Bay Street elevation has similar fenestration and other detailing to the 

main elevation but is two bays wide rather than three, and has a central column of quoin-like rustication 

between the windows. The parapet may have been balustraded and pedimented, however, all 

embellishments are now lacking. 

Although the building was described in the rate books as dwelling and shop, it does not appear to have been 

a shop in the normal sense. It is possible that the ground floor originally was used as an auction room by its 

original owner Joseph Hill, although it is unclear how large items were taken in and out . 


Large houses of this type, built on corner sites with symmetrical elevations built on the property line, and 

derived from the European tradition of town houses, were relatively uncommon in Melbourne. Two houses at 

37 Docker Street, Richmond (1889) and 384 Church Street, Richmond (1885) are similar in form and siting, 

and both have broadly similar Renaissance palazzo styles. The Church Street house has round-headed 

windows, similar to those on 92 Ingles Street, with pedimented hood moulds over the upper floor windows. 

The Docker Street house has a three-part Serlian window to the upper floor. Other examples survive in 

Richmond and also in Fitzroy. 

History 

This site and the adjoining Allotment 10 were purchased from the Crown sometime before 1878 by J. Britton. 

(1) The two allotments were later subdivided and sold by auction. (2) By January 1885 (and probably earlier), 

the land was owned by Joseph Hill, who was variously described as a fish salesman and auctioneer. (3) 

During 1887 he erected the present building at the corner of Ingles Street and Bay Street. (4) 

[Jacobs Lewis Vines. Port Melbourne Conservation Study] 









References 

1. Plan of 'Sandridge', dated 21 May 1878. 

2. Vale Collection. Vol. 6, p. 137 and Vol. 7a, p. 139. 

3. Port Melbourne rate book. January 1887. 

4. Port Melbourne rate book. January 1888.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Offices 

Constructed pre 1894 


Comment 

Australian Motor Industries 

289 Ingles St 




The former premises of Felton, Grimwade and Co., chemical manufacturers, and later Australian Motor 

Industries are historically important (Criterion A) for the following reasons: 

Together with the premises of John Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd. they survive as the principle industrialists in 

Ingles Street during the nineteenth century. Together with the premises of John Kitchen and Sons Pty. Ltd. 

they recall the early role of Fisherman's Bend as a location for noxious trades. They recall the well-known 

business of Felton Grimwade and Company, wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemists. Their 

association with Alfred Grimwade (1831-1904), public benefactor, is an important one, especially because he 

also lived within the Municipality, at the "Esplanade" hotel, St. Kilda. 



Other Studies 

Municipal Boundary 

Anderson St 

A substantial two storeyed overpainted red brick industrial building with gable roof and continuous lantern, the 

façade having symmetrical pedimented pavilions with oculus vents, repeated at the south end elevation with 

the initials AMI in sheet metal (?) within. The cornice, parapet, arcaded south end and pediment details are in 

stucco. Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium, addition at north end, aluminium windows and exposed 

aggregate panels beneath. Openings in the pavilions appear to have been altered. 

History 

In 1867 Felton, Grimwade and Co. purchased the wholesale drug business of Youngman and Co. The 

company moved from Russell Street to Flinders Lane where its importing business flourished. In 1870 

chemical works were established on this site and as early as 1872 the Port Melbourne Council opposed the 

manufacture of sulphuric acid at its plant. Nevertheless, company activities from the outset were to include 

Ingles St 



Fennell St 

None 


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the manufacture of sulphuric acid and other mineral acids including bi-sulphide of iron. By 1894 this building 

was the principal structure at Felton Grimwade and Co's. chemical works. By 1951 the complex may have 

been occupied by Arthur Vale and Co. Pty. Ltd., oil stores, Cotton Dressing Pty. Ltd. and the United Oil Co. 

Pty. Ltd. oil stores (S & M dir). Australian Motor Industries (AMI) was established in 1954 as the successor to 

the Standard Motor Company, a Melbourne based vehicle assembler for "Rambler" cars and the British 

"Triumph". This company is presumed to have occupied the building from around this time and was still there 

in 1973 (S & M dir). It also carried out some finishing operations on "Mercedes Benz" cars and was the first to 

make a connection with a Japanese manufacturer with a view to assembling Japanese vehicles. The 

Japanese partner was Toyota, which was ultimately to absorb AMI and continues to occupy the Ingles Street 

offices and manufacturing plant. 


3. Developing local, regional and national economies. 3.12 Developing an Australian manufacturing 

capacity. 



Scheme. 

References 

Victoria and its Metropolis Past and Present, A. Sutherland, 1888, v.2, p.601. 

Green, J., Mann, A., Rene, V, Beruldsen, J., "Bosch 40 Years Australia 1954-94", 1994, p.11. 

Sands and McDougall directories.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 



History 

unknown 

247-249 Inkerman St 

BALACLAVA 

A representative example of 1960s flat design, lifted above the low standard of the norm by the chequerboard 

composition of the facade balancing the voids and pierced concrete block of the balconies against solid bays 

of slender concrete block between. The projecting wing walls lend additional life and articulation to the facade, 

and the intricate moulded blockwork of the end walls is a characteristic example of 1960s featurism. The 

building is largely intact. 






Other Studies 



unknown 

Chapel St 





Queen St 

Inkerman St 

Camden St 



King St 


2025

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


One storey shop 

History 

Bridge Store 

unknown 

305 Inkerman St 

BALACLAVA 

This small shop is important for its fine and intact parapet design, with the fine roughcast render finish and 

crisp 1920s graphics making it a small landmark in the area. 





References 

unknown 




Other Studies 



unknown 

Nelson St 

Raglan St 

Young St 

Inkerman St 



Blenheim St 

None 


Jervois St 

2026


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 


Three storey offices 

History 

St Kilda Council Depot Offices 

unknown 

33 Inkerman St 

ST. KILDA 

Constructed late 1930's 


Comment 

Intact three storey office and amenities block. The heavy cubist massing deriving from the Dutch modernism 

of architects such as Dudok is articulated by rendered string courses and projections which tie the window 

openings together into strong horizontal bands encircling the building. The building is intact, and is an 

example of a quality public building of the late 1930s. 






Other Studies 



unknown 





Barkly St 

Inkerman St 

Blanche St 

Greeves St 




2023

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Telephone Exchange 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 


Designer Commonwealth Department of Interior 

The St. Kilda Telephone Exchange building at 59 Inkerman Street, St. Kilda, was designed by the 

Commonwealth Department of the Interior and built c.1949. It is important as one of the largest buildings of its 

type and representative of a period during which the Department produced a number of well resolved 

Modernist exchanges including the earlier Russell Street Exchange. 



Other Studies 


Description 

A large European Modernist derived public building of four storeys in cream brick with a dark brown brick 

plinth to sill height. Massing is characteristic of the Modern Movement at the time, the bulk of the main 

building which is itself pierced by banks of steel framed windows, is defined by a parapet capping and 

recessed upper level with upturned eaves extending to the building line and by the presumed stairwell and lift 

core at the west end. This element has vertical emphasis in contrast with the horizontal effect of the main 

windows and its impact is heightened by the narrow continuous vertical windows on two sides. The down 

pipes are also design elements springing from shaped rainwater heads. Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

In 1940, there were three lots of vacant land on the north side of Inkerman Street between Inkerman Grove 

and St. Kilda Road. They became the site of the St. Kilda Telephone Exchange managed by the P.M.G. 

Department c.1949. 



Greeves St 

Inkerman St 

Market St 



St Kilda Rd 


37

4. Building settlements, towns and cities. 4.2 Supplying urban services. 7. 

Governing. 7.5 Developing administrative structures and authorities 



Scheme. 

References 

Sands and McDougall Directories: 1939, 1947-50, 1962, 1974. 


MMBW litho plan no.45.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Shops and dwellings 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 




The shops with upper level dwellings at nos. 77-79 Inkerman Street, St. Kilda, were built in 1887 for Eliza 

Dixon as an investment. They are historically and aesthetically important (Criteria A and E) as prominent late 

Victorian buildings adding diversity to the streetscape in their immediate vicinity. 



Other Studies 

Inkerman St 

A prominent late Victorian two storeyed corner block of two shops with dwellings above. The shops are 

stuccoed and pilastrated with Corinthian capitals beneath the upper level frieze and cornice. The parapet is at 

present without urns and there is a pediment over the corner splay. The rear section is of overpainted face 

brick on a bluestone plinth. The original shop fronts remain with some alteration. 

Condition: Sound. 

Integrity: Medium, verandahs removed. 

History 

The south east corner of Inkerman and Market Streets was vacant in 1879. The land had a frontage of 28 

feet to Inkerman Street and was owned by H.R. Harwood. It had an NAV of six pounds. 

By 1885, James Dixon had purchased the block. It subsequently passed to Eliza Dixon, who built two brick 

shops on the site in 1887. Each shop had four rooms and an NAV of 40 pounds. The corner shop was 

leased to John Tilley, a grocer and the second shop to Thomas Cayley, a bootmaker. 

Margaret Cayley had taken over tenancy of the second shop by 1890. She operated a dressmaking 

Market St 

St Kilda Rd 




38

usiness. At the time, the corner shop was let to William Marden and John Falconer who were painters. 

The corner shop returned to a grocery store by the turn of the century and continued as such in 1920 when 

Leonard Mortimer was in residence. The second shop was let to Thomas Nest who operated a small goods 

business. The property was in the hands of the executors of Mrs Dixon at the time and was described as 

'brick', the corner shop with 5 rooms and the second with 6 rooms. The NAVs were 70 and 34 pounds 

respectively. 


3. Developing local, regional and national economies. 3.18. Marketing and retailing. 



Scheme. 

References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1880-90, 1895-6, 1900-01, 1920-21, 

VPRS 8816/P1, PROV. 


J.E.S.Vardy, “Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda”, c.1873, South/1.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Elmar Flats 

Unknown 

290A Inkerman St 

ST. KILDA 


Elmar Flats in Inkerman St, St Kilda, are significant because: 

- they are a well preserved example of Moderne style inter-war flat design (Criterion D2) , 

- it is also a building type and of an era which epitomises St Kilda and the growth of public and private transport 

networks in the suburb (Criterion A4). 



Other Studies 

This is a Moderne style symmetrically composed two storey block of flats, with a tiled hipped roof and 

patterned face brick walls. Bricks used include clinkers as the body brick and salt-glazed manganese as the 

streamline bands; the name is spelt out in simple wrought-iron outline, set off the face of the wall. Typically 

the central element in the street façade is the stairwell which has curved edges and a stepped motif in basrelief 

above the entry. Windows are generally paired and timber framed with horizontal mullions to promote 

the streamlining effect of the style. Parking is at the rear accessed by a drive on the west side. 

The flats are currently being renovated and a high brick-pier fence is being erected at the frontage. 

Condition: good (partially disturbed, well preserved) 

Integrity: substantially intact/some intrusions 

Lambert 



Context: Set beside a church and opposite an early house, both sited on the corner. 

Chusan St 

Gr 

Hotham St 

Inkerman St 




2275

History 

These four flats, each containing four rooms, were first rated in 1940-1 as owned by the Uralla Estate Co. 

care of 16 Wills St, Gardener { RB}. Later a Mr FW Higgins was named in rate books, care of the Uralla 

Estate Co. Early occupiers included Leon Kinsman, a bricklayer; Bruce Lylle, painter; Arthur Simmelmann, 

tailor; and Jacob Safron, an engineer. The flats were built in an era of growth of public and private transport 

networks in the suburb, allowing location of speculative medium density housing (flats) along major transport 

routes. 


Making suburbs 


G Butler, Port Phillip Heritage Review, Version 3, 2001 



References 

VPRO St Kilda Municipal Rate Book (RB) VPRS 8816, P1 North Ward; 

Longmire, A. 1989 `The Show Must Go On': 316-18 checked;


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

unknown 

Terrace 

unknown 



Comment 



This building, with an arcaded ground floor, is a very unusual type of terrace for St. Kilda. Equally this type is 

not common in Melbourne's southern suburbs. It is surrounded by various other residential buildings, built 

either at the end of last century or early in this century, which together form the Inkerman Street (at Chapel 

Street) conservation area. 






Other Studies 

History 



unknown 


Chapel St 




Queen St 

Inkerman St 

Camden St 

King St 



Linton St 


Evelyn St 

339

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Shops and dwellings 

unknown 






The row of five shops at nos. 268-76 Inkerman Street, St. Kilda East was built for Dr. Ray in 1880. They are 

important as a prominent surviving development of the period imparting architectural diversity and a sense of 

history to the immediate environs. 



Other Studies 

A row of five late Victorian stuccoed shops with round arched windows linked by an impost mould and having 

a plain cornice and parapet, the upper levels being subdivided by party walls and coupled volutes at cornice 

level. Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium, verandahs replaced, shopfront windows replaced. 

History 

Leslie and Prentice Streets had been formed by the early 1870’s and the land subdivided to allow for more 

intensive development than the surrounding allotments. The area had been partially developed although the 

land facing Inkerman Street between Leslie and Prentice Streets was vacant and formed part of the grounds 

of a house occupied by J. Ewing. In 1880, these grounds were subdivided. Doctor Ray owned the five 

allotments facing Inkerman Street and in that year, he built five brick shops with dwellings. Each dwelling 

had four rooms. Ray leased the shops to Alexander Allison (a baker), P.E. Matthews (a chemist), two shops 

to people named Wright and Reardon and Evelyn Reynolds (a grocer). The corner shops were rated higher 

than the three between them. The NAV's ranged from 30 to 50 pounds. 

Ray had died by 1884 but the executors of his estate retained the properties and continued to lease them at 

the turn of the century. At that time, the shops were let to William Fairley (a baker), Annie Brown (costumier), 

Leslie St 

Prentice St 

Inkerman St 

Balston St 



Chusan St 


34

Mary Bryce (a fancy goods dealer) and Kate Fontaine (a grocer). One shop was vacant. The street numbers 

were 358 to 366 and the NAVs ranged from 18 to 30 pounds. 


3. Developing local, regional and national economies. 3.18. Marketing and retailing. 



Scheme. 

References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1880-86, 1889-91, 1899-1900. VPRS 2335, PROV. 



J.E.S.Vardy, “Plan of the Borough of St. Kilda”, c.1873, North/7.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 

290 Inkerman St, 71 Hotham St 





The attached pair of houses at nos. 290 Inkerman Street and 71 Hotham Street, St. Kilda East, were built by 

the contractor Albert Lambert in 1913. They are aesthetically important as representative buildings of their 

period imparting character to their locale on account of their exposure at this important intersection in the 

Municipality. 



Other Studies 

Inkerman St 

A large attached pair of Federation period houses in bi-chrome brick with dominant terra cotta tiled roof, 

chimney stacks, gablet and ridge cresting. The façade treatment consists of projecting wings with half 

timbered gable ends and arched ladder framed friezes to the verandahs with turned timber posts, the corner 

verandah overlooking the street intersection having a raised section with the rising sun motif in the gable end. 

There is a porthole window and tiles to the verandah floors. Condition: Sound. Integrity: High. 

History 

At Crown land sales S.J.T.Von Geyer purchased portion 157B which extended from the north west corner of 

Inkerman and Hotham Streets and comprised about 4.5 acres. 

Albert Lambert, a contractor of Inkerman Street, purchased the corner block of Hotham and Inkerman Streets 

c.1910. The land had a frontage of 66 feet to Hotham Street and an NAV of 15 pounds. 

Lambert subdivided the land to form two blocks, one facing Hotham Street and the other Inkerman Street. He 

built a brick house on each block in 1913. The Inkerman Street house became Lambert’s residence. It had 

Hotham St 




35

seven rooms and an NAV of 60 pounds. At the time, the house had the street number 380. The Hotham 

Street house had five rooms and was leased by Lambert to Leslie Watt. 





Scheme. 

References 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1910-16. VPRS 8816/P1, PROV. 


Parish Plan of Prahran, Borough of St. Kilda. SVL 820 bje.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Houses 


EAST ST KILDA 


The three houses at 316-320 Inkerman Street are a row of almost identical single storey Victorian blockfronted 

timber villas with asymmetrical facades incorporating canted bay windows and ornate verandahs. 


The three houses are of historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Historically, the three houses are representative of the speculative residential development that occurred 

during the prosperous Boom period of the late 1880s. This phase of development, while widespread in 

Melbourne’s inner suburbs, was much less common in this part of St Kilda, where settlement east of 

Alexandra Street was typically characterised by large nineteenth century mansion estates that were finally 

subdivided during the inter-War period. These three houses are thus significant as an isolated remnant of this 

phase of development, and one of the most easterly. Aesthetically, the houses are fine and intact examples of 

the type of Italianate villas favoured by the middle classes at that time, characterised by block-fronted facades 

with eaves brackets and ornate verandah detailing. 


Other Studies 

New citation 



Description 






These three adjacent properties are occupied by single-storey double-fronted block-fronted Victorian timber 

villas of almost identical form. The asymmetrical frontages have canted bay windows to one side, and 

verandahs with timber posts either stop-chamfered (No 316), plain square (No 318) or turned (No 320), and 

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wrought iron lacework friezes. The houses have hipped roofs, variously clad in slate (No 316), corrugated 

galvanized steel (No 318) or cement tile (No 320). The houses retain decorative eaves brackets, timber 

panelled front doors and timber-framed double-hung sash windows with moulded external architraves. All 

three have timber picket fences which, if not original, are sympathetic in style. 

History 

The rate book for 1888 (dated 12 December 1887) indicates that one George Godfrey owned 100 feet of 

vacant land on the corner of Inkerman Street and Alexandra Street, with a net annual value of £30. The 

following year, the rate book records three new houses on the site, apparently owned by a Mr Pain, an agent, 

and described as one four roomed timber house and two seven-roomed timber houses, each with a net 

annual value of £50. A scribbled amendment to the rate book indicates that the vacant houses later became 

occupied by Messrs Costello, Greenwood and Roach. By the mid-1890s, the three houses were identified as 

Nos 428, 430 and 432 Inkerman Street; at that time, the middle house, owned by Derham & Darvy, was 

vacant, while the two others, both owned by Keogh & Allard, were occupied by Ernest Castello, a commercial 

agent, and Frederick H Lilly, a commercial traveller. By the turn of the century, Nos 430 and 432 were both 

owned by W H Allard, occupied respectively by Charles Bird and Henry Bascomb, with No 428 being owned 

and occupied by James Morris, a barber. At that time, all three houses were described as seven-roomed 

timber dwellings, with net annual values, respectively, of £26, £25 and £35. 


Comparative Analysis 

Examination of MMBW maps, prepared around the turn of the century, show that residential settlement in 

East St Kilda was quite dense to the west of the railway line, but became increasingly sparse as distance 

increased further east. Indeed, to the east of Hotham Street, residential settlement was restricted almost 

entirely to substantial Victorian mansion estates on vast allotments. Speculative subdivisions of detached 

double-fronted timber or masonry villas, which proliferated in many of Melbourne’s suburbs in the 1880s, were 

somewhat less common in East St Kilda. The MMBW maps certainly indicate entire streets of such villas, 

namely The Avenue, Gourlay Street and Grosvenor Street, Balaclava. Most of their houses, however, were 

demolished in the post-war period, and these particular streets now consist overwhelmingly of multi-storey 

blocks of flats, with only a few Boom-era villas surviving – and invariably in a much altered condition. 

Further east, on the other side of Hotham Street, there was a row of ten Victorian villas on the south side of 

Cardigan Street but this, too, has since been largely obliterated by post-war flat development, with only two 

houses (Nos 9 and 11) still remaining. Comparable housing on the east and west sides of Alexandra Street 

and the north side of Inkerman Street have also largely disappeared, so that the groups of three adjacent 

houses at 316-320 Inkerman Street, and around the corner at No 31-35 Alexandra Street, can be considered 

as the most intact and the most prominently-sited surviving evidence of this phase of settlement in the local 

area. Some similar housing still survives in nearby Empress Street, but this is actually located outside the 

municipality, in the City of Glen Eira. 



References 

Sands & McDougall Directory: 1890s. 

St. Kilda Rate Books: 1887-1900. PROV.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Brookes Jetty 

unknown 

Jacka Boulevard 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

This small jetty is of significance as an important scenic element on the St Kilda foreshore. The maritime 

character of the structure is enhanced by its timber construction. 


Jetty and stormwater outfall 





Other Studies 

History 



unknown 






References 

None 

Cavell St 

Shakespeare Gr 

Marine Pde 


2036

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Monument 

Captain Cook Memorial 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

Category Monument 


This monument, donated by St Kilda resident Andrew Stenhouse, is of local significance as one a small group 

of monuments grouped in an area originally coherently landscaped under the direction of the St Kilda 

Foreshore Committee. The monument has social significance in reflecting in its subject matter the emergent 

nationalism of the Federation period. 



Other Studies 

A classically inspired granite pier supports a bronze statue of Captain Cook. The statue is a replica of a statue 

at Cook's birthplace in Whitby, England, by Sir John Tweed, RA. The statue was donated by Andrew 

Stenhouse, a resident of Beaconsfield Parade who, in cooperation with the St Kilda Foreshore Committee, 

donated a number of other structures for the use of St Kilda residents. The statue was unveiled in the 

presence of State and local dignitaries by Governor Arthur Stanley on December 7, 1914. 

History 



unknown 


Lower Esplanade 

Upper 

Esplanade 

Pollington St 

Victoria St 



Alfred 


Sq 

2027




Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning 

Scheme Victorian Heritage Register 

References 

NOTES 

J.B. Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda', vol. 2, p.230.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Catani Arch 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

The Catani Arch and surrounding landscaping, together with the former Pavilion Tea Rooms (now Stoke 

House Restaurant) are of importance as a fine example of beachfront landscape design of the late Federation 

period and as part of a distinguished overall scheme of foreshore land reclamation and landscaping 

undertaken under the guidance of Carlo Catani of the Foreshore Committee. The arch itself is in an intact 

condition, though the surrounding landscape is in poor condition and has been subject to alterations to steps, 

paths and embankments which have detracted from the area's significance. The play equipment to the north 

end of the lawns is a particularly visually intrusive addition. 


Other Studies 



Footbridge 

Original owner: St Kilda City Council 


Designer Foreshore Committee 


The Catani Arch and surrounding landscape is part of an overall scheme of landscaping and land reclamation 

undertaken by the Foreshore Committee in 1916. The original design was a delightful example of late 

Federation landscaping. A tall earth embankment landscaped with lava rock, clipped hedging and grass was 

constructed between the beach and an expansive picnic lawn. The bank formed a sheltering windbreak and 

visually divided passive picnic activities from the more actively used beach. A promenade along the top of the 

embankment allowed views to both areas, and passed across the Catani Arch. This promenade was 

accessed at various points by stairs and sloping paths. At picnic lawn level, the Arch provided a dramatic 

entrance through the embankment onto the beach. 

Esplanade 

Jacka 

Blvd 

Robe St 




Cavell St 

2032

The embankment also provided access, via bridges, to the upper deck of The Pavilion Tea Rooms, and the 

space around the Tea Rooms at the bottom of the bank was densely planted with hedging and palms. This 

rather romantic setting appears to have been enormously popular: photographs in Cooper's History of St Kilda 

(opposite p.43) show an area thronging with holiday makers. 

Today, the area is sadly degraded. The heavy modification of the Tea Rooms, removal of large parts of the 

original embankment, intrusion of new play equipment upon the picnic lawns and carparking upon the eastern 

areas together with the deterioration of the formal plantings, lawns, grassed banks, steps, paths and edgings, 

have virtually destroyed the intent of the original design. 

History 



unknown 






References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

former bandstand 

Former Bandstand 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

This remnant is of local significance as one of a small collection of structures and monuments that reflect the 

original character of the Foreshore as an entertainment and recreational venue in the 1930s. The musical 

notes and treble clef motifs to the corners of the structure contribute to its character. 






Other Studies 

History 



unknown 





References 

Lower 

Upper Esplanade 

Esplanade 




Pollington St 

2030

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Obelisks 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

These pylons are significant as the only surviving remnants of a foreshore redevelopment scheme undertaken 

by eminent American architect Walter Burley Griffin. 


Other Studies 


Description 

Style : Art Deco 

Obelisks 

These obelisks are the remnants of a Foreshore Redevelopment scheme undertaken by Walter Burley Griffin. 

They are among his last works in Australia and are contemporary with the great Incinerator designs 

constructed in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The distinctive vertical profiling of these 

obelisks reflects the character of these late designs. 

History 



unknown 



Marine Pde 

Cavell St 





Designer W.B. Griffin & E.M. Nichols 


2035





References 

NOTES 

Listed in Peter Y Navaretti, Àn Inventory of Successful Commissions and Projects Designed While in 

Practice in Australia', in `Walter Burley Griffin, A Re-View', exhibition catalogue, Monash University Gallery, 

1988.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Sali Cleve Drinking Fountain 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 

This drinking fountain is of local significance as one of a small collection of monuments and memorials in a 

coherent landscaped area, developed between 1906 and the 1930s by the Foreshore Committee. It is of 

individual significance as one of St Kilda's most delightful follies and as a beautifully crafted object in its own 

right. 


Style : Beaux Arts 

Monument, drinking fountain 

This fountain was donated to the people of St Kilda by Sali Cleve, a resident of St Kilda. He was also 

responsible for assisting in the development of the small park at the junction of Beaconsfield Parade and 

Fitzroy Street, which was later named after him. 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Lower Esplanade 

Upper 

Esplanade 

Pollington St 

Victoria St 



Alfred 


Sq 

2029




Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning 

Scheme Victorian Heritage Register 

References 

J.B. Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda', volume 2, p. 152.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Former sea baths 

St Kilda Baths 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 


Designer St Kilda City Engineers 

This building is of significance as a type: it is a remnant of one of only a few structures built in Australia to 

function as a sea baths complex, and, of these, was in its heyday among the largest of this type in Australia. It 

is the last in a line of sea baths for which St Kilda was famous in the nineteenth century and into the twentieth 

century, and represents a culmination of this type of complex in Victoria. It forms part of a collection of 

structures on Jacka Boulevard which reflect the use of St Kilda as Melbourne's prime seaside and recreational 

resort in the first half of this century. The building itself is an excellent example of resort architecture of the 

period. Its Moorish domes form a highly characteristic landmark on the Foreshore. 



Other Studies 

This building was constructed to replace a series of privately owned enclosed sea baths acquired by the St 

Kilda City Council during the 1910s and 20s, most of which dated from the 19th century. The building was part 

of an overall scheme by the Council to improve bathing facilities on the St Kilda foreshore, but by the time the 

building was completed in the early 1930s, the concept of enclosed sea baths was largely outmoded. Bathers 

preferred to use the Council's Open Sea Bathing Pavilions built as part of the scheme and the baths, the 

largest of their type to be built in Australia, were never as successful as had been originally envisaged. Like 

the beach pavilions, they were leased to private operators. 

The buildings were designed in a Moorish style by the City Engineer's Department, matching the general style 

Lower 

Upper Esplanade 

Esplanade 



Victoria St 


Alfred Sq 

2031

established by Luna Park and the Palais. The structure was of reinforced concrete, and the building provided 

generous accommodation including separate men's and women's baths and gymnasiums, a main cafe, open 

air cafe, kitchen, servery and retiring rooms. Hot sea water baths were also provided, along with sunbathing 

balconies. 

The decline of the baths started during the Second World War when maintenance workers for the St Kilda 

City Council were seconded to war time duties, and public facilities fell into disrepair. By 1954 the baths were 

largely derelict, and the Council closed them down. The Council's interest in the property was then sold to a 

private company, South Pacific Holdings, which proposed to restore the women's baths, the hot sea baths 

and the cafe, and build a still water pool and remove the remains of the men's baths. The pool was reopened 

in October 1956, but the tradition established by the Foreshore Committee of leasing property to private 

operators and using the proceeds for beautification projects did not work in the case of the difficult to maintain 

baths building. The building continued to decline, with various nightclubs and a health club occupying the 

remnants of the structure. A bid to demolish the building was made in 1980, which failed for reasons related 

to the lease of the building. 

History 



unknown 






References 

NOTES 

J.B. Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda', vol. 2, p. 225.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 


War Memorial 

History 

The Cenotaph 

unknown 


ST. KILDA 



Comment 

This memorial is of local social significance, reflecting the St Kilda Communities response to the trauma of the 

First World War. It is a representative example of war memorial design derived from the idiom of British War 

Graves Commission architect Edwin Lutyens. 




Designer G.H. Alsop 


Other Studies 



unknown 




References 


Acland St 

Fitzroy St 




2028

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

The Stoke House 

Pavilion Tea Rooms 

30 Jacka Boulevard 

ST. KILDA 


This building was constructed as The Pavilion Tea Rooms in 1916 as part of the land reclamation and 

landscaping undertaken by the Foreshore Committee. It is of significance as an integral part of this scheme, 

and as a rare surviving catering facility of the period. In its original form the building demonstrated a 

sophisticated relationship to the surrounding embankments and lawn, and was finely detailed in the Federation 

Queen Anne style, however the building has since been heavily modified in a way which detracts from its 

original character. 


Style : Queen Anne 

Two storey restaurant, former pavilion. 





Other Studies 

This timber pavilion was constructed in 1916 as a municipal tea rooms and appears in an excellent 

photograph of the late 1920s in Cooper (opposite p. 43). It formed part of an overall scheme of landscaping 

and land reclamation undertaken under the guidance of Carlo Catani of the Foreshore Committee. The 

building was cleverly devised with an upper level deck, covered by a slate hipped roof and completely open at 

the sides. This area, which commanded views over the bay and adjacent lawns, was used for the service of 

tea and refreshments. Bridges provided access to the deck from raised, landscaped embankments on each 

side of the building, and the pavilion and the embankments together enclosed the foreshore lawns to the 

north. Kiosks in the ground floor of the building served the visitors to the lawns. 

Marine Pde 

Cavell St 





2033

The building was originally built with the terracotta ridge crestings, decorative timber fretwork and proportions 

of the Federation Queen Anne style. However over the years the roof has been replaced with corrugated iron, 

all the original timberwork was removed and the structure extended to its present, rather ungainly size. The 

surrounding landscape, including the access embankments to the east and west, has been removed. 

History 



unknown 






References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Former bathing pavillion 

Bathing Pavilion 

40 Jacka Boulevard 

ST. KILDA 


This building is of significance as one of a series of pavilions which, together with the St Kilda Baths building, 

represent part of a comprehensive scheme undertaken by the St Kilda City Council during the late 1920s and 

1930s to provide both open sea and enclosed bathing facilities on the St Kilda Foreshore. These new 

reinforced concrete buildings replaced various privately owned bathing facilities, many dating from the 

nineteenth century, which were progressively bought up by the council in the 1920s. They were provided both 

to improve the availability of facilities to the public and to beautify and unify the appearance of the foreshore, 

complementing the work of the St Kilda Foreshore Committee. Together they represent an intact group of 

public buildings constructed at the time the foreshore was at its peak of development and popularity. This 

building is of significance for reflecting past patterns of usage of the St Kilda Foreshore and as one of three 

identical pavilions, of which only this and the Beaconsfield Parade Pavilion survive. The building has been 

substantially altered to create a restaurant complex, however the basic form and materials of the original 

building survive. 


Style: Mediterranean 

Restaurant, former bathing pavilion 

Builder: T R and L Cockram 





Other Studies 


This building was originally one of three Open Sea Bathing Houses built in 1928 by the St Kilda City Council. 

These were of identical design and located at Beaconsfield Parade (West Beach) Marine Parade and at 

Marine Pde 




Cavell St 2034

Elwood. The Elwood pavilion was demolished in 1971. 

The pavilions each contained facilities for male and female bathers, including showers, toilets, administrative 

facilities and a store. They were built in response to public pressure for improved facilities for open sea 

bathing, and replaced a series of privately operated shelters and sea baths which were progressively bought 

up by the Council during the 1920s. The buildings are in an Interwar Mediterranean style, marked by the use 

of classical elements such as Roman Doric columns and exaggerated eaves bracketing, and the terracotta 

roofs. 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

J.B. Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda', vol. 2, pp.223-224.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Lyon Court" 

unknown 

5 Jackson St 

ST. KILDA 

A fine example of apartment design showing some debt to the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. Particular 

elements of note are the balance between the brick piers and the horizontal projection in the central bay, the 

arched entrance, the infill panels of textured tiles and the banding at top and bottom of the corner piers on both 

floors of the central bay (echoed on the chimney tops). The balconies have been glazed, detracting somewhat 

from the original effect of the facade. 




History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Fitzroy St 

Acland St 






Jackson St 

HO5 


2037

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Bungalow court 

History 

"Bungalow Court" 

unknown 

27-29 Jackson St 

ST. KILDA 

A highly intact example of the rare bungalow flat type, here in a Mediterranean style. Significant features 

include the articulation of the facades, with each entrance expressed by a recessed porch supported on its 

external corner by a Tuscan column. The pattern applied to the rendered facades is highly unusual, imitating 

the projecting pointing of random stone walls. The garden character of the complex, with the central walkway 

landscaped with suitably scaled shrubs and lawns and window boxes, has been maintained intact. 






Other Studies 



unknown 


Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 

Jackson St 






HO5 

Jackson St 


2038

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Bungalow court 

History 

Enfield Court 

unknown 

45 Jackson St 

ST. KILDA 

Enfield Court is an important example of the bungalow court flat design concept introduced to Melbourne by 

architect J. Gawler.(1) Each of the units is relatively small and the central open space of a more typical design 

of this type has been omitted due to the side access available through the corner location. Each unit is 

expressed by its own recessed entrance porch and a picturesque character is given to the complex by the 

series of prow windows capped by shingled bulkheads and the rough textured render finish to the external 

walls. The complex is well preserved, however the shingles and render have been unsympathetically painted. 






Designer J. Gawler? 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Jackson St 

Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 



HO5 

Grey St 


2039


References 

NOTES 

(1) T. Sawyer, `Residential Flats in Melbourne', research report, Dept of Architecture and Building, University 

of Melbourne, 1982.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Wattle House" 

unknown 

53 Jackson St 

ST. KILDA 


Designer Samuel Jackson 

Wattle House's association with Samuel Jackson places historical importance on the building as does the 

early date of its construction. It is a substantial prefabricated timber house and still retains some original 

Morewood and Rogers iron roof tiles. In addition it is an interesting and picturesque Gothic design. 



Other Studies 

Wattle House was erected by Victoria's first architect, Samuel Jackson c.1850 from prefabricated materials 

transported from England. Jackson had moved to St Kilda in 1845 and Wattle House, when built, stood on 

two hundred acres of his land. The two storey, timber residence originally contained eight rooms and its steep 

pitched, many gabled roof was covered with iron roof tiles, some of which remain. Decorative timber barge 

boards and stained glass window bays impart a Gothic character. The building has since been used as a 

school for young ladies, one of the first of its kind in Australia and is now a boarding house. 

Intactness 

An addition has been made at the rear of Wattle House, for tenant accommodation and comprises thirty 

letting rooms. 

History 




Jackson St 


Fitzroy St 

Jackson St 

Enfield St 

Grey St 




207

unknown 







References 

'Herald', 8 September 1978. 

Davison G. (ed),' Melbourne on Foot', p. 130-1, Melbourne, 1980. 

National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Research Notes.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Duplexes 

unknown 

2-4 and 6-8 Jervois St 


A well preserved complex of a pair of duplex residences from the 1930s, one with hipped projections and the 

other with gabled projections. The decorative use of clinker bricks, so characteristic of the period, is well 

demonstrated on the main facades. 



Description 


Duplexes 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 

Incorporated within the Hammerdale Av Precinct. 





part of the Hammerdale Precinct. 

Raglan St 

Alma Rd 

Hammerdale Av 



Westbury St 

HO387 

Westbury Gv 


2040

References 

East St Kilda Heritage Study 2004


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 



History 

unknown 

17 Johnson St 


A well preserved block of apartments with a somewhat foreboding street elevation that contrasts markedly with 

the pleasant landscaped entrance courtyard on the east side. This contrast is enhanced by the building's 

change in scale from three storeys to two storeys as the viewer moves from the street to the courtyard via a 

discrete side gateway. The original surviving garage doors and the play of balcony and chimney projections on 

the street elevation are notable features. 








Other Studies 



unknown 

Pilley St 

Johnson St 

Dandenong Road 



None 

Hotham St 


2041

References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Houses 

unknown 

24-30 John Street 

ELWOOD 



Comment 

Significance 




The houses at 24-30 John Street comprise a row of four virtually identical late Victorian detached doublefronted 

timber villas, with block-fronted symmetrical facades, hipped roofs, canted bay windows and timberframed 

verandahs. These houses are the remnants of row of six villas erected during 1889-89 by George 

Glasscock, builder. 


The houses are of historical, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip 


Historically, the houses at 24-30 John Street provides rare evidence of the dense but somewhat limited phase 

of residential development that occurred in Elwood during the prosperous Boom period of the 1880s, 

concentrated in the relatively small area bounded by Mitford Street, Clarke Street/Mason Avenue, Brighton 

Road and Scott Street. As a contiguous row of four virtually identical houses, they demonstrate the 

speculative nature of Boom-period development in a more cohesive fashion than the generally scattered and 

isolated individual villas that otherwise remain in the area. 

Architecturally, the house are significant as representative and notably intact examples of the double-fronted 

symmetrical timber villa, which is a relatively rare type amongst the surviving late nineteenth-century building 

stock in this part of Elwood. Aesthetically, the houses are individually significant for their fine and intact 

decorative detailing, and, collectively, for their prominent streetscape presence. 



Other Studies 

New citation 





2333

Description 

The houses at 24-30 John Street comprise a row of four virtually identical late Victorian detached doublefronted 

timber villas. Each has a block-fronted façade, imitating rusticated stonework but without the vertical 

joints. Hipped roofs are clad in corrugated galvanized steel, with bracketed eaves, and all houses but No 30 

retain a pair of rendered chimneys with moulded caps. Facades are balanced but not actually symmetrical, 

comprising a central doorway flanked on the left side by a canted bay window, and on the other by a 

conventional rectangular window. All openings have moulded timber architraves; door cases have highlight 

and sidelight windows, while Nos 24 and 26 retain original (or sympathetic) four-panel timber doors. All 

verandahs are hipped, with stop-chamfered timber posts; the house at No 24 has a reproduction cast iron 

lacework frieze while the others have timber slat friezes with fretwork brackets. 

History 

This site formed part of an unnamed 63-lot estate bounded by Mitford, Southey, John and Clarke streets, 

gazetted in June 1885. The first four houses in John Street (later Nos 4-10) had been built by the end of 

1887, as recorded in the 1888 rate book (dated 12 December 1887). Within a year, another five houses had 

been built, described in the 1889 rate book (dated 26 November 1888) as five-roomed wood dwellings (one 

listed as ‘unfinished’) each valued at £28, and owned by G Glasscock. All were vacant at the time of the rate 

assessment, although the barely legible names of occupants were added later, comprising a labourer, draper, 

carter, compositor and carpenter. The Sands & McDougall Directory for 1889 simply listed “six vacant 

houses” in John Street; the corresponding rate book (dated January 1890) confirms that a sixth house had 

indeed been built. All six houses were then owned by Dalley, agent, and were valued at £30 each. 

The six houses, initially listed in directories as Nos 1 to 6, were occupied gradually over the next few years: 

the 1891 directory lists William Goodall at No 5, Sydney Penny at No 6, and the remaining four as ‘vacant’. 

The next year, Nos 1 and 4 became occupied, respectively, by E H Wood and Frederick Hancock, with Mrs J 

Britten, dressmaker, moving into No 6. By 1893, all six houses were occupied, their addresses now 

designated as 18 to 28 John Street. In the mid 1890s, Nos 22 and 24 (formerly 3 and 4) were again vacant, 

although Nos 26 (formerly 5) and 28 (formerly 6) still remained occupied by William Goodall and Mrs Britten. 

John Street was re-numbered again in the 1920s, and Nos 18-28 became Nos 20-30. The two examples at 

the eastern end, Nos 20 and 22, were demolished in the post-war period for new dwellings. 


There are relatively few rows of late nineteenth century detached housing in Elwood. This is not simply due to 

the fact that such development was not particularly extensive at the time, but also because many of these 

early houses were subsequently demolished for multi-storey blocks of flats during the twentieth century. The 

MMBW maps (c.1897) show rows of detached villas along both sides of Hotham Grove, Byron Street, Scott 

Street and Rainsford Street. Some of these such as the south side of Byron Street, west of Tennyson Street) 

have entirely vanished, while most of the others have simply lost their cohesion through the infiltration of 

replacement buildings, leaving only a few isolated (and often much-altered) Victorian villas in a twentieth 

century streetscape. As a cohesive row, the four symmetrical villas in John Street (itself a remnant of a longer 

strip of six dwellings) are most comparable to the five asymmetrical timber villas at 20-28 Moore Street (part 

of a proposed heritage precinct). Individually, the houses can be compared to the relatively few surviving 

single specimens of symmetrical timber villas in the area, such as 10 John Street, 1 and 17 Clarke Street, 2 

and 12 Hotham Grove. These, however, tend to be less distinguished and/or less intact examples. 




References 

Lodged Plan No 788, dated 12 June 1885. 

City of St Kilda Rate Books. South Ward. 

Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Terrace Houses 

unknown 



Comment 

27-35 Kerferd Rd 


27-35 Kerferd Road are of significance as a very finely detailed terrace row that remain substantially intact as 

designed by Walter Scott Law. The fences and paths to the front gardens are integral to the significance of 

the row. 



Date of Construction: 1882-1892 (1) 

Architect: Walter Scott Law (2) 


Herbert St 

Kerferd Rd 


Designer Walter Scott Law 


Other Studies 

Built in stages between 1882 and 1892, this row has an opulence of design that would be expected both by 

the 1880s and by their designer, Walter Scott Law. Stepped to follow the line of the street, the houses are 

varied in their designs, being reflected about the central, towered house. Although quite low, the pedimented 

tower dominates the composition of the row. Each house has a two storeyed verandah with cast iron 

outstanding in its design and variety and each has the design quirk of a small pediment at second floor level, 

again decorated with cast iron. The verandahs to Nos. 31 and 33 both retain some of their decoration 

between the two levels. The facades behind are distinctive for the encaustic tiles set in bands across them. 

The retention of some of the original ogee guttering decorated with lions masks is a great enhancement to the 

building, as are the retention of all the encaustic tile verandah floors and front paths and the cast iron front 

and side fences. 

Young St 




1039

History 



unknown 






References 

1 M. Lewis, University of Melbourne 

2 ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 


House 

unknown 



Comment 

121 Kerferd Rd 




121 Kerferd Road is of significance as a house built in the Edwardian period that is a bold and successful 

departure from the norm at that period. The side facades remaining without windows pierced into them, are 

integral to the significance. 



Other Studies 

This red brick and render Edwardian house is most distinctive for its terrace-like form and it stands in great 

contrast to the far more common hip roofed buildings of the period. The side walls are sheer planes of red 

brick and end in stepped side parapets. The façade has a very controlled asymmetry, projecting at one side, 

recessed on the other, appearing quite playful compared with the rigid effect of the side walls. The façade 

also has Arts and Crafts motifs such as the heart-shaped decoration in the railings and the half-timbering in 

the small dormer roof. 

History 



unknown 


Kerferd Rd 

Page St 

Neville St 



Richardson St 

HO3 


Boyd St 

1017





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Description 

House 

unknown 



Comment 

Significance 

143 Kerferd Rd 


143 Kerferd Road is of significance as a substantially intact house, fairly typical to the late Victorian/Edwardian 

period but set apart by the most distinctive tower. The tower is a notable departure from the Victorian 

Italianate towers common in Melbourne and it acts as a clear reminder of the proximity of this building and the 

municipality generally, to the sea. The body of the house is also of significance for its intact detailing that 

combines elements common to both the Victorian and Edwardian periods. 




Architect: Christian Hansen (2) 


Danks St 

Kerferd Rd 


Designer Christian Hansen 


Other Studies 

Page St 



By 1875 the Emerald Hill Council had moved to survey, resume and sell, land west of the railway line as far as 

the foreshore in the Middle Park area (3). The land on the south side of Kerferd Road between Page and 

Little Page Streets was owned and occupied by one George Hamilton until 1902 (4) when the land was further 

subdivided and Christian Hansen, an architect (5), purchased the block on the eastern corner (6). Hansen 

built this house soon after and he occupied it until at least 1910 (7). 

Architecturally it is an oddity that both reflects the period in which it was built and its proximity to the sea. It is 

dominated by the tapering octagonal tower with its four small dormer windows and is one of a surprisingly few 

number of towers built by the sea in South Melbourne. It also contrasts with most as nearly all the other 

examples are Victorian Italianate in their styling. The tower completes a trio of strong elements up the 

HO3 

Boyd St 


1013

façade: the pediment to the front verandah, the large dormer gable and the tower. The house below has 

rendered walls with Italianate brackets to the eaves line, while the verandah is typical of the late- 

Victorian/early Edwardian period, with stop-chamfered columns decorated by a regimented cast iron frieze 

and the pediment at its centre with timber brackets and frieze. The whole is not in a good state of repair, 

however remains substantially intact, including the encaustic tiles to the path and verandah and most of the 

joinery, roof slats and terracotta ridge tiles. 

History 



unknown 





References 

1 The first listing of the property in the Sands and McDougall Melbourne Directory is in 1902. 

Prior to this date the land had not been sub-divided. 

2 Sands and McDougall Melbourne Directory, 1902. Verbal Communication with Dr Miles Lewis, 

University of Melbourne 

3 A. Lemon, ‘South Melbourne Urban Conservation Study: Chronology of Major Events’, 1986 

4 Sands and McDougall …, loc.cit. 

5 Hansen was previously living in Dundas Place, South Melbourne, Sands and McDougall…, op.cit., 

1901 

6 Sands and McDougall …, op.cit., 1902 

7 Sands and McDougall …, op.cit., 1910


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

MacRobertson Girls' High School 

unknown 

Kings Way 



The MacRobertson Girls' School is of significance as the successful entry in a design competition for the 

design of a school on this site, as one of the first examples of modernist architecture in Melbourne and for 

remaining in a substantially intact state. It is also of significance for its associations with Sir MacPherson 

Robinson. 


Original Use: MacRobertson Girls' High School 

Construction: 1934(1) 

Architect: Norman Hugh Seabrook(2) 

Kings Way 



Other Studies 

Designer Norman Hugh Seabrook 

Sir MacPherson Robinson the noted philanthropist and Melbourne chocolate maker, donated £100,000 to the 

State Government, ear-marking £40,000 for building a girls' school(3). The recipient of this gift was the 

Melbourne Girls' High School who moved into their newly built premises on the north-eastern corner of Albert 

Park in 1934(4). 

A competition was called for design of the school, which was won by Norman Seabrook of Seabrook and 

Fildes. Its design was a radical departure from the norm in educational buildings up until that date, so much 

so that Robin Boyd was able to write about it in 1947. This was the first time that many Melbourne people 

noticed a modern building, the first modern school in Victoria and probably the first and only time a practical 

architectural competition has been won with a modern design. It had a wide flowing plan, big classrooms and 

a cream and blue brick exterior treatment after the Dudok manner(5). 

Albert Rd 

Bowen 

Queens Rd 



Cr 


1112

The building was officially opened by the Duke of Gloucester in March 1934(6) and the first principal was 

Miss M. Hutton(7). 

History 



unknown 







References 

1. Architects Index, University of Melbourne 

2. ibid. 

3. MacRobertson Girls' High School, 'The School Bell', July 1960, held in South Melbourne Local 

History collection LH 126 

4. ibid. 

5. R. Boyd, 'Victorian Modern', p. 28 

6. ibid. 

7. MacRobertson Girls'..., loc.cit.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Restaurant 

Dwellings 

328 Kings Way 


Map corrected 




The pair of attached houses at no. 328 Kings Way, South Melbourne, was erected by the builder, Robert 

Howard, in 1890. It is important as a survivor in an area recently almost totally redeveloped for offices, whilst 

the mansard treatment to the uppermost floor creating a third floor is unusual (Criterion B). The building's 

connection with Robert Howard, a known speculative builder during the Boom period, is of interest. 



Other Studies 




A three storeyed late Victorian Boom style pair of former houses distinguished by their decoration and 

mansard roof with pedimented dormers. The party wall ends have flutes, incised decoration with wreaths 

and unusual terminating acanthus leaves. The former drawing rooms have bayed windows with round 

arches. Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium, roof materials replaced with steel tray decking and 

inappropriate fascia treatment. 

History 

There was a large swamp covering much of the area between Moray Street and St. Kilda Road in 1866. It 

was subsequently drained and filled and streets were formed including Roy Street, later Hanna Street and 

now Kings Way. 

The development on the south side of Roy Street between Palmerston Crescent and Albert Road consisted 

initially of small houses, many of them wood. In 1887, John Dand, a plumber, owned one of these properties 

described as a four roomed wood house which he leased to Philip Townsend, an artist. Adjacent was a 

vacant lot also owned by Dand. It had a frontage of 15 feet to Roy Street. 

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In 1888, Robert Howard, a builder, purchased the house and land from Dand. In 1890, Howard demolished 

the wood house and built a pair of two storeyed houses on the two allotments. They were described as brick, 

six rooms, NAV 50 pounds. Robert Hay Howard (1852-?) had worked as a builder in Sydney before arriving 

in Melbourne c.1885. Here he undertook "a quantity of work in Melbourne and its immediate vicinity" whilst 

stair building was "a great specialty" (Sutherland, A., "Victoria and its Metropolis Past and Present" 

Melbourne, 1888, v.2, p. 643.) 

Like many other builders at the time, it is likely Howard was unable to meet his investment commitments as in 

1891, the E S & A Bank acquired the freehold of the properties. In that year, one of the houses was let to 

John Cook, a labourer and the other house was vacant. 

In 1900, the Bank leased the houses to Gilbert Ruthven, an engineer, and John Fraser, a gentleman. The 

properties by then, were described as brick, nine rooms, NAV 24 pounds. The street numbers at the time 

were 40 and 42. 





Scheme. 

References 

South Melbourne Rate Books: 1887-93, 1900-01, 1920-21. VPRS 2332 

and 8264, PROV. 

MMBW litho plan no.21, dated 17.7.1894. 

Cox, “Hobson Bay and River Yarra”, 1866. SLV, Map Section.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

"Kinglsey Court" 

unknown 

4-6 Kingsley St 

ELWOOD 

Constructed late 1920's 


Comment 

Two identical, mirror image blocks of flats, separated by a central driveway leading to rear garages, and linked 

by an ornamental archway at the front. A fine, intact example of this relatively rare type. The complex is well 

detailed with mild references to the Old English style and Classical details. 



Two storey multi-block walkup flats 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 




References 

Pine Ave 


Foam St 

Ormond Rd 

Kingsley St 

Phillis 



St 


St Kilda St 2042

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

"Cromer Court" Flats 

unknown 

22-24 Kingsley Street 

ELWOOD 



Comment 

Significance 

New citation 






Cromer Court at 22-24 Kingsley Street, Elwood, is a development of 14 single-storey brick villa units, built in 

1940-41 by developer Arthur Gallagher and designed by his young son, Stuart, then an employee of Seabrook 

& Fildes. It comprises two rows of six semi-detached pairs, plus two single units, flanking a central common 

driveway leading to rear garages. The units are similar in form and scale but otherwise exhibit variety in 

detailing, materials and finishes. 


The flats are of architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Designer Stuart Gallagher (Seabrook & Fildes) 


Architecturally, the Cromer Court flats are significant as a rare example of inter-war residential units in a 

bungalow court development. While such clusters of villa units became ubiquitous from the 1950s onwards, 

they were uncommon in the 1920s and 30s, even in areas such as St Kilda and Elwood, where multi-unit 

dwellings proliferated. Amongst the very few recorded examples in the City of Port Phillip, Cromer Court 

stands out as the largest and the most intact. 

Architecturally, the units are also of interest for their connection with Seabrook & Fildes, one of Melbourne’s 

leading Modernist architectural firms of the late 1930s and early 1940s. 

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Aesthetically, the flats are significant as an intact collection of inter-war semi-detached dwellings, exhibiting 

cohesion in form, fabric and fenestration and variety in finishes (roughcast render, brick of various colours) and 

detailing (stringcourses, etc). The aesthetic qualities of the individual units are enhanced by their carefully 

considered siting, their intact context (viz original front fence and detached garages) and their landscaped 

setting.



Other Studies 

Description 

Cromer Court is an inter-war bungalow-court development on a large block, comprising 14 single-storeyed 

brick villa units, arranged as two rows of semi-detached pairs flanking a central common driveway, leading to 

rear garages. The unit pairs are similar in form, with hipped tiled roofs, symmetrical triple-fronted facades, 

side entry porches, and tripartite windows. They otherwise exhibit variety in materials, finishes and detailing, 

although some are simply mirror-reversed versions of others. Flats 1-2 and 8-9 are cream brick, with clinker 

brick dado and dark brick stringcourses, while flats 3-4 and 10-11 are entirely clinker brick, with multi-paned 

windows and decorative brickwork in a sub-Tudor Revival idiom. Flats 5-6 and 12-13 have face red brickwork 

with cream brick stringcourses, to the innermost bay, and a roughcast rendered finish to the flanking 

projecting bays. The two detached units (No 7 and 14) are expressed as individual double-fronted villas in 

clinker brick, with orange brick banding. 

The site has a red brick front fence with brown brick plinth and capping; driveway gate piers are set back 

behind small flower beds and bear the name CROMER COURT in metal lettering. The red-tinted cement 

driveway is flanked by grassed areas with silver birch trees, and leads to a detached four-car red brick garage 

at the rear, with a stepped parapet embellished with dog-toothed soldier bricks. Beyond are two detached two 

car garages, of more utilitarian form. The front two units (Nos 1 and 8) have their own attached garages, 

fronting the street 

History 

Erected in 1940-41, these flats were one of the last projects to be undertaken by investor and property 

developer Arthur Gallagher (1888-1946). They were designed by his teenaged son Stuart Gallagher (1923- 

65), who was employed in the office of Seabrook & Fildes, then one of Melbourne’s leading exponents of the 

progressive Moderne style. Named after Cromer, the Gallagher family home in Toorak, the flats were erected 

by M J Carroll, an East Brighton builder, who applied for his building permit on 27 August 1940. The 

completed flats first appeared in the Sands & McDougall Directory in 1942, but it was not until 1950 that 

individual tenants were listed: Leo Webster (No 1), Eric Kent (No 2), Lionel Gissing (No 3), Robert Taylor (No 

4), John Thompson (No 5), Arthur Spinks (No 6), Arthur Gallagher (No 7), John Mahoney (No 8), William 

Germon (No 10), Mrs S M Basto (No 11), Vernon Thurgood (No 12), John Davidson (No 13) and Sydney 

Francis (No 14). All of the tenants maintained the gardens around their respective flats, but it was John 

Mahoney at No 8 – a grocer by profession – who would be awarded first prize for his efforts in a garden 

competition. 


As an epicentre for apartment development from 1920 until the 1970s, Elwood has blocks of flats in many 

styles and types. During the inter-war period, the most frequent manifestation was in the form of conventional 

walk-up flats of two or three storeys. Blocks of flats in a courtyard development were less common (eg 

Kingsley Court, 4-6 Kingsley Street, c.1920s; Surrey Court, 71 Ormond Road, 1933), while courtyard 

developments of single-storey villa units were rarer still. These so-called Bungalow Court type was introduced 

to Melbourne in the 1920s by architect John Gawler, but they would not become popular until the post-war 

period. A few early examples are known to survive in St Kilda: Enfield Court, an 8-unit development at 46 

Jackson Street (attributed to Gawler) and two others at 96 Grey Street (4 units) and 27-29 Jackson Street (8 

units), both actually named Bungalow Court. Although later in date, Cromer Court in Elwood is more extensive 

than these, with 14 units. Within Elwood proper, Cromer Court as only two comparative examples: 

stylistically, it is similar to the cul-de-sac development of semi-detached inter-war housing in McCrae Street 

(c.1935) and, typologically, to the much later (but still atypical) courtyard development of 24 villa units at 2 

Southey Grove (1955). 



Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Schem 

References 

Telephone conversations with Mrs Doreen Gallagher, 23 and 27 March 2006. 

Terry Sawyer, ‘Residential Flats in Melbourne', research report, University of Melbourne (1982)


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 

40 Kingsley St 

ELWOOD 

One of the finest pieces of late 1980s domestic architecture in St Kilda, rivalled only by Allan Powell's 21 

Victoria Street. Its Architect, Rob Trinca, has produced a building whose planning, styling and construction is 

completely contemporary, and yet which fits perfectly Elwood's surrounding historical, physical and aesthetic 

context. The building is designed with an innovative mixture of materials neatly articulated into individual forms 

and capped by a wide overhanging flat roof. 


Style : Post Modern 


Original owner: Rob Trinca 

History 





Designer Rob Trinca 


Other Studies 



unknown 


Kingsley St 

Ormond Esp 

Joyce St 




St Kilda St 2043


References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

McAdam House: Lord Somers' Camp and Power House 

unknown 

Lakeside Drive 


'McAdam House' is of significance as a successful modernist building that makes a very positive contribution 

to the building stock that surrounds Albert Park lake through its visual impact and function. The substantially 

intact state of both the interior and exterior are integral to the significance. 


Original Use: Club Rooms 


Architect: Best Overend(2) 


Lakeside Dr 


Designer Best Overend 


Other Studies 

Beatrice St 

Lorne St 

The plaques in the front foyer of this building give a good insight into its background, supporters and 

objectives: "Lord Somers' Camp and Power House. Founded in 1929 by His Excellency, the Governor of 

Victoria, Lieut-Col Arthur Herbert Tennyson, Baron Somers, KCMG, DSO, MC. War Memorial Club House 

'Mc Adam House' opened on 20th March 1965 by The Right Hon. Finola, Lady Somers, CBE. To serve God, 

The Crown, and Fellow Men. Best Overend Arch's, J.F. & A.L Kibble Bldrs', '.. Dedicated on 23rd May by His 

Excellency, The Governor of Victoria, Major Gen. Sir Rohan Delacombe ..As a constant tribute to Cecil 

Gordon Mc Adam, Camp Chief, 1929-1954..' 

The building is a bold modernist structure that has a combination of cream clinker brick walls set within an 

expressed concrete frame. The roof is a series of repeating shallow barrel-vaulted forms clad in corrugated 

asbestos cement sheet and between it and the brickwork there are large expanses of glazed curtain walls. 

The entrance porch reflects the roof and has three tightly grouped concrete barrels vaults cantilevered out 

Queens Rd 




1143

from concrete wing walls. The interior remains substantially intact and includes finishes typical of the period 

such as the stone flagging in the entrance hall, parquet floors, open hardwood treads to the main stair 

coloured insets to the front curtain wall glazing and mosaic steps to the entrance. 

History 



unknown 






References 

1. Plaque in building gives date of official opening as 20 March 1965 

2. ibid.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence (Oberon) 

unknown 

2 Lambeth Place 

ST. KILDA 


Charnwood Cr 


Oberon is a distinctive and important timber portable house from the 1850's. Its planning and design is unlike 

any other portable building in Victoria and most probably Australia. The exterior exemplifies cottage design as 

illustrated in the pattern books of that time. The wide eaves and paired purlins are particularly characteristic. 

The angled head first floor windows are very unusual, as is the arrangement of the fine glazing bars within the 

sashes. Other features of note are the bracketed hoods to the ground floor front window and front door, the 

angled corners and the spruce vertical wall cladding. 


House proper and the old parts of the rear wing. 


Situated in a conservation area. 



Description 

Alma Pl Alma Rd 




Other Studies 


Henry Jennings, Solicitor(1). 


Late 1850's Robert Thomson(1); c. 864 Henry Trapp(3). 


Externally the roof is clad in terracotta tiles and the walls have a textured coating. Part of the western wall has 

been clad in sheets over the boards. The front door sidelights have been glazed in frosted glass. Internally the 

wall between the two main rooms has been largely removed. (The front room is the only one with a 19th 

Lambeth Pl 



Crimea St 

HO6 


Odessa St 

340

century cornice and architrave). Architraves, skirtings and doors date from early this century, as does the 

stair balustrade. There is a single storey addition at the rear of the main body and the old single storey rear 

wing housing the kitchen and so on has been rearranged and extended in part for a garage. 

DESCRIPTION 

This two storey timber portable house, is planned with two main rooms on the ground floor, one behind the 

other. The entry is to one side and contains the stair. Beneath the stair is a bathroom. The flat gabled roof is 

centred on the main rooms, extending down over the entry section. The first floor contains three rooms over 

the ground floor main rooms, with two very small rooms around the stair. The house is constructed apparently 

of very large studs on a bottom plate and is clad in caulked, spruce, tongue and groove vertical boards. 

Purlins are paired and exposed under the lining boards to the wide eaves. Evidently there are numerals 

painted on the ground floor joists. The species of timber used in the building indicates that it was 

manufactured in Europe. (For species used, see Other section below). The origins of the rear wing is not 

known, but various early materials suggest that it is early, if not original. 

CONDITION 

This house is in good condition. 

ORIGINAL USE 

Private residence. 

PRESENT USE 

Continuing use. 

PRESENT OWNER 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Miezis. 

OTHER 

Timber species used:- 

Bottom plate baltic pine (pinus sylvestris) 

Joist spruce (picea ?abies). 

Vertical 

timber cladding spruce (picea ?abies). 

Wall or floor 

floorboard spruce (picea ?abies). 

Window baltic pine (pinus sylvestris) 

(Mr. Yugo Ilic of the C.S.I.R.O. kindly undertook this analysis). 

History 

This building was constructed for Henry Jennings, Solicitor, in the 1850's (Predating the first St. Kilda Rate 

Book). The house was built to rent and in 1859 the occupant was Robert Thompson(1). He was followed by 

Henry Trapp, a civil servant, around 1864(3). 

When first rated, the building contained 8 rooms of wood and a stable(1). The annual value was £80(1). 


unknown 







References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St. Kilda Rate Books: 

1 . 1858/59 no. 705 Henry Jennings Solicitor, owner; Robert Thomson occupant; wood room and 

stable, £80 N. A. V. , 

2 . 1859/60 no. 794; 8 rooms wood and iron

3. 1864/65 no. 1176; Henry Trapp, civil service, occupant. 

4. M.M.B.W. Detail Plan no. 1363 - Appendix.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

"Tecoma" 

unknown 

18 Lansdowne Rd 



Designer W. Dunkerly Pty. Ltd. 

"Tecoma" at no. 18 Lansdowne Road, St. Kilda East was built in 1924 to the design of W. Dunkerley Pty. Ltd., 

architects and engineers. It is of aesthetic interest. This interest (Criterion E) lies in the survival of the building 

with unpainted rough cast surfaces, thereby demonstrating a once commonplace but now rare aspect of the 

character of houses of the period. 



Other Studies 

Dandenong Rd 

Hughenden Rd 

An unusual Bungalow residence enhanced by its unpainted stucco work and characterised by the sweeping 

Californian Bungalow tiled roof and massive piers to the unusual faceted flat roofed porch and pergola motif 

to the main room window. The appearance is relieved by clinker bricks and shingles to the side elevation 

window bay and central gablet with fixed louvre vents. 


Integrity: High, including garage at rear. 

History 

At Crown land sales, W. Green bought allotments 170A - B and 171A - B which comprised about 17 acres 

between Dandenong and Alma Roads. At the time of J.E.S. Vardy's survey of St Kilda in 1873, Lansdowne 

Road had not been formed. No.18 would later be built on part of lot 170A which at this time was vacant land 

owned by M. Benjamin. 

Lansdowne Road was formed by 1890, however it remained relatively undeveloped at the turn of the century. 

The land lot on the west side of the road that is now no.18 remained vacant in 1920. It was owned by 

Shirley Gr 


Penleigh Ct 

Murchison St 

Lansdowne Rd 




Wando 

Gr 

2101

Charlotte Bride who sold it in 1922 to the Caulfield merchant, Kevin Tuomy. At the time, the block had a 

frontage of 68 feet and an NAV of 39 pounds. Tuomy built a brick house to the design of the architectural and 

engineering firm W. Dunkerley Pty Ltd for his residence on this site in 1924. The design was for a house, a 

garage and fence. When completed the house had six rooms and an NAV of 110 pounds. 

Helen Fookes bought this property from Tuomy in 1927. By 1940, it had passed to Miss Winifred Fookes 

Barrow and by 1945, to Miss Freda Barrow who continued in residence in 1950. In 1963, Atlantic Steel 

Construction P/L owned the property and applied for a permit to make alterations to the house to convert it 

into two flats. The alterations which were carried out by the owner, included moving the front door forward 

and glassing in the front verandah. 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities: 4.1.2. Making suburbs (St. Kilda East). 




References 


Sands and McDougall directories: 1921, 1927, 1937, 1950. 



Parish plan, Prahran. SLV, 820 bje, St. Kilda and Elwood. 

City of Port Phillip, Building Permit No.57/2849, and Building Plan No.5316.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Flats 

Tregeare 





Designer Frank G. Richardson 

The flats at no. 26 Lansdowne Road, St. Kilda East, were built in 1935 to the design of architect Frank G. 

Richardson for a Mrs. Hamilton. They are aesthetically interesting. This interest (Criterion E) rests on their 

treatment of the then popular English Domestic Revival style in a reasonably convincing manner which 

contributes to the Lansdowne Road streetscape. 



Other Studies 

Murchison St 

Alma Rd 



Lansdowne Rd Hughenden Rd 


An English Domestic Revival flat development of the inter-war period having a prominent central projecting 

bay surmounting the street level garages with half timbering, rough cast and herring bone brickwork in the 

manner of the style. There is a terrace over the garages which are cut into the site, the approach driveway 

having retaining walls that are terminated as gate pillars to the fence and residential entry. The brickwork is 

generally clinkers with a red brick soldier course band, sills and window heads. The remainder of the 

complex is comparatively plain. 



History 

At Crown land sales, W. Green bought allotments 170A - B and 171A - B which comprised about 17 acres 

between Dandenong and Alma Roads. At the time of J.E.S. Vardy's survey of St.Kilda in 1873, Lansdowne 

Road had not been formed. No.26 would later be built on part of lot 171A which at this time was the Alma 

Road property of W.H. Brahe, subsequently owned by Sir Archibald Michie. By 1910, Dr.Thomas Bride had 

bought Michie's property which at that time was known as "Tregeare". During the next decade it was 

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subdivided and Murchison Street was formed. 

In 1922, Maurice David Moran, a contractor of Footscray bought the house that had been "Tregeare". It would 

appear from the Rate Books that Moran initially converted this house into three flats and later demolished it. 

He built a house for his residence at no.22 in 1924 and two more houses at nos.24 and 26. 

The land at no.26 was subsequently subdivided to form no.26a. The building permit (no.8990) was obtained 

on 2 August 1935 for the erection of a pair of flats to the design of architect Frank G. Richardson for Mrs. 

Hamilton at no.26a. They were brick with five rooms each and in 1936, were owned by Winifred Deborah Lee 

who lived on the premises at flat 1. Edward Dermody, an accountant lived in flat 2. At the time, the flats each 

had an NAV of 105 pounds. The property was in the hands of Lee's executors, c/o Union Trustees in 1950. 

The tenants then were Hilda Waite, a saleswoman at flat 1 and John Lindon Lee, a metallurgist at flat 2. 






References 





Parish plan, Prahran. SLV, 820 bje, St. Kilda and Elwood. 

City of Port Phillip, Building permit No.8990.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

House 

unknown 






The house at no. 40 Lansdowne Road, St. Kilda East, was built in 1926 for Mrs. M.A. Kitts. It is aesthetically 

important (Criterion E). This importance arises from the capacity of the design to ably demonstrate the twin 

influences of the English Arts and Crafts movement and the American Craftsman bungalow on the Melbourne 

suburban house of the 1920's. The selection of materials which imply a dependance on the hand of the 

craftsman as well as the popular cross ridged roof are key design elements. 



Other Studies 

Alma Rd 

Hertford St 

A picturesque two storeyed Arts and Crafts bungalow with rough cast walls and cross ridged roof and 

prominent gable ends accommodating attic floor windows. There is a circular corner window bay, a balancing 

curved window bay and a central porch carried on massive rough cast pillars. The windows have diamond 

pattern leadlight work and the roof has cement tiles. Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, includes rock fence 

with rough cast panels and capped piers in the Arts and Crafts mode and a reconstructed (?) "lych gate" with 

wrought iron gates. 

History 

This area was sold in Crown allotments of about three to five acres, the house at no.40 Lansdowne Road 

being part of the five acre allotment 172A which was purchased by J.W.Fawcett. The property known as 

“Hertford” was developed there. In 1920 it was the home of Miss Florence Officer. 

In the early 1920’s, the grounds of “Hertford” were subdivided and sold, lot 20 on the south west corner of 

Lansdowne Road and Hertford Street being sold to Mrs.Mary Ann Kitts. It had a frontage of 55 feet and an 

Lansdowne Rd 




Holroyd Av 

2166

NAV of 30 pounds. In 1926, Kitts built a brick house there for her residence. It had six rooms and an NAV of 

125 pounds. Kitts whose occupation was described as “home duties”, continued to live there in 1930. 







References 

St.Kilda Rate Books: 1925-31. VPRS 8816/P1, PROV. 

MMBW litho plan no.47, c.1935. 

Parish plan, Prahran. SLV, Map Section, St.Kilda and Elwood, 820 bje.


Identifier “Caversham” 

Formerly unknown 

Heritage Precinct Overlay HO403 

Heritage Overlay(s) None 

Address 7 Lawson St 

ELWOOD 




Amendment C54 

Comment Incorporated within the Addison Street/ Milton Street Precinct 

Significance (Mapped as a Significant heritage property.) 

2044 

Though not a large house itself, `Caversham' is a dominant presence in the surrounding streets of its 

quiet residential locality. It is a simple, timber attic villa with an uncomplicated, steeply pitched roof, set 

beside a charming old-fashioned orchard garden. The garden is unusually sited on the street corner and 

is bounded by its original crimped wire and timber fence. Their combined effect brings a quaintly rural 

flavour and a strong local identity to this obscure corner of St Kilda. 



Other Studies 

Description 

Style : Arts and Crafts Attic villa 

History 

see Description


unknown 





References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Description 

Houses 

unknown 



Comment 

Significance 

5-8 Layfield St 



5-8 Layfield Street is of significance as a substantially intact terrace row built within the Emerald Hill Estate and 

styled to be in keeping with the Town Hall. The configuration of the buildings hard onto the pavement is 

unusual to Melbourne and the unpainted state of the render enhances the significance of the building. The 

rear of the buildings are not integral to their significance. 



Date of Construction: 1888-1891 (1) 

Architect: possibly Sydney W. Smith (2) 

Dorcas St 


Designer Sydney W. Smith? 


Other Studies 

James Perrins, a brewer, was the first owner of this row of four terrace houses (3) built, in what was then 

known as Post Office Place, between 1888 (4) and1891 (5). Perrins himself never occupied any of the 

buildings but let to a number of tenants including one Elizabeth Carpenter and Dr Charles Stewart in 1888 and 

Joseph Edmonds, a merchant, in 1891 (6). 

The terrace row remained in the hands of the Perrins family until 1898 when it was sold to F.G. Major (7). A 

public auction in 1973 resulted in the property being purchased by the City of South Melbourne. The buildings 

now form a part of the Emerald Hill Conservation Area (8). 

These two storeyed rendered terraces are built hard onto the line of the pavement. Their facades are 

decorated with tripartite windows at ground floor level, while at first floor level the windows are each decorated 

Fishley St 

Layfield St 

Bank St 



HO3 


Clarendon St 

1029

with a cast iron balconette. All the windows have rendered hood mouldings and the parapet remains intact 

above. The façade has remained in an unpainted state and it is possible that the parapet was once decorated 

with urns. The rear has been substantially altered. 

History 



unknown 







References 

1 National Trust of Aust. (Vic.), ‘Research into 5-8 Layfield Street …’ 

2 Smith, an architect, was the Town Surveyor responsible for the Emerald Hill redevelopment during 

the 1870s-1880s and designed some of its buildings. It is possible, therefore, that he had a hand in 

this particular building 

3 National Trust of Aust. (Vic.), loc.cit. 


5 ibid., 1891/92 

6 National Trust of Aust. (Vic.), loc.cit. 

7 ibid. 

8 'The Heritage of Australia', p.3/78-79


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

"Del Marie" Flats 

unknown 

4 Leonard's Avenue 

ST. KILDA 


The Del Marie Flats provide a significant example of early modern architecture as applied to residential flats in 

St Kilda. In addition to the purity of style demonstrated, the dominance of flats in St Kilda, place importance on 

this type of building. The flats are enhanced by the palm tree in the front garden. 




Description 

Acland St 

Eildon Rd 




Designer S.W. Hall 

Church Sq 

St Leonards Av 


Other Studies 




The Del Marie flats were erected in St Leonards Avenue, St Kilda in 1938. The severe, streamlined three 

storey building shows the extreme influence of early modern architecture in its use of simple, unadorned 

surfaces, strips of windows and curved corners and projecting balconies. Walls are rendered to give a 

uniform appearance and the roof is concealed behind the plain horizontal parapet. Void, or strips of window, 

alternate with solid to form the facades of the Del Marie Flats and corners continue to curve towards the rear 

of the building. 

Intactness 

The Del Marie flats are substantially intact. 


HO5 


221

History 



unknown 




References 

References 

Sands and McDougall Directories, 1937-8 

Nigel Lewis & Associates, St Kilda Conservation Study, Area One, Final report, 1982


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Freemasons Hall 

unknown 

110-112 Liardet St 



The Freemasons Hall is of local significance. The building is historically significant, having strong 

associations with freemasonry in Port Melbourne, dating from the 1850s, since its construction in 1917. The 

distinctive facade is notable for its combination of prominent square corner pylons flanking arched central 

window and pediment, and idiosyncratic details such as the Corinthian columns supporting spheres. 



SUB-THEME: Public Halls 

Masonic Halls 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Port Melbourne Freemasons Lodge 




BUILDING TYPE: Masonic Hall 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Federation Free Style 


ARCHITECT/ENGINEER:F.J. Brearley and C.E. Merrett 

BUILDER: Swanson Brothers 


Designer F.J. Brearley and C.E. Merrett 


Other Studies 


The Freemasons Hall is of rendered masonry construction and has a distinctive front elevation with square 

Bay St 

Liardet St 

Lyons St 



HO1 


Esplanade West 

661

pylon-like towers at the corners enclosing a curved pediment. Below the central pediment is a large 

Diocletian window, comprising an arched opening divided into three lights by heavy square section rendered 

mullions. The window has a moulded archivolt and large keystone and a moulded sill with Greek fret 

decoration. The central ground floor entrance has a shallow projecting triangular pediment supported on 

console brackets. Above this pediment is a pair of tapering square Corinthian pilasters on piers supporting 

gold-painted spheres in front of the mullions to the Diocletian window. Their symbolism, if any, is not known. 

The corner pylons have recessed panels to the centres of the front and side faces, rising to set-back 

pediment like terminations at the top of the towers. The main body of the hall to the rear is of utilitarian 

design, and comprises a simple gabled box with rendered walls. 


The distinctive design of the Freemasons Hall appears to differ from that of other early twentieth century 

suburban Masonic halls. The prevailing style of such halls appears to have been broadly Classical Revival, 

ranging from the domed and pedimented academic style of the Ivalda Masonic Temple, Salisbury Avenue, 

Ivanhoe to the heavy mausoleum-like Sorrento Masonic Lodge by C. Askew, 1929, all contrasting with the 

form of the Port Melbourne Freemasons Hall. Elements of the design such as the pylon-like towers and the 

arched window and pediment appear to derive from the pre-World War I Federation Freestyle and 

Romanesque Revival style. Paired towers, emphasised to varying extents, were a feature of a number of 

Federation Freestyle buildings, including the pavilions to the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, and the 

house at 43 Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy, as were large arched windows. The Egyptian associations of the 

twin pylon form, relating distantly to the Temple of Amun, Karnak, and elements such as the spheres 

supported on Corinthian columns, may have symbolic associations with the Freemasonry movement. The 

form of the building relates also to the considerably later Palais Theatre, St Kilda (Henry E. White, 1927). 

History 

The original Freemasons Hall was constructed at 18 Stokes Street in 1858. Despite the addition of a second 

storey in 1874, by 1912, the Port Melbourne Lodge had decided that the building was too small. Land was 

subsequently purchased in Liardet Street, and the new building was opened in April 1917. (1). 

The honorary architects of the Freemasons hall, C.E. Merrett and F.J. Brearley, were both Freemasons. 

Claude Ernest Merrett, born in 1879, was articled to the architect Percy Oakden and became an associate of 

the RVIA in 1911. From 1912 until his death in July 1930, he was valuer to the Credit Foncier Department of 

the State Savings Bank of Victoria, the department of the Bank which provided loans for construction of 

houses to Bank designs. (2) Little is known about Frederick J. Brearley. He appears to have been active as 

an architect, with a general practice, designing houses and other buildings, during the 1890s and early 1900s. 

(3) 


Lodges and societies were important facets of the social, economic and intellectual life in the Australian 

colonies in the nineteenth century, as well as performing an important role as private welfare agencies. 

Freemasonry was always strong in Port Melbourne, with the Sandridge Freemasons Lodge being established 

in 1858. This building and the original Lodge at 18 Stokes Street (q.v.) still survive. 





References 

1. N. Turnbull and N. U'Ren. 'A History of Port Melbourne'. p. 62 

2. Obituary of C.E. Merrett. 'RVIA Journal'. September 1930. p. 108. 

3. Tender notices in the Miles Lewis Architecture Index.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Community Centre 

Temperance Hall 

146 Liardet St 



The former Temperance Hall is of local significance. The building is historically significant, being associated 

with the Temperance movement in the suburb of Port Melbourne. The size and elaboration of the building is 

typical of Temperance halls elsewhere and in a general sense demonstrates the strength of the movement in 

the nineteenth century. Although altered at ground floor level, the building is architecturally distinctive for its 

giant order pilasters. 



SUB-THEME: Public halls 


Individual Character (Individual, 70-90% original 


BUILDING TYPE: Former Temperance Hall 






Other Studies 


The former Temperance Hall is a two storey building of rendered masonry construction with main elevations 

to both Liardet and Nott Streets. There is a single storey wing to the east, along Liardet Street, probably of 

nineteenth century construction but considerably altered. The two storey block is designed in Renaissance 

Nott St 

Farrell St 

Liardet St 



HO1 

Lalor St 


Bay St 

663

Revival style, with giant-order Corinthian pilasters supporting a deep entablature and dentilled cornice. The 

upper floor windows have moulded architraves, flat moulded hoods supported on console brackets and 

bracketed moulded sills. Decorative swags below the hood moulds remain on the Liardet Street elevation. 

The ground floor window sills have been lowered, and all original detail has been stripped off. The entrance 

has also been altered recently, with a tiled surround and canopy added, and the building has been extended 

to the rear. 


Large numbers of halls were constructed in the nineteenth century by a range of religious groups, friendly 

societies and mechanics' institutes to provide venues for meetings and social and educational facilities. 

Comparable with the former Port Melbourne Temperance Hall are the former Temperance Hall, 199-207 

Napier Street, South Melbourne (1888), the former Freemasons' Hall, 254-6 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne 

(1876) and the former Hibernian Hall, 316 Church Street, Richmond (1872). All of these buildings adopt a 

Renaissance Revival style, both of the South Melbourne buildings having represented trabeated structures of 

pilasters supporting entablatures. The Richmond Hibernian Hall is in the Renaissance palazzo style, with 

rusticated ground floor. The former Port Melbourne Temperance Hall differs from these examples and most 

other nineteenth century halls in having monumental giant order Ionic pilasters running the full height of the 

building. 

History 

This building was constructed in 1872 as the Port Melbourne Temperance Hall. By the late 1890s, however, it 

was no longer being used for this purpose. (1) In the twentieth century, instead, the building was used mainly 

as a Sunday School, with other activities held in the building including socials and dances. The building has 

also been used as a meeting-place for local teenagers. 

The former Temperance Hall was renovated in 1990 for use as a Community Centre. (2) 


Temperance interests established themselves in Port Melbourne in the late nineteenth century, but it was 

many years before the movement had any real impact on the suburb. (3) When the Victorian Government's 

Licensing Reduction Board looked at the situation in Port Melbourne in the early twentieth century, it was 

prepared to make only limited allowance for the hotel-keepers' arguments that visitors from overseas 

disembarked at the piers, and that they required accommodation locally. The Board de-licensed 18 hotels in 

the period up to 1916. Few of these de-licensed hotel buildings survive today. 

This building has a long history as a community meeting place. 





References 

1. Sands and McDougall Melbourne Directory, 1899. 

2. 'They Can Carry Me Out'. p. 46. 

3. ibid. p. 46.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Library (former Fire Station) 

Fire Station 




The former Port Melbourne fire station is of local significance. The substantially intact facade is a rare and 

distinctive example of the Queen Anne style applied to fire stations, the other main example being the 1892 

Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne (Smith and Johnson, in association with Lloyd Tayler and Fitts, 

architects). The stylistic similarity suggests that the same architects may have designed the Port Melbourne 

Fire Station. The significance of the place is compromised by the replacement of the original fire station 

building behind the façade. 


Jacobs Lewis Vines, Port Melbourne Conservation Study, 1979 

Description 

PRINCIPAL THEME: Infrastructure 

SUB-THEME: Fire stations 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Metropolitan Fire Board 

CURRENT OWNER: City of Port Phillip 




BUILDING TYPE: Fire station 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Federation Anglo-Dutch 

PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Brick 

Liardet St 

Nott St Farrell St 




Other Studies 


The former fire station is designed in the Anglo-Dutch Queen Anne style, with a Dutch gable rising above the 

Lalor St 

Heritage Precinct Overlay HO1 


Bay St 


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central breakfront and rendered cornice and parapet. The walls are constructed of dark red-brown brick, with 

lighter red brick quoining to the corners and quoining and arches to the door and window jambs and heads. 

The windows have segmental arched openings with rendered hood moulds and keystones and moulded sills. 

The upper sashes are multi-paned. The semi-elliptical brick arched former vehicle entrance is now enclosed 

internally. At cornice level above the centre window is a small broken segmental pediment supporting a large 

moulded render shield within the brick Dutch gable. The gable has moulded render cappings and is topped 

by a segmental pediment similar to, but smaller than, the lower pediment. The brick chimneys have rendered 

cornices. The building behind the façade is recent. 


Few nineteenth century fire stations appear to survive in Victoria, the main known examples being those at 

Ballarat and the Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne (1892, Smith and Johnson in association with Lloyd 

Tayler and Fitts). The Eastern Hill Fire Station is also designed in the Anglo-Dutch Queen Anne style, and the 

stylistic similarity suggests that the same architects could have designed the Port Melbourne Fire Station. 

History 

This building occupies a part of Section 8 [of the Township of Sandridge] which was initially reserved as a 

'General Market'. However after 1860 and before 1878 Allotments 18, 19 and 20 were subdivided and sold, 

and Allotment 19 purchased by F. McDonnell. (1) 

[Jacobs Lewis Vines. Port Melbourne Conservation Study] 

In 1890, municipal fire brigades were abolished and replaced by the Metropolitan Fire Board, under the 

auspices of which a new brigade was formed at Port Melbourne. Plans for a new station were drawn up in 

1892, and the building was officially opened on 13 February 1893. (2) 


unknown 





References 

1. Map of Sandridge. 1878 

2. N. Turnbull and N. U'Ren. 'A History of Port Melbourne'. p. 175.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 




192 Liardet Street is of local significance. Prominently located on a corner site and substantially intact, this 

house is a representative example of the transitional style from the Victorian timber houses typical of Port 

Melbourne to the early twentieth century Federation and Queen Anne styles. 


PRINCIPAL THEME: Residence 

SUB-THEME: Federation weatherboard villa 

ORIGINAL OWNER: Anthony Rogers 





BUILDING TYPE: Federation weatherboard villa 

ORIGINAL RESIDENTIAL Private residence 

USE TYPE: 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Federation Bungalow 

PRINCIPAL MATERIAL: Timber 

Princes St 

Stokes St 






Other Studies 

Liardet St 



192 Liardet Street is a single-storey timber-framed house built in a transitional style incorporating typically 

Victorian elements but reflecting overall the influence of the Federation villa style. The high pitched roof, 

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covered with glazed terra cotta Marseilles pattern tiles, is hipped with high level gablets and a transverse 

ridge. The roof extends down over the front verandah, with separate hips to each end of the verandah and a 

central front-facing gable. The gable infill is jettied out and half-timbered. The verandah, which extends out to 

the property line, is supported on turned timber posts and has Edwardian pattern cast iron balustrade panels 

and brackets, and a frieze of turned bobbins. The front wall of the house is clad with timber block fronting to 

imitate ashlar, while the other elevations are weatherboarded. On each side of the central front door are 

paired casement windows. The chimneys are of red brick construction with bands of roughcast render and 

terra cotta pots. 


192 Liardet Street exemplifies a transitional type which occurs in other suburbs such as Prahran, Richmond, 

Northcote and Brunswick. In Port Melbourne, it can be compared with other transitional style houses, 

including Creswick House, 139 Bridge Street (q.v.) and Emerald House, 165 Station Street (q.v.), both twostorey 

brick houses, and with the single storey Queen Anne style houses at 351 Princes Street (q.v.) and 135 

Station Street (q.v.). These houses display similar transitional characteristics and have similar Federation 

Style features such as hipped roofs with front-facing minor gables and timber-posted verandahs. In 

comparison with these houses, 192 Liardet Street is unusual for its siting with the verandah extending out to 

the street line and for its extensive use of late-pattern cast iron. 

History 

The house at 192 Liardet Street was constructed in 1896 by Anthony Rogers. The property consisted of a five 

roomed wood house and a stable, and was valued at £17. (1) 


This residence appears to have replaced an earlier timber cottage. Like many others in Port Melbourne in the 

late nineteenth century, the house combined a residence with a small business. Its occupant in 1896-7 was 

a milkman, James Edgar. Edgar subsequently converted the stable to a dairy. His wife, Bridget, was still 

renting the house and dairy in 1910-11. (2) 





References 


2. Port Melbourne rate book, 1910-11, no. 2628.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

House 

unknown 

19 Lindsay Street 

ELWOOD 



Comment 

Significance 


The house at 19 Lindsay Avenue is a double-storey flat-roofed orange brick building of volumetric form, 

enlivened with typical 1960s details including decorative brickwork panels, crazy paving and a Castlemaine 

slate feature wall. It was erected in 1963-64 by Ken Norman & Sons, a firm styled as ‘builders and designers’, 

for Frank Olah, a Hungarian émigré jeweller. 


The house is of aesthetic significance to the City of Port Phillip. 


Aesthetically, the house is a fine and intact example of contemporary residential design of the mid-1960s. 

Apparently designed by a local design/drafting firm rather than actual architects, the house is nevertheless a 

fine composition and evocative of its era: a large but compact dwelling of stark cubic form, enlivened by typical 

early 1960s details as decorative brickwork panels, Castlemaine slate and crazy paving, along with a highly 

distinctive window wall with multi-paned windows recalling Dutch de Stijl design. The house remains as a 

prominent and visually arresting element both in the Lindsay Avenue streetscape, and also when viewed from 

the adjacent parkland. 



Other Studies 

Description 





Designer Ken Norman & Sons 


2334 

The house at 19 Lindsay Avenue is a double-storey flat-roofed orange brick building of volumetric form. The 

double-fronted street façade is articulated by slightly projecting wing walls that enclose a wide and prominent

window wall, with a narrow recessed porch alongside. The former contains a geometric pattern of multipaned 

awning and fixed sash windows, evoking a de Stijl composition, with cantilevered louvred sunscreens 

to each floor. The wing wall alongside the adjacent porch is clad with Castlemaine slate; a short flight of 

curving crazy-paved steps leads up to the front door, set behind a metal grille screen door. An angled 

concrete slab shelters the entrance, and forms a small balcony at the first floor. The west elevation, 

overlooking the park, has a central recessed balcony to the upper floor. The large windows, to each side and 

below, are multi-paned in various geometric configurations similar to the street front. At the upper level, the 

extreme left edge of the wing wall is enlivened by an inset panel of stacked soldier bricks. Here, the flat roof 

has narrow eaves, lined with timber slates. An attached flat-roofed carport on this side of the house is 

accessed via the rear (Clarke Street). 

History 

This house was erected in 1963-64 for Hungarian émigré Ferenc “Frank” Olah, a local jeweller. Born in 

Nagykikinda, Hungary, in 1914; Olah married Erzsebet Burany in Yugoslavia in 1940, and had three 

daughters: Eva, Erszebet and Eszther. Olah, who worked in Europe as a watchmaker, migrated to Australia 

in 1957, sponsored by his brother-in-law, who had arrived eight years earlier. Initially residing in Ascot Vale, 

where Mrs Olah’s brother lived, Olah and his own brother, George, began business as Olah Bothers, 

manufacturing jewellers. In 1962, Olah and his wife became directors of the British Australian Cutlery 

Company, a firm of jewellers in Greeves Street, St Kilda, and its name was subsequently changed to Olah 

Chains Pty Ltd. 

When Olah became an Australian citizen in July 1963, he was living in a flat in Windsor. Within four months, 

he had engaged Ken Norman & Sons, builders and designers of St Kilda Road, to erect a “brick and brick 

veneer residence” in Lindsay Avenue, Elwood. This was listed as ‘house being built’ in the Sands & 

McDougall Directory for 1965-66. Olah and his wife became sole directors of their firm in 1970, and the 

registered office was relocated from Greeves Street to their new house. Olah was listed at that address until 

1987; his business folded two years later. 


Much of Elwood was subject to intensive apartment development in the 1960s, but the number of large 

detached dwellings built during that time was considerably less. With virtually no vacant land available by that 

stage, only a relatively small number of moneyed individuals could afford to purchase an existing pre-war 

dwelling, and raze it for a new house. Those who did so, moreover, could also afford to engage reputed 

architects to produce a high-quality design. With allotments in Elwood typically on the small side, owners who 

wanted a large house had to settle for compact double-storey dwellings, tightly planned and invariably of stark 

volumetric form. 

A complete survey of such houses in Elwood is beyond the scope of this study, but amongst the few 

examples that have been sighted are two fine double-storey brick houses, both clearly architect-designed. 

One, at 14 Burns Street, is a fine flat-roofed composition in orange brick, with twin garage doors to the ground 

floor, windows with distinctive staggered panes, and a matching brick front fence. Another, at 9 Byron Street, 

is in brown brick, with a balcony to the upper level enlivened by vertical fin-like elements. Both examples are 

currently located within existing or proposed heritage overlay precincts, both, moreover, designated as 

contributory elements for their individual aesthetic significance. 




References 

‘Olah Chains Pty Ltd’, Defunct Company Records, VPRS 932/P1, Unit 964. PRO. 

Dept of Immigration file on Ferenc Olah, MP1156/1. National Archives of Australia, Melbourne. 

Building permit records, dated 27 November 1963. City of Port Phillip.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Style : Old English 

Attic Villa 

History 

"Tudor Lodge" 

unknown 

2a Loch St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

A particularly intact attic style villa from the 1930s with fine facades incorporating a variety of decorative effects 

in roman tapestry brick. The front fence, garage and gates are contemporary with the home and contribute to 

the overall effect of the complex. 






Other Studies 



unknown 


Loch St 

West Beach Rd 






References 

Canterbury Rd 

Fitzroy St 

HO5 


2045

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

"Glamis Towers" 

unknown 

6 Loch St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 

The design opportunities afforded by building on restricted sites are well demonstrated in `Glamis Towers' 

where five apartments, each with its own individual entrance, are innovatively squeezed onto an allotment with 

a 33 feet frontage. The massing of the building comprises a series of rectangular forms grouped around the 

northern boundary that push forward towards the frontage. There they meet the street facade which then 

makes a dramatic curve to become the uninterrupted south wall of the building. This effect is further 

dramatised by the brickwork using tapestry and red clinker bricks to produce a series of narrow, raised bands 

across all elevations, and this building displays one of the finest examples of interwar detail brickwork in St 

Kilda. The facetted corner windows following the curve in the facade and the spatial sequence taking the visitor 

to the first floor apartment are notable individual features. The rear garden with its isolated bungalow is also of 

interest. The building is largely intact. 



Two storey walk-up Flats 

Builder: E.M. Jenkins 

Original owner: E.M. Jenkins 





Other Studies 

Canterbury Rd 

Fitzroy St 

Building Approval records at the St Kilda Council show that `Glamis Towers' was erected in 1940 by its 

owner/builder, E.M. Jenkins, (the drawings indicate that the building was built for Mrs E.M. Jenkins). The 

complex comprises four one bedroom apartments and one two bedroom apartment. Three of the one 

bedroom apartments are located in the ground floor of the main building facing onto Loch Street while the two 

Loch St 

West Beach Rd 



HO3 


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edroom apartment on the first floor enjoys a substantial roof balcony overlooking the rear garden. The fourth 

one bedroom apartment is located in a substantial outbuilding in this garden area. In 1947 and 1956 two 

sunrooms were added to the original roof terrace by the then owner, Colin Roberts, and it appears today that 

these additions, along with the original two bedroom apartment, have been converted into two separate 

dwellings. In addition, sensitive alterations to the rear outbuilding have upgraded the quality of the 

accommodation. The building is constructed in solid brickwork with the external facades faced in a variety of 

brickwork types and bonds. No architects name appears on the original working drawings. 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 

St K.C.C. building approval No. 10436 issued 14.12.39. St K.C.C. building approval No. U328 issued 28.4.47 

for additions. St K.C.C. building approval No. U2279 issued 1956 for further additions. St K.C.C. building 

approval No. 4012 issued 1.11.19 for pre-existing building.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

"Suva" 

unknown 

13 Loch St 

ST. KILDA 



Comment 

An interesting late Federation block of apartments with later additions made in 1926 to provide gallery access 

with open walkways to a wing of additional apartments. The first floor gallery is punctuated by small porches 

providing shelter to each apartment entrance. The later portions of the building are of a simpler design than the 

front, which was, in its original state, an early example of flat development with one flat located above another. 

The restrained Queen Anne style of the facade contributes to the character of the streetscape. 


Style : Queen Anne, Arts and Crafts 

Two storey walk-up Flats 

History 





Other Studies 



unknown 


Mary St 




Loch St 



HO3 


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References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 

23 Loch St 

ST. KILDA 

Constructed before 1893 


Comment 



This residence displays the exuberance of the late boom years in Melbourne and it is important that the 

cement render walls remain unpainted. 



Other Studies 

The residence at 23 Loch Street, St. Kilda was erected by 1893 and is now occupied by the St Kilda subbranch 

of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. The single storey rendered brick building is asymmetrical in plan with an 

entablature of festoons, rosettes and paired consoles above the verandah which continues round the front 

facade. A heavy cornice projects over this and the parapet above is balustraded. The rounded wing includes 

gable pediments over each arched, stained glass window and a semi-circular pediment appears at the angled 

corner. 

Intactness 

A spire which rose from the rounded wing, and parapet urns have been removed from the building. 

History 



unknown 


Park St 

York St 

Deakin St 

Loch St 



HO3 

Canterbury Rd 

Mary St 


209





References 

National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Research Notes. 

St Kilda Study, Investigation Project, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1979.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 


Significance 

Description 

Residence 

unknown 

33 Loch St 

ST. KILDA 


Comment 


The house at no. 33 Loch Street, St. Kilda, was built in 1906 for a clerk, John Piper. It is aesthetically important. 

It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) as a representative Post-Federation period villa in this part of St. Kilda, 

using materials and elements such as the curved window bay that are characteristic of other houses in Loch 

Street and the immediate environs. Its Arts and Crafts overtones seen generally but most notably in the central 

vestibule and picturesque arrangement of the façade elements enhance this significance. 



Other Studies 

An overpainted red (?) brick and rough cast two storeyed Arts and Crafts influenced house with terra cotta 

tiled roofs and central vestibule surmounted by a balconette forming the central element of the façade. It is 

balanced by a curved window bay with faceted roof to one side and by the front verandah on the other. There 

are segmentally arched windows to the vestibule and verandah. Upstairs, double hung windows, a rough cast 

gable end with battened roof vent, corbelled parapet and raked eaves with exposed rafter ends are the 

principal elements giving expression to the Arts and Crafts mode. 

Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, overpainting, high front fence. 

History 

Deakin St 



Mary St 

The principal features of this area in 1866 were its swamps, an electric telegraph line and a military road now 

Beaconsfield Parade. No other roads existed and for the handful of buildings there it was a precarious 

existence as floods regularly occurred. 

Park St 

Park Lane 



Loch St 

HO3 


2193

By August 1873 when building allotments at West St.Kilda & Emerald Hill were surveyed a drain ran the 

length of Cowderoy Street and the north side of Park Street to the railway line was open land. With further 

drainage works it was subdivided in the early 1880s. Loch Street encompassed York Street at the time 

extended from Fitzroy Street to Fraser Street. Initially buildings were erected close to these extremities, the 

area from Deakin to Mary remaining undeveloped in 1890 . 

During the slump of the 1890s depression, many properties were forfeited to the banks which is perhaps how 

the Bank of NSW came by ownership of the vacant lot on which no. 33 Loch Street now stands. In 1905, it 

held two lots near Deakin Street each 33 feet wide, one of which it disposed of to John Piper . Piper, a clerk, 

built a brick house with six rooms for his residence there in 1906 , selling it to Marianne Bristow the following 

year . Bristow and her husband Walter, an ironmonger had several other Loch Street properties however they 

moved into no.39 (now no.33) and remained there for several years . 

By 1916, Jacob and Arthur Nathan had bought the house leasing it to tenants who over time included the 

book maker Abe Davis (1915), clerk Edward Peters (1916), manufacturer Ernest Boan (1920) and gentleman 

James Adam (1925) . By 1926, the property was in Arthur Nathan’s name. In that year he sold it to Mrs.A. 

Russell of St.Kilda who leased it to the surgeon William Davis . Davis subsequently bought the house for his 

residence where he continued in 1930 . 


4. Building settlements, towns and cities: 4.1.2. Making suburbs (St. Kilda). 





References 

St.Kilda Rate Books: 1905-10, 1910-11, 1915-16, 1920-21, 1925-26, 1930-31. 

MMBW litho plan no.35, dated c.1896 and 1935. 

Sands and McDougall Directory of Victoria, 1890.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Residence 

unknown 

4 Los Angeles Court 

RIPPONLEA 

This Spanish Mission style house is of architectural interest as well as part of the group of houses illustrating 

the variety of styles and types of housing at the time. Following the closure of Brunning's Nursery in 1926, the 

land was subdivided and these houses built, now forming a key part of the Los Angeles/Glen Eira Road 

conservation area. 



Albion St 

Brighton Rd 


Los Angeles Ct 

Maryville St 




Designer Schreiber and Jorgensen 


Other Studies 

Monkstadt 


1984 

Description 



Original owner: C.J.Nankervis 



Architects Schreiber and Jorgensen designed this building for C.J. Nankervis. Given the two sets of drawings 

and the severe economic depression at the time, construction may not have taken place immediately after 

granting of the building permit. From the end of 1929 till the middle of 1932, only one other house was built in 

the street (no. 2 in 1931), whereas three houses were built in 1932. 


HO7 

Av 

341

History 



unknown 





References 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 7800, granted 11/8/1930, includes two sets of drawings.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Significance 

"Besanoo" 

unknown 



Comment 


RIPPONLEA 

`Besanoo' is architecturally the most refined example among the important group of residences in Los Angeles 

Court and Monkstadt Ave. These streets were part of the Brunning's Nursery subdivision, opened 1926, which 

contains a large and significant collection of houses displaying a diverse range of the fashionable styles of the 

ensuing decade. Though stylistically quite conservative for its time, `Besanoo' stands apart for its elegant 

composition and its fine detail design. Its most outstanding feature is its terra cotta shingle roof, which 

gracefully unifies the attic villa's complex plan form. The use of the finer scaled shingles is relatively 

uncommon in Melbourne, and the way they have been laid to form seamless junctions between roof planes at 

some points, even rarer. Other features of note include the shingled attic gable, the elegant colonnade of the 

verandah, and the rhythmic array of well proportioned window bays. The building appears to be very intact, 

except for its painted finishes, which, though sympathetic, seem not to be original. The low brick front fence 

and the arched side gate appear to be slightly later additions. Though inferior in quality to the house, they are 

compatible in period and style with the general architecture of the street. 



1984 

Description 

Attic villa 

Builder: L.S.Nicholls 

Original owner: Rose L. Marshall 

Albion St 

Brighton Rd 



Maryville St 




Designer H. Geoffrey Bottoms 


Other Studies 

Monkstadt 


The builder L.S. Nicholls built a number of houses in the `Brunning's Nursery' subdivision (ref also 15 Los 

Angeles Ct, 17 Monkstadt Ave). Of these, `Besanoo' is the finest. It was designed by the architect H. Geoffrey 

HO7 

Av 

342

Bottoms, and though stylistically quite conventional for its time, it achieves a degree of elegance and refined 

proportion rarely attained in this idiom. Its most outstanding feature is its sweeping terra cotta shingled roof. In 

plan, the roof form is quite complex, incorporating irregular changes of direction, semi-circular bays and an 

attic storey gable: these have all been integrated with elegant simplicity. At some points, the seamless 

transition from one roof plane to another is most unusual. The finer scale of the terra cotta shingles lends a 

sense of crispness and refined detailing to the whole house. Other notable features include the shingled attic 

storey gable, the elegant colonnade of the verandah, and the well proportioned window bays with divided 

upper sashes. Unlike the roof, these features are not especially unusual in themselves, but together form a 

gracefully modulated, refined composition of great distinction. An investigation of `Besanoo's' internal planning 

and interior design may reveal further significant features. The status, vis-a-vis their originality, of many of the 

external features visible from the street is somewhat ambiguous. The low brick front fence and arched side 

gateway appear to have been built in the 1930s but display neither the style nor the quality of the house itself. 

The arched gateway is almost a twin to the entry porch of the house next door and may have been built at the 

same time (1936). The white paint trim of the house's timberwork could be original; the pale grey of its walls 

and the russet of the chimneys are less likely so. All suit the house well. The garden is also neat and 

appropriate but again appears to bear no particular connection to the original design of the house. `Besanoo' 

is of further significance as part of the stylistically diverse collection of houses in the Los Angeles Court and 

Monkstadt Ave development, and in the wider `Brunning's Nursery' subdivision. 

History 



unknown 





References 

NOTES 



Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 

Constructed 1927? 


Comment 

Significance 

Description 

See Significance 

Residences 

unknown 

8 and 10 Los Angeles Court 

RIPPONLEA 

These two nearly identical houses form part of a group of buildings, erected as a result of the closure and 

subdivision of Brunning's Nursery in 1926 and illustrating the variety of styles and types at that time. This 

street and its buildings are key elements in the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. 

The origins of these houses are not clear. Possibly one or both were erected for R. Young by J. Young in 

1927. 






Other Studies 

History 



unknown 

Albion St 

Brighton Rd 



Maryville St 






HO7 

Monkstadt 


Av 

343

References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 6993 granted 19/10/1927


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Description 


Residence 

unknown 


RIPPONLEA 

Illustrative of the variety of architectural styles and types used for housing during the period, this building and 

its neighbours were all built following the closure and subdivision of Brunning's Nursery in 1926 and are key 

elements of the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. This house was extensively altered in 

recent times. 

The records are not clear , but this house appears to have been built for C.J. Nankervis, owner of number 4 

opposite as well, by J. Bristow in the last months of 1932. 


Other Studies 





History 



unknown 

Albion St 

Brighton Rd 



Maryville St 



HO7 

Monkstadt 


Av 

344




References 

unknown


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Semi-detached Villas 

unknown 


RIPPONLEA 

This building is of architectural interest as a representative example of a pair of semi-detached houses of the 

later 1930's, as well as being part of the group buildings of varied architectural styles and building type in the 

Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. Following the closure of Brunning's Nursery in 1926 the 

land was subdivided and the buildings were constructed over the next 12 years, these houses being the last to 

be built in Los Angeles Court and the second last in the entire development. 

L.S. Nicholls Pty. Ltd. builders, received their building permit in October, G. Stone was the owner. 




1984 

Description 



Builder: L.S.Nicholls Pty Ltd 

Original owner: G. Stone 

History 




Other Studies 



Albion St 

Brighton Rd 



Maryville St 



HO7 

Monkstadt 


Av 

345

unknown 





References 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 10,076 granted 4/10/1938, includes working drawing.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Palais Theatre 

unknown 

14 Lower Esplanade 

ST. KILDA 

This theatre was the largest in Victoria at the time of its conception and remains the only theatre in Victoria to 

have a `gods' or third balcony. The theatre is of social significance with a heritage of important productions. 

(Robert Peck Von Hartel Trethowan City of St Kilda, Twentieth Century Architectural Study, 1992) 

The Palais Theatre, St Kilda is important historically as it formed part of a large entertainment area on the St 

Kilda foreshore, a development unique in Victoria. The theatre was remarkably large when erected in 1927 and 

remains amongst the largest in Australia. 




Description 


Theatre 



Designer Henry E. White 


Other Studies 

The present Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda was erected in 1927 as Palais Pictures, designed by 

Henry E. White. The Phillips brothers, who arrived from America and established Luna Park in 1912, 

established the Palais de Danse in 1913 on the present site of the Palais Theatre. When it was converted to a 

picture theatre in 1915, a new Palais de Danse was erected next door although this was burnt down in 1968. 

Remodelling of the picture theatre facade in 1926 resulted in the destruction of the building by fire, and Palais 

Pictures was rebuilt on a grander scale to accommodate three thousand people. The architect chosen was 

associated with John Eberson in Sydney, a popular American cinema architect, and White's firm had erected 

some one hundred and thirty theatres and halls throughout Australia and New Zealand. White's intention was 

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to design a pleasing, comfortable theatre which conveyed a sense of the modern and therefore adopted no 

particular style. The exterior of the building is simple with the domed side towers, which reflect those of Luna 

Park providing an Islamic flavour. Internally, steepled walls are Spanish in character and four scaglioti 

columns support the upper foyer. Lighting is a feature with a massive brass chandelier in the entrance lobby 

and extensive concealed lighting capable of three changes. 


Intactness 

Internal alterations include the closing in of the balustraded gallery which overlooked the stalls below, and the 

colonnade at the rear of the stalls. The balcony on the front of the building has also been enclosed, the stage 

organ removed and repainting and re carpeting has occurred. The destruction of the Palais de Danse by fire 

in 1968 removed one of a complex of three entertainment buildings on the foreshore; Luna Park, Palais 

Theatre and Palais de Danse. 


History 



unknown 







References 

'Argus', 12 November 1927 

'Herald', 11 November 1927, p.11. 

Barker, Burleigh and Thorpe, 'Luna Park, Palais Pictures and Palais de Danse', 

Research Report, 1965, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne. 

Thorne R.' Picture Palace Architecture in Australia', pp.21-5.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

Luna Park 

unknown 

18 Lower Esplanade 

ST. KILDA 


The significance of Luna Park relates primarily to its function as an amusement park, as Australia's earliest 

Amusement Park and as an icon integral to the identity of St Kilda. The perimeter structures (entrance gates 

and Scenic Railway), Dodgems Building and Carousel building are individually significant early structures on 

this site. 


Luna Park, situated on the St Kilda foreshore, is a remnant of St. Kilda's past popularity as an entertainment 

resort. It is a unique example in Victoria of such a large scale centre for entertainment. The carousel is of 

particular significance as it was built in c.1901 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, and first shipped to 

Brussels in c.1904 for an Exposition. It was then purchased from White City, New South Wales in 1924. 




Description 


Designer T.H. Eslick 


Other Studies 

Style: Eclectic 

Amusement park 

Original owner: J D Williams Company 


Luna Park, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, was established in 1912 and the constructing engineer was T.H. 

Eslick. The site chosen by the Greater J.D. Williams Company and the Phillips brothers from America, had 

been occupied by Dreamland, an entertainment centre established in 1906. When Williams returned to 

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America in 1913, the three Phillips brothers remained to run Luna Park for forty years. The original park was 

to include such facilities as a moving picture theatre, refreshment rooms, a skating rink, roof garden and 

motor show and since then new attractions have been added each season such as the Big Dipper and the 

Whip in 1923. After attracting large crowds in its first years, Luna Park was closed during the first World War 

and did not re-open until 1923 largely due to the lack of materials for further construction work. The main 

external feature of the park is the entrance which comprises a giant face and mouth opening, flanked by 

towers, Islamic in flavour. 

Intactness 

New attractions have been added to Luna Park since it was established in 1912, and old attractions have 

continually been demolished. Therefore the park as a whole has undergone great changes and will continue 

to do so; but the overall character of Luna Park, as an entertainment centre, is maintained. 


History 



unknown 







References 

NOTES 

The National Trust has also classified the Carousel (4303). 

J B Cooper, 'The History of St Kilda', vol. 2, p.207. 

A Longmire, St Kilda, 'The Show Goes On', p.3. 

'Table Talk' 5 December 1912 

'Table Talk' 19 December 1912. 

Barker, Burleigh and Thorpe, 'Luna Park, Palais Pictures and Palais de Danse' 

History Research Report, 1965, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne.


Identifier 

Formerly 

Address 



Comment 

Significance 

"Tintara" 

unknown 

20 Lyndon St 

RIPPONLEA 


Tintara is one of the most important small houses, architecturally constructed in Victoria during the 1920's. 

The house reflects advanced house design in the United States during that period through E.F. Billson's 

association with Walter Burley Griffin. Griffin's and Lippincott's Lippincott House in Heidelberg of 1917 is the 

precursor of Billson's houses, number 45 Balaclava Road, Caulfield of 1922 and Tintara (1923) . The 

Balaclava Road house is a larger version of the same design idiom as Tintara and both bear little resemblance 

to the norm for house design during the 1920's. Details such as the eaves were used commonly only in recent 

decades. Features of the house are the built-in sideboard, living room fireplace, ground floor ceiling bands 

and the leadlight windows (the last two having closer links with 1930s design than the early 1920's). The 

skirtings are very unusual, whilst the sleepout was a common feature of houses of this time. 


Entire house. The 1936 addition is sympathetic to the original building. 


Tintara forms part of the Los Angeles Court/Glen Eira Road conservation area. 




1984 

Description 


Attic villa 


Victoria Ave 

Fuller Rd 


Designer Lippincott and Billson 


Other Studies 

Lyndon St 

Glen Eira Rd 




Quat Quatta 

Av 

346

Builder: Bain 

Original owner: John Keane 



1923 (building permit issued 21/2/1923)(2) 

ORIGINAL OWNER John Kean(2), commercial traveller(3). 

ARCHITECT Lippincott and Billson(2). 

BUILDER/ ARTISANS J. Bain(2). 1936 addition Bain and Farrell(2). 


1936 - north west addition. Unknown date, verandah, entry porch and sleepout glazed. New bathroom basin 

and toilet. Kitchen stove and laundry fittings recent. 

DESCRIPTION 

This building is a single storied, solid brick attic residence with a terracotta roof. The hip roofed verandah 

/living room roof is perpendicular to the gable of the main body. The entry porch is to one side of this wing, 

with the dining room to the other, both contained within the main body. Living and dining room open off each 

other, there being no doors between them. The house has only one main bedroom, on the ground floor. On 

the same level are the bathroom, kitchen and laundry. The attic contains a store room and the former 

sleepout. There is a garage abutting the rear wall. The detached flat contains a living room, bedroom, 

bathroom and kitchen. Windows and doors to both sections are timber. 

CONDITION 

This house is in good condition. Parts of the fascias in front of the concealed gutters have rotted and there are 

structural problems apparently in one corner. 

ORIGINAL USE 


PRESENT USE 


INTACTNESS 

The house is very largely intact. The ground floor verandah, entry porch and attic sleepout have been glazed. 

Of the bathroom fixtures, only the semi-sunken bath remains. It is not clear if the kitchen cupboards are the 

original ones. 


History 

Edward Fielder Billson(1) of the firm Lippincott and Billson Architects, designed Tintara for John Keane(2) a 

commercial traveller. J. Bain was the builder, whilst Bain and Farrell constructed the north west wing, a self 

contained flat, in 1936(2). Keane's wife owned the building in the 1930's(3). 

E.F. Billson was the only student articled to American Architect Walter B Griffin and worked with him for seven 

years(1). Lippincott (Griffin's brother-in-law) and Billson left Griffin in 1920/21 after they won the competition 

for the Arts building of the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Lippincott moved to New Zealand, whilst 

Billson made regular trips from Melbourne during the early 1920s maintaining the Melbourne office. 



unknown 







References 

NOTES 

Refer Bick 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

1. Recollections of Edward Fielder Billson, 650 Nepean Highway, Frankston Victoria.

2. City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 5174 granted 2//2/1923, in working drawing; no. 9532 

granted 25/11/1936, includes working drawing for north west addition - Appendix. 

3. City of St. Kilda Rate Books, various years. 

Donald Leslie Johnson, 'The Architecture of Walter Burley Griffin', Mac South Melbourne, 1977, various 

references to Lippincott and Billson and their partnership during the 1920's, no mention of this house.

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