IRepost 2019: Everymans home is his Tudory castle. Built in Pasco Street, Williamstown, in 1883, this impressive house was designed by #JohnBeswicke, and it’s one of the best things he did. Also quite unusual for the 1880s, when nearly everything was elaborate #Italianate, or polychrome brick- this is chaste by comparison. It’s called #TudorHouse (surprise !), as seen on the #frontdoor, which is #woodgrained, in imitation of oak. I once saw a photo spread of the inside, where lots of stencil patterns on walls and ceilings remain. Beswicke wasn’t averse to repeating designs, and this is very similar to Tudor Lodge, in Harcourt Street Hawthorn (2nd last image), which he built in 1873 for his father. Early photo from an excellent book on Beswicke by grandson K Bethell, published in 2011 (when he was 92!); lots of great family photos as well as plenty of buildings and plans.

Tudor Lodge, Hawthorn

John Beswicke and family c1895

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