Early Early English, Arthur Plaisted in St Kilda, 1920.

Early Early English, Arthur Plaisted in St Kilda, 1920.

Not a lot to see (#damntrees) but this 1920 #blockofflats in Barkly Street #StKilda is important because it’s a very early example of #OldEnglish (aka #MockTudor), though this case it’s also a bit Arts & Crafts, look at those #shingles, needs a paint badly though. Designed by #ArthurPlaisted, who did lots of flats, and it’s also early-ish for flats. Another quirk is that it’s built around and in front of a Victorian house, like so many in my suburb.

Update : the flats are pretty quirky too, and seem to feature not much in the way of windows. First two pics are flat 2, the plan and last photo are flat 6.

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