11 January 2020:

I often walk past this on the way to the tram, a very inventive example of the #polychromebrick ‘#lombardicRomanesque’ applied to a typical house form; designed by #PercyOakden (while he was part of #OakdenAddisonAndKemp) who was a bit more #avantguarde than most, taking up the #Ruskinian approach of #structuralpolychromy with interest created by using many materials (though there’s applied decoration too). It was built in 1889 as the #manse for the cute 1850s bluestone Methodist church on #FitzroyStreetStKilda, it’s separated quite a bit, I think the church hall was between, but they clearly didn’t think matching was necessary. And that’s probably why the entry is on the side, facing the church originally, but the church was surrounded by apartments in c2000. The Uniting Church has hung on to the house though, used as supported accommodation, which is nice.

New photos from December 2023, photos 4, 5 from Aug 2023 :

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