Repost 2020: Managed a snap of this landmark on Punt Road at Toorak Rd from the car passenger window, a #drivebyshooting. This was the South Yarra Club hotel, built in 1892, just as the 1880s boom was crashing. It replaced a nice weatherboard predecessor built c1853, the first pub in the area. A fine building … Continue reading That pub on the corner of Punt Road and Toorak Road. →

Original post 12 February 2020 #StPeterAndStPaul’s church (#FatherBobMaguire !) in #SouthMelbourne is a fine bluestone design with a lovely #rosewindow and engaged turret thing next to the tower, designed by #TAKelly (a good Irish Catholic I presume) built 1869-72 - but sadly the tower was never finished, though might have looked ok with a better … Continue reading St Peter & St Paul, South Melbourne, Church school and father Bob ! →

Original post 11 February 2020 Right next to the #ShamrockHotel in Bank Street #SouthMelbourne is this little cutie, an Art Deco style ex-plumber. Also looks out of place in a street of houses but just noticed next to this are two ex-shops, and another on the opposite corner, so I guess it was once a … Continue reading Cute 30s industrial in South Melbourne →

28 October 2019 The #highriseapartments at 46 #LansellRoad are I guess early 60s and rather plain, but a huge garden setting, and of course great views. One of the many high rise blocks in #Toorak when you really look for them. They seemed to stop building them by the mid 70s though. Update : just … Continue reading Another Toorak Highrise →

Original post 29 October 2019 A fine huge intact #Victorianshopfront in #BridportStreet, #AlbertPark; actually it’s 1901 which makes it officially Edwardian, but the style of the facade is very much that of the 1880s, while the window is much bigger than the average 1880s one. The verandah may be a 1980s reproduction; it’s got what … Continue reading Big old shop windows, Albert Park →

Original post 10 February 2020 Wandering through the streets of #SouthMelbourne I was rather surprised to see this sticking up way above the mostly single storey streetscape. The #ShamrockHotel in Bank Street was built in 1889, and it’s unusual in a number of ways - 1. the scale, 2. it’s not on a corner and … Continue reading Ex Shamrock Hotel, South Melbourne →

Original post 10 February 2020 The gate and fence of this 1892 #QueenAnneStyle terrace pair on #GreyStreetStKilda seems to have both ! The gate appears to be actual wrought iron, with curled square bars, joined by those ties in the middle - or it might just be cast iron imitating wrought iron - which the … Continue reading Cast Iron or Wrought Iron ? →

First posted 9 February 2020 An amazing OTT #highvictorian terrace house at 20 #StVincentPlace, #AlbertPark, largely hidden by trees (but found a photo from 1967). Has this crazy parapet that continues around the wing walls, never seen that before. Not #heritagelisted individually (only as part of the precinct) so no research, but those little cherubs … Continue reading High Victorian in St Vincent Place, Albert Park →

Original post 8 February 2020 #VisionAndReality, it’s all about the angles and ...a bit of fudging - this is the #StBoulevard (😂), in #StKildaRoad, another curvilicious design from #ElenbergFraser, its not bad, it might have been just a huge lump, but it’s 3 separate blocks instead (with individual floral names), curving in 3 dimensions, but … Continue reading Elenberg Fraser in St Kilda Road →

19th Century #BenevolentInsitutions often had spacious grounds, even on #StKildaRoad, where the Institute for Deaf Children has a huge park in front with a sweeping drive. They also sometimes adopted a dour Gothic style, but in this case the architects #CrouchAndWilson lightened up the #bluestone base with delightful #polychromebrickwork detailing, and a riot of spires … Continue reading Victorian Gothic in brick and stone →