Original post 20 May 2020
Photos 20 Sept 2019
A fine pair of buildings at the east end of #CollinsStreet, part of the reason it’s called the ‘#ParisEnd’. This photo is from last Sept, they’re normally obscured by #trees. The left is #TheChanonry, 1912, by #BatesPeeblesAndSmart, exactly when they were doing the State Library dome, which is more classical and restrained than this charming #EdwardianBaroque design, executed with flattened and stylised details. I like the lions heads dripping long wreaths particularly. Next door #VictorHorsleyChambers was built a decade later, almost Georgian in character, and nice that #BlackettAndForster lined up the cornice with the earlier building.
It was built for Dr JF Mackeddie, with chambers for himself and other medical professionals, as well as a home for his family on the top floor, with roof garden ! The building was sold in 2018 to Sotheby’s/Smith & Singer, who renovated it, keeping the look of the old lift cage, but I guess none of it’s original. Old photo @library_vic 1956.
Storey of Melbourne 