Original post 7 August 2020

Another one of the #grandterraces in Dalgety Street, St Kilda, and very early too, 1857. It’s called Eden Terrace, not because it’s paradise but the developers name was Thomas Eden. The architect was John Felix Mathews. Apparently built without verandahs, just stairs up to the front doors, but it also had French doors ? Maybe a single level verandah, a second level added in 1883, designed by Reed Henderson & Smart – suitably restrained, with cute little pediments for every second house.

Like many Victorian terraces and houses in #StKilda, the whole row was converted into flats in 1917, designed by Sydney Smith & Ogg, with one per floor, including semi-basement ones, but at least they open onto the back. They must have moved the stairs at that point, so they’re now simple timber ones. They have a v nice communal garden to the rear.

New photos Sept 2025:

Some more pics 8 august 2023:

The wonderful #castironfence with fine bluestone plinth was created about 1990, I know cos I remember it happening ! (and the Heritage Victoria listing says ‘recently refurbished’ in 1991). In fact I heard it cost so much that some owners couldn’t afford their share and had to sell up. They did a very good job, it’s very much what they would have built in the 1880s, when the verandahs were added.

The conversion was a bit iffy, bedrooms and kitchens were added to the rear, so the rear of the two main rooms doesn’t have a window – but on the ground level there’s big doors between.

Apparently it always had an attic so the top units are two storey, with a deck with elevated views.

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