Repost 2018:
Giant two-towered, much-verandah’d #ToorakMansion #Sebrof in #OrrongRoad. 1884-5, Dalton & Gibbons, originally in 6 acres of grounds (and ok, it’s really #Armadale).
2021: not a lot of easy info in this one, not on the VHR, and the Trust citation has nil. @stonningtoncitycouncil entry though tells me it was bought by the Forbes family in 1888, renaming it forbeS backwards (!). They sold in 1892, but the name stuck. It was sold in 2008, when it had Victorian style decor, but much paler than the Victorians would have actually done.
It has the standard mansion 3 reception rooms, plus halls, but also has those two towers, and two large conservatory style rooms that poke out either side from under the verandah – a billiard room, plus a conservatory ? Wonder if they came later ? B&W pics from 60s-80s.
