29 November 2024
Impressive house in Glen Eira Road Elsternwick that relies for effect on the sparing polychrome brickwork and a varied roofline rather than lots of decoration. Plus a generous garden setting. Henry Langdon bought the surrounding 7 acres in 1886, subdivided it, and built this house called Hengar in 1890 ‘for the unmarried and widowed Langdon women’ (quote from the heritage study). Various Langdons lived there until at least 1941. Nice.
Storey of Melbourne 