October 2025
Spotted this rather gigantic house in Anderson Street South Yarra opposite the gardens, and thought it looked maybe Tudor revival but without the cute details – turns out it dates from 1907, designed by Klingender & Alsop on Arts & Crafts style, and comparing to the early photo, it’s been sadly rather altered.
It also shows that mansions occupying most of the site arnt a new thing. Or possibly it was extended to the rear with similar roofs, perhaps when it was turned into two flats, a ground floor one and an upper one, might have been as early as the 1930s. Not many details left inside, not to mention the stairs gone and windows made plainer.
Storey of Melbourne 