Original post 15 May 2019: Eulinya, in #IrvingRoad, #Toorak, was built for fabric importer and #statesavingsbankofvictoria chairman Sir William McBeath in 1926 (later home to GJ Coles, and now Lindsay Fox). It was designed by #WalterButler, who did quite a few big houses for the elite. There’s not many Victorian mansions left in Toorak, but … Continue reading Eulinya, Toorak, a bit Tudor, and a bit Arts & Crafts →

Repost this day in 2018: Two then newish Docklands towers, the angly one by @dko_architecture, the other by @mirvacdesign. Nice enough, but still perhaps an odd place to live. I guess I like older buildings more !

30 October 2024 Finally got see it for myself and yep it’s terrible. This is the manse, built in 1859 for the adjacent Wesley Church, completed in 1858, both designed by the great Joseph Reed in rugged bluestone Gothic. The tower proposed in 2015 basically maximises floor space by curving in around it, then curving … Continue reading Wesley Church Manse, yuk →

Repost from this day 2019: #HartpuryCourt, in Milton St #Elwood, #ArthurPlaisted, 1923 - a very nice and relatively early example of the interwar #OldEnglish style, otherwise known as #TudorRevival. #HalfTimbering infilled with brick, steep roofs in flat tiles, tall chimneys, window bays in #leadlight, delightful. Also, why don’t they build flats with generous shared gardens … Continue reading Hartpury Court cuteness, Elwood →

Repost this day last year, during first lockdown, Flinders Street was (just) within my 5ks - so much has happened/still happening !

22 September 2017: This #massiveedifice of stonework was built on the corner of Collins & Queen Streets for National Mutual in 1891-3. Originally it stood alone and very vertical, since the queen street side was only 3 bays - it was more than doubled in matching style in 1911-13, designed by Gibbs & Finlay. At … Continue reading Gothic ‘skyscraper’, Collins Street →

11 May 2021 De Mont Rose, 1 Broadway, Elwood, 1934, an early project by #EsmondDorney, who would go on to do many like this, and many uniquely styled Art Deco blocks, in Elwood and adjacent burbs, and then totally unique houses in post WW2 Hobart. This one is 1920s eclectic, a bit Tudor, a bit … Continue reading Eclectic fun in Elwood →

July 2018, updated 2026: A terracepair at 47-49 #RobeStreetStKilda that’s not only beautiful (Lin lovely #heritagecolours yay!) but unusual in many respects. Built 1867 and probably designed by the owner/builder William Allen, they look more lacy and light than other terraces because the cast-iron has flat lacy columns instead of posts (hardly ever used in … Continue reading Figsby & Fareham, Robe Street, St Kilda →

10 May 2025 This great shot by #MarkStrizic has been used to illustrate stories about #WhelanTheWrecker, but without saying what building it was - then I noticed the little shell under the window and yes it was Shell Corner, on the corner of Bourke & William Streets. Ha! (Update : @historyvictoria has some fine colour … Continue reading Shell Corner →

May 2019: All that’s left of #BurtonsLivery (1868, top floor 1887) is the facade, and 2m of side wall. Annoys me that by keeping and exposing the bit of side wall there’s a ‘three dimensional appearance’ which meets the letter of the anti-facadism clause but not the spirit. Nice there’s a painted sign, which must … Continue reading Facadism, and an unintentional pair of towers. →