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Charsfield Hotel

Location

478 St Kilda Road,South Melbourne, MELBOURNE CITY

File Number

Original Hermes No: 76320

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Statement of Significance

Charsfield is historically significant as the oldest house still standing in St Kilda Road. It is of one of the few remaining buildings indicative of the residential scale which once dominated St Kilda Road and established it as a fashionable boulevard and prestigious residential area (Criterion A.4). The guest house wing is also of interest for its association with the second phase of St Kilda's development when many of the large mansions were converted into guest houses and flats in the 1920s and 30s (Criterion A.4). Charsfield is architecturally significant as a finely detailed and well composed Italianate mansion designed by the prominent firm of Charles Webb and Sons. It is also significant for its strong stylistic connection to the Windsor Hotel, one of Webb's major works (Criterion F.1). Register of the National Estate

Location : 478 St Kilda Road, Melbourne.

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