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Stokell

Other Name

49-51 Adelaide Street, Malvern

Location

49-51 Adelaide Street ARMADALE, Stonnington City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Stokell, constructed in 1889 by the builder Stephen Armstrong, is of regional significance as a house either designed by or copied from the architect John Beswicke, as evidenced by the combination of semicircular and stilted segmental arches, especially characteristic of his work. The building derives some significance for its association with a prominent local building contractor (who constructed Stonnington, Cliveden Mansions, Ball and Welsh and woodmasons iceworks in Malvern and Oakleigh.

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