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Former Barham

Other Name Eildon Manor, L'Alliance Francaise Location 51 Grey Street,, ST KILDA VIC 3182 - Property No B5295 File Number B5295 Level State

[1/1] B5295 Eildon Manor

Statement of Significance

One of Melbourne's most sophisticated Italian Renaissance style mansions, designed for the pastoralist J L Currie in 1871, by the architects Reed & Barnes to incorporate the earlier Barham House: the most notable elevation of the garden or west front, containing a fine two storey arcuated and pilastrated loggia deriving from Bramante and Vignola, flanked by pavilions containing Palladian windows above canted bays.
Classified: 16/08/1984