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	Grantham Bona Vista 67 - 69 Kensington Road, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B1072	Grantham a single storey house at 69 Kensington Road, South Yarra originally situated on a large allotment on the southern bank of the River Yarra and known as "Bona Vista", was erected c. 1845 - 48 for physician and naturalist Dr. Edmund Charles Hobson possibly to the design of early Melbourne architect John Gill. The ten room asymmetrical plan brick and stone house of simple colonial design survived virtually intact until the 1920's. Grantham has been partially demolished ... more	B1072	Demolished
	Former Buena Vista Bona Vista , Grantham 51 - 59 Kensington Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B2665	In July 1844 Edmond Charles Hobson purchased part of crown allotment adjoining the Yarra River in South Yarra. In 1884 Edmond's widow, Margaret, built Buena Vista, a 14-room house (now known as Grantham). Buena Vista was the family home until her death in 1894 when the house became the property of her son Charles P Hobson. Subsequently it was owned by William Knox and then Sir Richard Linton until 1951. The architect is not known. The house is an early example of a style in ... more	B2665	Local

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Grantham

Bona Vista

67 - 69 Kensington Road, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B1072

Grantham a single storey house at 69 Kensington Road, South Yarra originally situated on a large allotment on the southern bank of the River Yarra and known as "Bona Vista", was erected c. 1845 - 48 for physician and naturalist Dr. Edmund Charles Hobson possibly to the design of early Melbourne architect John Gill. The ten room asymmetrical plan brick and stone house of simple colonial design survived virtually intact until the 1920's. Grantham has been partially demolished ... more

B1072

Demolished

Former Buena Vista

Bona Vista , Grantham

51 - 59 Kensington Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B2665

In July 1844 Edmond Charles Hobson purchased part of crown allotment adjoining the Yarra River in South Yarra. In 1884 Edmond's widow, Margaret, built Buena Vista, a 14-room house (now known as Grantham). Buena Vista was the family home until her death in 1894 when the house became the property of her son Charles P Hobson. Subsequently it was owned by William Knox and then Sir Richard Linton until 1951. The architect is not known. The house is an early example of a style in ... more

B2665

Local