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The Towers

Market Square Hotel ,  New Market Hotel

54 Victoria Parade,, KILMORE VIC 3764 - Property No B5332

On land sold by Wiliam Rutledge from his 1841 Special Survey, Thomas Lunsden and later James Mannix (1853) successively held this site. Probably Mannix constructed this building as the Market Square Hotel, conveniently located west of the Market Reserve in Albert Street. This was prior to 1853, when he leased it to James Roche under the style of the New Market Hotel. Three years later Mannix sold to Daniel Gosset. A later owner was the prominent journalist, parliamentary member, ... more

B5332

State
84107

The Towers

6 - 10 The Eyrie,, LILYDALE VIC 3140 - Property No B1966

Construction of The Towers was commenced in 1876 and extended in three stages. It was started by Alfred Hand, a tanner and a member of a family well known in local business, fruit and wine growing. The first stage, a simple cottage, reflects the vernacular traditions of rural Victoria in the 1870s. It was sited on a prominent slope to the north of Lilydale. In 1886, Andrew Fulton and his wife Elizabeth (nee Hand) built the distinctive and picturesque second stage. The twin ... more

B1966

State
67810

Ramornie

The Towers

24 Pakington Street, KEW VIC 3101 - Property No B1218

The site of Ramorinie was originally part of Fenwick's Lot 87 and passed to George Turner in 1856. He bought a small timber house on the site. James Maitland Campbell a Scottish solicitor, practising in Melbourne was looking for a site to build a permanent home and bought Turner's cottage and land. He considerably enlarged the original house and renamed it Ramornie. In 1890, during his first term as Mayor of Kew,he built a second and larger house with towers. Having sold the ... more

B1218

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