National Trust Database - Search Results

Back to search page »
Displaying 1- 3 of 3 records found
Image Name Detail File number Level
68917

Trawalla

22 Lascelles Avenue,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B0227

A prominently sited two-storey mansion built by David Mitchell, symmetrically disposed on the western front, which is marked by a fine bow, reminiscent of the Regency style, with long elegant windows. The building is most noteworthy for the splendid verandah to both storeys; that of the ground floor is excellent in its form of the Ionic Order and the first floor, superimposed upon it, for cast-iron construction and elegant cast-iron decoration. The prominent corbelled blocks at ... more

B0227

State
70903

Trawalla Homestead & Garden

406 Trawalla Road,, TRAWALLA VIC 3373 - Property No B0977

First settled in the 1830's the Trawalla property has associations with some of Victoria's prominent early pastoral families, the Kirklands, the Goldsmiths, the Simonsons, the Wilsons and then Captain Bridges (later Admiral) until 1921 when the Mackenzie family bacame the owners. It was Admiral Bridges who in 1891 built the mansion and the stables nearby, both of which were designed by James & Piper, constructed in locally made brick by Harbey and Morrison, also of ... more

B0977

Regional
 

Trawalla Garden

406 Trawalla Road, TRAWALLA VIC 3373 - Property No G13024

Trawalla, developed as a pastoral property from 1839, the residence and garden developed during the 1890s and maintained to the present, is of National significance: - historically, for its retention of the early homestead (partly of slab timber construction) and the outbuildings (still with the bark roof below the corrugated iron) dating from the 1840s, making this one of the earliest documented homesteads in Victoria; - for its retention of a full complement ... more

G13024

National
1