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Former Cable Tram Engine House
187-201 Abbotsford Street,, NORTH MELBOURNE VIC 3051 - Property No B3890 |
The North Melbourne Engine House building, possibly designed by the distinguished architect Alexander Davidson, is of national architectural, historical and technological significance as the most complete and original example of an engine house of Melbourne's former cable tram system, which was the most extensive cable tram system in the world operated by a single authority. The east elevation is composed around a great entry door and single gable with large circular vent ... more |
B3890 |
National |
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55 Outlook Drive, EAGLEMONT VIC 3084 - Property No B3281 |
Group Statement with Annear & Chadwick Houses. A group of three houses is set out along a steeply sloping hillside at Eaglemont; each was to the design of Harold Desbrowe Annear and built during the first few years of the twentieth century. By 1918 H D Annear was to become one of the early Australian Architects to design after the new European Functionalism in his plans for Broceliande in Orrong Road, Toorak; at Eaglemont, in the years 1902-3 however, he seems to have been ... more |
B3281 |
Local |
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Ebden House
36 Ebden Avenue,, BLACK ROCK VIC 3193 - Property No B0805 |
'Black Rock House was built for Charles Hotson Ebden, construction probably commencing in 1856. The slate-roofed house, tee-shaped in plan, is constructed with brick gable end walls and weatherboard infill walls. Very slender cast iron tuscan colums support the encircling scottish-stone paved verandah. The rectangular castellated stable court wall is constructed of random coursed local ironstone with prominent piers. Black Rock House is a unique combination of an early house of a ... more |
B0805 |
State |
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220-222 Clarendon Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B7011 |
B7011 |
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52-54 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B3915 |
Melville House. 52-54 Collins Street, Melbourne, was erected in 1881. The building consists of a pair of three-storey, brick and stucco structures and originally served as residences and professional premises. Stuccoed details of note include the first floor round-headed windows framed by columns, impostand at second floor level the decorative band beneath the windows and the hoods. The surviving original portions of the facade of Melville House are typical examples of ... more |
B3915 |
State |
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405 - 407 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4334 |
A six-storey office building constructed in 1923-24. It has a most unusual neo-Tudor external design with gothic elements typical of the buildings around it. It is a significant member of the group of early 20th century financial houses constructed between Market and Queen Streets. Classified 06/06/1994 |
B4334 |
Regional |
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163 Drummond Street,, CARLTON VIC 3053 - Property No B3606 |
The two storey townhouse at 163 Drummond Street was erected in 1871 for Kenneth Gunn, a prominent Melbourne plastering contractor. The rendered facade has a recessed arcade on the ground floor, three windows with fine surround mouldings on the first floor, and plain cornice and parapet with pedimented name plate. This is a fine example of the terrace/townhouse type in the conservative classical style. It has a typical recessed arcade composition which is enhanced by unusually ... more |
B3606 |
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Les Avants
5 Harcourt Street, HAWTHORN VIC 3123 - Property No B5186 |
Carn Brae, developed by the Beswicke family as a city mansion from the mid 1870s, purchased by the Nicholas family in 1920, the garden considerably enlarged and enhanced, and the residence rebuilt in 1928, is of State significance: - as a representative city mansion garden of the late nineteenth century, skilfully and sympathetically redesigned and extended in 1920 and 1928 and largely intact from 1928; major attributes include the sweeping entry drive, mature trees, large open ... more |
B5186 |
State |
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24 Lister Street,, KEW VIC 3101 - Property No B6373 |
The Lodge House designed c1959 by its architect-owner Keith Lodge is significant at a regional level. It is a late example from a small but important collection of houses described by Robin Boyd as "structural-functional" built in Melbourne during the 1950s. These houses are significant for their bold expression of, and experiment with non-traditional structure. In this case two interlinking M shaped steel frames elevate the living and sleeping spaces of the Lodge House above the ... more |
B6373 |
Regional |
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174 Power Street,, HAWTHORN VIC 3122 - Property No B3781 |
Built 1885. Converted to 3 flats c. 1925. |
B3781 |
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