Rockdale: 96 Punt Road, Windsor. Melbourne, Victoria

Rockdale is an attractive freestanding double storey former middle class home in the Italianate terrace style.  Like many of the grand homes along this stretch of Punt Road close to St Kilda Junction it is set back from the street.  Despite its obvious grandeur, Rockdale is unfortunately not afforded any heritage protection under the City of Stonnington planning scheme.

The terrace is highly decorated in rendered brick, however it has been significantly modified, the “modernisation” dating to sometime before the 1950s resulting in the removal of its cast iron lacework, replacement of its support column with concrete and enclosing its upper storey verandah in aluminium framed glass.  Read more... (384 words, 5 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Hortonbridge Terrace: 61-69 Victoria Street, Potts Point. Sydney, New South Wales

This grand triple storey row of five houses erected in 1890 situated near Potts Point’s famous McElhone stairs is currently known as Waratah Apartments with a serviced apartments complex integrated behind the facades.

The state heritage listed terrace is notable for its rich classical styled embellishment.   Victorian row houses such as this heralded Pott’s Point’s status as the ‘Regent’s Park of Sydney’.  Read more... (334 words, 4 images, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Former Terrace Houses: 10 Garsed Street, Bendigo Victoria

I discovered this delightful semi-detached pair of late Victorian terraces while wandering from the train station to Bendigo’s central business district.  The first suprise of my investigation of this great little pair of rare picturesque Queen Anne/Rustic Gothic terraces was its unrestored condition, the second was its lack of any heritage status in an area which is being rapidly redeveloped.  The two are currently on one title and adaptively reused as offices.  An unfortunately placed tree makes capturing the pair in one photo impossible.  Read more... (383 words, 4 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Photo by Alastair Lamont. All rights reserved. Used with permission

Saltaire: 8 Thorn Street. Essendon, Victoria

Standing as a lone freestanding suburban terrace house overlooking Lincoln Park in Essendon is this landmark Victorian home in the Australian filigree style.

The polychrome brick terrace has many classical features to indicate its Italiante style, while its overall composition is distinctively eclectic.  Read more... (453 words, 4 images, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Terrace Houses: 92-94 Perry Street. Collingwood, Victoria

This pair of plain looking old terraces in formerly working class Collingwood is in fair external condition but obviously visibly showing its age, moreso the house at 92 which has the appearance of subsiding with large visible cracks along its facade, nevertheless it was recently advertised by real estate agents as “structurally sound” and recently sold for many hundreds of thousands.  Read more... (215 words, 4 images, estimated 52 secs reading time)