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Shoreham: 9 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne. Victoria
Shoreham: 9 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne. Victoria
Shoreham is a grand freestanding terrace style house with boom style characterstics although it was built some time after the boom in 1898 and classified as Edwardian.
The red brick and stucco render (or “blood and bone” style) terrace dominates the streetscape and is grander than most boom style 1880s homes. With a tall parapet with classical entablature, including a segmental pedimet and detailed mouldings including a cartouche with the name and date. The palladian composition of the parapet is flanked by balustrades but missing its finials on the pedestals on either side of the parapet.
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Former Lonsdale House: 470-502 Lonsdale Street. Melbourne, Victoria
Former Lonsdale House: 470-502 Lonsdale Street Melbourne
This rare pair of three storey terraces is one of a handful of original terraces remaining in the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) and has had an interesting life. It was originally designed by prominent architect Lloyd Tayler. Shortly after its constuction in 1886 the terraces were converted into a private hospital known as Lonsdale House. It was used for a brief time by the navy during World War I, served as a music academy, nurses hostel and again a hospital during World War II. After the war it became the offices of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) before being absorbed into the construction of the County Court complex in the 1990s.
Drummond Terrace: 93-105 Drummond Street, Carlton. Melbourne, Victoria
Drummond Terrace. 93-105 Drummond Street. Carlton, Victoria
Drummond Terrace (built 1890-1891 to the design of Walter Scott Law) is the longest and largest three storey terrace row in Melbourne in one of Carlton’s most terraced wide streets. The row of seven triple storey terraces features long rendered loggia of round arches and balustrades, notably deviating from the popular filligree style of the period. A central free classical pediment and blind porthole marks the mid terrace, while interesting false chimney motifs mark the mid point of each individual terrace in the row.
Dr Martin’s: 86-88 Collins Street. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 86-88 Collins Street. Melbourne, Victoria
This impressive row of two triple storey terraces was once actually a row of three built for Dr Robert Martin in 1873 by James Gall (a third house in this row was demolished in 1976 to give the Nauru House office tower a Collins Street address). It is now one of just a handful of terraces remaining in the Melbourne CBD. The terraces, originally a combination of consulting rooms and residence have been adaptively reused as offices with ground floor boutique retail.
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195 Adderley Street, West Melbourne. Victoria
Terrace House: 195 Adderley Street, West Melbourne. Victoria
This is a great little freestanding terrace on the fringe of Melbourne’s CBD which shows a free spirited approach to design. The house is rich in textures, materials and ornament. There are even cherub statuettes on the party walls, something quite rare for Australian terrace houses. The terrace has an intricate “Hawthorn brick” facade. Refined details focused on the chimney, cornice and party walls.
