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Bayview House: 28 Ingles Street, Port Melbourne. Melbourne, Victoria
Bayview House: 23 Ingles Street. Port Melbourne, Victoria
Bayview House is a narrow boom style terrace in a beautifully preserved row of three villas neighbouring an Edwardian terrace presumably named for the glimpses of Port Phillip which once would have been seen from its upper balcony.
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7-9 Victoria Street, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
7-9 Victoria Street, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
This pair of double storey terrace houses in St Kilda displays elements of a couple of different styles, suggesting it has been greatly modified over time. The two hip roofed terrace houses share a common prominent party wall which is plain except for a couple of acanthus scroll corbels and has a rectangular profile stepping back between the roofs. The design notably has no parapet and two large chimneys on either side provide a singularity and balance to the row. The terraces themselves appear simple enough and have the classical treatment of the 1870s. The distinctive feature however is the wooden fretwork of the Edwardian period, complete with matching picket fence.
35-37 Brighton Road, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 35-37 Brighton Road, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
This magnificent boom style pair is obscured from busy Brighton Road by large trees, however it is well worth stopping to look at. These are particularly wide and grand terrace houses and both are in apparently excellent condition.
The pair is symmetrical with the two halls adjacent to each other. Each house has a tall parapet featuring classical entablature and triangular pediment complete with a detailed cartouche inside and with small crowns on each corner. Four roses surround a second blank cartouche below with concave corners. On either side is a scroll and along the top of the cornice is a row of blind balustrades with an urn or finial. The effect is a particularly impressive interpretation of classical architecture. It also conceals a corrugated iron gable roof and two large chimneys.
367-368 Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 367-368 Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
On Beaconsfield Parade opposite a small triangular reserve, Catani Gardens and West Beach in St Kilda, can be found what remains of a truly special row of Melbourne terrace houses. Only 2 of the original spectacular row of 5 houses remain. The State Library of Victoria records this terrace as 3 storeys, perhaps because their photographs do not show the sunken English style basement floor. Although bastardised the remaining terraces are three bays wide and retain some of their original features.
4-22 Gourlay Street, Balaclava. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 4-22 Gourlay Street, Balaclava. Melbourne, Victoria
This impressive row of ten double storey terraces is located in a well preserved precinct near the site of the Balaclava railway station. Originally in polychrome brick with unpainted rendered parapets, few in the row are in original condition.
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