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79-81 Merton Street, Albert Park. Melbourne, Victoria
79-81 Merton Street. Albert Park, Victoria
This pair of terraces stands out for many reasons. Firstly it is one of Melbourne’s few triple storey terrace houses. It really stands tall even in Albert Parks streetscapes which are littered with rows of (mostly double storey) terrace housing. Secondly because of the stark contrast in style and condition of the two. Thirdly that they don’t even truly share a common party wall (it is two party walls side by side) makes their development all the more interesting. Many villas in the Albert Park area share this double party wall configuration, however it may also suggests 79 could have been a slightly later addition.
Rochelle: 3 Mary Street, St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
Rochelle: 3 Mary Street. St Kilda West, Victoria
The rounded pediment on the parapet of this freestanding terrace house proudly displays both name and date (“circa 1910″) in an oval shape, however this does not look like a 1910 terrace. The neo-classical style of this terrace is more akin to the Victorian Regency style of the mid 1880s boom style, so the date appears a little anachronous to say the least. However it is inkeeping with the terraces in the surrounding area, with the terraces there resulting in a relatively late subdivision.
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Vermont Terrace: 37-41 Cardigan Place, Albert Park. Melbourne, Victoria
Vermont Terrace: 37-41 Cardigan Place. Albert Park, Victoria
Vermont Terrace is one of Melbourne’s finest neo-classical terraces. The row of three double storey terrace houses was built in 1885 in the St Vincents Place precinct it overlooks the Albert Park Primary School gardens.
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Pulteney House and St Frances House: 45-47 Carlisle Street, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
St Frances House (45) and Pulteney House (47) Carlisle Street, St Kilda
Despite the efforts of multi-storey flats in recent years, the 1880s boom style terraces of Puteney House and St Frances House still dominate the streetscape between the Barkly Street and St Kilda Road junctions of Carlisle Street. The pair of white double storey “Melbourne style” or “Boom style” terraces form a small row with prominent classical parapets.
The parapets are dressed classical triangular pediments with blind balustrades and urns forming twin Palladian motifs over a decorative frieze of repeated swags in the style of elaborate Italianate villas. The terraces themselves are dressed in classical adornment with flat arched bay windows at the bases.
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