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19 Park Street St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
Former terrace houses now apartments: 19 Park Street St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
Sometimes adaptive reuse can be a bad thing and this complex in tree lined Park Street is a prime example.
While it was not uncommon for terraces to have their balconies built in to create more room, this early 1980s curtain wall job to create 24 apartments from 4 large terrace houses is more than a little brutal.
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56-58 Wellington Street, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 56-58 Wellington Street, St Kilda. Melbourne, Victoria
It a bit stunned me to discover that this pair of large unnamed but seemingly well kept double storey terraces has never featured in a heritage study or been included in a heritage overlay. Considering the huge amount of redevelopment that Wellington Street has seen since the 1960s it is remarkable that they remain a feature of this area.
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4-6 Longmore Street, St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace Houses: 4-6 Longmore Street, St Kilda West. Melbourne, Victoria
This pair of narrow cottage sized single storey Italianate terrace houses feature a dainty design of intricate mouldings and a brickwork. The colour schemes of the symmetrical facades are a contrast in tastes, with 4 being restored to sympathetically reveal original tuckpointed brickwork and tile patterns while 6 is completely painted white, the trademark of the middle classes contrasted with black painted iron lace.
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.
