Collection or topic
Valetta House
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5 records and collections
Collection item
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 206 - Burchett
Built 1856 by Robert Jones for John Grey dwelling of 13 rooms. Architect - Osgood Pritchard. 1862 A W Dyke rebuilt section.
Place
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 206, Valetta House
A stucco-faced dwelling in a restrained version of the Regency style, remarkable for Palladian massing with two axes of symmetry and corner pavilions.
Collection item
Lowe Kong Meng
Engraving of Mr Lowe Kong Meng taken from a photo by Frith dated 1866. Lowe Kong Meng was a very successful Chines businessman who lived in East Melbourne at Valetta in Clarendon Street. See http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lowe-kong-meng-4043
Collection item
Valetta House, Vandalism and Neglect, 2012
This grand old mansion built in 1856 has been crumbling for years. Recently it has had homeless people living in it resulting in broken windows and doors. Galvanised iron, boarded up windows and security wire are now its most prominent and saddest features.
Collection item
Valetta House, Vandalism and Neglect, 2015
This grand old mansion built in 1856 has been crumbling for years. Recently it has had homeless people living in it resulting in broken windows and doors. Galvanised iron, boarded up windows and security wire are now its most prominent and saddest features.