Collection or topic
Macartney
In this collection
4 records and collections
Place
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 072, 074, 076, Queen Bess Row
Three four storey houses of red brick with sandstone dressings built in the Queen Anne Revival style. Elaborate facade details (for further, see Australian Heritage Place Inventory, website below).
Place
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 188, The Deanery (first)
Single storey house with return verandah.
Collection item
Queen Bess Row - Advertisement for Nursing Home 1892
Advertisement which appeared in the Australian Medical Journal on Feb. 15, 1892. Transcript of text: "It is a notorious fact, that the many excellent Hospitals in the Metropolis are seldom called into requisition by the richer classes. A Private Home for paying patients has there...
Story
Queen Bess Row and Madam Midas
Queen Bess Row, 72-76 Hotham Street, is possibly East Melbourne’s most remarked upon building. Its three red-brick, four-storey houses exhibit a rich decorative scheme of gables and arches which single it out among the smaller and more conservative houses around it.