Building histories

Stories of East Melbourne.

According to the Notice of Intent to Build it was 'a house of two rooms and attics, capable of conversion to two houses.'

Two storey terrace style house.

Simple single fronted, single storey cottage with iron lacework verandah

East Melbourne 45 Albert Street Surnames Buchan first ‹ previous 5 of 283 next › last first ‹ previous 5 of 283 next › last

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 070, Strathroy

The building possesses an asymmetrical plan with a bayed front room and a verandah fronting the balance of the façade. Most of its decorative impact is confined to the parapet entablature. Both portions of the façade's parapet have central pediments which surmount a balustraded p...

Brick house with stables and wash house

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 092, Coniston

A single storey brick house

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 097, Tunbridge Manor

A three storey block of interwar flats. The facade is symmetrical. The two top, outer windows are of unusual shape, the sides being angled inwards from about half way up. The central entry with window above leads the eye upward to a stepped parapet, giving a sense of verticality...

A brick and wooden house.

A six roomed brick house.

Two storey house with a tower, verandah and balcony with central portico, all decorated with arches of Moorish influence.

Four roomed brick house.

Timber house of five rooms.

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 128, 130

A pair of two-storey single fronted houses with cast iron balconies.

A rather severe pair of dwellings with simple details. The two storey verandah is virtually completely altered. The six pane sashes to the rear would suggest an early date. [City of Melbourne i-Heritage database]

Two apartment blocks in the Moderne style

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Large free-standing house.

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 314, 318, Airlie

This is a particularly fine two storey mansion of a very early date. The building is symmetrically arranged about a central entry porch with balcony over and secondary bracketed balconies on the flanks, creating a romantic appearance. The ground floor openings have arched heads w...

A pair of two-storey, single fronted houses built as mirror twins, with front doors side by side under arched porticos. Verandahs on the ground floor, no balconies. Regency influence.

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 340, 342

Matching pair of two storey houses with verandahs below, no balcony.

Place

East Melbourne, Albert Street 366

The house is built to the footpath, unusual for its time and in the East Melbourne area. It is a single fronted two storey house of red brick with cement mouldings, now painted. A crenelated parapet hides a gabled roof and a rough cast cement frieze runs below the cornice. The wi...

One of an unusual terrace of 16 houses which is built around a corner site, with some of the houses in Albert Street and others in Lansdowne Street.