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Georgian Revival

East Melbourne, George Street 100, Lisieux

Description: 

A two storey block of flats constructed in 1934 and drawing inspiration from Georgian and Regency sources.  Lisieux House is a substantial symmetrical building, its front sections finished in white painted render and surmounted by a roof of terracotta tiles. The street elevation is dominated by a central entrance bay projecting from the otherwise restrained facade.

History: 

Built in 1933 by Mansion Constructions, an investment company. The company's directors were politician, Parker Moloney and Anastasia MacIntyre, Moloney's wife's sister. The company was created in 1932, presumably for the purpose of constructing this building.

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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 066

Description: 

A two storey apartment block designed to look like a single house.  The facade has four windows evenly spaced across the top storey while below the spacing is more awkward.  The two right-hand windows lie squarely beneath their counterparts in the upper storey, but on the left hand side the two windows appear cramped together to allow room for the off-centre entrance.  The entran

History: 

The building was constructed in 1939 by owner-builders Robert Charles Whittaker and Bertram Leslie Whittaker.  In the electoral rolls they are both described as manufacturers but of what is not clear.  They commissioned Robert Stanley Bisset to design the building, and although his name appears as architect on the plans, contemporary electoral rolls describe him as a joiner.

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