Single houses
East Melbourne, George Street 94
Brochure advertising auction of 94 George Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 26 October 1996
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 042
Brochure advertising auction of 42 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 18 November 1989. Black and white sketch. Floorplan. The house had been renovated by architect, Noel Crosling. The house sold for $550,000.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 079
A single storey house featuring a wide, low-pitched gable roof. A central, curved bay window sits below. It is made up of five lead-light segments and protected by a window hood. The lower part of the house is unpainted red brick, while the upper part is rendered with rough cast cement. The apex of the gable, above the window hood, is half-timbered.
Andrew Francis Molan owned a hotel and store in Crossley, near Tower Hill in Victoria’s west. Later he moved to Melbourne and bought a hotel in Victoria Parade, Fitzroy. In 1910 his son, Maurice Leslie Molan married, and this seems to have been the stimulus for Andrew to buy the house at 79 Gipps Street. Maurice and his wife, Alice Leona, moved in.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 081
Brochure advertising the auction of 81 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 7 August 1993.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 083
Federation style double-fronted villa with terracotta tile roof and timber verandah.
According to Winston Burchett’s Index to the City of Melbourne’s Notices of Intentions to Build 83 Gipps Street was built 1909-10 for John Loughnan by John Timmins to the design of architects, Crook and Richardson.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 084, The Haven
Brochure advertising the auction of 84 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 11 May 2002
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 121, Wooroonook
This is a fine two storey ruled render terrace residence with unusual tri-partite verandah. The upper floor verandah has brackets forming semi circular arches supported on timber columns and a concave (hipped) corrugated iron roof. There are render enrichments to the party walls and dentilled eaves. [i-Heritage database]
Builder, Joseph Baxter, built this house for himself to the design of C Langford in 1882. This was in the early days of Clements Langford’s career but he went on to be a master builder working on many of Melbourne’s well-known churches and commercial properties. [see link below].
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 159, Little Parndon. 2013
A series of 16 photos taken at the time the house was open for inspection prior to sale. The house had been owned by Lord and Lady Casey. Lord Casey died in 1976 and Lady Casey in 1983. From that time until 2013 the house remained in the hands of the Trustees of Lady Casey's estate and operated as accomodation for visiting artists, musicians and actors.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 173
Brochure advertising auction of 173 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 27 June 1998
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 179
Brochure advertising auction of 179 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, scheduled 14 November 1998.
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