Royal
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 089, 091 - Burchett
No.89 was originally No.86 and No.91 was No.84.
1853. MCC BR: To erect an iron store. Diamond - contractor. For Fras. Hobson.
1854. F. Hobson rated for iron store and brick house, 4 rooms and kitchen.
1855. Rated for two brick houses. One occupied by F. Hobson.
1858. Names mentioned: Hobson and Chas. Gell.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 091
A single storey, single fronted brick house.
The house first appears in the 1854 Rate Books as a brick cottage having four rooms and a kitchen. There appears to be no Notice of Intent to Build. Its first owner, Francis Hobson, insurance agent and, later, gentleman, lived in the house until his death in 1870. Two years later it was sold to William Royal, bricklayer and, later, gentleman, who also lived there until his death in 1894.