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Noble

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 154, Stokesay

Description: 

Large double fronted, two storey house. Described in 1918 as having "10 rooms 2 bathrooms, 2 maid’s rooms, laundry, large brick motor garage, stabling, man’s room, &c electric light throughout."

History: 

The house was built for John Webster in 1869 and designed by architects Reed & Barnes, who designed a number of houses in East Melbourne. Nancy Adams, in her book, Family Fresco,claims the house was once owned by her father, Sir Edward Mitchell, K.C., who named it Stokesay after Stokesay Vicarage in Shropshire where he used to spend university vacations and where the vicar coached him.

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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 114, 116, 118, 120 - Burchett

1883. MCC BR: Ray Noble to build for self four 2-storey houses.
1885. First Directory reference: Harold Francis. James Anderson. Oliver McLean. Sarah Higginson.
Note: National Trust citation:'Notable Victorian terrace with orginal interiors'. Classified.
Photo shows No.114 left-hand most terrace.

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