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Moran

East Melbourne, George Street 032, Bradoc House

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A block of eighteen flats. Built of brick with a Tudor-Byzantine exterior, with Spanish influence. Decorative brickwork and painted incised render. Art deco interiors

History: 

From construction in the 1930s until late 1989 privately owned rental investment residential flats. Nine one bedroom flats; three two bedroom flats; six bed-sitters. Also tower, at that time for communal use. Whole property of eighteen apartments auctioned individually in late 1989, as a company share property - Arbe Questa Nominees. The tower is now privately owned as part of Apt. 18.

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 057, 059, 061 - Burchett

Built in 1885 by the City of Melbourne Building Sociaty 3 brick houses each of 10 rooms. Owned 1890 - 57 by Wilkinson, agent for the City of Melbourne Building Society, 59 by Martin Moran, 61 by Martin Moran.

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 181

Description: 

Two storey red brick dwelling with terracotta tile roof, leadlight windows and verandah with double ionic columns. There is a clinker brick soldier course , interesting reinforced concrete and wrought iron fence. [City of Melbourne i-Heritage database]

History: 

Building work valued at £2,000. Described as ‘attic villa’. Brickwork of ‘Barkly’ bricks. Attic walls to be lined to a height of 3ft. with 3ply Pacific Mahogany. Other woods used: Pacific Maple, Hoop Pine, Jarrah, Oregon. Red gum stumps. Flooring of Baltic White, ‘Dindi’ hardwood.

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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 099, Halloween

Description: 

Symmetrical, two storey, double fronted house with replacement verandah and balcony

History: 

In a Notice of Intent to Build dated 14 March, 1854 George Robinson gave notice of his intention to have builder, Thomas Crawson, erect a three room iron cottage. Robinson gave his address as Clarence Cottage, Fitzroy (Hotham) Street, and in the 1854 Rate Books a four room brick cottage appears under his name. This would indicate that the brick cottage pre-dates the iron one.

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