Talbot Villa
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 121
Black and white photo shows a single-storey double-fronted house. There is a verandah to one side with timber posts and freize which shelters the front door and a single window. The projecting bay on the other side features a tripartite window set under a gable roof trimmed with decorative bargeboards.
In 1902 a second storey was added to the house.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 121, Talbot Villa
A two storey, double fronted, free-standing house on a corner allotment. There is a verandah and balcony to one side with timber posts, freize and balustrade. The other side has an oriel window below a timbered gable roof.
The house was originally built in 1870 for Henry Talbot Thornton as a single storey cottage. He called the house Talbot Villa as shown in a birth announcement in the Argus. Another birth announcement in 1883, this time for the child of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Henderson, shows that the house was still known under the same name.