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Flete
10 Flete Avenue ARMADALE, Stonnington City

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Statement of Significance

'Flete' at Armadale is a mansion of considerable historical importance being firstly the residence of eminent Judge Sir Hartley Williams, later leased by the internationally acclaimed opera sinfer Dame Nellie Melba and subsequently occupied by Judge Sit John Latham. 'Flete' is a distinctively planned Italianate mansion most notable for the consistent elevational treatment, wide encircling veranda and high quality interior details. The mansion has a few comparable counterparts in suburban Melbourne.

It is of State Significance.

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    • Physical Description 1

      Flete - Physical Description 1

      The Victorian Italianate style brick and stucco mansion with wide encircling veranda i s allegedly based upon a Maltese Villa prototype and is symmetrically planned around wide internal passage axes which intersect to form a large central entrance hall, elaborately decorated.

      Local Historical Themes

      Flete - Local Historical Themes

      8.1.2 Seats of the mighty - mansion estates in the nineteenth century

      8.1.3 The end of an era - mansion estate subdivisions in the twentieth century

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Stonnington - City of Malvern Heritage Study

      Author: Nigel Lewis and Richard Aitken P/L
      Year: 1992
      Grading: A2

      Stonnington - Malvern City Urban Character Study Appendix B Preliminary Heritage Assessment

      Author: Graeme Butler and Architectural Historian Laceworks Landscape Collaborative
      Year: 1989
      Grading:

      Stonnington - References to National Trust of Australia (Vic) Register

      Author: National Trust of Australia
      Year: 1900
      Grading:

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