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117 KOOYONG ROAD ARMADALE, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H0637Armadale House was built in 1876 for Scottish-born businessman and prominent public figure James Munro. Originally located within extensive landscaped gardens but now on a reduced site, the…
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1444 STURT STREET LAKE WENDOUREE, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0413The Bishop's Palace is one of the most imposing houses in Ballarat. It owes its existence to the fact that in 1873 the Roman Catholic Church created the Ballarat Diocese, and a palace was…
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273-277 CAPE SCHANCK ROAD CAPE SCHANCK, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0615The land on which Barragunda now stands was first occupied by john barker, a gentleman pastoralist, from the 1840s. Barker's original homestead is thought to survive nearby although altered…
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60 RAY STREET AND 26 GAFFNEY STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0133Ferndale Manor was built in Castlemaine for Henry Issacs in 1859-60 to designs by architect, Edward Spencer. From 1867 to 1876 it was the residence of Alexander William Robertson who,…
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2 MANOR GROVE CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY
VHR H0135Labassa, Caulfield is one of Melbourne's most lavishly decorated nineteenth century mansions. It resulted from the extensive remodelling in 1889-90, of an earlier house, known as Sylliott…
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101 HOPKINS HILL ROAD CHATSWORTH, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H0325Chatsworth House, a substantial single storey bluestone mansion with attendant outbuildings, on the Hopkins River near Chatsworth, was erected in1858-59 for pioneer pastoralist John Moffat.…
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105 LATROBE PARADE DROMANA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0664The first three owners of Heronswood were remarkable and eminent men. William Edward Hearn (1826-1888) was one of the first professors at the University of Melbourne. He was also a political…
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84-122 CLARENDON STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0027The elevated site for Bishopscourt was selected by BishopPerry,firstBishop of Melbourne, in 1848. Tenders for Bishopscourt werecalledbyarchitects Newson and Blackburn in 1849. The site was…
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168-172 VICTORIA PARADE EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0860Ensor is a two-storey Victorian brick and stucco mansion built in 1875 for Joseph Levy by the prominent Melbourne firm of architects Crouch & Wilson. It has an elaborate three bay facade…
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192 HOTHAM STREET ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY
VHR H0614Rippon Lea was commenced in 1868 by Frederick Sargood, a most successful politician and merchant. He was born in England in 1834 and arrived in Melbourne in 1850. He soon joined his father's…
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122 NICHOLSON STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0539WHEA AREA OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE The residence at 122 Nicholson Street Fitzroy was constructed in 1862 for John Denny, architect, presumably to his own design. It was later refaced and…
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2A GARDEN STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0192Merchiston Hall, Geelong was built in 1856 as a residence for local businessman and politician, James Cowie, on a commanding site in Geelong. It was designed by local architects, Backhouse…
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7 BARRY STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0201D'Estaville was completed in 1859 for Sir William Stawell. Ownership of the property and construction of D'Estaville allowed Stawell to gain the necessary qualification to stand for the…
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2 NOLAN AVENUE KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0789The first section of Studley House, now part of the preparatory school for Xavier College conducted by the Society of Jesus in Kew, Burke Hall, was built in about 1857 for Parliamentarian…
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96 STUDLEY PARK ROAD KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0515The first section of Raheen was commenced in 1870 with an extension added in 1884. It was designed by William Salway and built for Edward Latham of the Carlton Brewery. Sir Henry Wrixon,…
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44 WALMER STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0605Villa Alba, a two-storeyed residence with rendered masonry walls and a slate roof, stands opposite Studley Park, overlooking the Yarra River. It is believed to have been first built before…
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605 BACCHUS MARSH ROAD LOVELY BANKS, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0283Elcho Homestead was built in about 1867 for John Galletly, on a four thousand acre property adjoining the Bacchus Marsh Road. The architect of the house is unknown. A wing was added on the…
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6-10 THE EYRIE LILYDALE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H0612Construction of The Towers was commenced in 1876 and extended in three stages. It was started by Alfred Hand, a tanner and a member of a family well known in local business, fruit and wine…
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38 ADAIR STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0412A brick residence was recorded as existing on the site at the corner of Adair and High Streets in the earliest Maldon Rate Book of 1866. The recorded owner, Thomas Blenkiron, purchased the…
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1225 NEPEAN HIGHWAY MT ELIZA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0321Norman Lodge including all buildings (interior and exterior); the Gothic revival style main house, gatekeeper's cottage, carriage house, men's quarters, chapel (formerly the hall), staff…
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870 MURCHISON-TATURA ROAD DHURRINGILE,GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY
VHR H1554Dhurringile including the mansion, shearing shed, stables and all fixtures attached to the buildings at the time of registration including all fixtures attached to the buildings such as…
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263 PAKINGTON STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0405The Hermitage was upon completion in 1860 one of the finest Colonial Regency style mansion houses in Victoria, evocatively recalling the architecture of Van Diemens Land of the 1830s. The…
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SACRED HEART CONVENT AND COLLEGE
61 RETREAT ROAD NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0555The Sacred Heart Convent of Mercy was established in 1859-60 in a large colonial single storey mansion house `Sunville' erected C 1850 for J W Belcher, and acquired by the Catholic Church in…
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5188 PENSHURST-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD PENSHURST, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0541The property which was to become Kolor was first settled in 1838 and was run as an aboriginal settlement for some time. John Joseph Twomey purchased it and adjoining properties about 1851.…
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8-28 DANIEL STREET PORTLAND NORTH, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0242Maretimo was built c1854 for John Norman McLeod, who was born in Scotland in 1816, succeeded his brother as Chief of Talisker in the same year, and migrated at four years of age to Van…
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