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Elwood House
28, 30, 30a Vautier Street, ELWOOD VIC 3184 - Property No B2973
Elwood House
28, 30, 30a Vautier Street, ELWOOD VIC 3184 - Property No B2973
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Statement of Significance
Elwood House, comprising two of an intended eight terraces, designed by Thomas Watts of Russell Watts & Prichard, and completed in 1855, is of state architectural and historic significance as amongst the earliest terraced housing in Victoria. They are also the oldest builings in Elwood, the only survivor from the first few buildings built in that suburb after subdivision in 1853. They are notable as terraces built for rent located far away from other such developments, the nearest being in St Kilda, and represent the optimism of the gold boom era of the 1850s. Their later history of being combined and added to, becoming a mansion estate, subdivided for flats, the grounds subdivided, and finally restored to two separate terrace houses in 1978, is important for reflecting many of the major trends in the provision of housing in suburban Melbourne. The portion of an outbuilding which remains in the rear corner of 28 Vautier Street, probably constructed in the early 1870s or early 1880s, is of local significance as a remnant of the once numerous outbuildings of Elwood House during its period as a mansion estate, and of the few nineteenth century structures in Elwood.
Classified November 1980
Upgraded: 01/09/1997
Classified November 1980
Upgraded: 01/09/1997
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WINDERMERE FLATSVictorian Heritage Register H0911
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FORMER CHEMIST SHOPVictorian Heritage Register H0782
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ST KILDA STREET BRIDGEVictorian Heritage Register H2080
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