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Mansions of ToorakMiles LewisMiles Lewis
St John’s Church12 August 2010
Rosemount.’ Gardiner’s Creek [Toorak] Road, later 81 River St, early 1840sE M Robb, Early Toorak and District (Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne 1934), p 19
the subdivision & sale ofthe subdivision & sale ofthe subdivision & sale of the subdivision & sale of South Yarra and ToorakSouth Yarra and Toorak
Hoddle's map of surveyed lands
north of Melbourne, 1837
Port Phillip 104 sent toPort Phillip 104, sent to Sydney in February 1838
‘Plan of the Town and Suburbs of Melbourne’, 1843Statham, Capital Cities, p 222
Hoddle's proposed Richmond subdivision, 1837Bruce Trethowan
Hoddle's Richmond subdivision, 1838Bruce Trethowan
Prahran/South Yarra: map with contours at 15' (4.5 m), 50' (15 m), and 190' 57 m)Anne Neale
Prahran/South Yarra: : Hoddle's survey of 1837, Roll Plan 109Megan Poulston
'Plan of Allotments adjoining the South Melbourne Reserve, &c.', M/9, 10 June 1840Roger Wyatt
‘Bona Vista’ later 67 Kensington Rd South Yarra possibly by John Gill c 1846‘Bona Vista’, later 67 Kensington Rd, South Yarra, possibly by John Gill, c 1846Robb, Early Toorak and District, p 29
Bona Vista Estate, South Yarra, 1879
V l l St t Lib fVale plan, State Library of Victoria
‘Bona Vista’Bona Vista , Kensington Road, South
Yarra, byYarra, by Reed,
Henderson & Smart, 1884 ,
from the south-east
Mil L iMiles Lewis
detail of a Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works map of theof Works map of the 1890s, showing the Kensington Road
f P harea of Prahran.
Smith & Kirk's (formerly Brodie & Burchett's) Victoria Tannery on the Yarra in 1850Smith & Kirk s (formerly Brodie & Burchett s) Victoria Tannery on the Yarra, in 1850unlocated, 2001
Toorak HouseToorak House
Toorak House, attributed to James Blackburn, c 1851-2: view by S T GillRobb, Early Toorak, p 54
‘Toorak’, sketch by Jane Cannan, c 1853-4Royal Historical Society of Victoria
lodge Villa Borghese Romelodge, Villa Borghese, RomeCharles Parker, Villa Rustica: Selected from Buildings and Scenes in the Vicinity of Rome
and Florence; and arranged for Lodges and Domestic Dwellings (London 1832)
'Rosedale', near Campbell T T i 1830Town, Tasmania, c 1830,
remodelled by James Blackburn 1848
old view; modern view
E G Robertson & Edith Craig EarlyE G Robertson & Edith Craig, Early Buildings of Northern Tasmania (2
vols, Melbourne 1964), I, p 50Miles Lewis
‘Bishopscourt’, Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, by
Newson & Blackburn, 1850-53Miles Lewis
tower
i d d
bracketted eave
i iwindow arcade quoining
‘Bishopscourt’, Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, by James Blackburn / Newson & Blackburn, 1850-53Blackburn, 1850 53
Toorak House, attributed to James Blackburn, c 1851-2: watercolour by J D Stone, 1858
Miles Lewis; National Library of Australia
Toorak House, St George's Road, Toorak, c 1851-2watercolour by J D Stone, 1858
National Library of Australia
Government House Melbourne by Wardell Clark & Kerr of the Public WorksGovernment House, Melbourne, by Wardell, Clark & Kerr of the Public Works Department, 1871-6, from the south-west
Allan Sierp, Colonial Life in Victoria: Fifty Years of Photography, 1855-1905 (Adelaide 1972), p 94
Toorak House,St George's Road ToorakSt George s Road, Toorak
c 1848-51
photograph in 1861
State Library of Victoria, LTL H 690
'Toorak, former residenceToorak, former residenceof Sir H Barkly,
Governor of Victoria'by William Tibbits, 1878y ,
State Library of Victoria, LTL 612
Toorak House
Miles Lewis
'Toorak former residenceToorak, former residenceof Sir H Barkly,
Governor of Victoria‘by William Tibbits, 1878by William Tibbits, 1878
La Trobe Collection,, State Library of Victoria, LTL 612
Toorak House:view in the 1890s
A t l A t B id C I i lAustral Art Bromide Co, ImperialInstitute Series of Bromide Photographs
of Victoria, vol 1 Homes and Scenery(Melbourne, no date [c 1894-6]), I,
held by the Melbourne Club.y
Toorak House
Miles Lewis
Tintern, the bow windowbow window
John Collins photoState Library of Victoria
Tintern, plan of h h i 1901the house in 1901, by Inskip & Butler
Melbourne UniversityMelbourne University Architectural Collection
WD HOU 137, State Library of Victoria
the Tintern subdivision
State Library of yVictoria
th Bth Bthe Boomthe Boom
‘Orrong’, Toorak Roadlater ‘the Grey Lodge’, corner of Orrong Roadc 1851, extended by Lloyd Tayler, 1885y y ,
views in 1853 and c 19341934
Robb Early Toorak and DistrictRobb, Early Toorak and District, pp 94, 95
‘Greenmount, later ‘Aroona’, Toorak & Williams Rds, by Reed & Barnes 1869-70Robb, Early Toorak and District, p 86
AroonaPunch, 24 December 1903
Alexander Landale
pontificating
‘Lauderdale’ toadyingpontificating
Mrs Landale looking
martyredmartyredAroona
Punch, 24 December 1903
‘I Feel That We Have Come’I Feel That We Have Come‘Lauderdale’ and Senator Simon Fraser at ‘Norla’
Punch, 17 December 1903
‘my carpet slippers f t blare comfortable,
but I can’t sit straight because of
my piles’
‘Norla’, Irving Road, probably originally ‘Staunton’, by Leonard Terry, 1871, extended by Oakden, Addison & Kemp in 1889
Punch, 17 December 1903
‘Norla’ IrvingNorla , Irving Road, by Leonard
Terry, 1871
north wall of the Giardino della
Pigna, Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican,
Rome
Punch, 17 December 1903 Arnaldo Bruschi, Bramante
(London 1977 [1973]), p 102
‘You don’t often see them cut here’Punch, 12 November 1903
‘The Largest Conservatory’, Co se ato y ,
Leura
Punch, 12 November 19031903
‘Leura’, by Levi Powell, c 1869-73Punch, 12 November 1903
‘Tyalla’, Heyington Place, Toorak, extended possibly by Thomas Watts: watercolour by William Tibbits, c 1882
State Library of Victoria
‘Sebrof', 514 Orrong Rd, Armadale, by Dalton & Gibbins, 1884-6Miles Lewis
‘Lakeside', Queens Road, South Melbourne, by R Daltonwatercolour by William Tibbits, State Library of Victoria SLV H83.235/5
towers
‘Sebrof'Sebrof , Armadale
‘Lakeside’, South
Melbourne
MandevilleMandevilleMandeville Mandeville HallHallHall Hall
St Georges ‘ Athelstane, Clendon Rd, probably by Charles Webb, 1867Robb, Early Toorak and District, p 100
'Mandeville Hall', Toorak, west front by Charles Webb, 1878-9Imperial Institute Album, Melbourne Club
'Mandeville Hall', Toorak, west front by Charles Webb, 1878-9
Mandeville Hall
Mosspennock 36Mosspennock, 36 Clarendon St, East
Melbourne, by Charles W ebb for J L PurvesW.ebb for J L Purves,
1881
‘Mandeville Hall’, detail of front door glazingMiles Lewis
'Dhurringhile', figures from the left side of the stair windowMiles Lewis
‘Flora’ at ‘Mandeville Hall’ and at 'Dhurringhile’Miles Lewis
‘Mandeville Hall’: the drawing room in 1904Melbourne Punch, 7 January 1904
‘Mandeville Hall’: the drawing room doors to thedrawing room doors to the
conservatory
Miles LewisMiles Lewis
'Mandeville Hall', drawing room
ceiling and cornice in the window bay
Irvine GreenMiles Lewis
Mandeville Hall: drawing room silk before repairMandeville Hall: drawing room silk before repair.Chris Payne.
'Mandeville Hall', drawing roomdrawing room chimneypiece
Miles Lewis
'Mandeville Hall', detail of bathroom wall
Miles Lewis
view of the Yarracourtesy of Philippe Batters
thethe ToorakToorak GeorgianGeorgianthe the ToorakToorak GeorgianGeorgian
M H Baillieu house, 729 Orrong Road, Toorak, by H D Annear 1925-7Miles Lewis
M H Baillieu house: detailhouse: detail of frontispiece
Miles Lewis
M H Baillieu house
Annear’s drawings
M H Baillieu house:house:detail of
Annear’s planAnnear s plan
Cortile del Belvedere,
exedra of upperexedra of upper court:
reconstruction ofreconstruction of Bramante's
original designB hi B t 105Bruschi, Bramante, p 105
M H Baillieu house: drawing roomMiles Lewis
M H Baillieu house: fireplaceMiles Lewis
M H BaillieuM H Baillieu house
the gardeng
Miles Lewis
decline & falldecline & falldecline & fall decline & fall
Miegunyah, 641 Orrong Road, Toorak, 1858
onwards
view from the west 27 January 1913
south front 27 March 1920March 1920
Grimwade Albums B & 13, Melbourne university
ArchivesArchives
M b l G i d tMabel Grimwade at the bush house, ‘Miegunyah’, 21
April 1913
Grimwade Album B, Melbourne University
Archives
M lb &Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works propertyof Works property
service file (or house cover) for )‘Miegunyah’, 641
Orrong Rd, Toorak, t d tas connected to
the system in 1902
MMBW t i fil f Mi h & t blMMBW property service file for Miegunyah & stables 1919-1920; 1921; 1933
Miegunyah, south front and port-cochère, 1 December 1923Grimwade Album 17, Melbourne University Archives
MMBW property service files for Miegunyah 1933-4; 1934; 1951
Miegunyah, alterations by Stephenson & Meldrum, 1933, elevations & sectionsdrawing no 4480, Melbourne University Archives
‘Miegunyah’, 641 Orrong Road,
Toorak, in 1933-4: b dbased on
Stephenson & Meldrum’sMeldrum s drawings
Miles Lewis
‘Miegunyah’, 641 Orrong RoadOrrong Road,
Toorak, as remodelled by H D Annear,1920-1921
extrapolating backwards frombackwards from
1933-4, using the MMBW houseMMBW house
cover and photographs
Miles LewisMiles Lewis
‘Mi h’ 1910‘Miegunyah’, 1910
‘Miegunyah’, 1913
extrapolating backwards using thebackwards using the MMBW house cover
and photographs
Miles Lewis
Miegunyah, north g yfront
O t b 1933October 1933
modern viewmodern view
Grimwade Album 23, Melbourne University
Archives;Miles LewisMiles Lewis
Miegunyah hall: view eastward and detail of chimneypieceMiles Lewis
the Miegunyah workshop, by Philip Hudson 1919 20Hudson, 1919-20
view January 1921
modern view
Grimwade Album 33, Melbourne UniversityMelbourne University
ArchivesMiles Lewis
the Miegunyah workshop: the crutches and the escutcheon: ‘Man became erect for the better
employment of his hands’Miles LewisMiles Lewis