
Also known as | Claremont Terrace 1868-1890, then known as Mary Terrace from 1895 onwards. | Source: Hatcher Index |
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Previous Address | 5 Hawke Street (before 1889) | Source: Hatcher Index |
Constructed | 14/1/1870 | |
Style | Victorian, Mid: 1860-1875 | |
Architect | ||
Builder | Alexander McIntosh of 186 King Street |
Timelapse Building Images

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photographer: Graeme Butler
Land Details
Building Details
Melbourne council building application number 3664.
This terrace home along with the other 4 in the row were built and owned by Mr Alexander McIntosh. Houses 4 and 6 were built in the first stage in 1868, then houses 8 and 10 were built in 1869 and finally house 12 was built in 1870.
As if building wasn’t enough, McIntosh also owned and run a very successful wholesale & retail grocery, wine and spirit store at 186 King Street West Melbourne with his wife in the 1880’s.
Street addresses were changed in 1889 and that address on King street east side, somewhere between Little Bourke and Lonsdale Streets in Melbourne.
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Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
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Chimney
TerracottaPhotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Windows
Timberphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Fence
Steelphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Fence
Brickphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Fin Wall
Brickphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Lacework
Cast Ironphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Building Ornamentation
Concretephotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Building Ornamentation
Concretephotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
Heritage Significance and Listings
Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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Intact detailed wrought iron lace work, veranda and original window. Ornate and intact masonry detail on the parapet front. North and West Melbourne Conservation Study – Graeme Butler 6 Hawke Street is a one-story brick and bluestone building containing building fabric from the 1876 period of construction. The fence has been modified but its Victorian facade elements remain mostly intact. Original 4 panel solid wood front door with overlight intact. Original chimneys are intact and operational. 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 Hawke Street were built in stages by Alexander McIntosh of 186 King Street who also built a number of other significant houses and buildings in and around Melbourne. What is significant? The Crown Grantee for this land and a King Street grocer, Alexander McIntosh, applied to build this row of five five-room brick houses over three stages extending from 1868 to 1870. The row took the name Claremont Terrace, later Mary Terrace. Alexander died wealthy in 1884. William McCarthy was a later owner of the row and lived with wife Margaret in number 4 until his death in 1901. A `Gentleman’ at his death, his last will was signed with his mark, an `X’, indicative of the self-made entrepreneurs in the Melbourne early area. Typically the other houses were leased out. Contributory elements include: • one storey parapeted stuccoed cottage row of five, distinguished by the sweep in the parapet line with change of level; • simple cemented cornice moulds, brackets; • face brick side and rear walls, gabled dividing walls expressed above the roof; • pitched roof behind the parapet clad with corrugated iron, with cemented and corniced chimneys also early white terra-cotta pots; • concave roof front verandah with panelled cast-iron serpentine frieze and brackets; • double-hung sash windows; • four-panel entry door and toplight; and • contribution to valuable Victorian-era streetscape. Publicly visible side wall rendered. source: West Melbourne Heritage Review 2016. |
Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1972 | 1974 | Sobasliemo Lombardi | Hatcher Index | |
1960 | 1970 | Mamo Parisse | Hatcher Index | |
1959 | 1959 | Mrs Inez Mary Kriss | Hatcher Index | |
1953 | 1958 | Inez Mary Rowe | Hatcher Index | |
1941 | 1952 | Evelyn Josephine Turner | Hatcher Index | |
1923 | 1940 | William Williams | Hatcher Index | |
1914 | 1922 | McCarthy’s Estate | Hatcher Index | |
1908 | 1913 | Mrs Margaret McCarthy | Hatcher Index | |
1902 | 1907 | McCarthyTrustees | Hatcher Index | |
1885 | 1901 | William & Margaret McCarthy | Hatcher Index | |
1870 | 1884 | Alexander McIntosh | Hatcher Index | |
1869 | Alexander McIntosh (vacant land) | Hatcher Index | ||
abt 40 thousand years earlier | 1835 | Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria | Hatcher Index |
Residents
From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1972 | 1974 | Sobasliemo Lombardi | Hatcher Index | |
1960 | 1970 | Mamo Parisse | Hatcher Index | |
1959 | 1959 | Mrs Inez Mary Kriss | Hatcher Index | |
1955 | 1958 | Inerz Mary Rowe | Hatcher Index | |
1943 | 1953 | Robert Healey | Hatcher Index | |
1941 | 1941 | Walter Mears | Hatcher Index | |
1940 | 1940 | Alfred Toohey | Hatcher Index | |
1939 | 1939 | Richard Burke | Hatcher Index | |
1937 | 1937 | James Lay | Hatcher Index | |
1936 | 1936 | Stanley Hutchinson | Hatcher Index | |
1923 | 1935 | William Williams | Hatcher Index | |
1922 | 1922 | Arthur Gordon | Hatcher Index | |
1920 | 1921 | Ernest Edward Miles | Hatcher Index | |
1919 | 1919 | Alfred Clements | Hatcher Index | |
1917 | 1918 | John T McShae | Hatcher Index | |
1915 | 1916 | Denis Maloney | Hatcher Index | |
1913 | 1914 | Alexander Findlay | Hatcher Index | |
1910 | 1912 | Frederick Weilant | Hatcher Index | |
1909 | 1909 | Alf Laidlaw | Hatcher Index | |
1908 | 1908 | Eva Adley | Hatcher Index | |
1907 | 1907 | William Rigby | Hatcher Index | |
1906 | 1906 | Matthew Murteugh | Hatcher Index | |
1904 | 1905 | John Atkins | Hatcher Index | |
1895 | 1903 | John or James McEwan | Hatcher Index | |
1891 | 1892 | Thomas Twiner | Hatcher Index | |
1890 | 1890 | Mrs Catherine Connor | Hatcher Index | |
1884 | 1889 | Thomas Westhorpe or Westlake | Hatcher Index | |
1883 | 1883 | Gilbert Johnstone | Hatcher Index | |
1882 | 1882 | J Kennedy | Hatcher Index | |
1881 | 1881 | William Cunning | Hatcher Index | |
1879 | 1879 | Mr & Mrs Patrick O’Shannessy | Hatcher Index | |
1878 | 1878 | John Thomas | Hatcher Index | |
1876 | 1877 | Wilfred B Atkinson | Hatcher Index | |
1874 | 1875 | Thomas Wetherall | Hatcher Index | |
1873 | 1873 | Leander Miller | Hatcher Index | |
1871 | 1871 | George Pralle or Preatty | Hatcher Index |
Social History
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Context and Streetscape
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This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation.
source: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/history-city-of-melbourne.pdf
historical map source: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps/maps-melbourne-city-suburbs
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Streetscape |
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This streetscape contains a collection of outstanding Victorian buildings because they are a particularly well preserved group from a similar period or style and because they are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right. |
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