
Also known as | Claremont Terrace 1868-1890, then known as Mary Terrace from 1895 onwards. | Source: Hatcher Index |
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Previous Address | 1 Hawke Street (before 1889) | Source: Hatcher Index |
Constructed | 21/8/1868 | |
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 2772.
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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Lacework
Cast Ironphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Building Ornamentation
Cast Ironphotographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
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Chimney
Brickphotographer: 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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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 | Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works | Hatcher Index | |
1956 | 1971 | Guiseppe Scalone | Hatcher Index | |
1950 | 1955 | Dorothy McKay & others | Hatcher Index | |
1923 | 1949 | William McKay & Margaret Fraser | 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 | |
1868 | 1884 | Alexander McIntosh | Hatcher Index | |
1867 | 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 | |
1974 | 1974 | Paul Zahra | Hatcher Index | |
1973 | 1973 | Dorothy May Leoni | Hatcher Index | |
1957 | 1971 | Guiseppe Scalone | Hatcher Index | |
1943 | 1955 | Nellie Hughes | Hatcher Index | |
1941 | 1942 | Donald Blythman | Hatcher Index | |
1934 | 1940 | Mrs Rosliet Orr | Hatcher Index | |
1930 | 1933 | Mrs Augusta De Mamiel | Hatcher Index | |
1928 | 1929 | Edward Jacks | Hatcher Index | |
1923 | 1927 | William & Margaret McKay | Hatcher Index | |
1919 | 1922 | John T McShae | Hatcher Index | |
1917 | 1918 | George Morehouse | Hatcher Index | |
1915 | 1916 | William J Veal | Hatcher Index | |
1914 | 1914 | McCarthy’s Estate | Hatcher Index | |
1902 | 1913 | Mrs Margaret McCarthy | Hatcher Index | |
1886 | 1901 | William & Margaret McCarthy | Hatcher Index | |
1884 | 1885 | Walter Hamilton | Hatcher Index | |
1882 | 1882 | Edward Hepburn | Hatcher Index | |
1881 | 1881 | William Hughes | Hatcher Index | |
1879 | 1879 | George Travaskis | Hatcher Index | |
1878 | 1878 | Mrs Finn | Hatcher Index | |
1877 | 1877 | Edward Duckett | Hatcher Index | |
1874 | 1876 | Thomas S Elliott | ||
1870 | 1873 | Antoni Ball | Hatcher Index |
Social History
1884. Alexander McIntosh
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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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