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Ford House (demolished) Cnr Balaclava and Orrong Road NW

Ford House
CoPP Collection

4 Chaddesley Avenue
St Kilda East,Victoria
Australia 3183

NW corner Balaclava and Orrong Road

  • Date Built: 1865-66 MMDB
  • Demolished: 1936
  • First European Land Owner:

     

    1845 onwards. Prahran Parish Map Allottment 205b ownership J Semple  https://stkildahistory.org.au/our-collection/resources/parish

    1873 Vardy Map 4 SW 6 in the ownership of W Ford. 

    1900 C MMBW Map 1430 Identifies 'Chaddesley'  with nearest neighbours 'St Sidwell; to the west on Balaclava Road and 'Craigellachie' to the north on Orrong Road https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7320909&mode=browse

      
  • Architects:

     

    1866-1879 C Secondary architect James Henry Fox - however there is no source information for this assertion, MMDB : Record number 3521 https://aai.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=198:7:::NO:RP:P7_ID:3521

    Werribee Park House is attributed to James Henry Fox  See http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/search/nattrust_result_detail/66851

    Chatsworth House  (Western District) is attributed to James Henry Fox http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/reports/report_place/283

    James Henry Fox is buried at the St Kida Cemetery, An entry in the Friends of  St Kilda Cemertery gives some further information on his work.  http://foskc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Newsletter-Feb-2014.pdf
  • Owners and occupiers:

    See under Sources below from MMDB
  • Description:

  • Sources:

     

    https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2973501219/view?sectionId=nla.obj-2979528815&searchTerm=chaddesley&partId=nla.obj-2973529419#page/n49/mode/1up/search/chaddesley

    Melbourne Mansion Database:

    S&M 1866 (1st entry), 1875 Ford, William (Ford, William & Co, chemists), p.r., Balaclava Rd -east, St K Argus, 25 Jan 1879, p 1. Birth notice. At View-Hill , Balaclava Rd, St Kilda, to the wife of Joseph McGaw, a daughter. Argus, 17 Feb 1879, p 2. Auction notice. Two storey family residence, Orrong & Balclava Rds, estate of late William Ford, occupied by Joseph McGaw. Opposite the house and grounds of R A Billing and adjoining the mansion of Wm Pearson (which makes it the nw cnr). Argus, 25 Aug 1879, p 3. JHF calls tenders for additions and alterations to View Hill House, Balaclava Rd, for E A Wynne. Argus, 17 Nov 1888, p 3. Auction notice for furn of E A Wynne, at his residence View Hill, cnr Balacalava & Orrong Rds. S&M 1880 Wynne, Edward, Balaclava Rd, Caulfield (no identifiable location) S&M 1884 Wynne, Edward, Balaclava Rd (nw cnr Orrong Rd) TS Note: Vardy map as annotated by H Raggatt shows W Ford as owner of this property. TS Note: Andrew Ward, City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan 1996, i, p 25. Fig 2.5 shows W Ford on this land on Road District plan [erroneously dated 1857, actually no earlier than c1865 -66]. House site would be currently approx Lockerbie Crt. From Vardy map and MMBW it is clear that this house is enlarged to become Chaddesley. S&M 1903 Perrins, Mrs E, 'Chaddesley', Perrins, Mrs E, Balaclava Rd. Argus, 15 Feb 1936, p 2. Subdivision plan for Chaddesley. Mansion will be demolished in early March.
  • Compiled by: Helen Halliday
  • Last updated: 2022-12-19