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Craigellachie (extant) 2b and C Lyndoch Court Caulfield

Craigellachie 1972 C
Glen Eira Historical Society

This house is extant. It was originally part of the City of St Kilda though now is part of Glen Eira Council area.  Originally identified as vacant land on the 1873 Vardy Maps it first appeared in the 1901 MMBW maps.. Exterior and interior photographs are on the Glen Eira Historical Society Collection Victoria website . https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5f9b46e9ca478a1c489a470c 

The following information is from Victorian Heritage Council HO40 Craigellachie, 2b & 2c Lynedoch Avenue, Caulfield North - City of Glen Eira :  https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/65657

Craigellachie', a Victorian mansion was apparently erected in two stages for 1873 for Scottish born pastoralist and politician William Pearson. A formally designed conservative classical style two storey house is fronted by a later, more ornate, asymmetrically planned single storey addition with tower and perimeter iron verandah in an elaborate variation of the ubiquitous Italianate mansion house model.
'Craigellachie' of unknown authorship ( Identified by MMDB as Sydney W Smith) and uncertain date, is a building of importance as a comparatively fine surviving example of late Victorian era Italianate style mansions which proliferated in suburban Melbourne 1870-1890. The house is notable for the quality of the architectural details, tiled floors, opulent interior and dominant Italianate tower and was for many years the town house of William Pearson, prominent public figure and celebrated racing enthusiast.
'Craigellache' originally fronting Inkerman Street and now on a much reduced site has been partially subdivided into apartments. the essential architectural qualities of the house are intact.

 


273 Orrong Road
St Kilda East,Victoria
Australia 3183
  • Date Built: After 1876
  • Demolished: Extant
  • First European Land Owner:

    1845 onwards. Prahran Parish Map Allottment 204b ownership H Raphael https://stkildahistory.org.au/our-collection/resources/parish

    1873 Vardy Map 4 SW Allotments 4 and 5 in the ownership of W Young. Land vacant. https://stkildahistory.org.au/our-collection/resources/vardy-plans

    1901 MMBW Map 1430 Identifies 'Craigellachie'  on the SW corner of Orrong Road and Inkerman Street. Nearest neighbours to the south 'Chaddesley' and 'St Sidwell' https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7320909&mode=browse

      
  • Architects:

    Sydney William Smith ? 1876  MMDB 
  • Owners and occupiers:

    Following ownerships identified from MMDB with some queries relating to land ownership which can be confirmed by reference to information from the Vardy Maps See above.

    See S&M below which suggest that the property was possibly owned by William Young.

    1875 S&M Same site appears to be Girdler, Joseph (Sargood, Son & Co)

    1876 Built for pastoralist and politician William Pearson, who lived at Craigellachie until his death in 1894.

    [c1896 - 1919], Percy Pearson,S&M 1876 (1st entry) Pearson,

     
  • Description:

    See Glen Eira Historical Society Collections Victoria
  • Builder:

    Unknown
  • Sources:

    MMDB Record N 8 last amended 27/6/1997 https://aai.app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p=198:7:::NO:RP:P7_ID:8

    Murray, Sand, Swamp, pp160, 273. | Andrew Ward, Caulfield Cons Study, np. Built in 1876 for pastoralist and politician William Pearson, who lived at Craigellachie until his death in 1894. | ML report on file. Form suggests 2 stage development, 2 storey south section earlier. | Solomon, Caulfield's Building Heritage, pp 25 - 27. Solomon notes that an etched glass panel door bears the crest of the Young family . She states that the reason for this is not known. (TS Note: See S&M below which suggest that the property was possibly owned by William Young before the purchase by Pearson). Owners have been Pearson, Robert Crawford [c1896 - 1919], Percy Thomson & later his widow [c1919-c1930], Newton Francis [c1935-c1973] | S&M 1876 (1st entry) Pearson, William, Orrong Rd, St K, also Inkerman St east, St K. In location section at se cnr Inkerman St east & Orrong Rd. | S&M 1875 Same site appears to be Girdler, Joseph (Sargood, Son & Co) | S&M 1874 Same site appears to be Young, William (Young, William & Co), listed in alphabetical at both Orrong Rd & Inkerman St. In location section at se cnr Inkerman St east & Orrong St [sic]. | S&M 1873 Same site appears to be Young, William (Young, William & Co), Balaclava but no listing at Orrong/Inkerman site. No listing before this date. | TS Note: House is not shown on Vardy plan of 1873. Also account of the birth of Pearson's son at Craigellachie in 1864 is incorrect; birth notice in Argus shows that he was born at Kilmany Park, Sale. If, however, an earlier house existed on the site, a possible tender notice is Argus, 24 Oct 1874, p 10, Sydney W Smith, tenders wanted for additional brick rooms and various alterations to a residence in East St Kilda. | Bought by Richard Freeman 1997, see MBL file.

     
  • Compiled by: Helen Halliday
  • Last updated: 2022-12-26