Citation No:
City of Port Phillip Heritage Review Identifier
"Inverleigh Court"
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Heritage Precinct Overlay HO5 Heritage Overlay(s)
Address
14a Acland St ST. KILDA
Constructed 1920's
Category Residential:apartment Designer See reference notes
Amendment C 29 Comment Significance (Mapped as a Significant heritage property.) This building is significant as an unusually large and well scaled block of apartments. This significance is enhanced by the intact state of the original finishes (roughcast render, terracotta tile roof) and the composition which plays the vertical, decoratively gabled entrance bays against the sweeping horizontality of the roof. The curved balconies adjacent to the southern stair hall add further complexity to the composition. The scale of this building, and the way it establishes the street corner with Eildon Road, makes it a key building in the church square locality. The balconies have been filled in and the canopy over the Acland Street door is missing, but the Eildon Road canopy and the low front fences appear to be contemporary with the flats.
Primary Source Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan, St Kilda 20th century Architectural Study Vol. 3, 1992
Other Studies Description Date : 1920s Style : Mediterranean Three storey walk-up flats Builder: see reference notes Original owner: see reference notes A three storey complex of twelve apartments arranged in two groups of six, one entered from Acland Street and the other from Church Square. The bulk of the building is set back from these streets but the two entrance porches which incorporate the main stairs both project to the property boundary. A variety of drawings relating to various alterations and additions are held at the St Kilda Council, but no original construction drawings have been found. On stylistic grounds, the buildings probably date from the 1920s.