Not known. 1935 S. Curry (2) builder LATER OCCUPANTS 1892/93 - 1901 John Alston Wallace (3); 1935 J.E. Morris (2) LATER ADDITIONS/ ALTERATIONS 1911 subdivision of grounds (1), 1920 further subdivision of land West of Quat Quatta Avenue around the house (1) (Appendix). 1935 South-East wing (2). Apparently flats before being converted to reception rooms in recent times. DESCRIPTION Quat Quatta is a single storied mansion originally of some 14 rooms arranged around a central, top-lit room with gallery originally giving access to a widows walk. Early this century this room contained a billiard table. On the main axis of the house through this room are the entrance porch, front door and lobby. A verandah with cast iron columns, timber board ceiling and marble paving faces three sides of the house. A feature of the exterior is the elaborate stucco-work to the balustraded parapet. The slate clad verandah roof is unusual. CONDITION Good. ORIGINAL USE Private residence. PRESENT USE Reception rooms. OTHER The plan of subdivision of 1920 shows a 'road' was to be left on the Glen Eira Road frontage to provide access. It is not known if this was in fact done.
History Quat Quatta was constructed in 1890/91 for Mrs. Betsy Keogh, daughter of early settler Thomas Monahan of Erindale, who died in May, 1889. W.H. Cooper may have been the Architect. (4) The Honourable John Alston Wallace, Betsy Keogh's brother-in-law and a widower by then, acquired the mansion in 1893/94. Wallace died in 1901. Both Quat Quatta and Erindale were subdivided in 1911 (1) (Appendix), Quat Quatta retaining the land between the railway and Quat Quatta Avenue. Subdivision of this land occurred in 1920 (Appendix). The building was flats before being converted to reception rooms.
Thematic Context unknown
Recommendations A Ward, Port Phillip Heritage Review, 1998 recommended inclusions: National Estate Register Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme
References OTHER EVALUATIONS Australian Heritage Commission - Register of the National Estate. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Classified. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. City of St. Kilda archives, subdivision plan, draw. 18 nos. 48 & 49, 1911, draw 18 no. 98 1920 Appendix. 2. City of St. Kilda building permit records, no. 8877, 1935 additions. 3. City of St. Kilda Rate Books. M.M.B.W. Detail Plan No. 1452, 1901 - Appendix, shows layout of the grounds. Source unknown. Photocopies of two old photographs held by D.V. Bick. The Architects' Index, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) file no. 2387, -contains three old photographs. 4. Australian Builders and Contractors News, Melbourne, 21 September, 18 p. 292. Building, Engineering and Mining Journal, Sydney, 22 November 1890. MeIlor, Suzanne G., 'Thomas Monahan (1812-1889)' in Pike, Douglas (ed. 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', M.U.P., Melbourne, 1974, Vol. 5, pp.266-267 – Appendix. 5. James Smith (ed), 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria', F.W. Niven, Melbourne, 1903, Vol. 1, p. 151, Biography late Hon. J.A. Wallace - Appendix. Woods, Carole, 'John Alston Wallace (1824-1901)’ in Nairn, Bede (ed.), 'Australian Dictionary of Biography', M.U.P., Melbourne, 1976, Vol. 6, pp. 345-346 – Appendix.