Site was subdivided from Crown Allotment 5, purchased by Sir James Frederick Palmer (1803-1871)

It is believed that the original 1840s house is still hiding underneath the existing 1920s exterior.

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The first church service in St Kilda was held at this site in 1849, when it was the “Ibrickane” mansion.

This mansion was built for Annie Dudgeon, a young widow of a convict. She later married Agar Wynne, who was for a time Victoria's Attorney General.

A terrace of four Colonial style houses built in 1857, probably with single level verandahs, known variously as Northampton Terrace, Buildings, or House.

The two northern houses (now 27 and 27A) were occupied as one for most of their life, firstly by Issac Jacob’s family from 1864 to c1874 (who probably added a two level verandah), then financier David Henry, c1875 -1898. Both had German Jewish backgrounds, as did Abraham Benjamin, who occupied no. 29 from c1881 into the 1890s.

The two houses at nos. 29-31 gained their two level verandahs in 1885. By the mid 20^th centuryall the verandahs had been variously altered, and all the houses were operating as boardings establishments. In 1993 they all became individual private houses again, and in the 2000s new 1850s style timber verandahs were constructed.

An Indian bungalow with large verandah and extensive bay views, Rajpootana was built by William Walker, an Anglo-Indian journalist.

Owners of this mansion, built in approximately 1877, included Nairne Guthrie Elder, and Michael C Jacobs.  It appears to have stood next to what is now the St Kilda Army and Navy Club, between Irwell and Albert Streets.