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Craigellachie (extant) 2b and C Lyndoch Court Caulfield

Craigellachie 1972 C Craigellachie 1972 C Glen Eira Historical Society

  • Date Built: After 1876
  • Demolished: Extant
  • Builder:

    Unknown

  • 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

      

  • 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,

     

  • Architects:

    Sydney William Smith ? 1876  MMDB 

  • Description:

    See Glen Eira Historical Society Collections Victoria

  • 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: Monday, 26 December 2022