a'Beckett
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 150 - Burchett
Catalogue number:
wbclast150 Subject description:
Built 1855 by Samuel Ramsden for Sir William a'Beckett, Chief Justice of Victoria 1854-55.
Building demolished 1960c. to build Mercy Hospital.
Item type:
Index card - 171 reads
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 150, Clarendon House
Description:
A large two-storey house with colonnaded balcony and a balustrade around the roofline.
History:
Sir William a'Beckett, Chief Justice of Victoria, and his wife were the first owners of Clarendon House.