Hitchcock
East Melbourne, Albert Street 070 - Burchett
Date 1883. Norman Hitchcock built a 7 room villa for J Woods - owner.
(this could have been James Woods - architect - practising in Collingwood in 1877)
Occupied 1885 by James Travis.
Villa noted for cast iron lace ref. "Ornamental Cast Iron in Melbourne"
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 070, Strathroy
The building possesses an asymmetrical plan with a bayed front room and a verandah fronting the balance of the façade. Most of its decorative impact is confined to the parapet entablature. Both portions of the façade's parapet have central pediments which surmount a balustraded parapet, atop a cornice mould with scrolled console brackets and rosettes under.
John Woods, named most appropriately for his occupation as timber merchant, built 70 Albert Street in 1884. At the time he died in 1900 he owned 40 properties, mainly in the inner suburbs including his large timber yard in Fitzroy, but also some in regional Victoria, however Albert Street was not among them.