Lynton
13-15 Simpson Street, East Melbourne
Line drawing of the pair of terrace houses at 13-15 Simpson Street.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 013, 015
Pair of fine 2 storey render terraces with elaborate 2 storey cast iron verandah and render details. Flat arched openings to first floor and slender Corinthian pilastered openings with radius corners to ground floor. Palisade fence on scalloped bluestone plinth. Tessellated tile floor and bluestone upstands to verandahs are all intact. [i-Heritage]
This pair of houses was designed by Ravenscroft and Freeman, architects in 1887 and built for James Ford Born by Seccull and Abbot. George Ravenscroft appears to have been self-taught, starting out as a carpenter, then a contractor, finally an architect. Born named No 13 Simpson Street Lynton, and No 15 Torquay.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 018
A single two storey house built in the style of a terrace house. The balcony and verandah are not original.
18 Simpson Street was built in 1874 by C C Fewster for Peter White, plumber. Peter White was born in Edinburgh and arrived in Melbourne in 1858 along with his wife, Alison, and their four eldest children. The couple went on to have another eight children.