A pair of two storey brick houses with cast iron balconies.
The houses first appear in the 1869 Rate Books when they are each described as having four rooms and a bathroom. In 1871 the houses were described as having eight rooms. It seems the houses were built initially as single storey, with a second storey added two years later. There appears to be no Notice of Intent to Build relating to the houses. Mrs. Stevens owned both houses until her death in 1893. A number of different tenants occupied the houses over the years, but in about 1880, according to the Rate Books, Mrs. Stevens took up residence in No. 47. Her will confirms her address as Grey Street. Her daughter, also Louisa Stevens, owned the houses until at least 1900.
Mrs. Stevens and her three young children, Louisa, Thomas Henry Gwennap and Annie (later Mrs Miller), arrived in Melbourne on the Hotspur in 1857 among the four hundred and eighty six Government immigrants on board.
City of Melbourne Rate Books, 1869 Latrobe Ward Nos. 1205 & 1206 (first entry)
City of Melbourne Rate Books, 1871 Albert Ward Nos. 141 & 142 (first entry with 8 rooms)
Will of Louisa Stevens 55/146, PROV VPRS 7591, P0002, 223; Statement of Assets VPRS 28, P0002, 386
Index to unassisted passenger lists to Victoria 1852-1923