Boyne
East Melbourne, Grey Street 018, 026, 030
Description:
Bluestone Family Residence of Gothic design known as WALGETT HOUSE, containing on ground floor, drawingroom, 16.4 x 14: dining-room, 16.3 x 14: library, or sittingroom, 12.9 x 12, kitchen, large scullery, and storeroom upstairs-Six bedrooms. Outside walls from 18in to 20in thick, Outhouses comprise stable, buggy-shed, washhouse, &c
History:
On 10 December 1868 Crouch and Wilson, architects, advertised for tenders to put in stone foundations for the Methodist New Connexion Church, corner of Grey and Hoddle streets, East Melbourne. Just over two weeks later W. Cranston, builder, submitted his intention to begin the work. On 2 February 1969 Crouch and Wilson again advertised for tenders, this time for the erection of the church.