Bisset
East Melbourne, Grey Street 018, 030
This two storey apartment block is a pair of attached buildings with separate entrances. Each building is symmetrical in itself and the building as a whole is also symmetrical apart from the treatment of the two entrances. Both entrances project forward slightly and rise the full height of the building. One is rounded with a balcony over the doorway; the other is square with a
The building was constructed in 1937 by owner-builders Robert Charles Whittaker and Bertram Leslie Whittaker. In the electoral rolls they are both described as manufacturers but of what is not clear. They commissioned Robert Stanley Bisset to design the building, and although his name appears as architect on the plans, contemporary electoral rolls describe him as a joiner.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 066
A two storey apartment block designed to look like a single house. The facade has four windows evenly spaced across the top storey while below the spacing is more awkward. The two right-hand windows lie squarely beneath their counterparts in the upper storey, but on the left hand side the two windows appear cramped together to allow room for the off-centre entrance. The entran
The building was constructed in 1939 by owner-builders Robert Charles Whittaker and Bertram Leslie Whittaker. In the electoral rolls they are both described as manufacturers but of what is not clear. They commissioned Robert Stanley Bisset to design the building, and although his name appears as architect on the plans, contemporary electoral rolls describe him as a joiner.