Jacomb
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115 - Burchett
Original name: 'The Oaks'.
1853. MCC BR: Jacomb for self wood house.
1854. Name mentioned: Wilkinson, 10 rooms.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115, Amorique
A large weatherboard house with a cedar shingle roof (later covered by iron).
Robert Elwall Jacomb, the first owner of the house, was the official assignee. It was to him that an insolvent's assets were transfered, or assigned, for distribution to creditors.
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 059, 061 - Burchett
1871. MCC BR: William Rankin to build 2 houses for R.E. Jacomb. Architects: Crouch and Wilson.
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East Melbourne, Powlett Street 059, 061, Enfield Place
This is an imposing pair of polychromatic brick terraces set high above the street with two storey cast iron verandahs and fine moulded architraves to openings. No.
This pair of houses known as Enfield Place were built by William Rankin in 1872 for Robert Elwall Jacomb, official assignee.