| House | $1,929,700  |
| Unit | $1,158,700  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Armadale | $1,938,500 |
| Burnley | $1,272,500 |
| Hawthorn | $2,302,000 |
| Kooyong | $2,232,000 |
| Malvern | $2,228,300 |
| Prahran | $1,686,700 |
| South Yarra | $1,995,900 |
| House | $1,490 |
| Unit | $754 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - August 10, 1999 What is significant? Edzell, one of Toorak's grandest mansions, is strikingly located on an elevated site on the southern bank of the Yarra River. It was originally designed by the architects Reed Smart and Tappin in 1892 for James Cooper Stewart. Edzell is a red brick house with extensive half-timbered gabling, Marseilles-pattern tiles and terra cotta ridging, along with two asymmetrically placed turretted corner towers facing the river. Internally, the dining room features panelled timber ceiling and dado, which were executed in New Zealand rimu, embossed floral pattern wall paper, overdoors and a panelled timber mantel and overmantel with carved enrichments. In 1917 the noted architect Walter Richmond Butler designed extensive but sympathetic external additions and a garden for the building's new owner, George Russell. A large ballroom was added, and this continued the Tudor manner with its panelled ceiling and dado. The main verandah was replaced with a half-timbered patterned brick balustrade and on the south the original gables were extended in the same pattern over a new brick verandah. Similarly, the entrance porch was built on brick piers. In 1935, under the ownership of Rose Krantz, the architect Edward Billson designed the subdivision of the interior into two maisonettes. By 1947 it had been divided into six flats. This involved superficial internal alterations and a new stair. How is it significant? Edzell is of architectural historical and aesthetic significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? Edzell is of architectural significance as a notable example of a style of architecture that pre-figured the maturation of Australia's own Federation style in the early decades of the 20th century. Several of the romantic revival styles popular at the end of the 19th century can be detected in Edzell's imposing form. Elements of English Queen Anne Revival, Elizabethan and Old English styles were incorporated in the original design, but perhaps Edzell's chief architectural significance is as a precursor of the later Federation style. Edzell is of architectural significance as an expression of the work of the prominent architects Reed Smart and Tappin, Walter Butler, and Edward Billson. Reed Smart and Tappin was one configuration of an extremely influential and long-lived series of architectural partnerships featuring Joseph Reed, one of Melbourne's most distinguished architects, who was responsible for numerous important buildings, including the Public Library, Melbourne Town Hall and Rippon Lea. Butler was a prolific architect with a particular interest in Old English and Arts and Crafts styles. However, perhaps his best known creation was the Spanish Mission style Mission to Seamen in Flinders Street. Billson, Walter and Marion Griffin's first articl |
| 10 Sep 2012 |
| Two (2) Lot Subdivision and Creation of Restriction - PS 713610 W. Status: Issued |
| (Source: Stonnington Council, reference no: 0644/12) |
| 24 Dec 2014 |
| Construction of jetty in a Heritage Overlay, Significant Landscape Overlay and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay. Cost $75,000. Status: Issued |
| (Source: City of Stonnington, reference no: 1182/14) |
| 27 Nov 2020 |
| The applicant requests council's consent to vary the endorsed plans under planning permit 1214/05 * 23.11.20 Zoe (Applicant) phoned to confirm amended cost of works is $4.4M - accidentally lodged as new app, but they are submitting as a secondary con |
| (Source: , reference no: ) |
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