Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance:

CITATION The manse at 42 Barkly Street, St. Kilda, adjacent to the Presbyterian Church, was erected c.1875 as a private residence called Stanthorpe for merchant Alexander Sutherland, replacing an earlier timber house of c.1858 . The two storey rendered brick residence, of unknown authorship, is in the style of the mid-Victorian Conservative Classicism and is dominated by a central pedimented portico and delicate cast iron balcony verandah. The Manse, in the ownership of the Presbyterian Church since 1919 and owned by the Sutherland family until 1889, is of historical interest as the rented premises of long surviving politician Jonas F A Levien from 1886-89. The house is of comparative architectural importance as an outstanding example of the classic revival town house once common to the St. Kilda area in the nineteenth century. The Manse stands unoccupied in a neglected and entirely reduced garden and, except for part replacement of the upper balcony balustrade, is largely intact. Of state significance.