VILLA ALBA

File Number:

B1385

VHR Number:

H605

Level:

State

Location:

44 Walmer Street KEW

Address:

44 Walmer Street KEW 3101 VIC
Municipality: Boroondara City

b1385 villa alba kew

b1385 villa alba

Image By: John Collins
Image Date: 1982
Image Copyright: National Trust of Australia (Victoria)

Statement of Cultural Heritage Significance:

Statement of Significance A house containing one of the most complete and elegant decorative schemes of the 1880s, partly obscured but almost all apparently recoverable. This work, done by Patterson Brothers of Melbourne in 1883-4 for William Greenlaw, general manager of the Colonial Bank of Australasia, is characterised by rich and delicate schemes of painting and stencilling, extending even to the dedorated skirtings, and by the absence of wallpaper. The original house, thought to date from before 1863, is incorporated within the present structure. First Classified 13/2/64 Upgraded 26/2/85 Revised: Classified State 3/8/98