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Grimwade House: Cnr Balaclava Road Cnr Orrong Road , ST KILDA EAST

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Building Profile

Name : Grimwade House
Past Names : Harleston

Location

Address: Cnr Balaclava Road Cnr Orrong Road
City: ST KILDA EAST

Postcode: 3183

Construction Details

Built: 1875
Original use: Residential (Mansion)
Current use: Education

number of floors : 2

Built in the Victorian period in the Victorian Italianate style

Notable features

History

Harleston, built at Caulfield in 1875, was presented to Melbourne Grammar School in 1917 by the sons of Frederick Sheppard Grimwade, a businessman and parliamentarian, and renamed Grimwade House.

Architect: Thomas Watts

Grimwade House is classified by:

National Trust (B10)

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