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Eildon Mansion is one of the largest renaissance style houses in Melbourne, built in 1877 in Grey Street, St Kilda, in Melbourne which is on the Victorian Heritage Register. The house was built in 1850 as ''Barham House'' for Edward Bernard Green (1809-1861) to the designs of John Gill architect. The mansion was built on large grounds and Victorian gardens with bay views. It was later altered and extended with two symmetrical wings and renamed Eildon. ==History== Eildon was altered in 1871 by a wealthy pastoralist, John Lang Currie (1818–1898) to the designs of Joseph Reed of the leading Melbourne architectural firm of Reed & Barnes (who also designed the nearby Church of the Sacred Heart and many other prominent Melbourne buildings - such as the Royal Exhibition Building). The house was built by John Currie, one of Victoria's largest landowners, for his retirement, in what was then Melbourne's most popular seaside suburb. The mansion was completed in 1877. After John Currie's wife's (Louise) death, the mansion passed into other hands and as the prestige of St Kilda declined it was sold. In 1930, it was converted into a guesthouse. In the early 2000s it became a backpackers' hostel. Despite the property being used as a guest house and then used for backpackers, much of the grand interior of the building has survived, including sandstone, marble and timber mantelpieces, ceiling roses, bay windows and large basement quarters for servants and a cellar. John Currie died on March 11, 1898. His tomb can be found at the St Kilda Cemetery. He left an estate of 479,000 pounds to his wife Louise and his 5 sons and 3 daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eildon Mansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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