A House in Carlton North

I spotted this terrace house in Canning Street, Carlton North and I like the simplicity of the decoration with the brick pattern on facade repeated, in an enlongated version, on the wall inside the porch.

The front of the building sits closer to the footpath than its older neighbour so I wonder if it is a case of a moderne makeover of a Victorian era house.

Drinking Fountain, Carlton North

Unlike yesterday's sad example, this drinking fountain is in much better condition. Perhaps because it is in Curtain Square, a park just off busy Rathdowne St in Carlton North, it has avoided the worst of any vandalous attacks.

The inscription on this fountain reads

PRESENTED TO THE
CITIZENS OF MELBOURNE
BY
ALDERMAN
SIR WM. BRUNTON KB
(LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE 1923-26)
1930

Maller's Flats, Carlton North

These flats at the corner of Sutton St and Fenwick St, Carlton North were built in 1942 for Leba Maller.

As with flats and houses from this period in other parts of Melbourne different colour bricks are used as highlights. There is a line of dark bricks on the low wall and columns surrounding the property. Also on the facade of almost at the bottom of the upper and lower storey windows, at the top of the windows and on the chimney.

You may also have noticed the curved wall around the entrance and the stairwell constructed completely of dark manganese bricks that make this building unique in Carlton North, possibly all of Carlton, Melbourne or perhaps even the whole world.

Reference:
City of Yarra Review of Heritage Precincts 2007, Graeme Butler and Associates, p291