#howtheotheronepercentlive

#latergram Here’s my favourite of the #StudleyPark Hill #Kew houses: a c.1940 Modernist confection looking brilliant, even though they painted the feature bricks since it was sold 3 years ago for $2.75m. #quarantinewalks #howtheotheronepercentlive (at Kew, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFd-eyxn9WV/?igshid=18yykb8stabth

#latergram Much of the #StudleyPark Hill is made up of 1930s-40s houses with leafy gardens & modern #Kew-McMansion redevelopments but here are some scattered gems. #quarantinewalks #howtheotheronepercentlive (at Kew, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFd-AfJn7NF/?igshid=172erg3ir6lcb

#latergram Many of the #StudleyPark Hill #Kew mansions had their gardens subdivided in the 1920s & 30s. The Carmelite Monastery was built on 23 house blocks in 1929 (architect William Patrick Connolly, who designed many churches including St John’s, East Melbourne on Hoddle St, & the spires of St Patrick’s Cathedral). The ~20 nuns make a range of beauty products called Monastique… #quarantinewalks #howtheotheronepercentlive (at Carmelite Monastery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFd9f5RnFRl/?igshid=1auwnhamuajpd

#latergram The #StudleyPark Hill in #Kew was a favoured spot for Victorian mansions, some of which remain - often because they’ve become institutions of various kinds. #quarantinewalks #howtheotheronepercentlive (at Kew, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFd8F90ns2e/?igshid=aq8d51ys4c4u