East Melbourne mansion built for Young and Jackson publican for sale
Buyers have a rare chance to tap into an East Melbourne mansion built for one of the city’s most famous publicans, with the 1883-built residence hitting the market for a multimillion-dollar sum.
A top-shelf East Melbourne mansion that was built for one of the city’s most well-known publicans has hit the market.
Thomas Joshua Jackson — who ran the famous Young and Jackson hotel opposite Flinders Street Station with cousin Henry Figsby Young — had the Italianate terrace built in 1883. He named it Eblana, the Latin name for his birthplace, Dublin.
The grand three-bedroom residence at 140-142 Jolimont Rd is now being sold privately with a $6.25-$6.8 million price guide.
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Its last sale in 1997 was worth $837,500, CoreLogic records show.
The vendor told the Herald Sun in 2004 that the house was “a mess” when he and his wife bought it. But importantly, original features including leadlight windows, tiled floors and a vaulted timber ceiling in Jackson’s billiards room had survived despite years of neglect.
The owners extensively restored and renovated the home, while also delving into the history of its original owner.
“There are so many stories, like the time a train was derailed on the nearby line and Jackson rushed over with a bottle of brandy to comfort victims,” the vendor said at the time.
Jackson bought the Jolimont Rd site in 1879, the year after he married his first cousin, Sarah Cavanagh, according to the Public Record Office Victoria.
He built a “comfortable two-storey home, complete with tiled balcony and hall, vaulted timber ceilings, leadlight windows, and horse stables in the rear”, later adding a single-storey extension in which he installed a billiard table, the PROV said.
From the house’s balcony, Jackson could look over the old East Melbourne Cricket Ground to his pub, which he and Young first leased in 1875 as the Prince’s Bridge Hotel before renovating and renaming it.
Victoria’s heritage database describes the historically significant establishment as “one of Melbourne’s oldest, most important and successful 19th century hotels”.
Jackson died in 1901 and his wife, in 1924, after which their house was sold to the Commonwealth of Australia. It was used as the Postmaster-General’s head office for a period.
Colliers International listing agent Jozef Dickinson said the property had most recently been a residence. But its flexible Commercial 1 zoning opened up other options for buyers, including transforming it into a multi-unit residential development, a commercial project, offices or consulting suites.
He said it offered 510sq m of premium land with views of the city skyline, surrounded by parks and a drop punt from the MCG.
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Originally published as East Melbourne mansion built for Young and Jackson publican for sale