| House | $2,251,400  |
| Unit | $857,500  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Armadale | $1,834,800 |
| Caulfield North | $1,827,100 |
| Glen Iris | $2,079,300 |
| Hawthorn | $2,343,700 |
| Hawthorn East | $2,266,400 |
| Malvern East | $1,841,200  |
| Toorak | $2,045,700 |
| House | $1,261 |
| Unit | $567 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - March 10, 2006 What is significant? The mansion, Stonington, was constructed in Malvern in 1890 for Cobb and Co coachline proprietor, John Wagner, to designs by noted Melbourne architect, Charles D'Ebro. Cobb and Co. virtually monopolised the coach and mail business in northern and central Victoria in the latter part of the 19th century and as a result Wagner made his fortune as one of the proprietors of this company. He purchased the majority of the property in Glenferrie Road in 1888 with additional parcels of land to the south of the main allotment purchased by Wagner in 1890. Prior to 1888, the site has been linked to the first meetings of the Salvation Army in Victoria. After purchasing the site, Wagner developed this estate, naming the residence after Stonington in Connecticut, USA, the birthplace of his wife, Mary. After Federation, the federal parliament was located in Melbourne and the Governor General resided at Government House, and the mansion, Stonington, was acquired for Victoria's vice-regal residence in 1901. It functioned as the Governor's residence until 1931, when Government House Melbourne once again became available for the Governor, following the establishment of the Governor General's residence in Canberra. It was during this period that the name was changed to Stonnington. The estate was then used as a girls' school until 1938, a hospital for the care of child polio victims until 1940 and then as a Red Cross convalescent hospital until 1953, when it became a Health Department administration centre. In 1957 Stonnington was transferred to the Education Department and has continued to be utilised for educational purposes as the State College of Victoria from 1973 to 1992 and then as Deakin University's Melbourne administrative headquarters. After John Wagner's death in 1901, the property had various owners. In 1928 it was subdivided into two sections and the Victorian Government acquired the developed western portion, containing the mansion, gate house and stables, later that year. It subsequently remained in government ownership until 1995, when it was granted to Deakin University. Designed in a late boom style, Stonington is a large two storey brick and stucco classical mansion with Germanic overtones, steep French Second Empire roof forms and concentrated Baroque detail and massing, suggestive of 19th century Continental classicism. It is an asymmetrical composition with arcaded loggia at ground floor level and adjoining two storey servants and service wing which adds to the bulk of the building. Some traces of the building's interior, including fixtures, fittings and some pieces of furniture that were owned by Wagner, remain. The original decorative scheme and the stained glass were by the firm Lyon Cottier and Wells, who undertook work in both Melbourne and Sydney. D'Ebro employed unconven |
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