"Penleigh" a former Victorian Mansion, now Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School - Moonee Ponds
Originally built in the 1890s as a private residence, "Penleigh" is a very grand asymmetrical Victorian mansion situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. Today it serves as a campus for the girls of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School.
Built of beautiful red bricks with stone detailing "Penleigh" has a wonderful return verandah and balcony adorned with elegant cast iron lacework. The mansion has bay windows both upstairs and down and restrained detailing around the undulating Mannerist style roofline. "Penleigh" also features a rather smart tower that nudges just above the remainder of the house.
Moonee Ponds, like its neighbouring boroughs of Ascot Vale and Essendon, was etablished in the late 1880s and early 1890s. However, unlike its neighbours, it was an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. Built in the most affluent area of Moonee Ponds, this mansion would have suited a large, wealthy Victorian family of some importance and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Penleigh Ladies' College was originally established in 1871 as Dorset House, Mrs. Tulloch's School for Young Ladies. The school occupied several sites in the Moonee Ponds area. The school developed and expanded particularly under the guidance of the Limerock sisters. The school was re-named Penleigh Ladies' College during the First World War after it took up residence in "Penleigh". After the Second World War Penleigh was purchased from the Limerock sisters by the Presbyterian Church. In 1977, Penleigh Ladies' College and Essendon Grammar merged to form one large school over several sites across Essendon and Moonee Ponds.
"Penleigh" a former Victorian Mansion, now Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School - Moonee Ponds
Originally built in the 1890s as a private residence, "Penleigh" is a very grand asymmetrical Victorian mansion situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. Today it serves as a campus for the girls of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School.
Built of beautiful red bricks with stone detailing "Penleigh" has a wonderful return verandah and balcony adorned with elegant cast iron lacework. The mansion has bay windows both upstairs and down and restrained detailing around the undulating Mannerist style roofline. "Penleigh" also features a rather smart tower that nudges just above the remainder of the house.
Moonee Ponds, like its neighbouring boroughs of Ascot Vale and Essendon, was etablished in the late 1880s and early 1890s. However, unlike its neighbours, it was an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. Built in the most affluent area of Moonee Ponds, this mansion would have suited a large, wealthy Victorian family of some importance and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Penleigh Ladies' College was originally established in 1871 as Dorset House, Mrs. Tulloch's School for Young Ladies. The school occupied several sites in the Moonee Ponds area. The school developed and expanded particularly under the guidance of the Limerock sisters. The school was re-named Penleigh Ladies' College during the First World War after it took up residence in "Penleigh". After the Second World War Penleigh was purchased from the Limerock sisters by the Presbyterian Church. In 1977, Penleigh Ladies' College and Essendon Grammar merged to form one large school over several sites across Essendon and Moonee Ponds.