Tower of Goodrest

This watercolor captures the tower of Goodrest, also known as Simonds Hall, a Victorian mansion built in 1884–85 at 120 Toorak Road West, South Yarra. Painted in a vintage, near-monochromatic gold palette, it highlights the tower's boom-style Italianate details: arched windows, ornate cast-iron cresting and layered cornices from Melbourne's 1880s land boom. Part of my ongoing series reimagining Australia's historic buildings, its sepia-toned washes evoke old photographs, with touches of color linking past and present. Classified by the National Trust in 1971, Goodrest lives on here for a new generation.