'Ivanhoe' 46 Victoria Avenue, Claremont

'Ivanhoe' 46 (Lot 5) Victoria Avenue, Claremont was built in 1899-1900 by Octavius, Arthur and Wilfred Stubbs for their brother Sydney Stubbs and his wife Martha Harriet Jeffery. Very much a social focus, the house had a ballroom which was used for many social functions. Martha Stubbs was an active fundraiser and held meetings in the house to organise events. The local choir practised there. Sydney Stubbs played bridge weekly in the house.

The house was later purchased by pastoralist A Hawden Drake-Brockman. 'Ivanhoe' was subsequently purchased by Rob Rowell, WA Municipal Association President and Cottesloe Councillor and grandson of Sydney Stubbs's sister.

'Ivanhoe' was listed in the Claremont Built Environment Survey in 1991 (later adopted by Claremont Town Council as the Municipal Heritage Inventory] by architect Ron Bodycoat. Rob Rowell objected to its listing and applied for a demolition licence claiming this was a means of opening debate on the local heritage list. He argued that substantial alterations to both interior and exterior of the home meant it no longer had any significance. Bodycoat maintained the building was not beyond restoration and the community supported its listing as the site was an original subdivision of land given to Pensioner Guards, the house had been owned by prominent citizens and it was an integral part of the streetscape. Claremont Town Council applied unsuccessfully to the Heritage Council to have 'Ivanhoe' placed on the state register of heritage places. 'Ivanhoe' was demolished around October 1996.