28 Murphy Street
28 MURPHY STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Gardner Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The cottage at 28 Murphy Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of its Edwardian fabric. Built in the late-Edwardian era, it is a three-bay cottage that is transitional to the Bungalow style, with a gambrel-roof facing. A low-pitch gable centre, with roughcast upper section, projects on round fretwork brackets, with decorative barges and a canted bay underneath. A porch is in the left angle, under the extended gable.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
How is it significant?
The cottage at 28 Murphy Street, Richmond is aesthetically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The cottage at 28 Murphy Street, Richmond is aesthetically significant (Criterion E):
. as an interesting, three-bay, late Edwardian timber cottage, transitional to the Bungalow style, with distinctive timber detailing and glazing.
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28 Murphy Street - Physical Description 1
A three-bay, late Edwardian timber cottage, transitional to Bungalow, with a gambrel-roof facing and a wing-wall at right, with vermiculated corbels. A low-pitch gable centre, with roughcast upper section, projects on round fretwork brackets, with decorative barges and a canted bay under. This has a rectangular ventilator, notched shingle-pattern weatherboards, splayed over the casements. There is a good leadlight keyhole oculus at right. The porch is in the left angle, under the extended gable. It has a Chinese paling valence on haunch fretwork brackets and turned post. At left is a small segmental-head window. There is a brick corbelled chimney with terra-cotta pot.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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