68 Victoria Street
68 VICTORIA STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
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Statement of Significance
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68 Victoria Street - Intactness
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68 Victoria Street - Integrity
[See also the Schedule of Properties attached to this citation].
The Victoria Street Precinct is located on the south side of Victoria Street, Richmond, which is an east-west road that marks the border between Richmond (south) and Abbotsford (north). The precinct is linear in nature, and follows the alignment of Victoria Street between Shelley Street to the west and several properties short of Lennox Street to the east; Little Butler Street is to the rear.
The precinct comprises historic commercial/retail buildings, the majority of which are two-storey rendered masonry and brick buildings, with several single-storey buildings at the west end. The buildings date from the second half of the nineteenth century through to the 1910s.
Buildings in the precinct are predominantly of 'contributory' heritage value; with one 'individually significant' property (pair of two-storey Victorian shop/residences at 92-94 Victoria Street); and two 'not-contributory' properties. The latter are included in the precinct due to their location between adjoining 'contributory' properties.
The gradings of the properties in the precinct are defined in Yarra's Clause 22.02 'Development guidelines for sites subject to the Heritage Overlay', as follows:
Individually significant: The place is a heritage place in its own right. Within a Heritage Overlay applying to an area each individually significant place is also Contributory.
Contributory: The place is a contributory element within a larger heritage place. A contributory element could include a building, building groups and works, as well as building or landscape parts such as chimneys, verandahs, wall openings, rooflines and paving.
Not contributory: The place is not individually significant and not contributory within the heritage place.
The 'individually significant' and 'contributory' buildings of the precinct share many similar characteristics. These include rendered masonry and brick buildings, many overpainted, of (mainly) two-storey scale; no setbacks to the street; typically concealed or partly concealed roof forms, with some visible chimneys; generally intact upper (first floor) facades with parapets which are variously plain or curved, with some triangular or square pediments; some elaborate detailing to parapets; and original first floor windows associated with the former residences in the levels over the ground floor shops. The shopfronts are typically altered, with many of quite recent origin; awnings over the street (cantilevered or suspended with tie rods) are also commonly not original. Signage varies in impact and prominence: signs are attached to the fascias of awings; to parapets, first floor facades and the roofs of verandahs and awnings; and in painted form to shop windows. Many of the properties also have rear service yards, with annexes, skillions and outbuildings being common, accessed via Litte Butler Street.
The 'individually significant' property at 92-94 Victoria Street is however distinguished in the precinct context. It is a pair of Victorian shops and residences which is wider than usual, and retains a rich collection of original details to the first floor facade. These include triangular pediments with scrolled consoles, and moulded stringcourses incorporating decorative sills and architraves to the six windows at first floor level. The timber-framed ground floor shopfronts with recessed entries appear original, including the bluestone plinths, or may have been reconstructed sympathetically. The verandah appears to have been rebuilt although the cast iron posts may be early elements.
The buildings identified as 'not-contributory' in the precinct are also nineteenth century buildings. However, they have been heavily altered, more so than other buildings in the precinct, and to the extent that their historic character and form has been significantly compromised.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Heritage Gaps Study 2012 (Heritage Gaps Amendment two)
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2012
Grading: Local
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MITRE TAVERNVictorian Heritage Register H0464
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MELBOURNE SAVAGE CLUBVictorian Heritage Register H0025
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FORMER LONDON CHARTERED BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0022
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