178 Church Street
178 CHURCH STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 189710 AND 178 CHURCH STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Church Street North Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The James Lentell building at 178 Church Street, Richmond is significant. It is a two-storey brick shop and residence, with a gabled parapet with some Tudor characteristics. There is an intact timber shopfront with a splayed entry. An external brick commercial oven remained in the 1990s.
Non-original alterations and additions to the building are not significant.
How is it significant?
The James Lentell building at 178 Church Street, Richmond is architecturally and historically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The James Lentell building is historically significant (Criterion A):
. for its association with local Richmond figure, James Lentell, rate collector and house agent.
The James Lentell building is architecturally significant (Criterion D):
. as an unusual Victorian era two-storey shop and residence, which is notable for the distinctive Tudor decorative characteristics.
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178 Church Street - Physical Description 1
A two-storey, two-bay brick shop and residence, with an unexpressed gabled parapet with some Tudor characteristics. It has a deeply coved gabled capping, flat top and bases with wrought-iron finials. There are diamond brick-panels and window-spandrels, with incised render-decoration. Cills are on brackets. There is an intact timber shopfront, with splayed entry, with glazed doors. The chimney has Classical render-mould. Some interior elements survive, including fireplace and timber ceiling. There was an external brick commercial oven there in the 1990s. One wrought-iron finial is missing and detailing has been painted over.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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