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FALCONER TERRACE
48 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
FALCONER TERRACE
48 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Falconer Terrace, 36-50 Napier Street Fitzroy, is a terrace of eight two-storey houses in bluestone and rendered brick, built in 1866-84 by John Falconer, a prominent Fitzroy developer. The design features a recessed ground-floor arcade of flattened arches with keystones, and a row of simply-moulded first-floor windows. A nameplate crowns the plain entablature and parapet.
How is it significant?
Falconer Terrace is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it Significant?
Falconer Terrace is of architectural significance as a substantially intact terrace in the Conservative Classical style. The flattened arches with key-stones and the bluestone piers are distinctive features. The Terrace is an essential element of the South Napier Street precinct and is a superb example of a distinctive Melbourne building type.
Falconer Terrace, 36-50 Napier Street Fitzroy, is a terrace of eight two-storey houses in bluestone and rendered brick, built in 1866-84 by John Falconer, a prominent Fitzroy developer. The design features a recessed ground-floor arcade of flattened arches with keystones, and a row of simply-moulded first-floor windows. A nameplate crowns the plain entablature and parapet.
How is it significant?
Falconer Terrace is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it Significant?
Falconer Terrace is of architectural significance as a substantially intact terrace in the Conservative Classical style. The flattened arches with key-stones and the bluestone piers are distinctive features. The Terrace is an essential element of the South Napier Street precinct and is a superb example of a distinctive Melbourne building type.
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FALCONER TERRACE - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.
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