345 Highett Street
345 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
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Statement of Significance
The house at 345 Highett Street, Richmond, built in 1909 by and for Henry E Rose, a builder. It is a single-storey Edwardian timber villa on a prominent corner site. Its walls are clad in timber shingle-patterned and plain weatherboards with a wide mock-ashlar plinth. There are protruding gabled bays with decorative roughcast gable ends on the west and south elevations, and a return verandah between them. The verandah has a curved profile corrugated iron roof, turned timber posts and an unusual, delicate frieze. Windows on the street elevations are tripartite casements with segmental arched glazing, and highlights. The windows on the bays have skillion profile hoods with timber brackets. The main roof is hipped and has a gablet above the south-west corner, clad in corrugated iron. The roof has paired eaves brackets and is penetrated by tall, red brick chimneys with roughcast caps and terracotta chimney pots.
How is it significant?The house at 345 Highett Street, Richmond, is of local architectural significance to the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?It is architecturally significant as a relatively intact freestanding Edwardian timber villa, unusually large for this area of Richmond. This displays typical Edwardian detailing, including the roughcast gable-ends and timber verandah frieze and window hoods. (Criterion D)
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345 Highett Street - Physical Description 1
The house at 345 Highett Street, Richmond, is a single-storey Edwardian timber villa on a prominent corner site. Its walls are clad in timber shingle-patterned and plain weatherboards with a wide mock-ashlar plinth. There are protruding gabled bays with decorative roughcast gable ends on the west and south elevations, and a return verandah between them. The verandah has a curved profile corrugated iron roof, turned timber posts and an unusual, delicate frieze. Windows on the street elevations are tripartite casements with segmental arched glazing, and highlights. The windows on the bays have skillion profile hoods with timber brackets. The main roof is hipped and has a gablet above the south-west corner, clad in corrugated iron. The roof has paired eaves brackets and is penetrated by tall, red brick chimneys with roughcast caps and terracotta chimney pots.
There is no boundary fence; the immature hedge and timber picket gate are relatively recent.345 Highett Street - Integrity
not assessed
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gaps Study: Review of remaining 17 heritage precincts from the 2009 Gaps report
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2013
Grading:Yarra - Richmond Conservation Study
Author: John & Thurley O'Connor, Ros Coleman & Heather Wright
Year: 1985
Grading: CYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading: LocalYarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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FORMER GROSVENOR COMMON SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H0654
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'DRIFFVILLE'Boroondara City
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