PERSEVERENCE
1 EGAN STREET,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 142320
West Richmond Precinct
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Statement of Significance
Perseverance, the house at 1 Egan Street, Richmond built in 1892-93 for Mrs. Hannah Callaghan is significant. It is a two-storey double-fronted freestanding symmetrical Italianate bichromatic brick terrace house. The walls are of face brown brick with red brick dressings. The house as an ornate two-storey verandah, supported on cast iron columns with ornate lacework friezes, enclosed at each end by projecting wing walls. The frieze has been removed from the first floor balcony. At ground floor, the central panelled entrance door has narrow sidelights and a highlight, and is flanked by tripartite double-hung sash windows. The first floor has three, regularly spaced double-hung sash windows. The roof is concealed behind a high rendered parapet, which has a central pediment containing the name and date of the house in raised rendered lettering, a bracketed cornice and decorative swags and urns. The parapet retains its original unpainted render finish.
The timber picket front fence is not original.
How is it significant?
Perseverence at 1 Egan Street, Richmond is of local architectural significance to the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
Perseverance is architecturally significant as a a notable example of a large, two-storey, double-fronted, bichromatic, symmetrical, freestanding Italianate style terrace house, distinguished by its prominent, unpainted rendered parapet and extensive cast iron decoration. (Criterion D)
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PERSEVERENCE - Physical Description 1
Perseverance, 1 Egan Street, Richmond, is a two-storey double-fronted freestanding symmetrical Italianate bichromatic brick terrace house. The walls are of face brown brick with red brick dressings. The house as an ornate two-storey verandah, supported on cast iron columns with ornate lacework friezes, enclosed at each end by projecting wing walls. The frieze has been removed from the first floor balcony. At ground floor, the central panelled entrance door has narrow sidelights and a highlight, and is flanked by tripartite double-hung sash windows. The first floor has three, regularly spaced double-hung sash windows. The roof is concealed behind a high rendered parapet, which has a central pediment containing the name and date of the house in raised rendered lettering, a bracketed cornice and decorative swags and urns. The parapet retains its original unpainted render finish.
The timber picket front fence is not original. (Allom Lovell, 1998)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: LocalYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading: LocalYarra - Richmond Conservation Study
Author: John & Thurley O'Connor, Ros Coleman & Heather Wright
Year: 1985
Grading: CYarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0142
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0143
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FORMER DENTON HAT MILLSVictorian Heritage Register H0815
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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"1890"Yarra City
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'BRAESIDE'Boroondara City
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'ELAINE'Boroondara City
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