148 Highett Street
148 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 314290 AND 148 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Highett Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The pair of houses at 148-150 Highett Street, Richmond, constructed for William Waring in 1870-71, is significant. The front section of both houses is single storey and constructed of coursed bluestone. The party wall is of brick and terminates in a parapet which projects above the ridge and roofline for fire separation. The single roof is a simple hipped structure clad with slate, with that at no.150 having been recently renewed, Projecting through the roof are two painted brick chimneys, one in each property. No.150 has a conventional timber-framed verandah with a cast iron frieze. The timber appears to have been replaced but the cast iron may be original. No.148 has a reconstructed verandah with similar detailing. The shared roof of both has a concave profile and with a galvanised steel quad profile gutter which also matches that on the building proper. The verandah floors are concrete.
Non-original alterations and additions made to the rear of the houses are not significant.
How is it significant?
The pair of houses at 148-50 Highett Street, Richmond, is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The houses are historically and architecturally significant as rare examples of bluestone cottages, which are among a small number of houses in Richmond dating from the early 1870s. (Criteria A, B & D)
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148 Highett Street - Physical Description 1
This is a pair of symmetrical, attached bluestone houses with hipped and slated main hipped roofs, an elegant concave roof timber-framed front verandah and an early cast-iron panelled verandah frieze. The faþade windows are a six-pane double-hung sash type, the tall chimneys are carved stone. The front doors are panelled timber and the verandahs are divided with a vertical boarded partition. A red brick party wall divides each house above the roofline, presumably as an addition for a fire barrier.
A matching, but dominant, two-storey rear addition has been made to the pair and a Victorian-era style timber picket fence erected at the frontage. Some of the masonry has been painted.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: DYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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