193-197 Highett Street
193-197 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 139675 AND 193-197 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Highett Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The terrace at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond, is significant to the extent of the nineteenth century fabric. The terrace comprises three single-fronted Italianate houses constructed in bichromatic brick with hip roofs. The tuck-pointed brickwork is red with cream dressings. They have skillion verandahs between wing-walls, with queen's head corbels on scroll brackets. There is a cast-iron palisade fence. The cornice and frieze have timber bracket pairs between end corbels, with lions on scroll brackets. Chimneys have dog-tooth brick decoration. At rear are double-storey wings.
Later additions and alterations are not significant, including the verandah paving tiles and verandah's cast-iron lace.
How is it significant?
The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is architecturally and historically significant to the locality of Richmond.
Why is it significant?
The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is historically significant (Criterion A):
. as a pre-'boom era' terrace row, which provides tangible evidence of the early development of Highett Street, which is one of the oldest residential areas in Richmond.
The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is architecturally significant (Criterion D):
. as characteristic Italianate single-storey, single-fronted polychrome brick terraces, distinguished by the double-storey rear wings.
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193-197 Highett Street - Physical Description 1
This is a single-storey, single-fronted Italianate bichromatic brick, hip-roofed terrace of three houses. The tuck-pointed brickwork is red with cream dressings. They have skillion verandahs between wing-walls, with queen's head corbels on scroll brackets. There is a cast-iron palisade fence. The cornice and frieze have timber bracket pairs between end corbels, with lions on scroll brackets. Chimneys have dog-tooth brick decoration. At rear are double-storey wings. The verandah paving tiles and verandah cast-iron lace fringe are recent.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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