361 Highett Street
361 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 139340 AND 361 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Gardner Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 361 Highett Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of its Victorian fabric. This is a double-fronted, single-storey, symmetrical Boom-era terrace, with very refined Neo-classical details, set back, with a rendered front and parapet. There is a blind square balustraded parapet, between five piers, which have fine, incised foliate decoration, capped with vermiculated gablets. The round centrepiece is finely moulded and decorated with an incised frieze, foliate scrolls and the name incised in copperplate. There is a dentilated cornice and frieze, with two cast-iron vents, between round foliate corbels, with vermiculated roundels. Wing-wall round corbels have a scallop-shell motif, set over a foliate panel, and supported by a Jacobean bracket. The verandah has a central gable facing, with lozenge decoration over a fretwork fringe, supported on elaborate fretwork scroll brackets. The transom-rail and fascia have chevron decoration, with a Greek key pattern cast-iron lace valence and brackets. Windows have architrave moulds, with vermiculated soffit panels. The entry has side and toplights. The timber verandah posts are set on plinths. There are Classical mould chimneys in unpainted render, with dividers.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
How is it significant?
The house at 361 Highett Street, Richmond is aesthetically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The house at 361 Highett Street, Richmond is aesthetically significant (Criterion E)as a symmetrical, double-fronted terrace house with very refined and unusual Neo-classical details and shares this detailing with houses created by the noted architect J.A.B. Koch.
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361 Highett Street - Physical Description 1
This is a double-fronted, single-storey, symmetrical Boom-era terrace, with very refined Neo-classical details, set back, with a rendered front and parapet. There is a blind square balustraded parapet, between five piers, which have fine, incised foliate decoration, capped with vermiculated gablets. The round centrepiece is finely moulded and decorated with an incised frieze, foliate scrolls and the name incised in copperplate. There is a dentilated cornice and frieze, with two cast-iron vents, between round foliate corbels, with vermiculated roundels. Wing-wall round corbels have a scallop-shell motif, set over a foliate panel, and supported by a Jacobean bracket. The verandah has a central gable facing, with lozenge decoration over a fretwork fringe, supported on elaborate fretwork scroll brackets. The transom-rail and fascia have chevron decoration, with a Greek key pattern cast-iron lace valence and brackets. Windows have architrave moulds, with vermiculated soffit panels. The entry has side and toplights. The timber verandah posts are set on plinths. There are Classical mould chimneys in unpainted render, with dividers. In the 1990s, the verandah posts lacked capitals; the verandah floor has been concreted.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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