55 Baker St
55 BAKER STREET, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 153495
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
A double-fronted, Edwardian, red brick row-house pair. They have a most unusual plan: the entry door is not visible from the street. They have hip-roofs, but the gambrel bay is set forward, sweeping down break-pitch as a verandah. This verandah has elaborate lattice and fretwork decoration with a "spade" motif. The gablet is timbered roughcast with a square timber finial. The hip-roof also breaks pitch over a narrow porch, set well back. The extraordinary chimneys are Voyseyesque, with flat tops and reverse ogee brackets. Brickwork is tuck-pointed with a dado band. Casements are triples and quadruples. They lack the original verandah floors, 53 lacks a finial, number 55 finial is truncated, its window altered and brickwork painted.
How is it significant?
The house is aesthetically and historically significant (National Estate Register Criteria E1, A4) to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The building is significant:
- for its good representation of a key growth period in the City's history; and
- as a double-fronted, Edwardian pair, with an uncommon plan, extraordinary chimneys, and interesting timber detailing.
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55 Baker St - Integrity
Fair
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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