40 Lyndhurst Street
40 LYNDHURST STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Abinger Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Lyndhurst Terrace, constructed in 1874, at 40-50 Lyndhurst Street, Richmond is significant. It is comprised of two groups of three houses, each built of bi-chrome brick on bluestone foundations with a shared, low-pitched hip roof with no visible party walls, typical of terrace rows built before the 1886 building regulations. The bi-chrome brick is expressed as quoining around the doors and windows, and as in diaper patterns below the windows, and also under the eaves between cream eaves brackets. The bi-chrome brick chimneys have rendered caps with moulded cornices. Nos. 40 & 42 retain what appear to be the original four panel front doors, while nos. 42 and 48 appear to have the original leadlight toplights above the door.
Non-original alterations and additions including the front verandahs and wing walls are not significant.
How is it significant?
Lyndhurst Terrace at 40-50 Lyndhurst Street, Richomnd is of local historic and architectural significance to the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
Lyndhurst Terrace is associated with the residential development of Richmond in the 1870s. Built in 1874, it is one of the oldest terrace rows in Richmond. The majority of the surviving nineteenth century houses in Richmond date from 1880-1899 and surviving houses, particularly terrace rows, from the 1870s or earlier are comparatively rare. Although altered, the 1870s construction date is demonstrated by the low pitched shared roofs (shared roofs are typical of terraces constructed in Richmond prior to the adoption of municipal building regulations in 1886), and bi-chrome brickwork with restrained ornamentation including no stucco detailing, which distinguish terrace rows of the 1870s from those built from the mid 1880s to early 1900s. (Criteria A & D)
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40 Lyndhurst Street - Physical Description 1
Lyndhurst Terrace, built by 1874, is comprised of two groups of three houses, each built of bi-chrome brick on bluestone foundations with a shared, low-pitched hip roof with no visible party walls, typical of terrace rows built before the 1886 building regulations. The bi-chrome brick is expressed as quoining around the doors and windows, and as in diaper patterns below the windows, and also under the eaves between cream eaves brackets. The bi-chrome brick chimneys have rendered caps with moulded cornices. Nos. 40 & 42 retain what appear to be the original four panel front doors, while nos. 42 and 48 appear to have the original leadlight toplights above the door.
The major visible change is the addition of front verandahs with separating wing walls, which are not shown on the MMBW plan of 1897. Other changes include removal of chimneys (nos. 44 & 46), replacement of front doors (nos. 44-50), replacement of slate roofing (no.50, and rear of roofs to other houses), replacement of front windows (nos. 44 and 50), and overpainting of face brick (no. 44).
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study: Review of Central Richmond 2014
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2014
Grading: LocalYarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Contributory
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0710
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FORMER LALOR HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0211
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ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0586
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