42 Edinburgh Street
42 EDINBURGH STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Edinburgh Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The dwelling at 42 Edinburgh Street, Richmond, dates from 1890 and is a free-standing two-storey brick Victorian house with a double height verandah. The house has a hipped roof clad in slate tiles with terracotta ridge capping, and a stuccoed and corniced chimney. The principal facade is stuccoed, and has four double-hung sash windows with stilted segmentally arched lintels with keystones and moulded stringcourses. The double-height verandah has differing detail to the cast iron balustrading and verandah frieze, suggesting these are not original. The house has a north wing wall with moulded coffers and a modillion supporting one end of the first floor verandah. It is enclosed from Edinburgh Street by a high rendered brick fence, with side gate entrance, of more recent construction.
How is it significant?
The dwelling at 42 Edinburgh Street, Richmond, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.
Why is it significant?
The dwelling at 42 Edinburgh Street, Richmond, is of local historical significance. It dates from 1890, placing it with later development of the eastern area of Richmond, which had consolidated by the end of the 1880s. It was also constructed at the end of a localized boom, whereby the number of houses in Richmond doubled in the decade of the 1880s. The long association with Charles Pittard is of interest; he was the original owner and it is assumed the designer of the dwelling. He resided there until his death in 1939, and subsequently his widow, Helen, remained until 1954. The dwelling is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. It is comparatively externally intact, and distinguished by the late 1880s-early 1890s detailing, including the moulded coffers to the north wing wall, and the modillion supporting one end of the first floor verandah. The intactness of these details, together with that of the windows with stilted segmentally arched lintels with keystones, prominent moulded stringcourses, and the slate tiled roof with ridge capping, distinguish this dwelling.
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42 Edinburgh Street - Physical Description 1
The property at 42 Edinburgh Street, Richmond, comprises a free-standing two-storey brick Victorian house with a double-storey verandah, situated on the west side of the street. The house has a hipped roof form clad in slate tiles with terracotta ridge capping, and a stuccoed and corniced chimney to the northern wall. The principal (east) facade is stuccoed, and has four double-hung sash windows with stilted segmentally arched lintels, each with a prominent keystone; and prominent moulded stringcourses. The double-height verandah has cast iron lacework with timber posts, albeit the differing detail to the balustrading and verandah frieze suggest these are not original. The house has a wing wall to its northern neighbor with moulded coffers. The detailing of the coffers, and of the modillion supporting one end of the first floor verandah, is consistent with a c.1890 construction date. The house is enclosed from Edinburgh Street by a high rendered brick fence, with side gate entrance, of more recent construction.
The rear of the property was not inspected.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: LocalYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Gaps Study 2012 (Heritage Gaps Amendment two)
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2012
Grading: Local
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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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