4 Henry Street
4 HENRY STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
South Fitzroy Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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4 Henry Street - Physical Description 1
bluestone cottage; faces HO334; extension to HO334 (note Henry St isolated in potential non contributory area- may become Henry St Heritage Overlay Area in HO334 revision)
4 Henry Street - Integrity
The property at 4 Henry Street, Fitzroy is believed to date from 1858, and is a single-storey double-fronted brick and bluestone cottage. The roof has a transverse gable form, a moderately steep pitch, galvanised steel ridge capping, and is clad with slate tiling. It has corniced brick chimneys to both side gable peaks. The cottage has a bluestone facing to Henry Street with brick wing walls and side gables capped by cement render with kneelers at the street ends. The bluestone facing is patterned in ashlar basalt; on the west side of the entrance door - located asymmetrically in the facade - the stonework has a crisper, more complex course patterning and use of varied stone sizes than occurs on the east side of the door, where the treatment is more rustic.
One of the earlier occupiers of the property (John Wilson) was a stonemason, which possibly accounts for the distinct stone patterning. The brick wing walls extend to frame the verandah, which has a slight concave form, although the original profile is only clear on the east wing wall; the other is subsumed by the west dividing wall. The latter, shared with the car wash at the Nicholson Street corner, has been in large part rebuilt in the early to mid-twentieth century. The verandah is not original; the lace bracketing is a later addition; and the slate cladding to the roof has also been replaced. The fanlighted door and the two flanking windows are placed off-centre in the Henry Street elevation, and all openings have bars in wrought iron. The verandah has a low masonry fence finished in cement render, which appears to date from the early to mid-twentieth century. The stone verandah paving may be long-standing.
The rear of the property was not inspected.
4 Henry Street - Intactness
Fair
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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LOTHIAN BUILDINGSVictorian Heritage Register H0372
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SHOPS AND RESIDENCESVictorian Heritage Register H0043
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POLICE STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1543
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