TERRACE HOUSES
1-11 DICKENS STREET, RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The dwellings at nos 1-11 Dickens Street, Richmond, are a group of six single-storey Federation brick terraces, built in 1912. The dwellings share a transverse gable roof form, clad in terracotta tiles with ridge capping, and punctuated by brick double chimney stacks. The cottage facades to Dickens Street are in exposed face brick, and have recessed front doors and three-sash box framed bay windows. The centre pair have floating gables, while the outer pairs have gablets attached to their verandah fascias.
How is it significant?
The properties at nos 1-11 Dickens Street, Richmond, are of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.
Why is it significant?
The dwellings at nos 1-11 side of Dickens Street, Richmond, are of local historical significance. They are a substantially externally intact collection of six modest Federation brick cottages, which provide evidence of worker's housing constructed in Richmond in the early twentieth century. The dwellings are associated with Eleazer Lesser, who acquired and developed a number of properties in Richmond in this period, including other similar residential developments in Lord Street, Bell Street and Burnley Street. The dwellings are also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. While modest in size, they constitute a row of Federation brick cottages with distinguishing features including the varied gable placements, which successfully generate a basic symmetry in the grouped composition; and the shared transverse gable roof form given emphasis by the ridge capping and intact double chimney stacks.
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TERRACE HOUSES - Physical Description 1
The properties numbered 1-11 on the north side of Dickens Street, are a group of six single-storey Federation brick terraces, built in 1912. The dwellings share a transverse gable roof form, to the depth of the front rooms, clad in terracotta tiles with ridge capping; beyond the front rooms the roof is clad in galvanised corrugated steel. The roof is punctuated by 3 double chimney stacks in exposed face brick capped by paired, short terracotta pots and bowed chimney stack necks in roughcast stucco. There are less decorative red brick chimneys to the rear of the dwellings and an aerial photograph shows internal courtyards (light wells). The Dickens Street facade comprises exposed face brick fronts with painted cement course line dressing, recessed front doors, and three-sash box framed bay windows. The centre pair (nos 5 and 7) have floating gables, while the outer pairs (nos 1-3 and 9-11) have gablets attached to their verandah fascias. The dwellings are enclosed from the street by non-original fences in varying styles and materials.
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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FORMER INVERGOWRIE LODGEVictorian Heritage Register H0517
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FORMER BRIDGE HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0449
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INVERGOWRIEVictorian Heritage Register H0195
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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'NORWAY'Boroondara City
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1 Mitchell StreetYarra City
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