Shop
458 High Street PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The shop at 458 High Street, Prahran is a Victorian timber-framed retail building with weatherboard walls and a simply detailed front facade.
How is it significant?
The shop at 458 High Street, Prahran is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
The shop is architecturally significant as an exceptionally rare example of a nineteenth century timber-framed shop in the City of Stonnington. The building's simple and largely unadorned weatherboard facade illustrates the character of retail buildings in the Municipality prior to the boom years of the mid to late 1880s, when many early timber-framed shops were demolished and replaced by ornate masonry buildings.
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Shop - Physical Description 1
The shop at 458 High Street, Prahran is a double-storey Victorian building with a gabled roof and weatherboard clad walls. It has a simply detailed front facade with a pair of timber-framed double hung sash windows at the first floor. A shopfront with a recessed entry takes up the western half of the ground floor. The shopfront appears to be an interwar or mid-twentieth century alteration. The eastern half of the High Street facade contains a timber framed door flanked by taller windows with modern fixed glazing. The front verandah shown on the 1899 MMBW plan has been removed. A double-storey red-brick building at the rear of the site was originally stables but has been substantially modified and converted into offices.
Shop - Local Historical Themes
7.1 'Serving Local Communities'
Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - Shops in the City of Stonnington Heritage Citations Project
Author: Bryce Raworth Pty Ltd
Year: 2011
Grading: A2
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PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1467Victorian Heritage Register H1032
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FORMER RECHABITE HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0575
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ST MARYS CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0750
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