285 High Street
285 High Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
Constructed just prior to the economic recession of the 1890s in Melbourne, No 285 High Street is a particularly exuberant and substantially intact example of Italianate boom style commercial architecture. The decorative rendered details and first floor arcaded loggia are distinctive features.
The buildings assertive character is a notable element in the local landscape, and terminates the vista down Mitchell Street.
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285 High Street - Physical Description 1
285 High Street is an ornate, two-storey rendered and face brick shop and residence. At first floor level a large rendered arch supported on squat reeded and fluted piers with foliated capitals is flanked by narrower arched openings, all with rendered moulded archivolts. The principal cornice breaks forward at the centre, beneath which are two ornate scrolls on either side of the arch keystone and mask. Diaper patterning fills the space above the side arches. The facade is terminated by a balustraded parapet with panelled piers and a large stilted pediment flanked by scrolls and containing an eight pointed star. The original draped urns have been removed. The wall behind the arcaded loggia is of red brick, with a tripartite arrangement of double-hung sash arched windows. The original case iron post verandah, now removed, was of an unusual design with multiple gables and ornate friezework. The original shopfronts have been altered.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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TERRACE HOUSESVictorian Heritage Register H1774
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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