House
1-3 Walker St NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
1-3 Walker Street is of local historical significance. The building has been home to a number of Northcote's prominent citizens, including musician Joseph Verso, his son Charles Verso, a local builder and Mayor, and councillor William Pearle.
Although the house is of little individual architectural significance, it is one of a group of early houses dating from the old Northcote Township. The wrought-iron balustrading is a distinctive and unusual feature. The bi-chrome brick style of the house can be seen on earlier buildings such as 49 Powlett Street, East Melbourne (1864) and 117 Wellington Street, East Melbourne (1869).
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House - Physical Description 1
1-3 Walker Street is a two-storey, bi-chrome cavity brick building constructed on a bluestone plinth.
The hipped roof has a bracketed eaves and was originally slated but is now clad with terracotta tiles.
Windows are double-hung sashes with segmented arched heads and cream brick voussoirs. Moulded and plain cream brick string courses run across the red brick facades of the building. Two rectangular bay windows project at ground level, with wrought-iron balustrading at first floor level.
The surrounding garden contains mature species, including symmetrically-planted Roman Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) and a hedge. The brick fence is not original, presumably replacing an original cast-iron picket fence.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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CLIFTON HILL RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1668
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FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0684
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ANZ BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0892
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