House
7 Walker Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
7 Walker Street is of local architectural significance. The house is an original suburban villa dating from the old Northcote Township. The style is a good example ofthe picturesque cottage style derived originally from early nineteenth century English garden ornaments or lodges and adapted for suburban villas.
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House - Physical Description 2
7 Walker Street is a small cottage designed in a 'Domestic Gothic' pattern-book style, constructed of English bond brown and cream face-brickwork and steeply pitched slated roofs. The asymmetrical house has a projecting gabled section with a semi-octagonal bay window with cast-iron colonettes between the sash windows and surmounted by a rendered parapet. The gable has a carved Gothic style bargeboard with quatrefoil piercings. A concave-roofed verandah supported on timber columns is decorated with cast-iron friezed work and brackets.
Two mature Canary Island Palms (Phoenix canariens is) grow in the garden, whilst a privet hedge masks the fence which presumably replaced the original picket fence. This planting, although perhaps not of the era of building, enhances the picturesque qualities of the house.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading: Local
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CLIFTON HILL RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1668
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ANZ BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0892
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