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148 Highett Street
Other NameHouse Location148 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 314290 AND 148 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Non-original alterations and additions made to the rear of the houses are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant?
The pair of houses at 148-150 Highett Street, Richmond, constructed for William Waring in 1870-71, is significant. The front section of both houses is single storey and constructed of coursed bluestone. The party wall is of brick and terminates in a parapet which projects above the ridge and roofline for fire separation. The single roof is a simple hipped structure clad with slate, with that at no.150 having been recently renewed, Projecting through the roof are two painted brick chimneys, one in each property. No.150 has a conventional timber-framed verandah with a cast iron frieze. The timber appears to have been replaced but the cast iron may be original. No.148 has a reconstructed verandah with similar detailing. The shared roof of both has a concave profile and with a galvanised steel quad profile gutter which also matches that on the building proper. The verandah floors are concrete.
The pair of houses at 148-50 Highett Street, Richmond, is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Yarra.
The houses are historically and architecturally significant as rare examples of bluestone cottages, which are among a small number of houses in Richmond dating from the early 1870s. (Criteria A, B & D)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House