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193-197 Highett Street

Other Name

Houses

Location

193-197 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 139675 AND 193-197 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

File Number

Y2011:295

Level

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RICHMOND HIGHETT STREET

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The terrace at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond, is significant to the extent of the nineteenth century fabric. The terrace comprises three single-fronted Italianate houses constructed in bichromatic brick with hip roofs. The tuck-pointed brickwork is red with cream dressings. They have skillion verandahs between wing-walls, with queen's head corbels on scroll brackets. There is a cast-iron palisade fence. The cornice and frieze have timber bracket pairs between end corbels, with lions on scroll brackets. Chimneys have dog-tooth brick decoration. At rear are double-storey wings.

Later additions and alterations are not significant, including the verandah paving tiles and verandah's cast-iron lace.

How is it significant?
The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is architecturally and historically significant to the locality of Richmond.

Why is it significant?
The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is historically significant (Criterion A):

. as a pre-'boom era' terrace row, which provides tangible evidence of the early development of Highett Street, which is one of the oldest residential areas in Richmond.

The house row at 193-197 Highett Street, Richmond is architecturally significant (Criterion D):

. as characteristic Italianate single-storey, single-fronted polychrome brick terraces, distinguished by the double-storey rear wings.

Group

Residential buildings (private)