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1 New St

Location 1 NEW STREET, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 143030 File Number Y2011:820 Level Rec for HO area contributory

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
(see 2 Peers St, 1 New St)
An unusually intensive development of a corner site, with two similar pairs of very early Boom brick houses, with parapets.
Their designs are similar : brick, double-fronted, symmetrical, built to the street boundaries and linked. There is a plain cornice and frieze, with a round centrepiece with capping mould, between piers. No.2 has ruled render and no.1 is brick. No.2 has a leadlight fanlight.It lacks urns to centrepieces and no.1 lacks end urns (bases exist) and leadlight fanlight. Brickwork and render is all painted.

How is it significant?
The building is historically contributory to Richmond (National Estate Register Criteria A4).

Why is it significant?
The building is contributory:
- for its representation of a key period in the City's history.
- as an unusually intensive development of a corner site with two similar very early Boom-style double-fronted, brick houses.