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384 Highett Street

Location 384 HIGHETT STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY File Number Y2011:402 Level Incl in HO area contributory

[1/1] RICHMOND HIGHETT STREET

Statement of Significance

What is contributory?
This is a single-fronted, single-storey Italianate bichromatic brick terrace pair with a very high gable-roof. The pair has scalloped slate bands, with classical mould chimneys. Bricks are red, with cream dressings and side walls have English garden wall bond. Windows are tripartite, with barley-sugar Tuscan mullions.
Lacks verandah floors and rear extensions are painted.
The right side wall of no.382 is crudely coloured rendered, side and front. No.382 also lacks the decorative slate roofing. The picket fence is sympathetic, though too high.

How is it contributory?
The pair is aesthetically and historically inetresting within the locality of Richmond

Why is it contributory?
A characteristic Italianate, bichromatic, single-fronted,
single-storey terrace pair, with unusually high roofs.