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ALEXANDER MILLER SHOPS & RESIDENCES (FORMER)

Location

533-537 CHURCH STREET, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 161605

File Number

Y2011:2640

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The three Edwardian shops built for draper and benefactor Alexander Miller at 533-537 Church Street, Richmond are significant to the extent of the 1910 fabric.

The three single-storey brick shops have tall parapets with 'Chinese' pediments on ogee parapets. Numbers 535 and 537 have timber shopfronts with battered glazed green ceramic tiles plinths and recessed doorways with encaustic tile thresholds. The reconstructed elements of the decorative parapet to No. 537 assist in interpreting their significance.

Apart from the reconstructed decorative parapet elements, other non-original alterations and additions are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Alexander Miller shops & residences at 533-537 Church Street, Richmond are architecturally and aesthetically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
Alexander Miller's shops & residences are architecturally and aesthetically significant (Criteria D & E) as a representative example of Edwardian shops, which are notable for for their distinctive design, including the timber parapet form and detailing, and for the original shopfronts at nos. 535 and 537.

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