S. ANDREWARTHA FURNITURE SHOWROOMS (FORMER)

Other Name

Shop

Location

115-117 CHURCH STREET,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 151000

File Number

Y2011:2527

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former showrooms at 115-117 Church Street, Richmond were built for S. Andrewartha in the Edwardian period. It is a two-storey red brick building, designed in an Edwardian Neo-Classical style, as evident in the gabled parapet and stylised cement detailing.

The altered windows and later street canopy are not significant.

How is it significant?
The former showrooms at 115-117 Church Street, Richmond are aesthetically and historically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
The former showrooms are historically significant (Criterion A) as a long-term retailing outlet that was well known in inner Melbourne.

The former showrooms are aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as an example of Edwardian classical revival.

Group

Retail and Wholesale

Category

Factory Outlet