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185 Burnley Street

Location

185 BURNLEY STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

File Number

Y2011:4217

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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RICHMOND BURNLEY STREET

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The dwelling at 185 Burnley Street, Richmond, dates from 1885, and is an overpainted brick Victorian cottage with verandah, incorporating original single- and double-storey components together with another later single-storey wing to the rear. The cottage has a hipped roof clad in corrugated steel, and a transverse gable roof to the two storey component. The parapet to the Burnley Street frontage is proportionally large, and incorporates square flanking piers with rounded tops, and mouldings with leaf-form 'mantlepiece' brackets. There are two imposing stuccoed and corniced chimneys. The verandah appears to be largely original, as is the iron palisade fence and gate. The single-storey rear wing, although not original to the 1885 date of construction, appears to be of long standing.

How is it significant?
The dwelling at 185 Burnley Street, Richmond, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.

Why is it significant?
The dwelling at 185 Burnley Street, Richmond, is of local historical significance. The cottage dates from 1885, and is associated with the consolidation of development in the eastern area of Richmond in this period. It is also part of a localised boom, whereby the number of houses in Richmond grew rapidly from 4,800 in the early 1880s to double that by the end of the decade.

The dwelling is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. It is substantially externally intact, and differs from many single-fronted Victorian cottages through incorporating the original single- and double-storey components. The two components are further distinguished by contrasting hipped and gabled roof forms, which are linked by the imposing corniced chimneys; the chimney placed high on the two storey component is particularly prominent. The parapet to the Burnley Street frontage is unusually large; its square flanking piers with rounded tops are also unusual. The view of the building from the adjoining lane, including the view of the singular single/double storey profile of the building with the imposing chimneys, enhances the presentation of the dwelling.

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