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TERRACE HOUSE

Location

26 PARK AVENUE,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 173140

File Number

Y2011:7648

Level

Rec for HO area indiv sig

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26 Park Ave., Richmond
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The properties at 22, 24 and 26 Park Avenue, Richmond date from c.1890 and form a terrace row of three attached single storey brick Victorian dwellings, elevated on the west side of Park Avenue. The dwellings have hipped roof forms, stuccoed chimneys with moulded cornices, and polychrome brick patterning to the principal facades (red and cream for the dividers, umber and cream for the eave aprons). The verandahs have deep cast iron friezes. The dwellings also have scroll-topped brick dividing fences running out to large piers with moulded cornices and domes on the front boundary.

How is it significant?
The terrace row at 22, 24 and 26 Park Avenue, Richmond, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.

Why is it significant?
The terrace row at 22, 24 and 26 Park Avenue, Richmond, is of local historical significance. The dwellings date from c.1890, and are the earliest buildings in Park Avenue. The street did not appear on maps until 1888 but came to be regarded as a desirable location opposite Richmond Park. The dwellings are also located in the eastern area of Richmond near the Yarra River, which was not developed until the later nineteenth century, unlike areas in the north and west of the suburb.

The terrace row is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance, with the dwellings being substantially intact to their main (front) portions, and distinguished by the imposing divider fences, fronted by large and prominent piers with domes and moulded cornices. The large scale of these elements is echoed in the unusually deep verandah friezes and the massive bluestone bases on which the houses sit. These elements combine to make the terrace row unusual among single-storey and otherwise modest-sized terraces in the City of Yarra and elsewhere.

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