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89 Neptune Street

Location

89 NEPTUNE STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

File Number

Y2011:9278

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
No. 89 Neptune Street, Richmond, constructed in 1914 is a single-storey double-fronted brick house in the later Federation style, on a corner site, with its entry located on the south side of the house, to Corsair Street. The dwelling has a roof clad in Marseilles pattern terracotta tiles, with a gabled hip facing west, an entrance porch roof to the south integrated with the main east-west pitched roof, and a short gabled south wing at the east end of the Corsair Street elevation. The main roof ridge has decorative terracotta capping; there are projecting rafters at eaves level. The walls comprise exposed face brick up to three quarter height, reading as a dado; with a cement-dressed stringcourse at sill level; and an upper frieze in roughcast, overpainted stucco above. To the west elevation, two double-hung sash windows project slightly from the wall in the manner of a box window, with hoods over. On the south elevation is a window with segmental frame arch and scrolled surround that is stylistically Jacobean. The entry porch verandah has an arched frieze of fretworked newels, while the entrance door is set within an unusual chamfer.

How is it significant?
No. 89 Neptune Street, Richmond, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.

Why is it significant?
No. 89 Neptune Street, Richmond, constructed in 1914 is of local historical significance. It is associated with the later development of eastern Richmond, albeit is located on a street which was marked on the 1855 Kearney plan of Melbourne, before being laid out and named by 1873. No. 89 Neptune Street is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance, as a substantially externally intact later Federation house which displays characteristics typical of houses of this period. The trend to increasing simplification of external details and forms included here the modest gable-hip, plain extensive stuccoed wall areas, projecting rafters, simple hood details, and an abundance of timber newels. Other elements of note include the corner arrangement of the dwelling, with the chamfered entrance set under the side entry porch which in turn has a verandah with an arched frieze of fretworked newels; and the window on the south elevation with segmental frame arch and Jacobean scrolled surround.

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