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19-21 Farmer Street

Location

19-21 FARMER STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 169915 AND 19-21 FARMER STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

File Number

Y2011:7174

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The property at 19-21 Farmer Street, Richmond, is a single storey brick former stables complex which dates from 1910. The original components include two rectangular gable roofed stables buildings, the central courtyard entered off Farmer Street, and the brick wall which continues along Cutter Street on the east side of the property (rear of the stables at no. 21 Farmer Street). Later elements, mostly on the north of the site, including a shed-roofed weatherboard component at the rear, and other linking elements to the stables, are not of heritage value.

How is it significant?
The property at 19-21 Farmer Street, Richmond, is of local historical and architectural significance.

Why is it significant?
The property at 19-21 Farmer Street, Richmond, is of local historical significance. The property was developed as a stables complex in 1910, on the site of a wood yard, and is assumed to have had a connection with the nearby Richmond Racecourse, which was in operation from the 1890s to the mid-1930s. The 1910 construction date represents an uncommon later stables development, including in the context of other historic (mostly private) stables in Richmond and Yarra. The apparent connection with the former Richmond Racecourse is also significant, and distinguishes the property. Significant characteristics include the form of the stables with no external street openings but internal openings that provide access to and from the central yard; and the arrangement of the entrance off Farmer Street, leading to the central yard which remains intact in plan and form, and the stables opening off the yard. All of these provide evidence of the original function and use of the complex.

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