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WILFORD TERRACE

Other Name

House

Location

137-151 CREMORNE STREET, CREMORNE, YARRA CITY

File Number

Y2011:10401

Level

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Wilford Terrace, constructed c.1884, at 137-51 Cremorne Street, Cremorne is significant. It is a late Victorian era terrace row comprising eight houses constructed of bi-chromatic brick with bluestone foundations, a single undivided transverse gable roof and a continuous concave verandah (i.e., not penetrated by the brick wing walls), and projecting rear wings with skillion roofs. The verandah has a cast-iron frieze set within a timber frame with cast iron brackets. The parapet is composed of a moulded cornice framed by corbels at either end with stringcourse above the vernandah. There is a central triangular pediment with the name 'Wilford Terrace', which is flanked by consoles and surmounted by an acroterion. Originally there were orbs along the parapet, which marked the division between each house - only one (at the south end) survives intact today, but the bases of the others remain. The chimneys are rendered. Each house has a tripartite window with a bluestone sill and a panelled front door with top light.

The front fences and non-original alterations and additions are not significant.

How it is significant?
Wilford Terrace is of local historic and architectural significance to the City of Yarra.

Why it is significant?
Wilford Terrace is historically significant as tangible evidence of the large terrace rows constructed as speculative ventures during the 1880s land boom, which was characterised by higher density development as land values increased. It is associated with and demonstrates the significant amount of residential development in Cremorne, which mostly occurred during the late nineteenth century. (Criterion A)

Wilford Terrace is architecturally significant as an example of a Victorian terrace row constructed during the early 1880s. Typically, the decoration is more restrained that the terraces constructed during the late 1880s onwards. It is of note for the undivided main roof and continuous verandah that demonstrates the lack of fire protection that characterised many of the early terraces built in Richmond, which was not subject to the Melbourne Building Act of 1849. (Criterion D)

Group

Residential buildings (private)