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4 Henry Street
Other NameHouse Location4 HENRY STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
File NumberY2011:10444LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The property at 4 Henry Street, Fitzroy, which is believed to date from 1858, is a single-storey double-fronted brick and bluestone cottage, with a transverse gable roof form clad with slate and corniced brick chimneys to both side gable peaks. The cottage has a bluestone facing to Henry Street, patterned in ashlar basalt; on the west side of the entrance door the stonework has a crisper, more complex course patterning and use of varied stone sizes, while on the east side of the door, the treatment is more rustic.
How is it significant?
The property at 4 Henry Street, Fitzroy, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.
Why is it significant?
The property at 4 Henry Street, Fitzroy, is of historical significance, as evidence of early surviving modest Fitzroy housing. It dates from about the time when the suburb severed its association with the Corporation of Melbourne, as the City of Melbourne was then known. The location, in the block bounded by Nicholson Street, Victoria Parade, Smith Street and Alexander Parade, was also part of the land area included in the first land sales outside the town reserve of Melbourne, in 1838-9. The property is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. Elements which distinguish it as an early dwelling include the use of bluestone, the two chimneys to the end walls, and the simple elevation of two windows to each side of a front door. The differing bluestone treatments to either side of the entrance is also a distinctive characteristic which may be, together with the asymmetrical arrangement of central door and flanking windows, indicative of a two-stage building programme, although this has not been confirmed.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Cottage