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Gardner Street Precinct
LocationBUCKINGHAM ST, COPPIN ST, DAVISON ST, GARDNER ST, HIGHETT ST, JOHNSON ST, KENT ST, MURPHY ST, and SOMERSET ST, RICHMOND, YARRA CITY LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? There was a very small amount of development in the precinct in 1855, on Kent Street and Somerset Street, but it did not begin to develop in earnest until the 1880s. Development stalled with the 1890s depression, leaving more than half of the eastern part of the precinct vacant. Construction began again in the early 20th century, leaving a large legacy of Edwardian houses, as well as a few that show a transition to the interwar bungalow styles, and some fully fledged examples. Among them are a few corner stores (Victorian and interwar), as was common in residential areas before widespread car ownership. Contributory elements have typically: - Pitched gabled (mainly Edwardian-era) or hipped (mainly Victorian-era) roofs, Contributory elements also include: - Small front gardens, bordered by low front fences, typically of timber picket. The following buildings are Individually Significant to the precinct: 53, 59-85 & 82 Gardner Street, 97 Kent Street, 361 Highett Street, 28 Murphy Street, 150 & 154 Somerset Street; also HO243 - 13 Coppin Street, HO265 - 345 Highett Street, HO278 - 15 Murphy Street, HO270 - 72 Kent Street, and HO271 - 86 Kent Street. How it is significant? Why it is significant? The precinct is historically significant as a tangible illustration of the final major phases of Richmond's development. As development began from the west, near Melbourne and transportation routes, leaving the northeast part of the city the last to be built up. As such, the precinct contains many intact and well-detailed examples of late Victorian and Edwardian architecture, as well as a smaller number of interwar houses. (Criterion A)
The Gardner Street Precinct is significant, comprising: 95-121 & 100-126 Buckingham Street, 1-15 Coppin Street, 78-80 & 83-91 Davison Street, 6-88 & 21-85 Gardner Street, 308-384 & 321-369 Highett Street, 39-41 Johnson Street, 70-156, 67-131 & 137-143 Kent Street, 1-45 & 12-48 Murphy Street, and 95-157 & 104-156 Somerset Street, Richmond.
- One storey wall heights,
- Weatherboard, some brick or stucco walls;
- Corrugated iron, with some slate roofing;
- Chimneys of either stucco finish (with moulded caps) or of matching face brickwork with corbelled capping courses;
- Post-supported verandah elements facing the street;
- Less than 40% of the street wall face comprised with openings such as windows and doors.
- Public infrastructure, expressive of the Victorian and Edwardian-eras such as stone pitched lane paving, kerbs and channels, and asphalt paved footpaths.
The Gardner Street Precinct is of local aesthetic and historical significant to the City of Yarra.
The precinct is of aesthetic significance as an enclave of late Victorian, Edwardian and early interwar housing in Richmond. Its well-preserved housing stock demonstrates the principal characteristics of late Victorian housing, ranging from small timber cottages and rendered terraces, to double-fronted asymmetrical and block-fronted houses, and Boom-style houses with idiosyncratic parapets. It also illustrates the range of modest to middle-class Edwardian houses, including gable-fronted cottages, brick duplexes, and substantial timber and brick villas with intact timber fretwork. (Criterion D)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct