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Neptune Street Precinct
Location21-31 FRASER STREET and 22-46 NEPTUNE STREET Richmond, YARRA CITY LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Contributory buildings have typically: - Hipped and transverse roofs, No. 25 Fraser Street is Not Contributory to the precinct. How it is significant? Why it is significant? Architecturally, the terrace and timber cottages in the precinct demonstrate two principal types of modest Victorian residential development, the terrace with its bi-chrome brick walls with a transverse gable roof (with party walls dividing it, reflecting its post-1886 date), while the timber cottages have simple hip roofs, ashlar-look boards to the front walls, and double-hung windows with sidelights. (Criterion D) Aesthetically, the timber cottages are distinctive for their ogee-profile verandahs, which stand out from those of the many modest timber cottages in Richmond. The Neptune Street streetscape is also distinctive, created by the contrast between the factory buildings and the surrounding modestly-scaled housing as well as the interplay between the bi-chromatic brickwork used both at the earliest part of Alcock's power station and Neptune Terrace. (Criterion E)
The Neptune Street Precinct, comprising 21-31 Fraser Street and 22-46 Neptune Street, is significant. The houses are all single-fronted Victorian cottages, built as two distinct groups. The bi-chrome brick Neptune Terrace, at 36-46 Neptune Street, was constructed in 1882-85. This was followed by a group of identical single-fronted timber cottages (with one exception) constructed at 21-31 Fraser Street in 1888-90 and behind them at 22-34 Neptune Street in 1890-95 by a builder and timber merchant.
- One storey wall heights,
- Ashlar board, weatherboard and bi-chrome brick walls,
- Corrugated iron roofing,
- Chimneys of red face brickwork with a cornice of moulded cream bricks or cement render,
- Post-supported verandah elements facing the street, and
- Less than 40% of the street wall face comprised with openings such as windows and doors.
The Neptune Street Precinct is of local historic, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Yarra.
Historically, the precinct is a tangible representation of working-class housing surrounding a nineteenth century factory complex, which demonstrates the close 'love-hate' relationship between industry and housing in Richmond. The small houses were speculatively built by two developers, illustrating a typical pattern in Richmond's 19th and early 20th-century development. (Criterion A)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct