HOUSE

History:

The house at 15 Wellington Street, Richmond, was built in 1881 for Patrick Quinlan.

Early photographs indicate that the openings onto the balcony were originally French doors. The structure indicates that there may have been a shopfront in the projecting bay.

Description:

The house at 15 Wellington Street, Richmond, is a double-storey double-fronted asymmetrical freestanding brick house. The walls are rendered; the facade has been painted, but the side walls retain unpainted render finishes.

The west elevation, to Wellington Street, has a projecting bay to the north of a verandah and balcony which terminate at a wing wall on the south elevation. Beneath the verandah, the ground floor has a panelled door and tripartite double-hung sash windows, whilst the first floor has two non-original windows. The verandah and balcony both have decorative cast iron lacework friezes, and the balcony has a lacework balustrade. The projecting bay has one window opening which has been bricked up at ground floor level, and two non-original windows at first floor level; the first floor windows have hood moulds. The roof of the bay is concealed behind a high Dutch gable surmounted by an urn; there is a second Dutch gabled parapet on the south elevation. There is a wide, rendered brick chimney with a moulded cap.

The unusual front fence, of fine, hooped iron, is unusual.

Significance:

The house at 15 Wellington Street, Richmond, is of local architectural significance. Although the overall form of the house is relatively common, this building is distinguished by its highly unusual Dutch gables, and also by the unusual proportions of the fenestration to the projecting bay. The house is an important heritage element in Wellington Street.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House