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HOUSE

Location

247 HIGHETT STREET,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 139540

File Number

Y2011:323

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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RICHMOND HIGHETT STREET

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 247 Highett Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of its Edwardian fabric. The ornate house, built in the late-Edwardian era, is a double-fronted weatherboard house, clad with deeply jointed ashlar pattern boards to the facade, with elaborately carved architraves and verandah detail.

How is it significant?
The house at 247 Highett Street, Richmond is aesthetically and historically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
The house at 247 Highett Street, Richmond is historically significant (Criterion A)for its good representation of the Edwardian era, a key period in Richmond's history.

The house at 247 Highett Street, Richmond is aesthetically significant (Criterion E)for the high state of preservation and ornate detailing.

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