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RELOVA REDRESSING LAUNDRY (FORMER)

Location

1 / 129 HODDLE STREET, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 324000

File Number

Y2011:472

Level

Rec for HO area indiv sig

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RICHMOND HODDLE STREET 129

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Relova Redressing Laundry at 129 Hoddle Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of the 1937 fabric. It was designed by architect Walter Mason in the streamlined Moderne style. It has a rooftop tank in a large drum shape, while the rest of the design stresses horizontality with its long cemented spandrels, relieved by tapestry brick blends, metal framed window strips and street side planter box..

Non-original alterations and additions to the building are not significant.

How is it significant?
The former Relova Redressing Laundry at 129 Hoddle Street, Richmond is architecturally aesthetically significant to Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
The former Relova Redressing Laundry is architecturally and aesthetically significant (Criteria E & H)as a distinctive building type (industrial laundry) where the function of the building is used as a bold architectural expression. The scale and form of the building with its prominent tower element is a landmark along Hoddle Street,andas one of the best works by the architect Walter Mason in his favoured Moderne style.

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