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TERRACE HOUSES, SHOP & RESIDENCE

Location

63-71 CHURCH STREET,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 150920

File Number

Y2011:2500

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The two-storey shop and residence, and the row of four single-storey terrace houses at 63-71 Church Street, Richmond, are significant to the extent of their nineteenth century fabric.

The bi-chrome brick terrace houses (Nos. 65 & 67 since overpainted) were built by owner and builder Thomas Meredith in 1891. They each have a double-storey rear wing and remained under single ownership until the 1950s. The two-storey rendered shop and residence is of a similar date.

How is it significant?
The shop & row house development at 63-71 Church Street, Richmond is historically and architecturally significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
The shop & row house development at 63-71 Church Street, Richmond is historically significant (Criterion A) as a relatively well-preserved Victorian-era house row and shop from the boom era of Richmond's development,andfor the association with a local builder developer, Thomas Meredith.

The shop & row house development at 63-71 Church Street, Richmond is architecturally significant (Criterion D) for the uncommon two-storey rear wings to the four houses.

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