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167 Brighton St

Location

167 BRIGHTON STREET, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No 160470

File Number

Y2011:5141

Level

Rec for HO area indiv sig

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RICHMOND BRIGHTON STREET

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 167 Brighton Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of its Victorian and Edwardian fabric. It appears that this building (or at least the first building on this site) was constructed by 1888 for Mills & Dowling, tinsmiths. From 1895 the building appears to have served as a residence. It is a plain, two-storey, three-bay symmetrical brick building, set on the street-line, with a gable-roof. There is an Edwardian-character shop window on the ground storey, in the right bay. The original verandah has been removed.

Non-original (post-World War II) alterations and additions to the building are not significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 167 Brighton Street, Richmond is architecturally significant to Richmond and the City of Yarra.

Why is it significant?
The house at 167 Brighton Street, Richmond is architecturally significant (Criterion D):

. as a house that is uncommon in this part of Richmond because of its two-storey scale and siting, being built on the street line.

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