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Kennedy Street Precinct

Other Name

Kennedy Street Precinct, Richmond

Location

1-7 & 2-8 KENNEDY STREET, 1-19, 19A-35 JOHNSON STREET, 1-7 & 2-8 COLE STREET, and 1-7 & 2-10 HOLLICK STREET, RICHMOND, YARRA CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Kennedy Street Precinct

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Kennedy Street precinct, comprising the houses constructed in the period from c.1928 to c.1937 at 1-19, 19A-35 Johnson St, 1-7 & 2-8 Cole St, 1-7 & 2-10 Hollick St, and 1-7 & 2-8 Kennedy St, is significant. The following buildings and features contribute to the significance of the precinct:

- The houses at 1-19, 19A-31 & 35 Johnson St; 1-7 & 2-8 Cole St, 1-7 & 2-10 Hollick St, and; 1-7 & 2-8 Kennedy St.
- The homogeneous interwar streetscapes created by the consistency of building forms (symmetrical single-fronted or asymmetrical double fronted bungalows with pitched gabled or hipped roofs prominent porch/verandahs supported on rendered brick piers facing the street, one storey wall heights), materials (walls of weatherboard with brick chimneys) Arts & Crafts detailing, and consistent front and side setbacks.
- The twentieth century subdivision pattern comprising detached houses on regular allotments with front garden setbacks.
- Traditional streetscape materials such as asphalt pathways and bluestone kerb and channel and the mature Ash (Fraxinus sp.) in Hollick and Kennedy streets.

Non-original alterations and additions to the Contributory houses listed above, the house at 33 Johnson Street and any other buildings constructed after World War II are not significant.

How it is significant?
The Kennedy Street precinct is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Yarra.

Why it is significant?
The precinct is historically significant as a residential subdivision that provides tangible evidence of the final significant development phase in Richmond prior to World War II when the last of the major undeveloped areas were subdivided and built upon. The detached bungalow houses with front garden setbacks, the regular subdivision layout and the mature Ash trees set within grassed nature strips with bluestone kerb and channel are all typical of the 'garden suburb' character of interwar residential areas. The significance of the precinct is enhanced by its very high degree of intactness to the interwar period. (Criteria A & D)

It is aesthetically significant as a well-preserved interwar housing estate, which is notable for the very consistent streetscapes created by the use of standard house designs with subtle variations in form and detailing to create variety and interest. The mature Ash trees and traditional asphalt footpaths and bluestone kerb and channel enhance aesthetic qualities of the precinct. (Criteria D & E)

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