| House | $1,454,900  |
| Unit | $677,300 |
| Land | $948,300  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Abbotsford | $1,207,300  |
| Collingwood | $1,134,500 |
| East Melbourne | $3,052,500 |
| Hawthorn | $2,343,700 |
| Kew | $2,327,900 |
| Melbourne | $590,000 |
| South Yarra | $1,883,300 |
| House | $882 |
| Unit | $579 |
| Neighbour Photos |
| Map | Street view | Nearby property price |
| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| What is significant? The property at 18 Park Avenue, Richmond, dates from 1903 and is an elevated single-storey and single-fronted rendered brick dwelling with verandah, notable for its stylistic referencing to earlier Melbourne Boom style architecture. The building has a hipped roof clad in galvanised corrugated steel, punctuated by two original stuccoed chimneys with moulded cornices, and a high and prominent pedimented parapet. The name panel has a roughcast finish and 'Howrose' moulded in a distinctive lettering. The verandah, with lace frieze, has a moulded balustrade in an unusual lattice pattern. The dwelling is elevated above the street and there are three steps down to footpath at the northern end of the verandah. How is it significant? The property at 18 Park Avenue, Richmond, is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance. Why is it significant? The property at 18 Park Avenue is of local historical significance. It was built in 1903, in a desirable location opposite Richmond Park, and in the eastern area of Richmond near the Yarra River, which was not developed until the later nineteenth century. Park Avenue itself did not appear on maps until 1888, with the earliest buildings on the street dating from c.1890. The property is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. The dwelling is substantially intact to its main (front portion), and is unusual for its use in the early twentieth century of apparently earlier (1880s) Boom style detailing. This is evident in the crisp, intricate and intact parapet, the front wall detailing, the distinctive verandah balustrade, and the narrow sidelights to the main front window and door. However, other elements of the design, including the cursive script in the naming panel and the use of roughcast stucco, are more consistent with a house of 1903. The house is also significant for the high level of parapet detail which is unusual in Richmond, and for the incised front wall panels which are more common in Sydney. The architectural detailing, which is also finely executed, may have been the work of the first owner, plasterer Henry Harding. |
| Nearby Public Transport: | |||||||||||||||||||
|
