| House | $1,592,300  |
| Unit | $720,000  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Brunswick | $1,290,300  |
| Brunswick East | $1,291,700 |
| Carlton | $1,396,000 |
| Fitzroy | $1,649,100 |
| Fitzroy North | $1,577,200 |
| Parkville | $1,881,400 |
| House | $858 |
| Unit | $499 |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - January 1, 2014 Harris house, 890 Lygon Street, Carlton North This site is subject to a Statement of Significance for the building, as well as a Statement of Significance for the Precinct in which it is located. Please find below the Statement for the building, followed by the Statement for the Precinct. Statement of Significance for the building What is significant? The Harris house at 890 Lygon Street, Carlton North, was created in 1935 for Richard Harris and has other historical associations with persons such as Rachael Harris. The place has a good integrity to its creation date. Fabric from the creation date at the Harris house is locally significant within the City of Yarra, compared to other similar places from a similar era. How is it significant? The Harris house at 890 Lygon Street, Carlton North is architecturally significant to the locality of Carlton North and the City of Yarra. Why is it significant? The Harris house is significant as a hipped roof inter-war brick house with distinctive half-circle columnated hipped roof porch and brick trim, an uncommon faceted gabled bay, fence, gate, and some garden (privet hedge). It was designed by C. Stewart Russell, after the manner of noted British architect, CFA Voysey. It is distinguished as an example of a late but significant phase of inter-war house development in the North Carlton and Princes Hill precinct. `This single storey stuccoed asymmetrical house, has a shallow hipped and gabled roof clad in glazed tiles; square stuccoed chimneys match the house. Distinctive architectural features include the fluted columns supporting a faceted porch, contrasting tapestry bricks, the bay window extending into the gable end and the front doorway with side and fan lights. It is . a highly intact example of a fine architectural design with matching fence in the Georgian Revival style.' (Wight 2001) Precinct statement of significance Component streets include: Amess Street, Birdsall Place, Canning Street, Curtain Street, Davids Lane, Davis Street, Drummond Lane, Drummond Street, Earl Street, Fenwick Street, Fletcher Lane, Henry Street, Herbert Street, Hughes Street, Lee Street, Lygon Street, Macpherson Street, Mary Street, Newry Street, Nicholson Street, Ogrady Street, Park Street, Pigdon Street, Princes Street, Rathdowne Street, Reserve Street, Richardson Street, Shakespeare Street, Station Street, Sutton Street. Statement of Significance What is significant? Survey patterns |
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