Park House, Park View, 297-299 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme18/01/1985
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Park House, Park View, 297-299 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
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18/01/1985
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEGrading as at 1985 : CPeriod : Late Victorian (1887)Grantee : J F Hyne 1865History- Joseph Pearson, an agent and dealer, owned and occupied number 297 from 1887, when he sold it to William Sweeney, who owned a china and glass warehouse in Victoria Street, North Melbourne.Fuel merchant, George Stuckey, who owned and occupied 301, next door, was the other initial owner of this pair (299), leasing it to, among others Bernard Murphy, a brewer. The pair would seem to have been a speculation by one of these men or a third party.Description- A stuccoed brick, two-storeyed row house pair with a two-level cast-iron verandah, iron picket fence and a guilloche pattern, piered parapet wall. Gabled entablatures, centred on each parapet, contain the house name and a shell motif. Notable features include the fence; verandah decoration; verandah roof and structure.Significance- Architecturally, a common row house form of intermediate skill and integrity: of regional interest.Historically, a speculatively built pair of local interest only, but perhaps exhibiting the area's general characteristic of small developments beside the developer's own residence. (Stuckey).Recommendations –replace cast-iron friezes and brackets on 297;replace urns;repaint in typical or original colours.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1. RB 1886-7, 4081; RB 1895-96, 40692. D. 1895'3. RB 1887-8; 4082; RB 1895-6, 4070
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