19 Howard Street, West Melbourne
Butler, Graeme11/01/1985
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19 Howard Street, West Melbourne
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11/01/1985
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BIF-NORTH 105012 517079
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Grading as at 1985 : BPeriod : Early Victorian (1863, 1885-1890)Grantee : B Bowater 1859In 1875, John Stedeford, who owned considerable property in both North and West Melbourne ( Refer to 465-71, 473-83 Queensberry Street, and 279-85 Victorian Street), built this house and occupied it for ten years, when it passed into the hands of Thomas Moore of William Street (Refer 345-9 William Street). He leased it to Henry Taylor, Thomas Holloway and Walter Downing.Notable features include the fence, verandah decoration, and verandah roof and structure. French door may be original. A two storey, wide frontage coloured brick and stucco house with a two level cast iron verandah, like Nos. 13, 15, the upper post does not continue to ground. The house is parapetted, with a cornice, but decoration is confined to the unusually fine panelled cast iron work ( which incorporates the lyre pattern as does No. 15) and the nail head motif on the verandah side walls. French doors open to the upper verandah whilst wide brick arches have been placed in the adjacent brickwork.The former timber picket fence may have been cut back or replaced and the brick arches have been closed in. Part of a valuable residential streetscape, adjoining the St. Mary's complex.Architecturally, an early generally original example of a common residential form, but possessing unusual cast iron and brickwork details and a part of a streetscape. Historically, a former residence of John Stedeford who built the important streetscape in Queensberry Street, between Chetwynd and Leveson Streets and completed many other projects in the inner metropolis as owner builder or owner, of high regional importance.
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