Kennedy's shops and residences, later Hotham municipal chambers, Petty Sessions Court , 480-482 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme18/1/1985
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Kennedy's shops and residences, later Hotham municipal chambers, Petty Sessions Court , 480-482 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne
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18/1/1985
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEROW HOUSES, FORMER SHOPS ANO RESIDENCES,480-482 QUEENSBERRY STREET, NORTH MELBOURNEGrading as at 1985 : BPeriod : Early Victorian 1857Grantee : J Kennedy 1852History- 480, one of two adjoining shops and residences, has seen some of the most important events in the early history of the town. Before the first Town Hall was built in 1862, 480 was used by the council as the municipal chambers, as well as the Petty Sessions Court from 1860. Both shops were built in 1856-7 and owned by J. Kennedy and leased to James Paton and Henry Nicholls Kennedy, then sold them to grazier Michael Pender. It was at this time, 1860-61, that 480 Queensberry Street was leased to the Council. After this, they were let for the following ten years to Edmund Lyons, a newsagents and Joseph Barnes, one of the earliest chemists in the area.Two years after arriving in the colony, in 1854, Barnes had purchased the business of Mr J T Rubie at the corner of Leveson and Queensberry Streets, moving it to 480 in 1862, [Victoria and its Metropolis Vol II p 664] He remained the tenant in 480 Queensberry Street until 1893 when Edwin H Need, a tobacconist and hair dresser, took over the lease, From 1880, until after 1895, it was owned by Michael Finn and after 1890, his executors. Meanwhile 482 was leased by Ben McMahon, a dealer, later greengrocer; Edward Lyons an agent; and James Pope, a mason; being, after 1870, always the higher in rateable value.Description- Two shops and residences, presumably initially the same, but by c1870, 482 had been stuccoed and provided with Italianate details such as compound cornice and string-moulds, architraves and a segment-arched entablature. An original shop front survives in 482 with the arched residential entrance matching that of 480; 480 being possibly custom designed for the council, as offices and a residence, or reflecting early small windows. 480 (and 482) is of dressed basalt with coursed masonry laid between and under simple cornice and string-moulds and quoins at openings. Carved stone piers, with abutments at the parapet divide the two shops. Six pane windows survive on both levels.Integrity - Additions to 482 aside, the shop front has been partly blocked and new doors and one topliqht added (see 480), also windows have been reglazed; 490's masonry has been repointed; 480's trim colours are typical.Streets cape - Opposite the ir.1portant residential streets cape between Leveson and Chetwynd Streets and related to 466-8, 456-8Architecturally, basalt, carved and in masonry form, presenting a competently elevated, early and original example of this material, which was used in the metropolis for a limited period and is adjacent to an important streetscape: of high regional importance.Historically, of State importance as the first permanent municipal offices of a corporation which is significant today for its non-existence, and was for thirty years, the shop of regionally prominent chemist, Joseph Barnes.Recommendations - Restore doors and shop front of 482 (as 480); remove paint from basalt on 482 and repaint in typical or original colours; consider zoning provisions to maintain original use and form.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1. RB 1857, 574, 5; RB 1860. 632; RB 1861, 665; RB 1864. 1305. 62. V. & M. Vol. II p. 6643. D. 18954. RB 1880-81, 189; RB 1892- 93, 1965. RB 1882. 190; RB 1875, 185; R8 1885, 196; RB 1879, 1617- 18
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