Central Terrace or Fraser's row, 143-149 Peel Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme14/1/1985
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Central Terrace or Fraser's row, 143-149 Peel Street, North Melbourne
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14/1/1985
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BIF-NORTH 107498 107499 107500 107501
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEGrading as at 1985 : B (143-147) D (149)Period : Early Victorian (1872)Grantee : G Kirk & Others 1859History- During the 1880s these row houses were all leased by women who operated them as boarding houses (Ann Callaghan, Frances Derry, Elizabeth Hope, Jane Opie). The owner at the time was a Mr. Mourie, who had purchased them from a Mr. Fraser, probably William Fraser, a mason, who had them built as rental properties in 1872-3. During the 1890s they were owned by the prosperous wine and spirit merchant, Thomas Fogarty. The tenants were in general, small tradesmen or unskilled workmen, e.g. James Anderson, boilermaker; Charles Give, carpenter; Joseph Daniels, a labourer.Description - Two-level, stuccoed brick row houses (4) with a parapetted roof line, two-storey cast-iron verandah and iron picket fence. The parapet entablature is segment-arched, with scroll supports and a dentillated cornice mould. Smooth rustication is used on the ground level and iron patterns similar to Carl H. Mende's patent of 1871 and Cross and Laughton's guilloche pattern of 1872, are used in the verandah. Each entrance is recessed.Integrity - The fence, windows, door and rustication of 149 have been removed; the others appear near original except for parapet urns.Streetscape - Major part of the Peel Street residential precinct, matching 191-3, 135-7 Peel Street.Significance- Architecturally, A successful and mainly intact combination of familiar elements, but at a relatively early date and using early Victorian-cast iron patterns. The row contributes to the streetscape: of high regional importance. Historically, associated with some of the area's prominent figures such as Thomas Fogarty: of local importance.Recommendations –Repaint in original or typical colours;restore windows, door and fence on 149;restore urn to parapet at 143~consider zoning provisions to preserve original use and form.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1 RB 1885-86, 380-383; RB1873-74, 353-356; RB1890-91, 387-390; RB 1873- 74, 353; RB1890-1, 389; RB 1895- 96, 386.
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