Hughes furniture shop and residences, later Elderly Chinese Welfare Society, 187-189 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005Jul-99
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Hughes furniture shop and residences, later Elderly Chinese Welfare Society, 187-189 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
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GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES, 2015. WEST MELBOURNE HERITAGE REVIEWWhat is significant?Furniture dealer, bedding manufacturer and upholsterer, William Hughes was the rated owner-occupier of this shop and residence, and attached residence in Capel Street, built in two stages 1870-1872. James Taylor, of 11 Miller Street, West Melbourne, built the first stage.Melbourne City Council rate books for 1868 describe two earlier shops of five rooms 'in bad repair' on the site. The following year a brick double shop with eight rooms is rated in their place and by 1871 rate books describe a brick shop, show rooms, dwelling and house on the site with eight rooms owned by William Hughes. Hughes already owned three-room brick shops adjoining to the east in Victoria Street.Contributory elements include:a double-storey rendered, simple Colonial Georgian styled, shop and dwelling with attached dwelling in Capel Street;a parapeted and corniced façade with pitched main roofs behind;principal façade to Victoria Street, with three timber-framed double-hung sash windows with moulded architraves at first floor level;Capel Street facade with four upper level architraved double-hung sash windows and attached symmetrical house facade with four-panel door with top light also in a Georgian style;a moulded cornice terminating the façade and returning along the side elevation to Capel Street;stepped cornice in Capel Street graduating in height to an attached residential wing;a rare timber framed shopfront with recessed centre entry; andcontribution to a significant Victorian-era commercial and residential streetscape.How is it significant?Hughes shop and residences are significant historically and aesthetically to West Melbourne.Why is it significant?Hughes shop and residences are significant.Historically, as well-preserved and therefore representative of commercial development of the late nineteenth century boom in West and North Melbourne; also representative of the start of a major growth period (Victorian-era) in West Melbourne; andAesthetically, as shop and residences with rare details and as a key contributory heritage element in a significant Victorian-era commercial streetscape..GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES, 2015. WEST MELBOURNE HERITAGE REVIEW RESEARCHCity of Melbourne Heritage Places Inventory July 2015187-189 D2___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)Walter H Hughes`The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian' (Vic. : 1866 - 1888) Saturday 18 September 1869The West Melbourne, Hotham, and Carlton Permanent Building and Investment Society.Offices-99 Collins-street west, Melbourne.OBJECTS :1. To secure the saving of surplus cash.2. To provide profitable means of investing moneywithout inconvenience to investors.3. To grant loans to members upon liberal terms, repayable in instalments, extending over a period offour, six, eight, ten, or twelve years, at the option of borrowers, for enabling them to purchase, buildon, or improve freehold property.4. To grant loans to members on security of their scrip. No bidding for advances. No premiumcharged to borrowers. Surplus profits divided every four years. Borrowers may redeem theirproperty at any time upon equitable terms. President. Vice-President. Hon. Chas. MacMahon. Samuel Amess, Esq...Trustees…...H. G. De Gruchy, Esq, Elizabeth. Street, Melbourne.Thos. Reed, Esq., Collins-street, Melbourne. Walter H Hughes, Esq., Victoria-St., West Melb. William Clarke, Esq., Errol-street, Hotham…'.`The Argus' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Friday 23 July 1875`NOTICE to CREDITORS - Notice Is hereby given, that by an Indenture of conveyance and assignment for the benefit of creditors, dated the 30th day of Juno last, WALTER HENRY HUGHES, of No 20 Victoria street, West Melbourne, In the colony of Victoria, furniture dealer, has conveyed and assigned all his estate, property, and effect«, whatsoever and wheresoever, unto Henry Cohen, of the city of Melbourne, in the colony of Victoria, furniture importer, upon trust for the benefit of all the creditors of the said Walter Henry Hughes And notice is hereby further given, that all persons having any CLAIMS against the estate are hereby required to SEND in the same and PARTICULARS thereof to the undersigned within fourteen days from the date hereof, after which time the trustee will distribute the trust fund between those persons only of whose claims he shall have had noticeDated this twenty second day of July, 1875JNO. BUCHANAN. No 16 Collins Street west, Melbourne solicitor for the estate_.`The Argus' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 30 October 1875An action for libel was tried in the Supreme Court yesterday, in which a tinsmith named Morgan, residing at Hotham, sued Walter H. Hughes, a connexion of his by marriage, for Publishing in the North Melbourne Advertiser some verses reflecting on Morgan's character. The verses were of a stupid description. The editor of the paper explained that he only pat them in because Hughes, who was a respectable man, assured him that the poetry did not refer to anyone in the district. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default, and did not appear, so that the jury had only to assess the damages. The jury gave the plaintiff £50..`The Age' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Saturday 10 February 1877INSOLVENT COURT.About Walter Henry Hughes, of Melbourne, late furniture dealer : Application for unconditional certificate. Adjourned for a week, for hearing..`The Argus': 10/2/1877`INSOLVENT COURT...(Before his Honour Judge Noel)The meetings in the following estates were adjourned :-John Henry Chads, of Emerald hill, clerk, adjourned tor a week ; Walter H. Hughes, of Melbourne, late furniture dealer, adjourned for a week ; Henry Wilson, of Sandridge, …'.`Leader' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) Saturday 15 August 1891`Hughes.— On- the 20th October,. At Errol-Street. Hotham. By the Rev. Dr. Gilchrist, Peter Fairlie, oldest son of John- P. Montgomerie, baker, to Sara; eldest daughter of Walter H.: Hughes, '-auctioneer, both of Hotham.'___________________________North and West Melbourne Conservation Study (1983)Graded D___________________________HermesNo BIF___________________________Lewis, M. Australian Architecture Index:`6 05 1872 City of Melbourne registration no 4807 [Burchett Index]. Fee 1.15.0 shop Victoria - near CapelArchitect/s no architect enteredOwner Hughes, W HBuilder Hughes, W H - Victoria near Capel'(see also Hughes in Victoria Street: `2 07 1862 City of Melbourne registration no 253 [Burchett Index]. Fee ? 3 room brick & wood house; Owner Hughes, W H - MelbourneBuilder Hughes, W H'; and `23 04 1870 City of Melbourne registration no 3871 [Burchett Index]. Fee 3.0.0 two-storey building; Owner Hughes, W HBuilder Taylor, James - 11 Miller St')...___________________________City of Melbourne Heritage Review (1999)History- The building at 187-189 Victoria Street appears to have been built between 1869 and 1871. Melbourne City Council rate books for 1868 describe two shops of five rooms 'in bad repair' on the site, with an Average Annual Value of £48. The following year a brick double shop with eight rooms is rated, at a value of £644. By 1871, rate books describe a brick shop, show rooms, dwelling and house on the site with eight rooms with a value of £100, owned by Walter Hughes. During this period Hughes is listed in Sands and MacDougall Directories as a furniture dealer and upholsterer.Description-It is a double-storey rendered Italianate style shop and dwelling with a parapeted roof. The principal façade, to Victoria Street, has three timber-framed double-hung sash windows with moulded architraves at first floor level and an altered shopfront at ground floor level. A moulded cornice terminates the façade and returns along the side elevation which similarly has timber-framed double-hung sash windows at first floor level. Part of the shopfront on the side elevation has been infilled. The cornice steps down to the rear section, which is lower in height.Significance- It is of local aesthetic and historical interest, being representative of commercial development of the late nineteenth century in West and North Melbourne. With the exception of the shopfront, the building is substantially intact and is a contributory heritage element in the streetscape..Grading ReviewOther Comments Upgraded from E to D (sic). The building is a representative and relatively intact example of its type and style.
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