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162-164 Adderley Street, West Melbourne

Butler, Graeme10/1/1985

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Creator:

Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

10/1/1985

Reference number:

BIF-NORTH 100239

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

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Series: North Melbourne and West Melbourne (BIF-NORTH)

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UnrestrictedOpen access.

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UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Grading as at 1985 : CPeriod : Early Victorian (1875)Grantee : Joseph Mahood 1856As the owner of these row houses, Michael Moran, was a builder by trade and probably built the houses in 1875. He owned the buildings for over 20 years and in that time leased them to people such as Joseph Toohey, James Walker, Robert Moore, Michael Cook and George Kingston.They are a pair of two-storey, stucco finish row houses with two level cast-iron verandahs and iron picket palisade fencing between stuccoed fence piers. The slated roofs are hipped and exposed above bracketted eaves; the opening heads and segment-arched with drip-moulds providing a Tudor flavour to otherwise Italianate form and detail. Panelled cast-iron friezes and brackets and fringing provide the decoration, whilst six panel doors lend distinction to the detailing. Notable features include fence, verandah decoration, verandah roof and structure and the corner sitingArchitecturally, the hip roof two-storey row house form is an unusual combination both in the study area and Victoria. This is a relatively early and original pair of this type, sparsely decorated as befits its period. Historically, an owner-builder-developer combination, typical of the area: of local importance.

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City of Melbourne

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