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225 Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-200501/01/1999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

01/01/1999

Reference number:

BIF-NORTH 100028

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

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

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

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General notes:

Grading as at 1999: DConstruction date: 1885The shop and residence at 225 Abbotsford Street is a double-storey nineteenth century building of rendered masonry construction with a parapeted roof. A moulded string course extends across the façade above the ground floor, terminated by semi-circular capped corbels at either end. There are two windows at first floor level with segmented arched heads and bluestone sills. The original shopfront has been removed and replaced by four semi-circular arched openings. The parapet has a moulded cornice with consoled corbels, surmounted by a scrolled segmented arched pediment. It is of local aesthetic and historical interest and is representative of the type of commercial buildings constructed during the nineteenth century Boom period, a significant phase of the development of North Melbourne. Also of some historic interest is the fact that the building operated as a saddlery for almost fifty years. Although the shopfront has been altered, the overall form is largely intact, and survives as a typical example of late nineteenth century Italianate style commercial architecture.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesNorth and West Melbourne Conservation StudyShops1880-1889Mid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)City of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999

Places:

North Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1171461