517 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme10/1/1985
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517 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne
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10/1/1985
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BIF-NORTH 102877
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Grading as at 1985 : BPeriod : Mid Victorian (1880-1881)When the houses at 513-517 Dryburgh Street were built in 1880-1, William Vaughan, a porter leased out 515 Dryburgh Street to such as George Robertson, builder and lived in Number 517 until 1890, after which the house was also let. By 1885, he had sold No. 515 to Jessie Hare, a teacher who lived there until at least 1896. Walter Gray, a storeman, owned No. 513 Dryburgh from 1880 and resided there for the next fifteen years.Notable features include the verandah decoration, verandah roof and structure. 517 Dryburgh Street forms an unusual trio with 513-515 Dryburgh Street, one of two storeys and a pair of one storey, all are of a parapetted form and of stuccoed brick. Remnants of pierced round head pickets exist at Number 517 whilst the other houses adopted differing picket profiles. The entablatures are segment arched, possess panelled piers, acroteria, scrolls and urns above a cornice moulding. Their distinctive features are the hipped, ogee profile or bellcast iron clad verandahs with cast iron posts, friezes and brackets. Vermiculated keystones embellish the upper opening architraves. They contribute to a part of an important residential streetscape.Architecturally, unusual detailing and verandah shape for this, albeit commonly elevated row's early construction date, and are in generally original condition.Historically, it's another localised development, including the developer's larger home which is clearly differentiated from the rest, also developed by a person associated with one of the area's main industries, the railways, of local importance.
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