293-295 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
Butler, Graeme21 Jan 1985
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293-295 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
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21 Jan 1985
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BIF-NORTH 109704 109705 533749
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Grading as at 1985 : BPeriod : Mid Victorian (1884-1885)Grantee : R English 1859Samuel Donald was the owner of these shops and residences for over ten years after they were built in 1884-5. They were constructed on a site previously occupied by smaller shops owned by George Donald, a weights inspector who was presumably Samuel's father. The lessees after 1885 included Frederick Maine an agent; Phillip Woolf who sold fancy goods; and Henry Opaz a tailor. It was George Donald who, however, applied for a permit to build, with Albert Park builder, James Lever, in July 1884 [Melbourne Building Permit Applications 974/1884] (local architects, Lording and Jones, were to design cottages for J Donald in the area, during 1891, and perhaps were involved here [Melbourne Building Permit Applications 7/1891]A pair of parapetted and unpainted stuccoed brick shops and residences with iron Corporation street verandahs and unusual arched parapet entablatures, astride balustraded parapets and flanked by orbs on piers. The serlian motif is again implied in the bayed window grouping: each opening possessing dog-toothing at the head and rebates, with brackets, at the reveals paired brackets at the side walls support the heavy parapet cornice. A shop front possessing the original ingo plan if not the fabric, survives at 293. Notable features include unpainted cement render; post supported shop verandah; elaborate/high standard design of cement rendered surfaces.Architecturally, similar to 279-85 Victoria Street in the use of the serlian fenestration and parapet, but quite mannered in its use of ornament, particularly at the parapet entablature and around openings; similarly it is near original, possessing verandah and unpainted upper stucco work and is a major part of a streetscape: of high regional importance. Historically, varied in its tenancy and not conspicuous in its siting within the commercial area, it remains of local interest, as a near original part of the commercial building stock minority in this dominantly residential area.Still existing ghost signs show previous occupancy as a newsagency and music - Wertheim.
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