493 Spencer Street, West Melbourne
Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005Jul-99
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493 Spencer Street, West Melbourne
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Jul-99
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108860
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Grading as at 1999 : DPeriod : Mid Victorian (c1888)The entries in the Sands & McDougall directories are unclear for the building at 493 Spencer Street. A building at this address is first listed in the directory for 1889, when it was occupied by Alexander Maitland. However, in 1900, no building is recorded at this address, but in 1905 it reappears and was occupied by Clark & Heron, plumbers.It is a double storey shop and dwelling constructed of red brick with a parapeted roof. At first floor level there is a pair of timber framed double hung sash windows. A simple moulded brick cornice extends across the upper level of the façade, above which is an unusual curved parapet which, together with the red face brickwork, imparts an Edwardian character to the building. The shopfront has been altered c1970's.It is of local aesthetic and historical interest, being demonstrative of late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial development of the inner city area, and contributes the heritage nature of this part of Spencer Street. Of note is the unusual sinuous parapet.
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