2-6 Spring Street, Fitzroy. Melbourne, Victoria

This row of two storey terraces sits in a little side street just of Johnston Street in Fitzroy.  Built right up to the property line, the narrow terraces have an italianate style similar to many in Sydney. The small deck has parquetry floor tiles and a small cast iron fence with gate.

The curved out iron lacework balconies (missing on number 2 at the time the photo was taken) are interesting as are the blind arches on the party walls (the end terrace is still left open) and the flat arched windows with keystones .  The party walls have some modest decoration including acanthus scroll corbels and patterns at the first, second level and cornice.  The roof is barely visible from the narrow laneway, so a parapet may have been deemed not necessary.  There is an iron lace fringe with brackets on the upper level.

I would imagine that given the style these terraces would date to around 1886.

The terraces are inside a City of Yarra planning scheme heritage overlay HO334 which covers the “South Fitzroy Precinct”.