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154-160 Carrington Street, Adelaide. South Australia
Terrace Houses: 154-160 Carrington Street, Adelaide. South Australia
The row of four double storey bluestone terrace houses in this photo was built in 1878 one of several speculative developments by builder Simon Harvey. The terrace presents mainly to Carrington Street but has sides facing Royal Place and Pulteney Street and forms part of a magnificent collection of Victorian era terraces around Hurtle Square.
The most notable aspects of this terrace is the dominance of the roof, the unusual spacing of verandah posts, the positioning above the city footpath and the wholeness of the composition.
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231-237 Williams Road, Toorak. Melbourne, Victoria
Terrace houses and corner shop: 231-237 Williams Road, Toorak. Melbourne, Victoria
Starting at the street corner of Cassell Street, this row of three terraced houses displays different states of maintenance. Unfortunately none of them are heritage protected, putting the entire row at risk given that the dilapiated end terrace was recently sold.
The three terraces have separate corrugated iron hipped roofs with eave brackets giving them a sense of individuality, while the shared chimneys and party walls allude to them being part of a row. Only one of the terraces (237) gives an indication of its original dark polychromatic facade, the others being painted in a single colour with only the chimneys and their bands of yellow and brown brick remaining unchanged.
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195 Adderley Street, West Melbourne. Victoria
Terrace House: 195 Adderley Street, West Melbourne. Victoria
This is a great little freestanding terrace on the fringe of Melbourne’s CBD which shows a free spirited approach to design. The house is rich in textures, materials and ornament. There are even cherub statuettes on the party walls, something quite rare for Australian terrace houses. The terrace has an intricate “Hawthorn brick” facade. Refined details focused on the chimney, cornice and party walls.
79-81 Merton Street, Albert Park. Melbourne, Victoria
79-81 Merton Street. Albert Park, Victoria
This pair of terraces stands out for many reasons. Firstly it is one of Melbourne’s few triple storey terrace houses. It really stands tall even in Albert Parks streetscapes which are littered with rows of (mostly double storey) terrace housing. Secondly because of the stark contrast in style and condition of the two. Thirdly that they don’t even truly share a common party wall (it is two party walls side by side) makes their development all the more interesting. Many villas in the Albert Park area share this double party wall configuration, however it may also suggests 79 could have been a slightly later addition.
13-14 Grattan Street, Prahran. Melbourne, Victoria
Terraces 13-14 Grattan Street Prahran Melbourne, Victoria
At the time I took this photo of this pair of terraces in Prahran, a big display sign had just gone up for new apartments. There were mattresses out the front and the obviously evicted tenants were moving their stuff out of the place. Presumably this pair of single storey villas were to make way for another apartment box like the ones next door.
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