
Also known as | Mason |
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Constructed | 1859 |
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Land Details
Building Details
Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
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Walls
BluestoneSue Scarfe photographer
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Gate
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Doors
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Hardware
Other metalSue Scarfe photographer
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Windows
GlassSue Scarfe photographer
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Windows
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Fence
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Hardware
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Walls
StoneSue Scarfe photographer
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Building Ornamentation
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Walls
BluestoneSue Scarfe photographer
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Windows
GlassSue Scarfe photographer
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Building Ornamentation
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Lacework
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Lacework
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Windows
GlassSue Scarfe photographer
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Balcony
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Fin Wall
StoneSue Scarfe photographer
Heritage Significance and Listings
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Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0631 Statement of Significance What is significant? Dean was a stonemason and lived in the house for short periods but generally leased it until selling in 1897. The house is a two-storey parapeted and part-stuccoed building of basalt coursed rubble with sandstone quoins to openings as seen on the north face. The two-level timber verandah has cast-iron frieze panels, bellied iron balustrade panels and a modified square head picket fence. The architraved upper level window has the distinctively early detail of half side-lights, with adjoining hung sashes over a lower panel. Decorative stucco elements include parapet scrolls, a cornice and unusual stylised brackets and rolled mouldings to the side wall faces, set against the stone work. How is it significant? Why is it significant? The house is one of the earliest in the area, the land here having been sold in the late 1850s. It provides an excellent example of the kind of buildings erected by the small-scale owner-builders that were common in this part of Melbourne in the 1850s and 1860s. Dean, the builder and occupier of this house, built several others in the area. The Residence at 64 Capel Street, West Melbourne, is of architectural significance as an example of domestic architecture displaying uncommon early details and cast iron pattern and as an unusual example of combined stone (basalt and freestone) and stucco work. History The block was prime building land, most of the area to the north of Victoria Street having already been developed since 1852. The Capel Street block was thus developed within a few years of sale. Joseph Dean first moved into Capel Street in 1859. His neighbours at the time were Netherwood’s two room brick house and W. Williams Victoria Smelting Works. |
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