154 Somerset Street
154 SOMERSET STREET RICHMOND - PROPERTY NUMBER 156855 AND 154 SOMERSET STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
Gardner Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The former Richmond Metropolitan Fire Station at 154 Somerset Street, Richmond is significant to the extent of the 1905-10 fabric. The brick fire station, built for the Board as a Richmond branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), may have been designed by architect Percy Oakden, who was appointed architect to the MFB in 1899. It has a two-storey gabled residential wing with an austere but effective ornament and attached verandah to one side.
How is it significant?
The former Richmond Metropolitan Fire Station at 154 Somerset Street, Richmond is historically and architecturally significant to Richmond and the City of Yarra.
Why is it significant?
The former Richmond Metropolitan Fire Station is historically significant (Criterion A):
. as a former Metropolitan Fire Station and barracks building that was among the first built for the Board in the Richmond area, a site of major development for the MFB after the Second War.
The former Richmond Metropolitan Fire Station is architecturally significant (Criterion D):
. As a characteristic early twentieth century fire station and residence.
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154 Somerset Street - Physical Description 1
Distinctive elements include the two storey gabled residential wing with its austere but effective ornament and attached verandah to one side. The building has been altered but is still recognisable as a fire station with some of the changes (red doors) having reinforced this imagery.
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Heritage Gap Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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FORMER GROSVENOR COMMON SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H0654
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FORMER INVERGOWRIE LODGEVictorian Heritage Register H0517
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FORMER BRIDGE HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0449
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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'Aqua Profonda' sign wall sign, Fitzroy Swimming PoolYarra City H1687
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'DRIFFVILLE'Boroondara City
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1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGSNillumbik Shire
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