| House | $1,454,900  |
| Unit | $677,300 |
| Land | $948,300  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Abbotsford | $1,207,300  |
| Collingwood | $1,134,500 |
| East Melbourne | $3,052,500 |
| Hawthorn | $2,343,700 |
| Kew | $2,327,900 |
| Melbourne | $590,000 |
| South Yarra | $1,883,300 |
| House | $882 |
| Unit | $579 |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - January 1, 2014 Gayton house, 32 Elm Grove, Richmond This site is subject to a Statement of Significance for the building, as well as a Statement of Significance for the Precinct in which it is located. Please find below the Statement for the building, followed by the Statement for the Precinct. Statement of Significance for the building What is significant? The Gayton house at 32 Elm Grove, Richmond was created as a reconstruction in 1938 (original house 1892) for Mr Boham, Henry Gayton and has other historical associations with persons such as Henry Patrick Gayton and Albert John Gayton. The MMBW Detail Plan shows the Victorian-era core of the Moderne style renovation. The place has a fair integrity to its creation date. Fabric from the creation date at the Gayton house is locally significant within the City of Yarra, compared to other similar places from a similar era. How is it significant? The Gayton house at 32 Elm Grove, Richmond is architecturally significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra. Why is it significant? The Gayton house is significant as a `streamlined Moderne style two storey rendered brick apartment building is ... is given a strong horizontal emphasis with the use of horizontal banding to walls and parapet and horizontally proportioned openings. Openings to the street facing porches and the entry door have glazed brick surrounds. The projecting entry bay to the building is highlighted by a stepped up section of parapet and has a vertical emphasis, balancing the horizontally proportioned elements of the building.' (Wight 2001) Precinct statement of significance Component streets include: Brougham Street, Charles Street, Charlotte Street, Church Street, Elm Grove, George Street, Lyndhurst Street, Malleson Street, Mary Street, McGrath Court, Parker Street, Wall Street, Statement of Significance What is significant? Elm Grove (originally known as Catherine Street), was created by a subdivision of auctioneer Charles William's Crown Allotment 20 in 1852. By 1855 it contained about 20 houses. The street held a number of distinguished Victorian-era architects, such as James Robertson and William Salway and noted builders like James Bonham and Richard Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's house (3 Elm Grove, c.1868) is in the Gothic Revival style (48) and was reputedly designed by the celebrated architect William Wardell. The majority of this part of the portion was developed by the early 20 |
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