Repost 2018:

The excellent thoroughly #OTT #hoghvictorian #WustermannBuildings in #BridgeRoadRichmond. I presume c1890. Possibly #JABKoch since he was German as I presume mr Wustermann was, but there’s also German American #WilliamWolf. Update : no it was built c1901, so not by Wolf since hed left by then, but could still be Koch. Further update thanks to @jdflemington – the architects were Kelly & Ford.

April 2021

The gloomy day (a month ago) kind of suits this building, the completely OTT #WustemannsBuildings, another gem on #BridgeRoadRichmond. It looks like a late 1890s #RenaissanceRevival design, with added #EdwardianBaroque elaboration, those scrolled #brokenpediments, the arched #openpediment on top, and the extra domed things on the parapet. Looks like maybe there was at least one other in this row, maybe 2, but no room for three, so the taller one was never in the middle ?! At least 20 years ago this got painted in ochre #limewash, as it might have been originally, now faded into this fab pale textured look.

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