SHOP ROW
806-10 HIGH STREET, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY
High Street (Thornbury) Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The two storey brick shops and residences at 806-810 High Street, Thornbury erected c.1895 are significant. They are designed in a restrained Free Classical-style. There are cement mouldings and bandings on the upper level facades. Some remnants of the urns that were fitted to the top of the parapet are extant.
The upper level of the shops' facades (excluding the fenestration on 806) and other surviving nineteenth century fabric is significant.
Non-original alterations and/or additions, including the ground floor shopfronts and the upper floor windowsof No.806 are not significant.
How is it significant?
The shops at 806-810 High Street, Thornbury are of local historic significance to Darebin City.
Why is it significant?
Historically, the shops were the first commercial premises to be erected in this part of High Street and provide evidence of the earliest phase of commercial development of High Street, Thornbury during the late nineteenth century. They are a representative example of the scale of shops of small retailers, which included dwellings above them. (AHC criteria A.4, D.2)
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SHOP ROW - Physical Description 1
This group of three two-storey brick shops designed in a restrained Free Classical-style once formed part of a row of six - the adjoining shop at No.804 has been significantly altered, and two further shops to the north of 804 (which can be seen in the 1909 MMBW Detail plan) have been demolished. The lower levels have new shopfronts of various configurations. The window openings of the upper levels have been altered unsympathetically on No.806. There are cement mouldings and bandings on the upper level facades. Some remnants of the urns that were fitted to the top of the parapet are extant.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Study
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2011
Grading: Local
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