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30 MURRAY STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 14152
Closer Settlement Houses
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 30 Murray Street, Brunswick West.
How is it significant?
The house at 30 Murray Street, Brunswick Westis of localaesthetic,historic and social significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
As a reasonably intact example of a Victorian house that is one ofasmall number of surviving dwellings within the Brunswick Estatethatdemonstrate the execution of the Victorian government'sCloserSettlement Scheme, designed as a response to the devastating1890sdepression conditions in Victoria, in the early years of thetwentiethcentury. In particular, 30 Murray Street demonstrates thecommonpractice of subdivision of the original block by the ownerstoaccommodate family members. (AHC Criteria A.4 & E.1)
*A Contributory place within the Closer Settlement Houses serial listing. Please refer the serial listing citation (Hermes no. 200502) for the statement of significance for this place.
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The property at 30 Murray Street Brunswick comprises a single storey weatherboard Victorian house, with a corrugated iron hipped roof, two red brick chimenys and a hipped verandah. The timber panelled front door is flanked by paired double-hung sash windows. The main facade is block-fronted timber panelling and the other elevations are weatherboard. The verandah has simple timber brackets set onto replacement verandah posts. Two large pepercorn trees are on the northern (side) boundary.
The property was sold aound December 2003. The auction board on site at time showed intact interior details - pressed metal ceilings, fireplaces. Reinspection in August 2004 indicates little external change since then, apart from some chnages to the front garden.
This house is one of only nine examples of Closer Settlement scheme housing that survives to mark The Brunswick Estate. Of these, six are largely intact namely 47 Cumming Street, 7 Hopetoun Avenue, 18 Waxman Parade, 37 Waxman Parade, 43 Waxman Parade, 51 Waxman Parade.HOUSE - Physical Conditions
Good
HOUSE - Integrity
Altered/Minor Modifications
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading:
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