SHOP & RESIDENCE
425 SYDNEY ROAD, and 425A SYDNEY ROAD, COBURG, MORELAND CITY
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Statement of Significance
The shop & residence, erected c.1885, at 425 Sydney Road, Coburg is significant. This is a late Victorian two storeycommercialbuilding.Theupper facade is framed by pilasters and has asolidparapetwith anarched pediment flanked by scrolls and surmounted byanacroterion, andorbs at either end. Below is a cornice andstringcourse,and the pair oftimber sash windows have moulded architravesandkeystones. The groundfloor has been altered.
Non-original alterations and additions including the ground floor shopfronts, and the street verandahare not significant.
How is it significant?
The shop and residence at 425 Sydney Road, Coburg is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
It is significant as one of the oldest shop buildings in Coburg and illustrates an early phase of development of Sydney Road into an important commercial centre during the 1880s. (Criterion A)
It is significant as an distinctive nineteenth century building, which stands out amongst the later buildings within this part of Sydney Road. (Criterion E)
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SHOP & RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
This is a late Victorian two storey commercial building. Theupper facade is framed by pilasters and has a solid parapet with an arched pediment flanked by scrolls and surmounted by an acroterion, and orbs at either end. Below is a cornice and string course, and the pair of timber sash windows have moulded architraves and keystones.
The ground floor has been altered, and an addition made on the north side. The post verandah is not original.
The building is within a mixed commercialstreetscape of buildings, predominantly from the mid to latetwentieth century. Other late nineteenth century buildings in the vicinity include nos. 400-404, 431-433 and 436-442.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading:
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