ROBERTS' BUILDINGS
309-313 Victoria Street, Brunswick VIC 3056 - Property No 97510
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Statement of Significance
The Roberts' Buildings, 309 - 313 Victoria Street, Brunswick.
How is it Significant?
The Roberts' Buildings are of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it Significant?
The Roberts' Buildings, erected in 1922, are of historical signifcance as they provide evidence of expanding commercial activity along Victoria Street in the early twentieth century. The building retains associations with its original owner, local contractor Edward Roberts, whose name remains visible on the parapet. (AHC Criterion A.4)
Aesthetically the buildings are signifcant as a fine and unusually intact example of an inter-War block of shops, somewhat remarkably retaining its original shopfronts and unpainted finish to the face brickwork. It remains as a prominent element in the commercial streetscape. (AHC Criterion E.1)
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ROBERTS' BUILDINGS - Physical Description 1
At first floor level, there are rectangular windows with timber-framed double-hung sashes. The ground floor level retains original shopfronts, with metal-framed shop windows and a row of multi-paned highlights above. There is a second row of highlights directly above, containing inward-opening hopper sash windows; the gap between the two rows indicates that there was once a cantilevered awning over the footpath. Each shop has a splayed recessed entrance, with pressed metal soffit and timber door. The shop at No. 309 retains a stone threshold.
Key Architectural Elements:
Face red brick facade with stark rendered and painted piers and dressings
Arched parapet with simple capping
Conservation Guidelines:
Reconstruct shopfronts and repair ventilators
Alter unsympathetic attachment of services
Retain original shopfronts and unpainted finish to face brickwork
Comparative Examples:
Former Lyric Theatre, 199-201 Sydney Road, Brunswick (1911)Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading:
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BRUNSWICK FIRE STATION AND FLATSVictorian Heritage Register H0916
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FORMER MELVILLES GRAIN STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0705
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FORMER HOFFMAN BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0703
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10 Down StreetYarra City
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