SHOPS & RESIDENCES
509-513 High Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The row of three identical shops at 509-513 High Street, Northcote, built in 1910 for the local agent/auctioneer Walter Spencer Stott.
How is itsignificant?
The row of three identical shops at 509-513 High Street, Northcote is aesthetically significant to Darebin City
Why is it significant?
The row of three shopsis aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a prominent commercial terraced development in the late Victorian Classical Revival mode, the use of bi-chrome arches linking them stylistically with the Boom period some twenty years earlier. They are in these respects unusual in this section of high Street which is dominated by buildings representative of subsequent styles.
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SHOPS & RESIDENCES - Physical Description 1
A two storeyed row of three identical shops with dwellings above in the Classical Revival mode having cantilevered verandahs and recent shop fronts. The upper level facades are in red brick with stuccoed dressings and bi-chrome voussoirs to the round arched windows which also have drip moulds and connecting impost moulds. The parapets are plainly treated with capping moulds.
SHOPS & RESIDENCES - Intactness
Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium.
SHOPS & RESIDENCES - Historical Australian Themes
Thematic Context
4. Building settlements, towns and cities (Northcote).
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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BASTING STREET HOUSESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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