SHOP & RESIDENCE
707 High Street THORNBURY, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The shop and dwelling at 707 High Street Thornbury, built c.1910. The upper level facade is the principal element contributing to the significance of the place.
How is it significant?
The shop and dwelling at 707 High Street Thornbury is aesthetically significant to Darebin City.
Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a prominent and ostentatious early building in this section of High Street bearing testimony to the commercial growth sustained as a consequence of the opening of the cable tramway route to Dundas Street in 1890.
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SHOP & RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
An imposing Boom Style two storeyed stuccoed Italianate shop and dwelling with recent shop front and cantilevered verandah. The upper level facade has a pediment with cast cement foliations in the tympanum, bracketed cornice and Romanesque windows with decorative frieze at impost level The side walls are expressed on the facade, the projections being surmounted with urns.
SHOP & RESIDENCE - Integrity
Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium, shop front and verandah replaced.
SHOP & RESIDENCE - Historical Australian Themes
Thematic Context
4. Building settlements, towns and cities (Thornbury).
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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PRESTON TRAMWAY WORKSHOPSVictorian Heritage Register H2031
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BATMAN PARKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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JUNCTION HOTELVictorian Heritage Inventory
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