HOUSES
2-4 Normanby Avenue THORNBURY, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The houses at 2-4 Normanby Avenue, Thornbury, built in 1891 presumably for the agent/auctioneer Walter Spencer Stott as aspeculative venture.
How is it significant?
The houses at 2-4 Normanby Avenue, Thornburyare historically and aesthetically significant to Darebin City.
Why is it significant?
The housesare historically significant (Criterion A) as examples of a late nineteenth century Boom period speculative venture undertaken by a local estate agent/auctioneer and tenanted at different times by a cable tram gripman and a conductor; the cable tram depot being situated a block away in High Street. In these respects, the terrace demonstrates aspects of a past lifestyle in Thornbury seen today solely in the built form of the locale.
The terrace is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a representative example of a Boom period terrace, complete with ornamentation surviving in a substantially intact condition
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HOUSES - Physical Description 1
A small terrace of two Boom Style single storeyed stuccoed cottages with bi-chromatic brickwork below the concave verandah roofs. They are richly decorated having elaborate parapets with central curved pediments with shell ends to the tympana and swags. The parapet balustrades consist of interlocking circles and there are large vases to the pilasters. The tuck pointed bi-chromatic brickwork consists ofblacks relieved by whites and there are round arched niches at the entrances with lancet arched voussoirs. The verandah floors are tiled with bluestone margins.
HOUSES - Integrity
Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, additions at rear.
HOUSES - Historical Australian Themes
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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