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5 George Street
5 George Street PRAHRAN, Stonnington City

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Statement of Significance

This cottage is important due to its early date of erection, and its diminutive form without veranda or curtilage to the street

- Place ID
  30570
- Location
  5 George Street PRAHRAN, Stonnington City
- Municipality
  STONNINGTON CITY
- Heritage Listing
  Stonnington City
- Level of significance
  Included in Heritage Overlay
- Heritage Overlay Numbers
  HO39
- Year Construction Started
  1855
- Category
  
  Residential buildings (private)
- Physical Description 1
  
  5 George Street - Physical Description 1
  
  The house has a hipped roof The symmetrical' front faces George Street and contains a door positioned approximately ceanteally, flanked by double hung windows.' The roof has been clad with corrugated iron. Recent City of Prahran Valuers records describe the cottage as 'built onto street line', suggesting an early date of construction,' but 'with reasonable exterior condition'.1
  
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  Reference
  
  1. City of Prahran Valuers records. Windsor Ward Book 20W.
  
  Local Historical Themes
  
  5 George Street - Local Historical Themes
  
  3.3.1 Crown land sales 1840-1850
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Stonnington - Conservation Review City of Prahran Volume 2: Individual Buildings (A1)
  
  Author: Context Pty Ltd
  Year: 1993
  Grading: A1
  
  Stonnington - Prahran Conservation Study Identification of Buildings & Areas of Major Significance
  
  Author: Nigel Lewis & Associates
  Year: 1983
  Grading: A1
- Show:
- PRAHRAN TOWN HALL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0203
- FORMER POLICE STATION AND COURT HOUSE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0542
- FORMER RECHABITE HALL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0575

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