Tivoli Road/Malcolm Street Precinct
Tivoli Road SOUTH YARRA, Stonnington City
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Statement of Significance
The Tivoli Urban Conservation Area has significance as a residential area resulting from the subdivision of the Tivoli Estate that illustrates the historical development pattern of this locality close to the Yarra. Architecturally the Tivoli Urban Conservation Area reflects classed-based distinctions in housing size and location in relation to the landform, and illustrates a diversity of Victorian housing forms.
The retention of traditional kerb and guttering materials which were typical of streets constructed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is also significant for this precinct's characteristics.
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Tivoli Road/Malcolm Street Precinct - Physical Description 1
The Tivoli Urban Conservation Area is a Victorian residential locality, relatively densely settled, and resulting from the subdivision of the Tivoli Estate.
The buildings along Tivoli Road are quite diverse in form and architectural character, ranging from smaller timber Victorian houses on the lower part of the hill up to two storey detached 'terrace' houses towards the crest, presumably the latter exploiting views to the north and across the Yarra to Melbourne.
The character of the streetscape is predominantly Victorian due to the nature of the buildings along the street. There are, however, a number of later buildings, predominantly from the 1930s and 40s, and these include the block of flats which close the vista at the northern end of Tivoli Road. These flats are not within the Urban Conservation Area. Most of the buildings are located close to the street and therefore contribute substantially to the character of the streetscape. Many buildings have been altered to some extent. While a number of higher front fences have been built in the street, many houses still retain lower timber picket or iron palisade fences, revealing some of the garden as well as the majority of the house facade.
The overall form of the street and the Plane tree street plantings enhance the residential character. Bluestone kerb and gutters have been retained but reset at some stage with wide mortar joints. The Plane trees are largest at the southern end with their branches enclosing the roadway. At the northern end the trees are smaller, probably later plantings.
Tivoli Road/Malcolm Street Precinct - Local Historical Themes
8.1.3 The end of an era - mansion estate subdivisions in the twentieth century
8.2 Middle-class suburbs and the suburban ideal
8.6.2 Developing Apartment living
8.2.1 Mansion estates and the high ground
Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - Conservation Review City of Prahran Volume 3: Urban Conservation Areas
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1993
Grading: Various
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FORMER BRYANT & MAY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H0626
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FORMER RICHMOND POWER STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1055
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MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H1636
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