Grantham Street
2-12 GRANTHAM STREET, 405-421, 431-439, 451, 453 & 344-400 BRUNSWICK ROAD, 2-8 & 3 MCVEAN STREET, and 843A & 843-899 PARK STREET, BRUNSWICK WEST, MORELAND CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Grantham Street Precinct, comprising houses and commercial buildings at 405-421, 431-439, 451-453 and 344-400 Brunswick Road, 2-12 Grantham Street, 2-8 McVean Street, and 843-899 Park Street.
How is it significant?
The Grantham Street Precinct is of local architectural significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
The Grantham Street Precinct is of local architectural significance as a coherent area of Inter-War houses with a high level of integrity and cohesion of scale, which represents the architectural character of this period of residential development of Brunswick West. This representativeness of the precinct is enhanced by a number of intact elements of the period, including shops, the tramway, and the two individually listed unusual buildings at 405-413 (the former Beacon Garage and flats) and 356 Brunswick Road (house) by local resident Victor Heiberg. These latter buildings were constructed with salvaged materials.
The housing comprises mostly brick Inter-War Bungalows and villas in Brunswick Road and Park Street. Styles represented include Bungalow and English Domestic Revival. The intactness of the precinct is enhanced by the large number of original or traditional gardens, and original front fences, many in brick.
Non-Contributory properties include:
Brunswick Road:1-6/350, 358, 360, 374, 376, 380-382, 392, 421, 417-419 and 433-435
Park Street: 843, 843A, 851-853, 855-857, 881, 883, 889 and 893.
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Grantham Street - Physical Description 1
Address: 405-421, 431-439, 451-453, 344-400 Brunswick Road
2-12 Grantham Street
2-8 McVean Street
843-899 Park Street
The Grantham Street Precinct is a mixed residential and commercial Precinct, the development of most of which followed the opening of the electric tram service through West Brunswick in 1927. The West Brunswick Hotel, on the north-west corner of Grantham and Brunswick Roads, is a local landmark and one of the few remaining 19th century buildings. Victor Heiberg's highly eclectic Beacon Service and Flats (405-413 Brunswick Road) and house (No. 356), enhance the architectural interest and significance of the Precinct.
The housing comprises mostly brick inter-War bungalows and villas in Brunswick Road and Park Street. The houses are generally large, on large, uniformly-sized blocks, and many-especially those at the western end of Park Street-sit on elevated sites. Styles represented include bungalow and English Domestic Revival. The intactness of the Precinct is enhanced by the large number of original or traditional gardens, and original front fences, many in brick.
The architectural significance of the Precinct has been reduced by the construction of several blocks of two and three storey flats in the 1960s and 1970s, especially along the north side of Brunswick Road. The dominant character of the Precinct, however, remains residential, and the architectural interest of many of the houses balances somewhat the presence of the flats.
Street plantings include Eucalyptus along the median strip of Park Street. Grantham Street and Brunswick Road have concrete footpaths, kerbs and gutters.
The following buildings have individual datasheets in the Moreland Heritage Review: Building Citations (1998):
356 Brunswick Road (1930)
Beacon Service Station and Flats, 405-413 Brunswick Road (1936-38)Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
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FORMER HOFFMAN BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0703
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MOUNT ROYAL HOSPITALVictorian Heritage Register H1725
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FORMER ROYAL PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALVictorian Heritage Register H2062
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