Whitby Street
1-65 & 4-38 WHITBY STREET, and 73-91 PEARSON STREET, BRUNSWICK WEST, MORELAND CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Whitby Street Precinct, comprising houses at 1-65 and 4-38 Whitby Street, 73-91 Pearson Street and 2A Wallace Street.
How is it significant?
The Whitby Street Precinct is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
The Whitby Street Precinct is of local architectural significance as a precinct containing a mixture of substantially intact 19th and early 20th century dwellings. Whitby Street includes Victorian villas and terraces, a number of Edwardian and Inter-War Bungalow houses, and Whitby House, which is individually significant and a local landmark. Pearson Street contains some brick Edwardian and timber Inter-War houses. Houses within the precinct are generally intact, with those of particular architectural note being the brick villas at 55 and 57 Whitby Street, and the two-storey terraces at 70-80 Pearson Street.
The Whitby Street Precinct is of local historical significance as a residential area which demonstrates successive stages of development over a series of eras, from a single estate in the 1850s, to subdivision in the 1880s with development limited by the 1890s depression, and the building on the remaining allotments in the early twentieth century.
Non-Contributory properties include:
Whitby Street: 22, 23, 1-4/24, 45 and 47.
Wallace Street: 2A.-
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Whitby Street - Physical Description 1
Address: 1-65, 4-38 Whitby Street and 73-91 Pearson Street
The Whitby Street Precinct is a residential area comprising a mix of Victorian, Edwardian and inter-War bungalow houses in Whitby Street, and brick Edwardian and timber inter-War houses in Pearson Street. The houses are generally substantially intact, with those or particular architectural note being the brick villas at 55 and 57 Whitby Street, and the two-storey terraces at Nos. 70-80 Pearson Street. Whitby House, at 28 Whitby Street, is a focal point and local landmark.Traditional street elements retained include bluestone kerbs and gutters and asphalt footpaths in Whitby Street. Original timber and woven wire fences remain at 26 and 38 Whitby Street.
The following buildings have individual datasheets in the Moreland Heritage Review: Building Citations (1998):
Whitby House, 28 Whitby Street (c.1850s)
Harcourt, 43 Whitby Street (late 1920s)
House, 57 Whitby Street (c.1885)Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:
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FORMER HOFFMAN BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0703
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WHITBY HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0546
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FORMER FERRY TERRA COTTA AND ENAMELLED BRICKWORKS OFFICEVictorian Heritage Register H1285
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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'Lawn House' (Former)Hobsons Bay City
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1 Fairchild StreetYarra City
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10 Richardson StreetYarra City
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