ATTACHED HOUSES
23 & 25 LUSCOMBE STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 1997
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The pair of Victorian timber houses at 23-25 Luscombe Street, Brunswick, constructed by 1886 is significant. Non-original alterations and additions and the front and side fences are not significant.
How is it significant?
The houses at 23-25 Luscombe Street, Brunswick, are of local representative significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
It is significant as an intact and relatively late example of paired timber houses with a shared hipped roof that demonstrates the lack of fire separation, which endured well into the 1880s in Brunswick at a time when most other Councils had outlawed such buildings. While there are several surviving brick examples dating from the 1880s, this is the only known timber example from that period. (Criteria B & D)
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ATTACHED HOUSES - Physical Description 1
Situated on the northwest corner of Luscombe Street and Stirling Street in Brunswick, this pair of Victorian timber cottages has a shared M-hip roof (clad in early short sheet corrugated steel, painted green) and single, continuous concave verandah that gives the impression of a single double-fronted residence.
The facade is clad in imitation Ashlar boards, and each house has a single, simple double hung sash window adjacent to a modest front door, and two bi-chrome corbelled brick chimneys. The verandah is supported by simple square posts and has dentillating to the fascia, a cast iron frieze and a central timber partition. Other details include eaves brackets separated by shaped boards.
ATTACHED HOUSES - Physical Conditions
Good
ATTACHED HOUSES - Integrity
The pair of timber cottages appears to have a high degree of intactness, retaining their original form and detailing, but is in reasonably poor condition.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: Local
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