HOUSE & FRONT FENCE
76 VICTORIA STREET,, BRUNSWICK EAST VIC 3057 - Property No 9396
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Statement of Significance
The house and all the front front fence, constructed in 1892, at 76 Victoria Street, East Brunswick.
How is it Significant?
The house and front fence at 76 Victoria Street, East Brunswick is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it Significant?
Of historic significance as evidence of the first phase of development in this part of Victoria Street and one of the only surviving nineteenth century houses. (AHC Criterion A.4)
Of aesthetic significance as a fine example of a two storey Victorian Italianate residence, which is very intact and retains fine detailing to the facade as well as, in Brunswick, an increasingly rare example of an intact original wrought iron front fence. (AHC Criterion E.1)
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HOUSE & FRONT FENCE - Physical Description 1
No. 76 Victoria Street, East Brunswick is an elaborately decorated bi-chrome brick two storey Victorian house with an unpainted rendered parapet. The house is constructed from hawthorn brick with cream brick detailing. The side elevations are constructed from unpainted red brick. Chimneys are hawthorn brick with cream brick detailing and unpainted rendered caps. The finials however are not extant.
The ground floor has a four panel front door with an arched fanlight. There is a pair of round-arched double-hung sash windowswith bluestone sills to both the ground and the first floor. On each level a cream brick course marks the sill line and also the top of the windows, following the curve of the arches. The verandah and the balcony both retain cast iron columns and cast iron lacework. The balcony has a cast iron balustrade. The are large round-arched recessed niches to either side of the verandah and balcony. Dentillated timber moulding on the fascia marks the division between the ground and the first floor verandah .
The unpainted rendered parapet is highly decorated, with brackets and swagging on the lower parapet supporting the upper parapet, which features a central segmental arch and decorative moulding.
The house retains its original cast iron palisade fence with bi-chrome brick piers and a bluestone plinth.HOUSE & FRONT FENCE - Physical Conditions
Good
HOUSE & FRONT FENCE - Integrity
Minor Modifications
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H1219
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NORTHCOTE 12Victorian Heritage Inventory
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WALES QUARRY BRUNSWICK 1Victorian Heritage Inventory
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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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