HOUSE
25 STATION STREET,, COBURG VIC 3058 - Property No 27620
Moreland Railway Station
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Statement of Significance
The house and mature cupressus sempervirens at 25 Station Street, Coburg.
How is it significant?
The house and mature cupressus sempervirens at 25 Station Street, Coburg is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
Of historic significance, as a house built on land developed by Melbourne City Councillor John Pigdon in direct reponse to the opening of the Coburg Railway in 1882. (AHC Criterion A.4)
Of aesthetic significance, as a late example of a simple mid- Victorian style house with a high-piched gothic gable end, which differed from the more elaborate Boom style Italianate houses which were being erected from the mid-1880s. (AHC Criterion E.1)
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The hosue at 25 Station Street is a single storey asymmetrical Victorian painted rendered house with a corrugated galvanised steel gabled roof (reclad) and rendered unpainted chimneys. The steeply pitched gable end on the front elevation has decorative carved bargeboards and finial and a bay window. The bay window has a decorative string course of moulded acanthus leaves. The return verandah has unusual projecting rafters, which may have been a later addition. Windows to the front and side elevations are double-hung sashes.
There are two layers of additions to the rear of the house, one brick and one weatherboard. There are also weatherboard outbuildings at the rear of the property.
There is a mature cupressus sempervirens at the rear of the house.HOUSE - Physical Conditions
Fair
HOUSE - Integrity
Minor Modifications
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:
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FORMER MELVILLES GRAIN STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0705
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GLENCAIRNVictorian Heritage Register H0375
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THE AMERICAN COTTAGEVictorian Heritage Register H0139
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