HOUSE
283 ALBION STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 14767
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Statement of Significance
The house at 283 Albion Street, Brunswick.
Why is it Significant?
The house at 283 Albion Street, Brunswick is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it Significant?
Erected in 1908, it is of historical significance for its association with an important phase of residential subdivision which shaped the area in the early twentieth century (RNE Criterion A.2).
Aesthetically it is significant as it is a typical and substantially intact example of an Edwardian timber villa erected in a transitional style which harks back to the earlier Victorian villa type (RNE Criterion E.1).
Along with the neighbouring houses at Nos 265, 275 and 281, the house is a visually important element in the streetscape. It provides a contextual element which reinforces the collective value of the individual buildings.
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The house at 283 Albion Street, Brunswick is a single-storey, double-fronted Edwardian timber villa with block-fronted asymmetrical facade and conventional weatherboard elsewhere. The gambrel roof with gabled projection is clad with corrugated galvanised steel with terracotta ridge capping and finials and bracketed eaves to the facade. It is penetrated by face brick and roughcast-rendered chimneys. The projecting gable has a decorative barge board, notched weatherboard cladding and a squared bay window with pressed metal roof and cresting. The bay windows are tripartite casements with coloured four-light highlights. The bullnosed verandah is supported by turned timber posts and has a scalloped timber valance to the beam and a timber floor. The windows are timber-framed double-hung sashes and the pair flanking the front door are almost to floor level and have architraves embellished with Roman Doric pilasters.
The front fence is constructed from galvanised steel cyclone wire mesh and the eastern side fence is an early timber, square picket fence.
Key Architectural Elements:
Block fronted weatherboard house
Corrugated galvanised steel gambrel and gabled roof
Projecting embellished gable with bay window
Bullnose verandah
Conservation Guidelines:
Repair failing verandah in accord with appropriate style
Replace front fence with more appropriate equivalent, eg. pickets
Comparative Examples:
House, 281 Albion Street, Brunswick (c.1907)
House, 10 Allard Street, Brunswick West (1910)
House, 35 Hudson Street, Coburg (c.1910)
House, 19 Passfield Street, Brunswick West (c.1910)
Canowindra, 43 Waxman Parade, Brunswick West (c.1905)Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review. Additional Building Citations
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 2001
Grading:
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FORMER MELVILLES GRAIN STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0705
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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