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Location80 Caroline Street, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No 46827 LevelIncl in HO area indiv sig |
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Part of Avoca and Caroline Streets Precinct
What is significant?
The Caroline Street area was among the first developed outside of the
City of Melbourne. Situated on portions of the first lots, sold in the
land sales of 1840, the pattern of the streets and some of the housing
demonstrates local development during the 1840s and 1850s. The
subdivisions and development that created Avoca and Caroline Streets
retain some of the City of Prahran¡¦s earliest houses, once owned or
occupied by notable colonists. Subsequent development from the 1850s
through to the inter-war years, saw the creation of a precinct
characterised by two-storey detached villas and flats, providing a
remarkable display of changing architectural styles, while respecting
the character established in the 1850s. The area is notable for the
consistently high standards of design and construction across a
century of development and for large number of individually
significant buildings including the former Stables to Avoca at 103
Caroline Street, nineteenth century villas at 75, 76, 78 and 83
Caroline Street and the Beaver and Purnell-designed residence at 490
Punt Road. The key heritage characteristics of the Caroline Street Precinct are: - The intactness of the area to its mid-twentieth century state, with
few prominent infill buildings, additions or obtrusive parking
structures. - The extent to which the early history of land subdivisions and
development is reflected in the street pattern and some remaining
structures. - The largely consistent detached form and two-storey scale of
buildings within the area. While the built form varies in terms of its
architectural expression, it consistently illustrates the highest
standards of design from the latter half of the nineteenth and the
first half of the twentieth centuries. - The retention of some traditional street materials in Avoca Street
and along Domain Road. - The open landscaped quality arising from the wide streets, the low
scale of the built form and the generous garden setbacks associated
with many of the dwellings. - The avenue of plane trees along Caroline Street. - The large number of buildings of high individual significance as
reflected in their A1 and A2 gradings. How is it significant? The Caroline Street precinct is of local social, historical and
aesthetic significance. Some individual buildings in this locale are
significant at a State level. In some instances, these have been
protected under individual heritage controls. Why is it significant? The area is historically significant as one of the earliest developed
in the Municipality. The precinct is centred on two of the first six
lots made available in the land sales of 1840 (3.3.1 Crown land
sales). Developed from the 1850s onward, the area retains valuable
examples of building stock from successive periods, including a very
high concentration of 1850s buildings relative to that found in other
parts of the Metropolitan region. Some buildings are historically
significant in their own right. The diversity of periods and
architectural character found in the built form is representative of
the nature of development in South Yarra more broadly. This area is,
historically, one of the most important in the Municipality. The area is socially significant for the extent to which it reflects
the aspirations of middle class residents in South Yarra. (8.2.1 -
Mansion estates and the high ground ¡V Middle class estates in
Prahran). The elevated sites, the quality of the built form, the
predominance of substantial free-standing villas and maisonette
developments, the wide streets and large allotments reflect the
affluence of its early and current residents. The area is of local aesthetic significance for the quality of the
building stock dating from the periods between 1850 and the end of the
Second World War (8.1 ¡V Creating Australia¡¦s most prestigious
suburbs). It includes notable and handsome freestanding and
attached houses, flats and maisonettes (8.6.3 Architect designed
apartments). The street trees and undulating topography combine
with the built form to produce streetscapes of outstanding quality.
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