Interwar Bungalow Heritage Precinct 2

Interwar Bungalow Heritage Precinct 2 is a small discrete portion of Albert Street in Sebastopol which was developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s for residential housing. The row includes all of the built structures and all of the and land at 90, 92, 94, 96, 98 and 100 Albert Street, Sebastopol.

The contributory elements within the precinct include the row of five intact identical (mirror image) bungalows at 92-100 Albert Street and one altered timber bungalow at 90 Albert Street. Other contributory elements include the mature trees in thegarden of 90 Albert Street, all of the front fences, concrete paths in the front gardens which lead to the porches of each residence. 

Elements which contribute to the significance of the precinct include (but are not limited to): 

- The uniform hipped roof form with corrugated iron cladding and roughcast rendered chimneys with an exposed brick cap

- The uniform asymmetrical arrangement of the facade with projecting transverse gable. 

- The variety in character and expression within consistent suburban bungalow 

- The intactness of many individual buildings to their original states. Dwellings typically survive with their presentation to the street largely unaltered, retaining verandahs and decorative render and timber detailing, and original fences

- The consistent, modest single-storey scale of the built form;

- The enclosed brick porches with dichromatic brick details and piers

- Dichromatic brick front fences

- Original lead light windows and door in the facade

- The gabled or hipped roofs with and plain corrugated metal cladding;

- The detached form and uniform pattern of front and side setbacks and arrangement of side driveways;

- The discrete form and siting of vehicle accommodation at the rear of the dwellings with single driveway access. 

Interwar Bungalow Heritage Precinct 2 is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the township of Sebastopol and the City of Ballarat. 

Interwar Bungalow Heritage Precinct 2 is of historical significance as it demonstrates residential development within Sebastopol in the period c.1925-1930. It is representative of Sebastopol's growth in the late 1920s and early 1930s as it gradually moved from an individual township to a southern suburb of Ballarat. This period also saw the removal of many mullock heaps and other mining infrastructure in Albert Street, which allowed for new rows of small scale residential development to occur, such this one, as well as at 12-20 Albert Street and 140-148 Albert Street. (Criterion A)

The small precinct is of aesthetic significance as a small collection of substantially intact and cohesive housing in a modest timber 'Bungalow style'. While individual buildings are reasonably typical of the period, the precinct is notable for its consistent character, which is derived from single-storey bungalows with identical form, scale, form, setback and materials (some mirror images). The houses are characteristic of modest bungalow residences throughout Victoria of the interwar period. (Criterion E)

Significant places within the precinct - none

Contributory and intact places within the precinct - 94, 96, 98 and 100 Albert Street

Contributory but altered places within the precinct - 90 and 92 Albert Street

Non contributory places - none