Toora Street Precinct

The Toora Street Precinct, comprising numbers 11-23 Toora Street, numbers 17-25 Young Street and numbers 19-21 Linton Street, Ivanhoe, are of significance.

The Toora Street Precinct is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Banyule.

The Toora Street Precinct is historically significant on a local level for its association with the theme of residential development in Ivanhoe in the early twentieth century.

The Federation/Edwardian and Inter-war houses in Toora Street Precinct are historically significant on a local level for their association with the surge of residential suburban development in Ivanhoe in the early decades of the twentieth century, a period of particular suburban growth in the locality and the municipality following the completion of the direct railway between Heidelberg and Melbourne. While the area was subdivided first in 1888, it was after 1901 that the area developed. (Criterion A)

Toora Street Precinct is of aesthetic significance for it is a representative and several exemplary examples of Federation and Inter-war houses set on allotments surrounded by gardens. The houses exhibit typical architectural detailing of the period including verandas or porches, decorative timber fretwork, sash windows and hipped or gable roof forms. The houses are complemented by fences that are either contemporary with or complement the house. When compared with existing residential precincts in Ivanhoe and Eaglemont, Toora Avenue has a high degree of integrity. (Criterion E)

The precinct is defined by the railway to one side and has several landmarks that provide a focus to the precinct including number 21 Young Street which closes the view along Toora Street, number 20 Toora Street and the plantings in front of number 25 Young Street. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct