NORFOLK STREET PRECINCT

The Norfolk Street precinct comprising houses at 17-19, 21 (house and palm tree) is significant. 

Contributory elements of the precinct include:

- 17 Norfolk Street

- 19 Norfolk Street (house and palm tree)

- 21 Norfolk Street house and two palm trees

The Norfolk Street Heritage Precinct is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

The Norfolk Street Heritage Precinct represents part of the story of change as the gold boom subsided and the areas once occupied by mining became available for residential expansion as a result of the growth and diversification of other industries, and the consequent population increase. Linked to the declining fortunes of nearby Hustler’s Reef, Norfolk Street, surveyed between 1884 and 1903 but not gazetted until 1906 nevertheless retained historic links with some owner occupiers at the turn of the century, noted as engaged in mining activities. (Criterion A)

The hilly terrain of the North Bendigo area provides some quite outstanding views across the city centre and outward to the edge of the city. Norfolk Street located near the top of one of these ridges and near to the local commercial centre of North Bendigo is notable for its landscape value, open views and the spaciousness of its allotments. The small group of timber late Victorian and Edwardian houses provide an unusually consistent group within Bendigo North. Whilst each house is different in style, the precinct is notable for the relatively high quality of the architecture at 21, as well as each of the palm trees at 21 and 19. The character of the precinct is defined by the generous lot allowing the houses to have large gardens, and by their low fences. Within the North Bendigo locality, Norfolk Street forms an unusually consistent group of late nineteenth and early twentieth housing of high quality, complemented by the two palm trees. (Criterion E)