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WARRICK STREET & MASCOMA STREET
Other NamePrecinct Location3-53 & 2-38 WARRICK STREET, and 1-29 & 4-32 MASCOMA STREET, ASCOT VALE, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? - the overall consistency of housing form (hipped or hip and gable
roofs, single storey), materials and detailing (weatherboard,
imitation Ashlar or face brick, corrugated metal slate or tile roofs,
verandahs with cast iron or timber frieze decoration, render or brick
chimneys) and siting (small front setbacks and narrow side
setbacks). Nos. 7, 11, 13, 18, 22, 28 & 28A Mascoma Street and 4, 14, 18A,
18B, 20, 20A, 35, 47 & 49 Warrick Street are Non-contributory. All
other houses are Contributory. Non-original alterations and additions to the Contributory houses are
also not significant.
How is it significant?
Why is it significant? Aesthetically, it is an enclave of Federation/Edwardian housing with
characteristic, form, materials and detailing and a high degree of
visual cohesion due to the consistency of built form, which includes
groups of housing evidently by the same builder such as the
gable-fronted cottages at 5-9 & 27-33 Warrick Street. The setting
of the houses is complemented by traditional public realm materials
such as bluestone kerb and channel and bluestone laneways. (Criterion E)
The Warrick Street & Mascoma Street precinct is a residential
area that comprises houses predominantly built from c.1907 to c.1915
with two houses dating from 1937. The following features contribute to
the significance of the precinct:
- streetscape materials such as bluestone kerb and
channel and bluestone laneways
The Warrick Street and Mascoma Street precinct is of local
historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley
Historically, it demonstrates the housing boom in Ascot Vale
during the first two decades of the twentieth century and the
Federation/Edwardian housing stock which comprises detached Victorian
Italianate 'survival' and Queen Anne villas is representative of the
residential areas that developed during that period. The houses at
43& 45 Warrick Street are of historic significance for their
associations with the Fleming family, who were the original owners of
the land and initiated the subdivision that created Warrick and
Mascoma streets, and recall the site of one of the original Fleming
homes known as 'Fernside'. (Criteria A & D)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct