Hanover Street Precinct

The Hanover Street Precinct, comprised of houses at 27-49 and 2-64 Hanover Street, Brunswick, is significant. With respect to contributory properties, the facades, roof forms and setbacks of the Victorian and Edwardian era dwellings are significant, as well as their timber picket fences. The brick and metal fences, as well as rear extensions, are not significant.

Contributory properties include: 2, 4, 6, 8, 14, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 and 64 Hanover Street.

Non-contributory properties include: 10, 12, 16, 28, 29, 41, 1/41, 2/41, 46, 1/46 and 2/46 Hanover Street.

The Hanover Street Precinct is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

The Hanover Street Precinct is historically linked with the broader developmental narrative of Brunswick during Melbourne's building boom period, specifically evidenced by the subdivision of the site in 1883 and presence of Victorian era cottages. (Criterion A)

The Hanover Street Precinct demonstrates the principal characteristics of Victorian era cottages and terraces, with an array of features specific to this style including a single-fronted form, timber weatherboards and joinery, bullnose or skillion awning, iron lacework, and hipped roofs. Further, the Hanover Street Precinct demonstrates the principal characteristics of Edwardian era dwellings, with an array of features specific to this style including a range of timber joinery to both the built form and as decorative features, gable ends, hipped roofs, use of iron lacework, and use of pressed metal to the gable end. (Criterion D) The Hanover Street Precinct has aesthetic significance as a relatively intact and visually cohesive street of predominantly Victorian and Edwardian era dwellings dating from the 1880s land boom through to the 1910s. The streetscape is primarily made up of historic building stock which have a consistent scale, setback and materiality which creates a streetscape pattern, character and sense of cohesion. Several rows of matching building styles adds further to this character. (Criterion E)