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Chilwell and Saffron St Heritage Area

Location Chilwell and Saffron St Heritage Area Level Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The Chilwell and Saffron Street Heritage Area is an area of small scale timber housing, comprising small Victorian, Italianate, Edwardian and Californian Bungalow villas and single fronted ones. This area represents some of the early subdivision in Chilwell (as opposed to the subdivision on the Newtown hill) with housing often undertaken by speculative builders to meet the need for shelter. The pattern of streets, lanes and bluestone kerb and guttering remains in some locations.

Houses have generally minimal boundary setbacks and separation and are located on smaller allotments. The area is significant for the evidence it provides of the historical development of Chilwell, as is reflected in the pattern of development, the types of housing and the retention of traditional street features.

The area is architecturally significant as a representative of the domestic style and historically significant in embodying respectable working class family life in Chilwell during the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct