Railway Crescent Heritage Precinct

The Railway Crescent Heritage Precinct, which comprises all land within HO28 and generally includes all properties with a frontage to Railway Crescent, Williamstown.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, Railway Crescent is significant for its ability to demonstrate the development of Williamstown during the late nineteenth century and how self-contained communities developed around railway stations. (AHC criteria A4 and G1)

Aesthetically, Railway Crescent is significant as a highly intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential and commercial precinct, which comprises cohesive groups of relatively intact and similarly styled weatherboard houses that share common siting, scale, form and detailing, as well as an intact group of Edwardian and Interwar shops that provide an appropriate and related setting for the Williamstown Beach Station. (AHC criterion E1)

On this basis, the following properties contribute to the significance of this precinct:

- Railway Crescent (odd and even) 17-48, 51-57, 60-68, 77, 79-81, 83-85, 88, 89 97, 98, 100 and 101.

Please note that some heritage places within this precinct may also have an individual citation in this Study.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct