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SPOTSWOOD RESIDENTIAL PRECINCT
LocationBOLTON STREET (PART), CRAIG STREET (PART), FORREST STREET (PART), GEORGE STREET, HOPE STREET (PART), HUDSONS ROAD (PART), MELBOURNE ROAD (PART), MCLISTER STREET (PART), RALEIGH STREET (PART), REED STREET (PART), ROBB STREET (PART), ROBERT STREET (PART) AN SPOTSWOOD, HOBSONS BAY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Spotswood Residential Heritage Precinct, which comprises all land in HO30 and includes houses east and west of the railway line. Places west of the railway are located in an area bound by McLister Street (south), The Avenue (north) and Melbourne Road (west). East of the railway, the precinct includes places to Craig, Raleigh and Robb streets.
The following original features contribute to the significance of the Spotswood Residential Heritage Precinct:
The following original features contribute to the significance of the Spotswood Residential Heritage Precinct:
- Generally intact single storey houses dating from the late 19th century to the end of the Interwar period (circa 1945), one with an attached shop,
- Subdivision patterns established during the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
- Consistent setbacks,
- Intact roof forms (hipped, gabled, gambrel etc.) and cladding (including corrugated metal sheeting and terracotta tiling),
- Rendered or brick chimneys, as well as terracotta pots,
- Roof detailing such as decorative terracotta cresting and/or finials, and to gable ends (shingling, weatherboards, half-timbering/battens, rendered finishes),
- Intact painted timber-framed walls with a range of cladding including ashlar boarding, weatherboards, (bands of) shingled boards,
- Intact face brick walls or porches,
- General timber detailing, including exposed rafter ends, brackets, decorative friezes (fretwork, spindles, etc.), turned timber posts, etc.
- Verandahs, usually with timber detailing though some with cast iron friezes, and porches with brick piers and the like,
- Decorative elements, usually classicising detailing such as cornices, brackets, pediments,
- Timber-framed windows including double-hung sashes, casements with toplights, bay windows, some with awnings or hoods,
- Front doors – usually timber, panelled and/or with glass panes, often with transom windows and/or sidelights,
- Front fences, mainly original low masonry (Interwar period),
- Minimal garden settings,
- Kerbing and channelling, and
- Complementary street plantings.
The following places and other elements contribute to the significance of the precinct:
- Bolton Street (odd) 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31 (even) 8, 12, 18, 20.
- Craig Street (even) 42, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 64, 66, 68, 70.
- Forrest Street (odd) 7, 9, 15,19, 21 (even) 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24.
- George Street (odd) 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 21, 23 (even) 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22.
- Hope Street (odd) 9, 11, 13, 37, 39, 57, 61, 63, 65, 67.
- Hudsons Road (odd) 41, 43, 105, 111, 113, 121, 123, 125, 127, 135, 137 (even) 104, 128.
- McLister Street (even) 2.
- Raleigh Street (even) 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
- Reed Street (even) 4, 8, 16, 18.
- Robb Street (odd) 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21 (even) 10, 14.
- Robert Street (odd) 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59 (even), 46 and 48.
- The Avenue (odd) 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41.
How is it significant?
The Spotswood Residential Heritage Precinct is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant for its ability to demonstrate the key phases of development in Spotswood during the late Victorian, Federation, and Interwar (through to the end of WWII), which was a consequence of the development of industries and railway-related infrastructure in the area.
(Criterion A)Aesthetically, it is significant for the its consistent housing stock from the late Victorian, Federation and Interwar periods. It is notable for its consistent character, which is derived from the predominantly weatherboard single storey detached houses that have similar form, scale, detailing and materials. Most houses have a verandah or porch to the front and many retain original decorative features to their facades. Compared with other precincts in the Municipality, houses in Spotswood often occur in groups of two or more similar buildings, suggesting the work of a particular builder/developer.
The historic character of some streets is enhanced by an established canopy of mature exotic street trees.
(Criterion D)
The historic character of some streets is enhanced by an established canopy of mature exotic street trees.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct