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Rossmoyne Street Precinct
Location43-67 and 50-78 ROSSMOYNE STREET, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? - The Victorian and Federation/Edwardian houses including double-fronted brick and weatherboard villas, and single-fronted cottages. Non-original alterations and additions to Victorian and Edwardian dwellings and houses at 62 & 62A are not significant. How is it significant? The Rossmoyne Street Precinct in Thornbury has architectural significance, for the consistent quality of its built form and relatively high degree of intactness from the original periods of development. (AHC criteria E.1 & D.2)
This Rossmoyne Street Precinct, which comprises 43-67 & 50-78 Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury. The following elements contribute to the significance of the precinct:
- The former corner shop and residence at No.78.
- The consistency of form, siting, materials and detailing of the contributory houses.
- The extent to which development in two main periods during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries is apparent.
The Rossmoyne Street Precinct in Thornbury is of local historic and architectural significance to Darebin City.
Historically, the Rossmoyne Street Precinct in Thornbury is significant as evidence of important phases of suburban development in Thornbury during the late nineteenth century land boom, and the early twentieth century recovery following the economic crash of the 1890s. The housing in the street is characteristic of medium scale suburban housing of both the Victorian and Edwardian periods and the former corner shop provides evidence of the local services that emerged to serve the growing population. (AHC criteria A.4 & D.2)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct