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Gladstone Avenue Precinct

Location

1-35 and 2-46 GLADSTONE AVENUE, NORTHCOTE, DAREBIN CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Gladstone Avenue precinct is a residential area, which comprises 1-35 and 2-46 Gladstone Avenue, Northcote. Gladstone Avenue first appeared in the Sands & McDougall Directory in 1889, when five houses were listed on the north side of the street. By 1914 the street was fully developed. It is a residential precinct of mostly detached and semi-detached, modest Victorian and Edwardian cottages and villas. The following elements contribute to the significance of the precinct:

- The Victorian and Federation/Edwardian era houses on both sides of the street.
- The consistency of form (hip or gable roof), scale, siting and materials of the contributory houses
- The consistency of Victorian/Federation housing on the north and the Federation/Edwardian housing on the south side.

Non-original alterations and additions to the contributory dwellings and the houses at 1, 6, 9, 29, 33 & 35 are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Gladstone Avenue Precinct in Northcote is of local historic significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
Historically, the Gladstone Avenue Precinct is significant as evidence of two key phases of suburban development in Northcote - the first during the late nineteenth century boom and the second in the early twentieth century after the recovery from the economic crash of the 1890s. The extent to which two clear development periods are demonstrated by the different styles of housing on each side of the street is notable. The housing is characteristic of medium scale suburban housing of both the Victorian and Federation/Edwardian periods. (AHC criteria A.4, D.2)

Architecturally, the Gladstone Avenue Precinct is significant as a representative example of a late nineteenth century and early twentieth century residential subdivision. (AHC criterion D.2)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct