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Livingstone Parade Precinct
Location1-9 and 6-24 LIVINGSTONE PARADE, and 8 and 10 SOUTH STREET, PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? - The pair of attached brick cottages at 6 & 8 Livingstone Parade, the row of double fronted terraces at 14-22 Livingstone Parade and the weatherboard cottage at 24 Livingstone Parade Non-original alterations and additions to the contributory houses are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? The double-fronted terrace row at 14-22 Livingstone Parade is architecturally significant as an unusual and rare example of its type in Preston. (AHC criteria B.2 &D.2)
The Livingstone Parade Precinct comprises the properties at 1-9, 6-24 Livingstone Parade and 8 & 10 South Street, Preston. The extent to which development in two key phases during the late nineteenth century and the inter-war period is an important characteristic of this precinct. On this basis, the following houses contribute to the significance of the precinct:
- The inter-war duplex at 10 & 12 Livingstone Parade.
- The inter-war houses at 1, 3 & 7 Livingstone Parade and the double fronted late nineteenth century villas at 5 & 9 Livingstone Parade.
- The detached brick villas at 8 & 10 South Street
The Livingstone Parade Precinct in Preston is of local historic and architectural significance to Darebin City.
Historically, the Livingstone Parade Precinct is significant as a representative example of a residential area, which provides evidence of important phases of residential development in Preston, the first during the late nineteenth century and the subsequent development boom during the inter-war era. (AHC criteria A.4 & D.2)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct