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Milton Crescent Precinct
Location6-12 & 5-11 MILTON CRESCENT, PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Non-original alterations and additions to the contributory houses are not significant. How is it significant? The houses at Nos. 9 and 11 are architecturally significant as very intact examples of small timber cottages with rare detailing such as the lack of visible shared boundary walls between the houses. (AHC criterion D.2)
The Milton Crescent Precinct comprises the houses at 6-12 & 5-11 Milton Crescent, Preston, which were all built by 1891. On the north side are two pairs of small attached single-fronted weatherboard cottages. Nos. 5 and 7 have been defaced in the post-war era, while Nos. 9 and 11 are more intact and retain verandahs extending across their street-facing elevations. They share a single central chimney and appear to have no dividing wall in the roof. On the south side of the street at Nos. 6-12 is a group of four Victorian single-fronted single-storey brick Victorian terraces with typical detailing. The houses have transverse gable roofs and some retain rendered brick chimneys. The consistent modest scale and form of the housing and extent to which development in one short period is apparent is an important characteristic of this precinct.
The Milton Crescent Precinct in Preston is of local historic significance to Darebin City.
Historically, the Milton Crescent Precinct is significant as evidence of the limited residential development in South Preston during the late nineteenth century that provided housing for nearby industry. The housing is characteristic of modest workers cottages erected during the Victorian era. (AHC criteria A.4 & D.2)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct