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Canterbury Street and Dover Street

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Precinct

Location

2-46, 84-102 and 5-95 CANTERBURY ST, 1-11 and 2-10 CHATHAM ST, 6-20 and 27-41 DARTFORD ST, 1-37 and 2-70 DOVER ST, 3-35 ELM ST, 1-9 and 2-14 JOHN ST, 1-9 and 10 GEORGE ST, 1-11a and 2-8 OAK ST, 1-19 and 10-22 STURT ST, 41-77 RAILWAY PL WEST, 6-20 TUNBRIDGE ST and 10 and 12 ACACIA LN, FLEMINGTON

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Tunbridge Street

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Canterbury Street and Dover Street precinct in Flemington is a residential precinct comprising housing from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. The houses include Victorian and Edwardian cottages and villas, and inter-war bungalows and maisonettes. The following elements contribute to the significance of the precinct:

1. The houses and any associated early/original front fences at:

- 5-33, 43-45, 57-95, 2-18, 30-32, 34-36,40-46 & 84-102 Canterbury Street
- 1-9, 8 & 10 Chatham Street
- 27-39 & 14-20 Dartford Street
- 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 19-27, 33-37,16-32, 36-62 & 66-70 Dover Street
-1, 7-9, 2-8, 10 & 14 John Street
- 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11 & 11A Oak Street
- 43-45 & 55-77 Railway Place
- 1-9, 13-19 & 10-22 Sturt Street
- 6-20 Tunbridge Street

-3-35 Elm Street

2. The former shop at 31 Dover Street and the former stables at 47-53 Canterbury Street and 2 Chatham Street.

Key attributes that contribute to the significance of this precinct include:

- the consistency of scale (one or two storey), form, siting (uniform or similar front and side setbacks), and original materials and detailing (weatherboard, face brick or render with iron or tiled hip or gable roof, verandah with cast iron or timber detailing) of the contributory houses
- the high degree of intactness to the late nineteenth century and early-mid twentieth century development dates with contributory buildings that typically survive with their presentation to the street being largely intact
- low height of front fences meaning that dwellings are visible from the street
- road alignments and allotment patterns resulting from the nineteenth century subdivision
- the absence of vehicle accommodation including driveways and crossovers
- the remnant bluestone kerb and channel and mature street trees (Platanus sp.) in various streets throughout the precinct.

Other houses in the precinct, post-WWII fences, and alterations or additions to contributory places are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Canterbury Street and Dover Street precinct in Flemington is of local historic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant as a typical example of a residential area, which demonstrates several successive phases of development from the boom era of the 1880s to the late 1930s. The consistency of built form in each main period and the extent to which phase is clearly apparent provides a tangible illustration of the 'stop start' pattern of development that characterised suburban development in Melbourne in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The former stables buildings are significant as a tangible reminder of the equestrian activities that were a constant presence in this part of Flemington in the early twentieth century. (Criteria A & D)

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