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Edward Street

Location

67-121 & 38-74 EDWARD STREET, 1-5 & 2-4 BELL STREET, 5-15 & 2-2A CHARLES STREET, 1-9 ESSEX STREET, 27-35 WESTON STREET, and 1-7 & 4-6 WALTON STREET, BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY

File Number

3512

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/4]
HO73 - Edward Street
[2/4]
015-005 Charles St
[3/4]
093-097 Edward St
[4/4]
Bell Street Brunswick.JPG

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Edward Street Precinct, comprising houses at 1-5 and 2-4 Bell Street, 1-15 and 2-8 Charles Street, 67-121 and 38-74 Edward Street, 1-9 Essex Street, 27-35 Weston Street, and 1-7 and 4-6 Walton Street.

How is it significant?
The Edward Street Precinct is of local architectural significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
The Edward Street Precinct is of local architectural significance as a representative area of workers housing dating predominantly from the 1870s and 1890s. Contributory architectural elements include small single-storey timber and brick Victorian-era houses, with the notable exception of the two-storey timber houses in Walton Street, two red brick industrial buildings on the east side of Charles street and the two storey Edwardian period Sporting Club Hotel on the west.

Non-Contributory properties include:

Bell Street: 1 and 4.
Charles Street: 1-3.
Edward Street: 1-3/44 - 46, 67-69.
Weston Street: 31 and 33-35.
Walton Street: 1, 3-5.

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