Phillipstown

The Phillipstown Precinct, comprising 357-419 and 308-400 Barkly Street, 269-303 Brunswick Road, Spurway Lane, 1-15 and 2-20 Bakery Street, 39-143 and 128-172 Gold Street, 1-39 and 2-34 Gray Street, 1A and 1B Heller Street, 1-29 and 2-18 Hodgson Street, 1 Mayfield Street, 5-7 McKay Street, 105, 109-119 and 126-136 Union Street, Vincent Street and 33-133 and 30-114 Wilson Street, is significant. Buildings and features that contribute to the significance of the precinct are:
- Houses and front fences dating from the Victorian to interwar periods (c.1870 to c.1940)
- The former shops and residences at 126-134 Union Street and the Union Hotel at 109 Union Street
- Factories dating from the late Victorian to interwar periods (c.1890 to c.1940)
- Temple Park and Gillbrook Park
- Bluestone kerb and channel, bluestone laneways and crossovers.

The following places of local significance have individual citations:
- R.J. Henderson Factory (former), 393 Barkly Street (Hermes No. 57306)
- Stephens & Co. Clothing Factory (former), 20 & 22 Gray Street & 17-25 Hodgson Street (Hermes No. 57901)
- Temple Park, 24 Gray Street (Hermes No. 59157)
- 299 Brunswick Road, Brunswick (Hermes No. 201976)

Non-Contributory properties include:
- Bakery Street: 1-15 & 2-20
- Barkly Street: 333-355, 354, 354A, 360, 362, 370, 376 & 403
- Brunswick Road: 285 & 293
- Gold Street: 53, 55, 65, 75, 81 & 140.
- Gray Street: 35 & 37.
- Heller Street: 1A & 1B.
- Watson Street: 9.
- Wilson Street: 33-51, 78, 82, 113, 133, 112A and 114.

How is it significant?

The Phillipstown Precinct is of local historical, aestheticand architectural significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
The Phillipstown Precinct is significant as the oldest settled part of Brunswick with retention of elements of an early street pattern established from the late 1840s and for evidence of the small scale brick industry established in the area in the same period. These industrial activities are evidenced both in the form of filled clay-holes and in the form of small timber and brick dwellings on small allotments built from the 1850s onwards, which were occupied by brickwork workers and proprietors and associated tradespeople. It also contains several factories, which demonstrate the growth of manufacturing in Brunswick from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries (Criterion A)

The Phillipstown Precinct is significant as an area of predominantly Victorian and Edwardian housing. (Criterion E) It is especially notable for the small, single fronted timber and brick dwellings that date from as early as 1859 and are among the oldest in the Brunswick area. These include the early terrace rows at 4-10 Gray Street and 1-15 Hodgson Street. (Criterion D) Other significant buildings include:
- The attached pair 'Tintern House' and 'Clifton House' at 310 & 312 Barkly Street, which are very intact and notable for their highly decorated boom-style parapets.
- The attached pair at 308 & 308A Barkly Street, which are designed to appear as a single house and have unusual details such as the verandah/porch with its circular openings and Classical style pilasters. The houses also retain a Victorian style cast iron front fence, which is likely associated with the earlier house on this site.
- The unusual terraces at 26-34 Gray Street, which displays an unusual combination of Italianate, Edwardian Queen Anne and Gothic styles.
- The two-storey terraces with shops at ground level on the corner of Union and Barry Streets.
- The house at 299 Brunswick Road, Brunswick.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct