Sheffield Street

Location

1-61 & 2-38 SHEFFIELD STREET, 9-21 CHAMBERS STREET, and 1-9 & 2-12 MCCRORY STREET, COBURG, MORELAND CITY

File Number

3534

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Sheffield Street Precinct, comprising houses at 9-21 Chambers Street, 1-9 and 2-12 McCrory Street, 1-61 and 2-38 Sheffield Street.

How is it significant?

The Sheffield Street Precinct is of local architectural/town planning significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?

The Sheffield Street Precinct is of local architectural/town planning significance as a representative example of the pattern of residential development in Brunswick, which was determined by the narrow blocks characteristic of late 19th century subdivision patterns.

The Sheffield Street Precinct is of local architectural significance for the rare and unusually long row of nineteen identical detached single-fronted brick cottages built in the 1880s along the north side of Sheffield Street.

Non-Contributory properties include:

Sheffield Street: 3, 12, 14, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38 and 61.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct