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Other NamePrecinct Location1-19 & 2-22 DUDLEY STREET, and 27-51 KING STREET FITZROY NORTH, MORELAND CITY
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What is significant?
The Dudley Street precinct,comprising 1-19 and 2-22 Dudley Street and
27-51 King Street, Fitzroy North is a residential area that contains
Edwardian houses built within a short period of time, many by the same
builder. The majority of the original houses are asymmetrical timber
villas, which have steep hip and gable roofs (with a gablet to the
main roof), and are distinguished by the fine details, which include
the treatment of the gable end and the timber decoration to the eaves,
and casement windows. Verandahs are supported on turned timber posts
with either timber lattice (arched or straight) or cast iron frieze.
The symmetrical timber houses at 1, 5, 9 & 13 Dudley Street are
much simpler in form and detailing. Almost all have imitation Ashlar
to the front wall and all have corbelled brick chimneys. The single
fronted timber houses at 22 Dudley Street and 27, 29, 33 & 35 King
Street have similar detailing. They have walls of roughcast or
roughcast and weatherboard with half-timbered gable ends and
half-return verandahs. There are three brick houses within the
precinct; a semi-detached pair at 47 & 49 King Street and a
detached house at no.51. These have walls constructed of red brick
with roughcast render to the upper section, and hip and gable roofs
clad in terracotta tiles. The brick chimneys have terracotta pots. The
semi-detached houses have distinctive semi-circular windows with
arched label moulds under the verandah. Other details are similar to
the timber houses. Fences are low and many are sympathetic (e.g., reproduction timber
picket or woven wire) Original infrastructure within the precinct
includes the bluestone kerb and channeling in Dudley Street and the
bluestone laneway between the houses in Dudley and King Streets. The house at 37 King Street is not significant. The Dudley Street precinct is of local aesthetic significance to the
City of Moreland. Of historic significance as an illustration of the rapid residential
development that occurred during the early twentieth century on the
subdivisions of former industrial and quarry sites. (Criterion A) Of aesthetic significance as a remarkably intact and homogeneous
precinct of early twentieth century housing. It is especially notable
for the finely detailed Edwardian timber villas, which have similar
form and subtle variations in detailing creating cohesive and
interesting streetscapes.
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
Residential buildings (private)
Residential Precinct