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TERRACE HOUSES & FRONT FENCES
Location134 & 136 BARKLY STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 948 LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The houses and the front fences at 134 and 136 Barkly Street,
Brunswick, both erected for Alexander Sturrock are significant. The
house and front fence at no.134 were constructed in 1905 while the
house and front fence at no.136 was constructed c.1889 and modified
c.1905. Later alterations and additions made to the houses (post
c.1910) are not significant.
The two houses at 134 & 136 Barkly Street, Brunswick are of
local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of
Moreland.
The houses are significant as a highly unusual example of two
houses built 15 years apart but designed and constructed with similar
terrace house form and detailing. They are notable for the fine and
uncommon detailing associated with the c.1905 remodelling that
includes the timber verandah frieze and brackets, which are decorated
with a distinctive Scottish thistle pattern (a reference to the
Scottish heritage of the original owner) and the box bay window to
no.134, and the rare wrought iron bow window to no.136. Both houses
are enhanced and further unified by the iron palisade fence with
intact gate, stays and finely worked solid bluestone piers. (Criteria
B, D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House