TERRACE

How is it significant?
The terrace at 233-239 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is significant as evidence of the speculative housing erected in Brunswick during the 'Boom' period of the late 1880s and especially of the grander houses built in the more salubrious southern end of Brunswick on the main thoroughfares of Brunswick Road and Park Street, close to the Carlton/Parkville border and parklands. (Criterion A)
It is significant as fine and well-detailed example of a Victorian era terrace row in the Italianate style. The terrace has typical form and detailing including the ornate balustraded parapet, with a decorated pediment centred over each dwelling and ball finials; a dentil cornice below the parapet and a two-level cast iron verandah, which retains much of the original delicate cast iron frieze and brackets, and cast iron fluted verandah posts with Corinthian capitals, and tessellated tile floors. Of note is the treatment of the ground floor facade, which features banded rustication, deep rendered hood moulds and impost moulds around window and door openings, and deeply recessed four panelled timber entry doors with side and highlights. (Criteria D & E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House