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PRECINCT - FISCHER STREET
Location1-9 & 2-16 FISCHER STREET,, COBURG VIC 3058 - Property No 36616 LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? The house at No.14, non-original alterations and additions to the contributory houses and outbuildings are not significant. The high front fence at No.12 is an intrusive element. How is it significant? Why is it significant? It is architecturally and aesthetically significant as a fine group of well-detailed inter-war houses, which stand out in this area because of their consistency of form and detailing. (Criteria D & E)
The houses, constructed between c.1928 and c.1930, at 1-9 & 2-12 & 16 Fischer Street, Coburg are significant. The homogeneous inter-war character created by the consistency of form, scale, style, and detailing of the contributory dwellings, which remain largely intact as viewed from Fischer Street, and the detached siting with garden setbacks and low front fences to the majority of houses is integral to the significance of this precinct.
The Fischer Street precinct is of local historic and architectural significance to Moreland City.
It is historically significant as evidence of the significant growth of Coburg during the inter-war period. It is also significant as evidence of the important role that the State Savings Bank of Victoria played in the provision of housing in Melbourne after World War I. (Criterion A & H)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct