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SHOP & RESIDENCE

Location

703 High Street, THORNBURY VIC 3071

File Number

Darebin Database #335

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The two storeyed shop and dwelling situated at no. 703 High Street, Thornbury, built in 1914 as a grocery store and dwelling by John Howie.

How is it significant?
The two storeyed shop and dwelling at 703 High Street, Thornbury is aesthetically significant to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a prominent commercial building of the Post Federation years demonstrating through its architectural style the nature of development sustained by High Street at that time and being locally unique for its prominent horseshoe arched balcony with comer splay imparting identity to the locale. The balcony archways demonstrate Art Noveaux influence in their exploitation of tendril forms whilst the horseshoe shapes have Islamic connotations these motifs being highly expressive of the architecture of the Edwardian period. Together with the nearby shops at 713 and 715 High Street, these buildings form a locally distinguished group of Art Noveaux influenced structures.

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