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HOUSE (CRAWFORD)
Location12 Hotham Street, PRESTON VIC 3072 LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Later alterations and additions are not significant. How is it significant? Crawford is architecturally significant as a rare and relatively intact representative example of a substantial Italianate villa in Preston. The remnants of old trees provide an appropriate setting for the house (AHC criteria B.2, D.2).
The house at 12 Hotham Street, Preston formerly known as Crawford, constructed c.1892 for Samuel Mitchell is significant. It is a two storey Victorian Italianate villa with timber additions to the rear that are of original/early origin. Original/early plantings including Pepper trees, an Italian Cypress and conifers also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house at 12 Hotham Street, Preston is of local historic and architectural significance to Darebin City.
Historically, Crawford is significant as evidence of the small degree of successful development achieved by developers in Preston during the land boom just before the economic crash of the 1890s. It has strong associations with Samuel Mitchell, a storekeeper and grazier, who was also a prominent boom-time speculator. Mitchell, a Methodist, was involved with several other local speculators who were also Methodists, in forming the Yann's Estate Coy Pty Ltd in 1888, which bought surplus land from the South Preston Methodist Church. This property is part of an estate that appears to be Yann's Reserve, which was one of Preston's more successful subdivisions. (AHC criteria A.4, D.2, H.1).
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Mansion