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Plow Street Precinct
Location1-31 and 2-30 PLOW STREET, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? - The four villas of an unusual design at Nos. 1, 9, 17 & 25. Non-original alterations and additions to the contributory houses and the houses at 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 20 & 22 are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? The villas at 1, 9, 17, 21, 25 & 29 Plow Street are architecturally significant as finely detailed houses with unusual design features not found elsewhere in Darebin. (AHC criteria D.2, F.1).
The Plow Street precinct comprises all the houses on both sides of Plow Street in Thornbury. It was originally developed in two key phases during the late ninteenth and early twentieth centuries and the extent to which these two periods are clearly evident in the built fabric is an important characteristic. The following elements contribute to the significance of the precinct:
- The detached Victorian double-fronted houses at 13, 21 & 29 and the weatherboard cottage at No.4
- The single and double fronted Edwardian houses at 2, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28-30 & 31.
The Plow Street Precinct in Thornbury is of local historic and architectural significance to Darebin City.
Historically, the Plow Street Precinct is significant as a representative example of a residential development that provides tangible evidence of two early phases of suburban development in Thornbury during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It demonstrates the relatively greater level of initial development in the nineteenth century and quicker rate of recovery in the twentieth enjoyed by subdivisions in proximity to public transport in Thornbury compared to those that were more remote(AHC criteria A.4, D.2).
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct