Mt Alexander Rd and Flemington St

What is significant?
The Mt Alexander Road and Flemington Street precinct, which is a residential area comprising late Victorian, Federation and Edwardian era houses constructed c.1890 to c.1915 is significant. The following buildings and features contribute to the significance of the place:

- The Significant houses and their front fences at 120-32 Mt Alexander Road*.
- The Contributory houses at 9-11 & 17-19 (odds) and 8-24 (evens) Flemington Street, and 106-14 Mt Alexander Road.
- Varying frontage widths, containing both detached and attached housing, but with similar form (hipped and gabled roofs, verandahs, some parapets), materials, detailing, ornament and siting.
- The extent to which development in two periods before and after 1900 is apparent.
- The low front fences, which allow views to the front and side elevations of the houses.
- The relatively high intactness of the majority of the houses when viewed from the street.

Non-original alterations and additions to the Significant and Contributory houses, and the houses and buildings at 15 Flemington Street, 116-18 & 136 Mt Alexander Road and in Little Princes Street are not significant.

*Note: Please refer to the separate Hermes place record for this terrace, which has a statement of significance.

How is it significant?
The Mt Alexander Road and Flemington Street precinct is of local historic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
Historically, the precinct demonstrates the two phases of residential expansion along Mt Alexander Road, the first during the late nineteenth century boom, and the second being the recovery in the early decades of the twentieth century, which was stimulated by the opening of the electric tramway network in 1906. (Criteria A & D)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct