Park Street

Location

705-823 PARK STREET, and 226-256 BRUNSWICK ROAD BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY

File Number

3531

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Park Street Precinct, comprising 226-256 Brunswick Road and 705-823 Park Street, Brunswick, is significant. Buildings and features that contribute to the significance of the precinct are:
- The houses and original front fences and tiled pathways dating from the Victorian to Edwardian eras (c.1880 to c.1920).
- Historic infrastructure including bluestone kerb and channel and bluestone laneways.

Non-Contributory properties are:
- 232, 244A & 244B Brunswick Road
- 705, 723A-D, 757, 759, 787-793, 811 & 815 Park Street

How is it significant?

The Park Street Precinct is of local architectural significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?

The Park Street Precinct is significant as a rare example of grander housing erected during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for wealthier residents within Brunswick, which was otherwise a predominantly working class area. (Criterion A)

The Park Street Precinct is significant as a coherent and intact group of predominantly two-storey terraces and large Victorian and Edwardian villas, which reflect the prestige of this park-edge location. (Criteria D & E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct