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SHOP & RESIDENCE
189 UNION ROAD,, ASCOT VALE VIC 3032 - Property No 226851
Union Road

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Statement of Significance

The Shop and residence at no. 189 Union Road, Ascot Vale is understood to have been built in 1880 and was occupied in that year by Misses Carr and Starr as a drapery. It is aesthetically important. This importance (Criterion A) is derived from its capacity to demonstrate the stylistic transition between the Italianate facades of the Boom period and the then new Queen Anne mode, with its dependence on the use of red brick and Elizabethan influenced forms. The exceptionally rich ornamentation is unusual in the Municipality whilst the pedimented treatment is especially representative of the Queen Anne period.

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    • Physical Description 1

      SHOP & RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1

      A richly decorated Queen Anne two storeyed shop and residence with red body bricks and abundant cement ornamentation including fluted architraves and aedicules to the round arched window, a balustraded parapet with urns and an arrangement of pediments in the centre highly expressive of the Queen Anne mode and its Elizabethan influenced forbears.

      Integrity

      SHOP & RESIDENCE - Integrity

      Condition: Sound. Integrity: Medium, posted verandah and shop front replaced.

      Historical Australian Themes

      SHOP & RESIDENCE - Historical Australian Themes

      Thematic Context

      4. Building settlements, towns and cities. 4.1.2. Making suburbs (Ascot Vale).

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moonee Valley - City of Moonee Valley Heritage Study

      Author: Andrew Ward
      Year: 1998
      Grading:

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