ENSOR

168-172 VICTORIA PARADE EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register

ENSOR SOHE 2008

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    ENSOR - History

    Contextual History:
    There was little development of East Melbourne before 1852 as the area remained reserved by the government long after Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond were made available for development. In 1848 Bishop Perry chose the area for his Anglican Bishop's Palace overlooking the Fitzroy Gardens. The first public land sales in East Melbourne took place in June 1852, when 20 allotments were sold off. Between 1852 and 1870 a total of 299 crown allotments were sold off.
    Development took off in the late 1850s after the gold rush subsided. Many terraces were built for rental and lodging. The residential area known as Yarra Park was bounded by Wellington Parade, Vale Street and Punt Road. It was the site of the original police barracks but was subdivided in the 1880s.
    (Ashton and Wilson, East Melbourne Conservation Study 1975)
    
    History of Place:
    Crown Allotment 6 Section 2 was sold at the Crown land Sales on 17th June 1866 to B Overend. Ensor was built in 1875 for Joseph Levy, a prominent member of the Jewish community in East Melbourne, by J.W. Linacre. It was built according to a design by the architects Crouch and Wilson. It was initially let to Archibald Fisken, the celebrated pastoralist and stock agent, and then to James Aitken before it was purchased by the notorious land financier, Benjamin Fink, who gained notoriety as one of the most culpable speculators of the 1880s land boom in Melbourne, and for whom the Melbourne Punch coined the phrase ‘to fink it’. In about 1890 it became a private hospital, in 1907 it became a boarding house, and is now the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Nurses’ Home.
    Associated People: Assoc.People BENJAMIN FINK, PARLIAMENTARIAN & FINANCIER

    Permit Exemptions

    ENSOR - Permit Exemptions

    General Exemptions:

    General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

    Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

    Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

    Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

    Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.

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