RESIDENCE
35 HANOVER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
WORLD HERITAGE ENVIRONS AREA

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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Residence at 35 Hanover Street, Fitzroy was built by Edward Wills in 1854. Wills was born in Cornwall, England and arrived in Melbourne in 1844. He and his family settled in Newtown (Fitzroy) and he prospered as a quarry operator, supplying bluestone for residential, commercial and public works buildings. He acquired several properties in Newtown, and built 35 Hanover Street as a residence for his family. In 1855 Wills supplied stone from his Collingwood and Saltwater River quarries for the bridge across the Yarra at Church Street. As a leading business man, Wills was in a position in 1857 to be one of fifteen men on the Provisional Committee formed to finance the new National Bank of Australasia. Following the acquisition of a one quarter share of the Metropolitan Quartz Crushing Company at Golden Point, Sandhurst, Wills leased 35 Hanover Street and moved to the goldfields. Poor returns led to substantial debt and by 1870 he was forced to sell his house in Fitzroy to Joseph Gray, a cooper. The two storey house is constructed of bluestone. Stylistically it is a robust version of the Regency style, with a prominent doorcase with Doric order pilasters and a simple entablature. The window and wall termination quoins and the parapet are painted in imitation of sandstone. The iron fence at the front replaced an earlier timber picket fence. Two large Bhutan cypresses at the front of the house were planted at unknown date, possibly in the 1860s or 1870s, when this species became readily available from nurseries. At the rear are two important bluestone outbuildings. There is a detached two storey kitchen complete with range and bread oven and maids quarters above, and a stables building adjoining the rear laneway.How is it significant?
The Residence at 35 Hanover Street Fitzroy is of historical and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.Why is it significant?
The Residence at 35 Hanover Street Fitzroy is historically significant as one of the oldest surviving houses in Fitzroy. The physical arrangement and relationship of the house to the detached kitchen and stables is historically significant. It is a rare surviving example of a metropolitan Victorian period townhouse with such an intact arrangement.-
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RESIDENCE - 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.Specific Exemptions:General Conditions: 1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object. General Conditions: 2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible. General Conditions: 3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it. General Conditions: 4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions. General Conditions: 5. Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable.Exteriors
* Minor repairs and maintenance which replace like with like.
* Removal of extraneous items such as pipe work, ducting, wiring, antennae, aerials etc, and making good.Interiors
* Main house and former stables building only: refurbishment of existing bathrooms, toilets and en suites including removal, installation or replacement of sanitary fixtures and associated piping, mirrors, wall and floor coverings.* Main house and former stables building only: removal and replacement of existing kitchen benches and fixtures including sinks, stoves, ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers etc and associated plumbing and wiring.
All buildings:
* Painting or wallpapering of previously painted walls and ceilings. Evidence of earlier schemes should be reported to Heritage Victoria.* Removal of paint from originally unpainted or oiled joinery, doors, architraves.
* Replacement of carpets.
* Removal or replacement of curtain track, rods, blinds and other window dressings.
* Installation, removal or replacement of hooks, nails and other devices for the hanging of mirrors, paintings and other wall mounted artworks.
* Installation, removal or replacement of electrical wiring provided that all new wiring is fully concealed and any original light switches, pull cords, push buttons or power outlets are retained in-situ. Note: if wiring original to the place was carried in timber conduits then the conduits should remain in-situ.
* Installation, removal or replacement of smoke detectors
RESIDENCE - Permit Exemption Policy
The purpose of the permit exemptions is to allow works that do not impact on the significance of the place to occur without the need for a permit. Repairs and maintenance which replace like materials with like are permit exempt.
It is vital to preserve the relationship of the house to the outhouse/kitchen and former stables. The physical separation of these three elements is key to understanding the organisation and hierarchy of a mid nineteenth century Melbourne townhouse. The interior of the main house has, except for minor alterations, an intact plan. Permits should take account of the desirability of retaining the internal layout.
The outhouse/kitchen contains a range and bread oven which should be preserved. The former stables have been extensively altered externally and internally. Alterations should take account of the need to preserve the surviving bluestone walls and piers of the stable.
The registered place is located within the declared World Heritage Environs Area for the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens. In accordance with the permit considerations set out in the Heritage Act 1995, proposed works to the registered place must consider:
- the effect of the works on the World Heritage values of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens; and
- the approved "World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan: Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens" (Department of Planning and Community Development, 2009).
The Commonwealth's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, as they relate to actions that may impact on World Heritage values, must also be considered.
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