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247 & 249 ALBERT STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 5450
Sydney Road (Brunswick)

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Statement of Significance

247-249 Albert Street is an intact pair of cottages dating fromthemid-1860s, located in one of Brunswick's earliest streets. Itderiveshistorical Significance from its associations with the Sedgmanfamily,particularly Michael Sedgman, early settlers in Brunswick.
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    • Physical Description 1

      HOUSES - Physical Description 1

      247-249 Albert Street is a symmetrical pair of attached timber cottages with a hipped corrugated iron roof and a wide concave-profile corrugated iron verandah across the front facade. The cottages are block-fronted, while the side and rear walls are clad in weatherboards. Each cottage has a central door flanked by single timber-framed double-hung sash windows. The verandah is supported by simple square-section timber posts with simple curved brackets, the latter which have been removed from No. 247. At least one brick chimney has been removed. The cottages have matching concrete front paths (with red paint finish) and the matching cyclone wire front fences.

      Key Architectural Elements: simple symmetrical timber cottages with block-fronted facades
      original corrugated iron hipped roof and concave profile verandah roof


      Conservation Guidelines: remove cyclone wire front fence and gates

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 1990
      Grading: Local

      Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review

      Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
      Year: 1999
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