RESIDENCE

596-598 QUEENSBERRY STREET NORTH MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register

RESIDENCE SOHE 2008

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    RESIDENCE - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    
    Alexander McDonald owned and occupied the house until 1873 when he leased it to various tenants, including William Slocombe and the wood merchants, Francis and Ellen Scully, from 1884. By 1888, the Scullys had purchased it, in turn selling to the Australian Deposit and Mortgage Bank in 1906. Nearby are two other buildings built by Alex McDonald, 604-606
    Queensberry Street, suggesting that McDonald was a reasonably prosperous man.

    Permit Exemptions

    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 alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner that prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object.
    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.
    3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it.
    4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions.
    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.
    
    Interior
    All internal works that do not effect the external appearance of the house are permit exempt.
    
    Exterior
    * Minor repairs and maintenance which replace like with like.
    * Removal of extraneous items such as air conditioners, pipe work, ducting, wiring, signage, antennae, aerials etc, and making good.
    * Installation or repair of damp-proofing by a method approved by Heritage Victoria.
    * Removal of bagging and paintwork to the external brickwork by a method approved by Heritage Victoria

    Permit Exemption Policy

    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 take place without the need for a permit. Repairs and maintenance which replace like materials with like are permit exempt.
    
    The primary significance of 596 Queensbury Street is the exterior form of the house, a rare example of a residence in the picturesque Gothic style in inner suburban Melbourne. Permits should take account of the need to maintain the external form of the house, particularly to Queensbury Street. External changes should respect the physical materials of an 1850s cottage; ie unpainted brick walls, slate roof etc.
    
    The interior layout and fabric has been lost and therefore all interior works are permit exempt.
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