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1 Moss Place, North Melbourne

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005July 1999

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Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

July 1999

Reference number:

BIF-NORTH 105019 567907

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: North Melbourne and West Melbourne (BIF-NORTH)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Grading as at 1999 : Upgraded from E to DPeriod : Mid Victorian (1889-1890)The warehouse at 1 Moss Place first appears in the rate books for 1889/90, described as a brick workshop valued at #24. At that time, Moss Place was not known as such, and its buildings were identified only as 'off Howard Street', between Nos. 19 and 21. The property at No. 21 was a four-room timber house owned by a Mr Ramsden, who subsequently erected the brick warehouse at the rear of his site. The first occupant of the warehouse was Charles Pinckney, a tinsmith. By 1895, both the timber house and the brick workshop had been acquired by Mrs Brock, with the later being occupied by James Munro, manufacturer. At that time the laneway was known as Allison Place. It received it's current name c 1900It is a nineteenth century double-storey warehouse, of masonry construction with a corrugated galvanised steel gable roof. The façade is articulated by brick piers and cream brick dressings and is punctuated by large window openings with both square and segmented heads. The windows are primarily multi-paned and metal-framed. A roller door has been installed to original vehicular entrance off Moss Place.It is of local historical and aesthetic interest. It is a good example of the type of the small commercial/industrial buildings that were once common in laneways, and it demonstrates a pattern of land use that is now obsolete. Aesthetically, it is of interest for its distinctive bichromatic brickwork and its bold composition of piers and arches. It is an important and unusual streetscape element.It has been converted into a residence.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesNorth and West Melbourne Conservation StudyMid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)1880-1889WarehousesPolychrome brickworkWindowsCity of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999

Places:

North Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1372294