Cheese butchers shop and residence, later M. D. McKerchar Quality Butcher shop, 16 Molesworth Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme17 jan 1985
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Cheese butchers shop and residence, later M. D. McKerchar Quality Butcher shop, 16 Molesworth Street, North Melbourne
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17 jan 1985
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEGrading as at 1985 : CPeriod : Mid Victorian (1886)Grantee : W Sydenham 1865History- A butcher, James Cheese, owned this shop and residence from 1886, the date of its construction, until after 1895.Soon after arriving in Victoria, James Cheese set up his butcher's business in the goldfields, He moved to Hotham in 1860 and carried on his business in Curzon Street until 1878 [Victoria and its Metropolis v IIB p 687]. After farming at Blackburn for some years, he re-entered the butchering trade at this site [Victoria and its Metropolis Vol IIB p 687].Description- A two-storey hipped roof, corner shop and residence of stuccoed brick, with a timber street verandah. Bracketted eaves, a string mould and window architraves provide a classical derived ornament.Integrity - The shop fronts have been altered and the roof tiled but the verandah appears original.Streetscape - Major contributory element to the Molesworth Street precinct, being one of two large 19th Century corner shop buildings at this intersection. (Refer 18 Molesworth Street),Significance- Architecturally, a variation on the parapetted shop form, an important streetscape element, and possesses a substantial timber verandah, although other less obvious parts have been altered.Historically, firmly associated with one man, James Cheese, who was long a resident of the area: of local importance.Recommendations –Repaint in typical or original colours;restore roof material to corrugated iron or slate;restore shop fronts as desired; andrecord verandah construction for restoration data.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory; V&M= Sutherland, Victoria and its Metroplis)RB 1885-86; 2559; RB 1895-6, 2522;V&M p . 687D 1884-5V&M Vol IIB, p687.___________________________RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2025__________________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM 1985___________________________ANCESTRY.COMSee Cheese family tree https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/192827793/person/332515701853James Thomas Cheese was born in 1841 in Tower Hamlets, Kent, his father, Edward, was 44 and his mother, Harriet, was 33. Emigrating c1856, he traded as a butcher at 17 Curzon St, Hotham from the 1860s and married Mary Ann Turnbull on 26 March 1869 at Wesleyan Parsonage, Emerald Hill. They had four children in 11 years. Mabel Cheese 1870–1964; Lucy Janet Cheese 1872–1929; John Arthur Cheese 1877–1951; Edith Evelyn Cheese 1882–1955.He died on 25 April 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, at the age of 73, and was buried there.___________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEXMany entries for Duguid,- Flemington, Melbourne etc.40737 Duguid, A E; North Melbourne VIC Shops 1885 8 24- Tenders wanted for 2 storey shop & dwelling, Molesworth St., Hotham.Argus 24.8.1885, p 3___________________________Electoral Rolls, 1903-19801906 Electoral Place North Melbourne, Maribyrnong, Victoria, AustraliaJames (butcher), Elsie Mary (saleswoman), Mary Ann, Rose May- all home duties1912 James, John Arthur (butcher), Mary Ann HD___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1869MARRIAGES.CHEESE—TURNBULL.—On the 26th March, at the Wesleyan Parsonage, Emerald-hill, by the Rev. Mr Albison, James Cheese, butcher, of North Melbourne, to Mary Ann, second daughter of the late Mr John Turnbull, of Windsor..1914The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Sat 25 Apr 1914 Page 14 Family NoticesCHEESE. —On the 25th April, at His residence., 16 Molesworth street. North Melbourne. James Thomas, the dearly beloved husband of Mary Ann. A colonist of 58 years. No flowers, by request.Melbourne Streets web site- transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 20251974 McKerchar M btchr and Callingham B Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
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