1 Provost Street

1 Provost Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
photographer: Stephen Hatcher

Also known as
Previous Address
Constructed 1st before 1860, 2nd 1970s
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Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

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Land Details

  1. 1895 MMBW map
  2. Compiled Crown Record Plan
  3. The Argus, 1854 Government Land Sale, Mr. P. Hayes, first Crown land purchaser

Building Details

1860, The Argus

THREE-ROOMED brick COTTAGE, freehold.
Provost-street, North Melbourne, £165
William Gledhill, 32 Lonsdale-streetwest.

source: The Argus


Subsequent Building Alterations

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Architectural Features



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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

The highly sought after Victorian era terrace dwelling with its own private back yard garden that once existed on this site was demolished and replaced by the industrial building on the site today. The factory has since been converted into a family home.

Owners

From To Owner More Info Data Source
to date Private source: Hatcher Index
1854 Mr. P. Hayes, first Crown land purchaser source: Hatcher Index
abt 40 thousand years earlier 1835 Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria source: Hatcher Index

Residents

From To Resident More Info Data Source
to date Private source Hatcher Index
1970 1974 Screen Printing Supplies P/L source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1955 1965 Richard G. Boyd source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1945 1950 Mrs. V. B. Thomas source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1940 1940 G. Thomas, carpenter source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1935 1935 Mrs. Eleanor Bourke source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1930 1930 William John Kenny source: The Age
1925 1925 Partrick T. Burns source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1920 1920 vacant source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1915 1915 Mrs. Margaret Pascoe source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1910 1910 Mrs. Laura Newman source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1905 1905 John Kelly source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1900 1900 John McElhenny source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1895 1895 George Abrahamson source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1890 1890 Alexander Kerr source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1889 1889 Mrs. E. Young, grocer source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1885 1887 James Williams, grocer source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1880 1880 James Cheese source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1879 1879 John W. Little, store source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1877 1878 Henry Fry, green grocer source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1867 1876 James Cheese, butcher source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1869 Henry Fry source: The Argus

Social History

1869 The Argus
STRAYED, last night, from Hotham, a dark brown Shetland PONY, branded J on near rump. Who-ever brings same to Henry Fry, No, 1 Provost street, Hotham, will bo handsomoly rewarded. Anyone detaining the same of after this notice will be prosecuted as the law directs.

source: The Argus

Context and Streetscape

Precinct

This property sits within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation.
source: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/history-city-of-melbourne.pdf
historical map source: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps/maps-melbourne-city-suburbs

Zoning

The controls listed below affect this property:

This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Streetscape

Provost Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, a green grocer shop, butcher shop, pork purveyors, a dairy, a confectioner, dressmaker, bootmaker shop, horse livery, wood yard, cabies, a Coach builder and hotels at either end known as the North Star Hotel at Abbotsford Street corner and Commercial Hotel on the Curzon Street corner.

Provost streetscape today is characterised by significantly less heritage dwellings, an addition of some contemporary multi-storey townhouses, and some 1940s to 1960s industrial buildings.

In 2022, only seventeen of the original forty seven heritage buildings remain (64% destroyed) which once existed on Provost street, compared to an 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map.

As of 2022, some addresses on this street’s density level has been allowed to rise by four to five times larger, due to recent increase in council approved multi-level building redevelopments since 1895. In some cases, unrestricted increases in density can be detrimental to existing residents enjoyment of amenity and quality of life.

Other Information

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