14 Chetwynd Street | Melbourne Streets

14 Chetwynd Street

West Melbourne VIC 3003

photographer: Felicity Jack 2020

Style
Also known as	Moore’s cottages 1-5	Source: from the Sands & McDougall directory
Previous Address	14 was also known as 2 Chetwynd Street, West Melbourne before street renumbering.	Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
Constructed	15/3/1869
Architect
Builder	Dyball & White

Timelapse Building Images

1983

source: North Melbourne Library, photographer Graeme Butler

1964

source: North Melbourne Library, photographer Karl Halla

Land Details

Current map
1895 MMBW map
1859 The Argus, Crown Land Sale
1869 Transfer of land

Building Details

Notice of intent to build.

Street: Chetwynd street

Number: 3093

Date: 15/3/1869

Owner & Builder: Sextus Dyball & Robert White, 141 Lonsdale Street Melbourne.

Fee: £ 2.0.0

Type: Five room house, [with private back yard garden]

Other significant building works:

1869. Mr. Sextus Dyball, additions to the court-house at Deniliquin NSW.

Owner	Suburb	Building Type	Builder	Build Date	Reg #
White, Robert – mason – Latrobe St	Latrobe Street Melbourne	Houses	White, Robert	1851 03 21	194
Moir, Mrs.	Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne	Houses	White, Robert – Latrobe St	1851 07 10	386
Mossman, Charles	King Street Melbourne	Warehouses	White, Robert	1853 01 25	148
White, Robert – off Little Lonsdale St	King Street Melbourne	Warehouses	White, Robert	1853 02 24	300
Porter, John A	Albert – Fitzroy Square East Melbourne	Houses	White, Robert – Melbourne	1856 10 29	761

source: Burchett Index

Subsequent Building Alterations

No Entries Found

Architectural Features

Doors
Timber
photographer Sue Scarfe
Steps
Bluestone
photographer Sue Scarfe
Building Ornamentation
Cast Iron
photographer Sue Scarfe
Windows
Glass
photographer Sue Scarfe
Walls
Brick
photographer Sue Scarfe
Chimney
Brick
photographer Sue Scarfe

Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1869		Mr. William Everhard Smulders		source: Hatcher Index
1859		Mr. John Harbison, M.L.A. 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	Data Source
	to date	Private	source Hatcher Index
1974	1974	V. Parisse	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1965	1965	M. Marino	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1960	1960	L. Burton	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1955	1955	Arthur Kuno	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1945	1950	N. Mikkelsen	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1940	1940	Mrs. Jean Middleton	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1935	1935	John H. Williams	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1930	1930	Rocco Malarbi	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1925	1925	Walter S. Wilson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1920	1920	Thomas Moore	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1915	1915	James Barry	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1910	1910	William McGrath	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1905	1905	William Robinson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1900	1900	Godfrey Kissel	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1895	1895	Mrs. Mary Barnard	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1890	1890	John Falk	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1889	1889	Alexander McCall	source: Rate Book, VPRS 5708 Bourke Ward, Chetwynd Street
1885	1885	George Wait	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1880	1880	John Madden	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1878	1878	Thomas Crawford	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1877	1877	John Fullerton	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1874	1874	L. Kourting	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1873	1873	D. Prophet	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1871	1872	Arthur Hants	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1870	1870	Robert Black	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
1869	1869	Thomas A. Fisk	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

No Entries Found

Context and Streetscape

Precinct
This property resides 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: MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule DDO32 (DDO32 North Melbourne Peripheral)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule PO12 (Parking Overlay 12)Schedule This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Streetscape
Chetwynd Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, two churches, a school and two hotels known as the Queens Arms and the Star of Hotham. The Chetwynd streetscape today is characterised by a mix of multi-storey blocks of public flats, some modern commercial/industrial buildings, an ambulance depot, and a school. In 2021, only fifty of the original one hundred and twenty-nine Victorian heritage dwellings once found on this street remain, compared to the 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map.

Streetscape

Chetwynd Street was once predominantly a residential street with single and two storey Victorian terrace dwellings, two churches, a school and two hotels known as the Queens Arms and the Star of Hotham.

The Chetwynd streetscape today is characterised by a mix of multi-storey blocks of public flats, some modern commercial/industrial buildings, an ambulance depot, and a school.

In 2021, only fifty of the original one hundred and twenty-nine Victorian heritage dwellings once found on this street remain, compared to the 1895 Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map.

Other Information

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