140 Chetwynd Street

140 Chetwynd Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
photographer: Stephen Hatcher 2021

Also known as
Previous Address 140 was also known as 30 and 28 Chetwynd Street, Hotham before street renumbering.Source: source: Sands & McDougall directory
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Timelapse Building Images

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Land Details

1. 1895 MMBW map

2. Compiled Crown Record Plan

Building Details

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Subsequent Building Alterations

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Architectural Features



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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

The two highly sought after Victorian era heritage dwellings with their own private back yard gardens that once existed on this site were demolished in the 1930s and replaced by a two story brick building on the site today.

Owners

FromToOwnerMore InfoData Source
to datePrivatesource: Hatcher Index
Mr. Hugh Glass, first Crown land purchaserhttps://www.melbournestreets.com.au/glass-hugh/source: Hatcher Index
abt 40 thousand years earlier1835Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoriasource: Hatcher Index

Residents

FromToResidentMore InfoData Source
to datePrivatesource Hatcher Index
19651974Flatssource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19551960J. R. Littlesource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19451945Sydney C. McDonaldsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19301930William & Mrs. E. Daly (grocer)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19251925R. W. Clark (grocer)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19201920Mrs. Louisa Barr (grocer & dairy)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19151915Miss. Louisa Hogan (grocer)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19101910Mrs. A. Davis (store)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19051905Mrs. Annie Summerfeldt (storekeeper)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
19001900H. McConville (greengrocer)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18951895Mrs. L. McEwin (store)source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18901890Mrs. C. McMahonsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18851885John Stewartsource: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.
18751880John and Elizabeth Froud, nee Coombeshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219428920source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Lindsay Thomas in 2020.

Social History

1918 The Truth.

BARR EARRED.
Too Nice to the Neat-Door Neighbor.
Louisa Barr, 32, of Chetwynd.street, North Melbourne, sought a dissolution of her marriage with John Francis Barr. 37, of Smith-street, Bendigo, formerly a blacksmith.

source: The Truth



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
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.

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