15 Provost Street | Melbourne Streets

15 Provost Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher

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Previous Address
Constructed	before 1872
Style
Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

1983

photographer: Graeme Butler

Land Details

1895 MMBW map

Compiled Crown Record Plan

The Argus, 1854 Government Land Sale, Mr. William Kirkhouse of West Melbourne and Ireland, first Crown land purchaser

Building Details

No Entries Found

Subsequent Building Alterations

Some minor changes made to the facades of these group of four dwellings would easily return them all to the Victorian style when they were first built.

Architectural Features

No Entries Found

Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes
As at 2022, this historic building is one of only seventeen heritage buildings that remains and survived the wave of new developments in Provost street. This group of four buildings are unique for their simple and understated Victorian facade and their association to the families who lived here over the years.

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

As at 2022, this historic building is one of only seventeen heritage buildings that remains and survived the wave of new developments in Provost street.

This group of four buildings are unique for their simple and understated Victorian facade and their association to the families who lived here over the years.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1854		Mr. William Kirkhouse, 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
1960	1974	N. Ranellone		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1950	1955	P. Sebastiana		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1935	1945	Charles H. Griffiths		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1930	1930	William Rohsburn		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1925	1925	James Burns		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1920	1920	Alfred Tormey		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1915	1915	William McCann		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1910	1910	James Salter		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1905	1905	Daniel Godfrey Carter and Mrs. Laura Jane Carter, nee Winter	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10337832	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1889	1900	John Kennedy		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1888	1889	James Sinclare		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1879	1886	Samuel Gillard		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1877	1878	John Collins		source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.
1873	1876	Maurice Joseph Condon and Mrs. Mary Ann Condon, nee Halliday	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7434289	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher.

Social History

1904 The Argus

DISPROPORTIONATE FINES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

Sir, Comments have recently been made through your columns re the leniency displayed by the North Melbourne Bench when dealing with i street rough who was let off with a line of low in obscene language and assaulting the police I had the misfortune to appear before the same Bench charged with the terrible crime of failing to have my child vaccinated to which I respectfully pleaded guilty Yet, notwithstanding the fact that the chairman

(Dr Lloyd) had just inflicted the above fine on the rough he fined me 10 with 2/ costs and delivered a long heavily upon my ignorance and the benefits of vaccination Sir I protest against this

treatment I am merely acting according to my conscience and if the law as administered by Dr Lloyd classes me as being twice is bad as the larrikin, then I agree with Mr Bumble, that “the law’s a hass” Yours, etc &c.,

D. GODFREY’ CARTER.

15 Provost-street, North Melbourne

source: The Argus

1872 The Argus

TENDER for CARPENTER and Plaster WORK.

Labour only. Apply 15 Provost-street, Hotham.

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: MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule DDO31 (DDO31 North Melbourne Central)Schedule DDO66 (DDO66 Hospital Helicopter Flight Path Outer Area)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
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.

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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