77 Capel Street | Melbourne Streets

77 Capel Street

West Melbourne VIC 3003

photographer: Stephen Hatcher

Also known as
Previous Address	this site had an early Victorian terrace dwelling before the current building.	Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
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Timelapse Building Images

2012

77 to 79 Capel Street, West Melbourne.

source: http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au/

Land Details

Current map
1895 MMBW map
Compiled Crown Record Plan
1859 report of the Government Land Sale

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 historic Victorian era dwelling on this land was demolished and replaced by a two storey commercial building.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1859		Mr. John Harbison, 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
1965	1974	B. & R. Bag Co, sack merchants	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1955	1955	John Hitchen	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1910	1950	Miss. Mary Sexton	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1900	1905	Michael Sexton	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1895	1895	Archibald Dobson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1890	1890	James O’Reilly, greengrocer	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.

Social History

1896. Bias on the bench. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

Sir, — In your issue of to-day you publish a letter from a Mr. H. M. Gooch re

the Panton-Vale dispute, as he designates the recent appeal to the Full Court, and in which he refers to “the bowlings of the teetotal faddists.” Surely this is not the same Mr. Gooeh, J.P., who when before the Lormer Board admitted (according to the evidence published in “The Age” of 3rd March, 1896) that, when a Caulfield storekeeper was charged by Inspector Christie with selling beer without a licence, he (Mr. Gooch) said he would go on the bench because the storekeeper said he did not think he would get justice at the Caulfield court. If so, is not Mr. Gooeh, J.P., president of the Wine Growers’ Association, and wine and spirit merchant himself, a biassed wine faddist, and living in a glass house should not throw stones? — Yours, &c.,

GEO. A. CHERRINGTON.

77 Capel-street, West Melbourne, 20th April.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article191488903

source: The Age 1898

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
The streetscape can be characterised as a mix of Victorian and modern buildings. Eight of the original seventeen single-story Victorian terrace dwellings plus some double storey commercial buildings are on its western side, south of Victoria Street, while on the eastern side, the street retains sixteen of its original thirty-six, wider sized early Victorian, two storey terrace homes, as well as two story modern public housing townhouses. Crossing over Victoria Street to the north on the eastern side, nineteen of the original thirty-two equally fine examples of early two storey Victoria terrace dwellings can be seen, dispersed by a small number of modern two storey buildings. Unfortunately, all twenty-two of the original Victorian terrace dwellings on the western side from Victoria to Queensberry streets have all been demolished, replaced by taller modern commercial buildings that are out of character with the existing surrounding Victorian architecture of this once predominantly single and double storey residential streetscape. Heritage of note include two 2 storey terraces at 62 and 64, both have National Trust classifications and Heritage Victoria registrations. Two more include two single storey terraces dwellings at 81 and 83 that were designed by the distinguished Australian architect, Mr. George Raymond Johnson.

Streetscape

The streetscape can be characterised as a mix of Victorian and modern buildings. Eight of the original seventeen single-story Victorian terrace dwellings plus some double storey commercial buildings are on its western side, south of Victoria Street, while on the eastern side, the street retains sixteen of its original thirty-six, wider sized early Victorian, two storey terrace homes, as well as two story modern public housing townhouses.

Crossing over Victoria Street to the north on the eastern side, nineteen of the original thirty-two equally fine examples of early two storey Victoria terrace dwellings can be seen, dispersed by a small number of modern two storey buildings. Unfortunately, all twenty-two of the original Victorian terrace dwellings on the western side from Victoria to Queensberry streets have all been demolished, replaced by taller modern commercial buildings that are out of character with the existing surrounding Victorian architecture of this once predominantly single and double storey residential streetscape.

Heritage of note include two 2 storey terraces at 62 and 64, both have National Trust classifications and Heritage Victoria registrations. Two more include two single storey terraces dwellings at 81 and 83 that were designed by the distinguished Australian architect, Mr. George Raymond Johnson.

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