8 Carroll Street | Melbourne Streets

8 Carroll Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019

Architect
Also known as	Edmonton Terrace (1-8 before 1889) now known as 8 to 14 Carroll Street	Source: Sands & McDougall directory
Previous Address	1 Carroll Street (before 1889)	Source: Sands & McDougall directory
Constructed	1876/77
Style	Victorian : 1840-1890
Builder	brothers James, John & Albert Thurgood

Timelapse Building Images

2009

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Land Details

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1895 MMBW map

Building Details

This house was build as a group of 4 family homes by the Master Builder James Thurgood.

Other work conducted by the Thurgood family of builders are below include:

Building ID	Architects	Owner	Suburb	Building State	Building Type	Builder	Build Date (YYYY MM DD)	Registration no
77659		Thurgood, William	Melbourne	VIC	Factories	Thurgood, William	1860 08 31	497
77301		Sadler, Wm	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Thurgood, James – Melbourne	1872 05 27	4839
74821		Campbell, Charles- Lime Merchant	Melbourne	VIC	Office Buildings; Warehouses	Thurgood, James – Errol St	1876 11 11	6990
78365		Currie, –	Carlton	VIC	Houses	Thurgood, James	1879 05 3	7973
83049	Shalless, H	Brown, Thomas	Parkville	VIC	Houses	Thurgood	1880 04 13	8326
78691	McIver, E	Scott, Mungo	Carlton	VIC	Houses	Thurgood, James – Errol St Hotham	1883 04 5	233
72596	McIver, E	Primitive Methodist Church Trustees	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses; Religious Buildings	Thurgood, James – Errol St Hotham	1883 11 29	611
77501	McIver, E	Ramage, John	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses; alterations	Thurgood, James – The Parade Ascot Vale	1885 01 21	1297
83069	McIver, E – Park St Brunswick	McIver, E	Parkville	VIC	Houses	Thurgood, James – The Parade Ascot Vale	1885 01 21	1296
46436		Love Royle & Thurgood		VIC	Factories	Love Royle & Thurgood	1906 10 30
46502		Love Royle & Thurgood	St Kilda	VIC	Shops	Love Royle & Thurgood	1907 05 14
69091		Love, Royle & Thurgood	St Kilda	VIC		Love, Royle & Thurgood	1913 7 23	1975

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Subsequent Building Alterations

New fence.

Architectural Features

Building Ornamentation
Terracotta

photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
Lacework
Cast Iron
Lacework
Cast Iron

photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
Chimney
Brick
Building Ornamentation
Brick

photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
Fin Wall
Brick

photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019
Walls
Brick

Photographer: Stephen Hatcher, 2019

Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes
What is significant? The Crown Grantee for this land was master builder James Thurgood, applied to build this row of four brick houses. The row of four took the name Edmonton Terrace. Contributory elements include: • one storey parapeted stuccoed cottage row of five, distinguished by the impressive tuck pointing brickwork and masonry detail on each overhead parapets;

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

What is significant?

The Crown Grantee for this land was master builder James Thurgood, applied to build this row of four brick houses.

The row of four took the name Edmonton Terrace.

Contributory elements include:

• one storey parapeted stuccoed cottage row of five, distinguished by the impressive tuck pointing brickwork and masonry detail on each overhead parapets;

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
1876	1877	James Thurgood		Crown Compiled land sales map

Residents

From	To	Resident	More Info	Data Source
1890	1890	Austin Ham		Sands & McDougall directory
1885	1885	Charles Robinson		Sands & McDougall directory
		Robert Joseph Bailey & Veronica Mary Bailey (nee Schuler)	https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au	The Age 1934

Social History

1937. Robert & Veronica Bailey.

Electoral Roll

1934. Robert & Veronica Bailey.

The Age

East side of Carroll Street Hotham, 1885 & 1890 Sands & McDougall directory

State Library of Victoria

1877. Gemmell, Tuckett & Co.

The Argus

1876. J. Green will sell by public auction 29th April 1876 on the ground, Carrol street Hotham Hill.

North Melbourne Advertiser

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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: GRZ2 (General Residential Zone 2)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule

Zoning

The controls listed below affect this property:

Streetscape
This streetscape contains a collection of outstanding Victorian buildings because they are a particularly well preserved group from a similar period or style and because they are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right.

Other Information

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