80 Capel Street | Melbourne Streets

80 Capel Street

West Melbourne VIC 3003

photographer: Stephen Hatcher

Also known as
Previous Address
Constructed
Style	Victorian, Mid: 1860-1875
Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

1983

source: Image by Graeme Butler, made available through funding from the Public Record Office of Victoria and City of Melbourne.

Land Details

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
2 storey brick terrace row built 1867. Converted to public housing units 1992.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1859		Mr. James Sievwright, 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
1960	1974	Miss. L. Wilson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1955	1955	Mrs. A. E. Wilson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1940	1950	Daniel Wilson	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1935	1935	“Chinese”	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1920	1930	Mrs C. McElroy	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1900	1915	Mrs. Rebecca Woolf	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1895	1895	Mrs. Esther Cutts	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1890	1890	Mrs. Eleanor Doody	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.

Social History

1891. 80 Capel-street. North Melbourne, Near Haymarkct.

T. Griffiths has received instructions from Mrs. Stent, midwife, to sell by auction,

A quantity of household furniture and effects, consisting of very good horse hair suite, carpets, chiffonnier, overmantle, Hall rug, pictures, clock, fender, irons, half tester bedstead and hangings, some nice single bedsteads, washstand and ware, round rim table, a lot of bedding, blankets, quilts and sheets, deal table, chairs, safe, colonial sofa, cooking utensils, a very nice lot of useful effects, all in good order.

source: The Age 1891

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: GRZ1 (General Residential Zone 1)Schedule HO1182 (Elm (‘Ulmus’ sp.) street trees x2, near 80, 86 Capel Street, West Melbourne)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule PO12 (Parking Overlay 12)Schedule This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Zoning

The controls listed below affect this property:

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.

Other Information

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