| House | $1,577,200  |
| Unit | $813,600  |
周邊地區
| Brunswick East | $1,291,700  |
| Carlton North | $1,592,300 |
| Collingwood | $1,134,500 |
| Fitzroy | $1,649,100 |
| Northcote | $1,625,000 |
| House | $865 |
| Unit | $570 |
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| 地圖位置 | 街景 | 周邊成交價 |
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| 被市政府指定為 Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - June 13, 2014 What is significant? The Former Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company (MT & O Co) Stables at North Fitzroy, a corrugated iron-clad timber structure built in 1879-1880. History Summary Horse omnibuses, or horse buses, were a form of public transport which transported people along regular road routes by means of horse-drawn carriages. Horse omnibuses are said to have operated in Melbourne from the 1840s, and by 1860 Melbourne had 28 horse bus lines. The Melbourne Omnibus Company (which became the MT & O Co in 1877) was established in 1869, operating a fleet of eleven horse-drawn buses from the city to Fitzroy, and soon was also servicing the suburbs of Richmond, Carlton and North Melbourne. By 1881 its fleet consisted of 158 horse buses, each seating 12-14 passengers, and services extended as far as Moonee Ponds, Prahran and Brunswick. Stables were built by the company throughout the inner suburbs, including North Fitzroy, Fitzroy, North Melbourne, Richmond, Clifton Hill, South Melbourne, St Kilda, Moonee Ponds, Prahran and Port Melbourne. The stables at North Fitzroy were built by the company in 1879-80 and sold by them in 1888. The MT & O Co began to open cable and horse tram lines from 1885, though horse trams continued to be used on less frequented routes until the 1920s.The building continued in use as a livery stable (where privately-owned horses could be kept for a fee) at least until the 1920s. During the following decades it was used successively by the Melbourne fish and rabbit market as a place to scale and skin their produce, as a cabinet-maker's workshop, as an army truck depot during World War II, as a car repair shop and as an art studio for students from the local school. In 1972 the building was converted into a residence and studio by the artist Murray Walker. Description Summary The Former Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company Stables comprise three parallel adjoining gable-roofed shed-like structures, almost entirely covering the title holding and bounded by bluestone laneways. On the east side is a narrow two-storeyed structure clad with unpainted corrugated iron, which retains a projecting loft beam at the ridge and timber loft doors at first floor, features typical of stables where fodder was stored above ground level. The two adjacent structures are of one storey, clad in painted corrugated iron, with timber-framed windows in the gable apex at both ends. There is a modern metal roller door in the centre of the north side, and another diagonally-placed on the north-west corner, with the roof line projecting over the truncated corner. All the roofs are clad with corrugated iron. The central and west sheds have shallow roof ventilators along the ridges. The original open interior has been converted for residential use. This site is pa |
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