| House | $1,396,000  |
| Unit | $523,000 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Carlton North | $1,592,300 |
| East Melbourne | $3,052,500  |
| Fitzroy | $1,649,100 |
| Melbourne | $590,000 |
| Parkville | $1,881,400 |
| House | $875 |
| Unit | $583 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - May 13, 1999 What is significant? Former No.3 Carlton Fire Station is a symmetrically composed three storey brick and stucco fire station building designed by architect Cedric Ballantyne in 1928. A building permit was issued in June 1928 for a building cost of 35,000 pounds. The building has a central entrance leading to a courtyard flanked by accommodation blocks and vehicle garages. Former No.3 Carlton Fire Station contained accommodation for single and married men on the first and second storeys and the ground floor to Swanston Street was let for commercial purposes. The central and end pavilions are constructed of face red brick. They are linked by slightly recessed wings composed of three bays divided by stuccoed brick piers. The trabeated system with abstracted columns and pilasters gives a stripped classical stylistic effect. The parapet is balustraded. How is it significant? Former No.3 Carlton Fire Station is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? Former No.3 Carlton Fire Station is architecturally significant as the second largest fire station in Melbourne after Eastern Hill and as the largest fire station design of the prolific architect of Melbourne Fire Brigade stations, C H Ballantyne. The station is functionally similar to other Ballantyne station designs, incorporating garages, accommodation, recreation rooms and offices, but it is stylistically unusual. The stripped classicism of former No.3 Carlton Fire Station is in contrast to many suburban stations of the 1920s such as Essendon, Ringwood, Oakleigh and Coburg that were characteristically domestic in appearance. Former No.3 Carlton Fire Station is historically significant for demonstrating a peak in the development of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade after the implementation of the Fire Brigades Act of 1890. The Act gave the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Board the ability to form fire fighting units, to train and house firemen, and to accommodate them and their fire vehicles in specially designed buildings. The intact survival of this station demonstrates this integration of work and accommodation for the fire-fighter. |
| 27 Oct 1994 |
| Use of site for the purpose of an office furniture showroom (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1994-1089) |
| 12 Jun 1997 |
| Use and development for the purposes of residential, ground floor shops and ancilliary car parking (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1997-575) |
| 20 Jun 1997 |
| 16 lot subdivision (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1997-606) |
| 07 Nov 1997 |
| subdivision (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1997-1186) |
| 05 May 1998 |
| Fourteen lot subdivision (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-1998-429) |
| 12 Feb 2001 |
| Alterations to shopfront entry (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-2001-110) |
| 03 May 2002 |
| Use premises as a shop, food & drink premises, with internet facilities & waiving of carparking (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-2002-405) |
| 18 Mar 2013 |
| Change of use to food and drink premises with associated display of business identification signage and waiver of car parking (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne Council, reference no: TP-2013-156) |
| 10 Feb 2015 |
| Proposed advertising signage (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne City Council, reference no: TP-2015-83) |
| 30 Mar 2015 |
| Apply for liquor licence Cafe & Restaurant. (644-658 Swanston Street) |
| (Source: Melbourne City Council, reference no: TP-2015-254) |
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