camberwell·conservation study 1991

CAMBERWELL·CONSERVATION STUDY 1991

SIGNIFICANT SITESVolume Four

GRAEME BUTLERConservation Architect21 Alphtngton Street,Alphlngron. Vic 3078

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Report Outline

VOLUME ONE:Recommendations and Guidelines

IntroductionSummary ofstudy aims,budget, process to achieve aims,study team and each member's task, steering committeeand representation.

Planning ControlsA short summary of existing planning control mechanisms and relevant local planning policies, explainingtheir application towards protection of the scheduledsites and areasRecommendations for amendment or/and applicationof the above controls and any further control mechanisms needed for site conservation.Lists of proposed conservation areas (urban and landscape), and individually significant sites.

Implementation ProgrammesExamination of any programmes needed to facilitate thecarrying out of conservation measures, other than byplanning controls ie. incentive or public relationsschemes, further studies.

GuidelinesRestoration and renovation guidelines which demonstrate general principles of approach and referenceusing local examples for each era dealt with.Infill & Alterations guidelines for new buildings andadditions to identified buildings in conservation areas,illustrating successful and unsuccessful examples frominside and outside of the city.Each section has a summary ofpoliciesrecommendedtobe adoptedbyCamberwell Councilin point form.

VOLUME TWOEnvironmental HistoryContains an outline history of the city's physical development and how social development is reflected in thebuilt environment.Bibliography

VOLUME THREESignificant AreasThis section includes built areas, whether streetscapes,precincts, complexes or landscape, and basic data oneachEach area is mapped and dealt with under headings:History, Description, Significance (aesthetic and historical, drawingfrom themes cited in environmental historyconclusion).AppendicesCultural Landscape:tables street trees in recommended precinctsreserves-evaluationArea computer analysis 1990, 1986

VOLUME FOURSignificant SitesSignificant Site CitationsEach significant site (heritage value A-B, some C) fromthe Site Schedule is examined under the headings: History, Description, External Integrity, Streetscape, andSignificance (architectural and historical, drawing fromthemes cited in environmental history conclusion).

VOLUME FIVESite ScheduleLists sites proposed for planning controls:sites of individual importance (value A-C)contributory sites (value D) in proposed precincts, withprecinct number

Few places portray the ideals of Australian suburban life as clearly asCamberwell. For better or worse, the suburb lies at the heart of Australianlife, and Camberwell is the classic suburb. It has been populated by themiddling and upper social strata, living in detached single-family dwellings setamidst gardens and trees. Camberwell is tied to the city by public transportyet apart from it, having successfully excluded the dirty, nasty and dangerouselements of urban life. Only churches and shops were welcomed asappropriate additions to its domestic landscape. More successfully than mostother Australian municipalities, Camberwell has created the suburban ideal ofcountry in the city and deliberately maintained this character for more thanone hundred years.

All of the most desirable suburban characteristics of the period between 1860and 1960 are expressed in the buildings and streets of Camberwell. Mostimportantly Camberwell clearly displays the aspirations and the materialforms of the suburban world created between the First and Second WorldWars.

The historic significance of Camberwell lies III the quality, variety andcompleteness of the municipality's essentially suburban appearance.Individual buildings and areas within the suburb clearly register the keyaspects of this suburban form. Most important amongst these are:

1. Large, often multi-storeyed mansions build prior to the railway boom ofthe 1880s and established with their own work force, gardens, orchards andlivestock just beyond what was then the boundary of the Melbournemetropolitan area.

2. Detached villas, often architect-designed, and built for upper middleclients between 1880 and 1914. These are clustered around public transportroutes, particularly the east-west railway link to the city.

3. The estates of detached middle-class housing created between the warsand essentially tied to fixed-rail transport. These houses include superiorexamples of the whole range of exotic and nostalgic styles which colouredAustralian suburbia during the period.

4. Modernist houses, especially prominent in the north of the suburb, oftendesigned by architects and built for the new professional and managerial eliteof the 1950's boom.

5. The public space of the suburb includes important elements of publictransport systems, especially the railways and tramways which were intrinsic tosuburban development. This is especially true of the electric tramways of theinter-war era. Routes through Camberwell were often seen as test cases forthe ability of electric trams and trains to promote suburban growth.

6. Camberwell is shaped today by embryonic town planning attempts. Thesewere carried out through: (1) By-law planning which clustered shops into

Camberwell Conservation Study 1991Significance of the City

distinctive zones. (2) By-law controls over house sizes and materials. (3)Deliberate municipal policies designed to exclude industry, liquor outlets andcheap housing. (4) Post-war public housing schemes along deliberately anddistinctivelyplanned lines. (5) Within individual estates where streets deviatedfrom the normal grid and where developers imposed set-backs, materials andrelations between buildings to give an individual cachet to each estate. (6) Theconstant efforts of local Progress Associations to win the best possibleamenities for their part of the suburb.

7. Camberwell historically had comparatively high rates of churchattendance. This aspect of the suburb's history is reflected in the number andquality of religious buildings, both churches and schools which have for a longtime been landmarks within the municipality.

8. Camberwell always took pride in its 'natural' qualities. From the 1870sonwards streets have been planted with a succession of street trees, first of allexotic and subsequently native. Councillors, council staff and local residentshave fought for parks and gardens, both ornamental and recreational, in thesuburb. These natural elements set the seal on Camberwell's distinctivesuburban quality.

Especially in the inter-war period, Camberwell boasted of its superiorsuburban qualities. Its buildings, public spaces, general lay-out and exclusionof unwanted activities all demonstrated the essence of suburbanism, thedominant characteristic of most modern cities, in Australia and indeed in theremainder of the world.

Camberwell's estates were planned to a more lavish scale than in many othersuburbs. Its developers made sure that public amenities measured up to thequality of its individual houses; these houses often expressed the best incontemporary style and as detached single- storeyed villas they typified classicsuburban form. The municipality successfully excluded unwanted activitiesand passed by- laws to maintain the desired suburban qualities. Streetplanting, parks and public transport were carefully protected and extendedespecially between the wars. Shops were grouped around transport routes,especially in the distinctively shaped Camberwell Junction area. Thechurches and schools made local landmarks.

In its estates of detached houses and in its public landscape, Camberwellforcefully expresses Australia's history of suburban growth. It has been moresuccessful than most other urban areas in preserving the suburban ideal, ofthe city in the country, especially as envisioned during the inter-war suburbanboom. Sites and areas listed in this conservation study best express theseimportant qualities.

Outcome

The main outcome of the above significance statement is that 1920s-30sstreetscapes make up many of the city's significant precincts. This is notsurprising given the city's Model Suburb status. Because the city was apace-setter and major growth-centre in the between-wars era, thesestreetscapes hold a special place in the cultural development of Melbournetoday.

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Tara, now Broughton Hall,2 Berwick Street

Catholic Hall,3 Brenbeal Street

House,9 Boston Road

Flats,87·87A Bowen Street

House,33 Broadway

Clenoxley, Formerly Saxsread,35 Broadway

House,54 Broadway

House,58 Broadway

Berwyn, 62 Broadway

Devorua, Row Houses,17-19 Broadway

House,360 Burke Road

House.73 Broadway

Wee Nestle,69 Broadway


House,71 Broadway

Tecoma.20 Bryson Street

Eurobin,42 Bryson Street

House,6 Bulleen Road


REPORT OUTLINE

INTRODUCTIONCultural Site ValueEvaluationHeritage Value and Comparison. 1

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE FORCAMBERWELL

BUILDING CITATIONS

House,11 Alma Road

House,16 Alma Road

Oratava,7AAlmaRoad

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Elderslie,15 Alma Road

Introduction

Rokeby.76 Athelstan Street

............................ 6

.....14

......................... 10House,27A Alma Road.................................................................. 11

House,25 Alma Road

Wanganella formerly St. Iohn's Wood,8 Aird Street

................................................................ 2Thule Croft, House,24 Albion Street

Hazeldene, 8 Balwyn Road,................................... 15

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House,33 Alma Road................................................................ 12House,36 Alma Road

Shepreth,13 Balwyn Road

Sho£.s, Residences,780w;92Burke Road " 55

Maling House, 17 BalW)11 Road,............ 18

Shrublands,22 Balwyn Road

.................. 19House,27 Balwyn Road

.......................................... 21House,35 Balwyn Road

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Tourmont, now Fintona Girls School79 Balwyn Road 2.1Canonbury,9 Barnsbury Street.............................................................. 25House,55 Bath Road

Oswaldene.54t Burke Road

Our Ladv Of Victories,548 Burke Road

Shops & Residences,6..)0~6..)8 Burke Road

Shops & Residences,668~670 Burke Road ....

Shop & Residence,680 Burke Road .

.................... 50

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House,2 Beatrice Street

............................................... 27

Sho£.s, Residences,7%-/98 Burke Road. ....... 57

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..House,930 Burke Road ., .... 58

Ospringe,24 Chaucer Crescent

.. 89

Cemberwell Common School (Former), now State School No.888,290 Camberwell Road " 59

Camberwell Court House and Police Station,311- 317 Camberwell Road 60

Wesleyan Manse.former,316 Camberwell Road 61

Borcondara Shire Town Hall and Offices,360Camberwell Road " 63

Camberwell City Offices,370 Camberwell Road " , 66

House,396Camberwell Road> 67

House,458 Camberwell Road " 68

House,460 Camberwell Road

.................... 69

Invicta,31 Chaucer Crescent

.................. 90House,8 Christowel Street

· 91House,21 Christowel Street

....... 92House,2.1 Christowel Street

..............93House,24 Christowel Street

........ 94House,26 Christowel Street

............... 95House,27 Christowel Street

..... 96Henrietta Flats,45 Christowel Street

· 97House,46 Christowel Street

· 99

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Camberwell Railway Station Complex,Cookson Street

House,56 Christowel Street

.... 100

St. Catherine' 5 Home For Aged,1 Clayton Road

Kalorama, now demolished.47 Campbell Road

................................. 70linda House, now Canterburv Family Care Centre,19 Canterbury Road " .

.......................... 71Former House, now Marcellin College Junior School,21 Canterbury Road

.........: 72

....................... 74

Ccolattie,29 Canterbury Road

House,31 Canterbury Road

............................................ 74

....102CIa ville Flats,31~39 Cookson Street

.. 103Second Church of Christ Scientist,41 Cookson Street

Rosstrevor,58 Canterbury Road ...... "... 75

Ericstane,136 Canterbury Road

............................... 76

.............................. 105House,49 Cookson Street.

........................... 106Nazareth House,16 Camel! Street.

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House,43 Cascade Street

.107

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House,177 Doncaster Road.

Mallow,33 Deepdene Road

Xanadu, House,119 Doncaster Road.


House,10 Donna Buang Street.

House,34 Elliott Avenue.

Kareela,2 Craig Avenue.

House,44 Curraiong Avenue.

House,1 Fairmont Avenue

House,1i1 Doncaster Road.

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House,6 Carrigal Street

Malone's Family Hotel208 Canterbury Road, 81

Park Holme,11 Chatfield Avenue

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House,14 Cascade Street


House and Surgery,169 Canterbury Road

Canterbury Post Office,206Canterbury Road

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•House,2 Fairmont Avenue


Sunnvside,24 Kent Road

Ripley,43~5 Rent Street


Velore.6 Kintore Street

Lynwood,6 'Logan Street

Latchford House,72 Longview Road

Coongulac,11 Luena Road

..................... 155

House,17 Lansell Crescent

....... 151House,43 Kireep Road

House,6 Kitehener Street

House,29 Kintore Street

....... 153

House,8 Fitzgerald Street.

.................................. 125

House,4 FinsburyWay

House,3 FinsburyWay

...................................... 122

House,24Finsbury Way

House,10 Fitzgerald Street.

.................................. 126

Langi,3 Fermanagh Road

House,15 Freeman Street.

.."... 131

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House,2 Lyric Grove

House,3 Madden Street

Cataraqui,38 Maling Road,

Maling Theatre facade,72~78 Maling Road,

19 Maleela Avenue

House,1 Madden Street

House,18 Maleela Avenue

.. ·".P ,,· · · '" 130

House,38 High£ield Road

House,125 Highfield Road.

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Karalle,77 Greythom Road.

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Outbuildinrear of 11 ~uildford Road.

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House,177Clen Iris Road

House,32 Hortense Street

El Paso,2 HightonGrove

House,30 Howard Street

Shops,80-92 Maling Road,

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... 175

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Shops,108~112Maling Road,

House,9 Marlborough Avenue


....... 169Canterburv Hall, later Centerburv Theatre,111-119 Milling Road.. . : 170


Shops,123-125 Mating Road,

Flats,7 Mangan Street

Shenlev Croft,i Mangarra Road

House,1 Maple Crescent

House,1 Kalonga Road

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House,6 lramoo Street

Karinyah, Formerly Tourello,41 Inglesby Road

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Wiora,21 lrilbarra Road

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wlntngulle,12 Hunter Road

Westrailia,27Inglesby Road

............... 136

House,1 Kelba Street

Murradoc,15 Irilbarra Road

Spreydon,15 Kasouka Road


..House,2 Martin Road

House,16 Muswell Street

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Verulam. later Parlington,46 Parlington Street

Clovellv,26 ReiaStreet

werrawee, 626~628Riversdale Road

Astolat,630 Riversdale Road

House,6 Myambert Avenue

House,14 Orion Street

House,11 Pretoria Street

Masonic Temple12 Prospect Hill Road

Waverley,32 Prospect Hill Road

Eeirholm,35 Prospect Hill Road

Myambert, 1-3 Myambert Avenue......... 211

House,666 Riversdale Road

House,6."\1 Riversdale Road

House,660Riversdale Road

Pitsliso, Formerly Kirsdale,635 Riversdale Road

Marysville, Formerly Marathon,2 Peppin Street

House,18 Peppin Street

.......... 2.19

.......... 231Kantara, Formerlv Yarronvale (or Yarrondale).622 Riversdale Road

..... 232

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Stanmore, later Travancore,60SRiversdale Road

Clapham,39 Prospect Hill Road

Monda,52 Prospect Hill Road

Ubberholme,53 Prospect Hill Road

House (demolished),8 Reid Street

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...... 210

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House,716Riversdale Road

House,14 Pine Avenue

· .. 241House,718Riversdale Road....................................................................... 242Siena Convent & College, 815 Riversdale Road....................................................................... 243

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House,1 Montana Street

Ruthgur and Palmerston,26-28 Moorhouse Street

House,92 Mont Albert Road

..... ".." 193


........... 197

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Highton,65Mont Albert Road

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House,1 Mountain View Road

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Roystead, 51 Mont Albert Road,................... 187

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CuUymont & Eyrecourt,2 Molesworth Street & 4 Selwyn Street . 185

Mountfield,6 Mont Albert Road

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Canterbury State School,MolesworthStreet

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House,91 Maud Street

House,4 Maysia Street

House,14 Millicent Avenue

Frognall,54 Mont Albert Road

House,7 Muriel Street

Flats,133 Maud SIree t

House,102 Mont Albert Road,


Haselmere,137 Mont Albert Road

Shop & House,35 Matlock Street


House,168 Mont Albert Road,

St. Hilary, Formerly Ravensdown,142 Mont Albert Road....................................................................199

Coorinyah,150 Mont Albert Road

House,168A Mont Albert Road

House,1 Muswell Hill

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House,269 Union Road

House, 1292 ToorakRoad

House,931 Tcorak Road

House,32 Ursa Street North

House,22 Victoria Road

House,1293 Toorak Road

House,286 Union Road

wahroonge.262 Union Road

Banool,26 Victoria Avenue

Cooloowan,7 Victoria Avenue

House,1297 Toorak Road

Villa Marie,6 Trafalgar Road

Chalgrove,10 Trafalgar Road

Beechfield,21 Trafalgar Road

Kirklands,89 Union Road

Shop & Residence,96-98 Union Road

Mossbank,3 Victoria Road

Tarawara,13 Victoria Avenue

House,300 Warrigal Road

..275

Surrey College, now a house,12 Vincent Street

House,899 Toorek Road

Medlow. Formerly willvcrus.42 Warrigal Road "'

House,294 Warrigal Road

House,15 Walbundry Avenue North

House,20 Walsh Street

Cuildford,26A WandsworthRoad

TIle Knoll,50 Wandsworth Road

.....264

.....265

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House,42 Spencer Street

House,4 St. Andries Street.................................................................. 261

Hillbrow,8 St. Georges Crescent, Ashburton

Eyre Court4 Selwyn Street.........................Refer 2 Molesworth Street

House,57 Seymour Grove

Baldene,10 Sefton Place

Holyrood,laterSt. Dominic's Priory,816 Rtversdale Road

...................244St Dominic's Catholic Church,822 Riversdale Road

House,23 Sunnyside Avenue

Stargazer House,2 Taurus Street

.............................. 257

House,14 Stodart Street

House,12 Stodart Street

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.................................................................. 268House,66 The Boulevard

House,9 Sefton Place

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Sayonara.,.11 Royal Crescent

Mallard,23 Royal Crescent

.................................. 253Salisbury Lodge, Formerly Nowa Nowa,1 Salisbury Street ....................................................................... 254

Guelo,5 Salisbury Street

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House,9 Rochester Road

................ 249

Flats,7 Rochester Road

.248

................................................................... 266

Emulation Hall,3 Rochester Road

..................................................................... 247

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House,56 Riverside Avenue

House,46 The Boulevard

··..· 246

House,11 The Avenue

House,19 The Ridge

St.john's Wood,49 The Ridge

......... "" .."""""""... 271House,1 Threadneedle Street

. """"""""""""""" 272......................Crohamhurst,17 Threadneedle Street"....""".."" .." """"""""""""""""".........".273


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House,454 Warrigal Road, Ashburton

.............. 305House,7 werwtck Avenue....................................................." 306Mirabella,62 Wattle Valley Road,

........................... 307House,118 Wattle Valley Road.,.......................... . " 308Warranbine,125 Wattle Valley Road

Warranbine,125 Wattle Valley Road

............................ 310Holeproof Hosiery Plant,106 Whitehorse Road

House,136 Whitehorse Road

............................ 312House,166 Whitehorse Road.................................................................. 314Pontefract, House,199 Whitehorse Road

............................................................ 315English Scottish & Australian Bank Ltd"359'Whitehorse Road ....................................................................... 316

Shop & Residence,361 Whitehorse Road.................................................................... 316House,127Winmalee Road................................................................. 317House,136 Winmalee Road................................................................... 318Banff,House,150 Winmalee Road

............................................................ 319Idlewylde, now Mary's Mount4145 Yarrbat Avenue

................................................................ ,.321Kireep,57Yarr'bat Avenue

...................................................... 323House,113 Yarrbat Avenue.............................................................. ,...... 324House,146 Yarrbat Avenue

....................... , 325House,43 Yuille Street

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APPENDICES:

IndexSite Evaluation SystemSite DesignersSite OwnersGlossary of Terms

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Camberwell Conservation Study Citations1991

IntroductionThe following preamble to the site citationsoutlines the criteria and processes used in thisstudy for identifying and evaluating individuallysignificant sites. They are not necessarily thoseused by any particular heritage listing agency.

Cultural SiteValue

Aspectsof the Man-made Built Environment.Sites may illustrate:

1. Technological achievement.2. Creative achievement.3. A particular use.4. The cultural choice of many, i.e. fashion.5. The cultural choice of a few, (the life style of

prominent persons).6. Setting for prominent events.Evaluation of these Aspects.Evaluation leads to further assessment of the aboveaspects in the light of the following absolute andqualified criteria:a. First or early examples of.b. Most or more prominent examples of.c. Last survivor of (i.e. rarity).d. The most commonly seen example of.e. Best or better example of (qualified or subjectivechoice).

ExamplesFor example, having identified the expression of aparticular use (as in 3) or industry associated witha site (i.e. vineyard/winery), its importance may bemeasured by the above criteria. Was it the firstexample of this use? Is it prominent or easilyvisible within the study area? Has it always beenso? Is it the last expression of this use in thelocality or does it best exemplify a common usewithin the area? Has it always been thought by thecommunity as the best example of its type (publicperception)?

Integrity.The expression of any of the above cultural themesdepends on the integrity of the site to the periodidentified as lending the site significance. This isusually seen as the date when the site was createdbut might relate to a period of occupancy by aprominent person or the occurrence of animportant historical event at some other date.High integrity to the creation date of either the

initial works or later perceivable changes, willallow a better expression of the period concernedand thus a better understanding by the public forwhich the site is to be conserved.

Heritage VaIues and Field of Comparison.Use of comparative criteria (i.e. the biggest or thebest) requires a field, group or area in which thecomparison is made; this is typically taken as theimmediate locality (i.e. the municipality), or theregion, or the State of Victoria. Hence the termslocal, regional or State importance have beenapplied to each of the sites in the significancestatements. For further notes on the evaluationprocess, refer to the appendices under the headingSite Identification System.The Site Schedule lists site values on an A-E scalewith the following definitions:

Value A:considered culturally valuable when compared to asimilar type or style of site taken from across theState

Value B:considered highly important compared toexamples taken from across the Metropolitan Area

ValueC:considered important compared to examples takenfrom across the Metropolitan Area

Value D:considered valuable only as good examples ofcommon site types within the municipality withpotential to form streetscapes or precincts or standalone as faithfully preserved examples of acommon type.

Value E:as for D but altered with potential for restorationbut currently none for streetscape contribution.

BUILDING CITATIONS

IntroductionThe following sites have been identified in the1990-1 study area as having State or Metropolitanimportance (A or B graded), together with somesites initially judged to be on the threshold of thiscategory but where further analysis has

IIdetermined them unworthy. The initial selectionhas been based substantially on the site'sarchitectural value as viewed from the street butthe analysis which follows includes all of the aboveaspects of cultural importance including theconnection the place has with historicallyimportant persons. Few sites have been inspectedinternally, the visual evaluation of mostunfortunately relying upon the public view only.Where a further external inspection is thoughtdesirable, this is noted for possible future work.The following headings are used:History- provides the first and major owners ofeach site, together with other occupants if known,and its creation date plus the date of majorchanges. The persons established as having a closelink with the site's history have been checkedagainst biographical indexes' for their historicalsignificance.

Description- gives external materials, scale, fOFand stylistic influences plus siting characteristics .Comparative analysis- is provided in each citationlisting Carnberwell's significant sites made relevantby a similar date and use. Given the scope of thestudy and the number of citations provided, somereliance must be made upon the judgement andexperience of the writer in any comparativeanalysis beyond that provided.External Integrity- notes visible changes to the site.Streetscape- describes the site's relationship to itsbuilt context.Significance- sums up the above information,stating what makes the site important.

Footnotes

The following abbreviations have been used in thefootnotes:ADB Australian Dictionary ofBiographyAllan J. Alex Allan History of Camberwell(typescript held in Camberwell reference library)BA Building Permit ApplicationCLF Camberwell Library FileD Sands & MacDougall (publisher), MelbourneDirectoryER Electoral RollsMMBW DPA Melbourne Metropolitan Board ofWorks Drainage Plan ApplicationMUAl Melbourne University Architects Indexcompiled by M. LewisNTA National Trust Of Australia (Vic) files

PWD Public Works Department contractdrawings.RB Camberwell Rate Books (including DistrictRoads Board rate books)WD Wise (publisher), Victoria Post Office DirectoryWWA VVho's VVho in Australia

Wanganella formerly St. John's Wood,8 Aird Street

Australian Heritage Commission: RegisteredNational Trust of Australia (ClassjRec.):ClassifiedNTA File Number: 1140Study Grading: AConstruction Date: 1870First Owner: McDonald, John

HistoryShown as a minute dot on the Plan of the Shire ofBoroondara (c1872), St. John's Wood was centred onthe Riversdale Road frontage of Mr. J. McDonald'sfour acre Crown Portion 120. His east boundaryaligned with Palmerston Street, the west withAvenue Road, and on the south, Crescent Road.John McDonald was at that time serving the secondof a four year council tenure (1871-4). He appearsto have aided, not always successfully, the irasciblepursuits of Edward Dillon in Dillon's contentiouspath through council politics to his eventualpresidency in 1874, the year McDonald retired.McDonald, a Collins Street estate agent andsecretary to the Irish-Australian PermanentBuilding Society'', followed one J. McConnell, afthe second owner of this Crown Portion, in 1869 .He had previously resided in Carlton and laterFitzroy'', having conducted his agency since theearly 1860s.

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•St. John's Wood was placed on the market mid1877 being described as a handsome, commodiousand elegantly finished FAMILY RESIDENCE set infour acres of 'park land' laid out in pleasuregardens and grass paddocks. Drawing and diningrooms, each 30 x 17 feet, occupied the ground floorand six good bedrooms were on the upper floor. Aman's servant room and kitchen accommodationwere also supplied.Meanwhile in 1858, one George Peppin and hissons George Junior and Frederick had purchasedSouth Wanganella station on the Riverina where,in the 1860s, they commenced breeding a robusttype of merino sheep more suitable for the area,culminating in five awards in the EchucaAgricultural Show of 1864. George Juniormanaged Wanganella (his father and brotherresiding on other properties acquired since) untilhis death in 1876, three years short of the station'swinning of the 'most valuable ewe fleece' prize atthe Sydney International Exhibition. Today it isestimated that, as a result of the brothers' carefulbreeding, over 60% of merinos in Australia haveWanganella blood.Frederick sold Wanganella and their other Riverinaproperties in 1878, reinvesting in Queenslandproperty, and began a successful and influentialperiod of residence in Orrong Road, Caulfield.George Junior's widow, Maria (nee Brown-Smith),joined him in Melbourne; going to live at SI. John'sWood, then 20 acres, with George's four daughtersand two sons

jand providing the house with its

present name. One G. Peppin appears to havecarried on his father's name as partner in the firmAird & Peppin: the name "Aird" reputedly arisingfrom his wife Elsie's maiden name.By May 1888 (probably after Maria's demise), fortyeight suburban allotments were created around thehouse, surveyed by John S. Jenkins as theWanganella Estate. The family names, Peppin andAird Streets, were the major avenues terminating,to the south, on a right-of-way. The RichmondSolicitor C.S. Scheele was, for a brief period, thenominal owner of the house and lots 22, 23 & 28,by 1888-9. The address was then Peppin Street,rather than the previous Riversdale Road. BrandWillis, a contractor, became the next owner of whatwas described as an eleven room brick house,succeeded by his executors (a~d presumedchildren) Annie, James and Samuel. Miss AnnieWillis continued to reside there; GordonNicholso~ purchasing and further subdividingafter1956.During the Willis period, in 1904, a site plan of thehouse shows a generous gateway to Peppin Street,lining with a carriage sweep fronting the west1 CLFH212 RB 1905-6, 277; CLFH21; MMBW DPAS04313 CLFH21

elevation; the stables were 20 metres to the south ofthe house.

DescriptionToday locked in by subdivision, the house bra~elyfaces Riversdale Road and a dozen or so VIllasbetween. The house's entrance faces the formerPeppin Street driveway whilst the formidable ironcarriage gates (once in Peppin Street) now faceAird.In the tradition of Camberwell's large homes of the18605 -1870s the house is parapeted (part),two-storey, stuccoed and has a Doric ordercolonnade. A distinctive aspect of this colonnade isthat it supports an open, balustraded terrace, withconnotations of Tara (1859) and its contemporary,Dr. Fitzgerald's house (Rostella), both designed byarchitect, J. M. Barry. As a trio, these are all grandhouses, styled after the Italian Renaissance manner,which are surprisingly substantial given theirdistance from Melbourne and their earlyconstruction dates.St. John's Wood foregoes the pronouncedsymmetry of its north elevation, with a two-levelroom bay on the west, which adjoins a one-levelporch, with an inaccessible balustraded terrace. Alofty hall, set behind this porch, has a stair whichascends to the south immediately at the doorway,suggesting that the stair may have been onceapproached from a different direction. The grandnorth colonnade appears more suited to cover acentral entrance, although the existence of the twolarge dining and drawing rooms across the frontdoes not support this. A minor entrance to thedining room has been provided onto the verandahpresumably for after dinner smoking. Anotherinternal anomaly is the narrow width of thehallway which divides the bedrooms on the upperlevel.The main M-hip roof line of the house falls to adeep protruding eaves line, with paired bracketsand a cornice moulding, but the western room bayattempts this symmetry, needing a balustradedparapet to screen the change in roof line. A similardevice is used over a much shallower bay set intothe north facade.Other comparable examples include Oberwyl, St.Kilda and Merchiston Hall, Geelong (1856).

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.1, BERmCK STREET, 185919,CA~TERBURYROAD, 18609, 8ARNSBURY ROAD. 1861

18, BALVVYN ROAD, 1863

2:90, CA,'"fBERVY'ELLROAD, 1868-

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II35,PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1873-4

External IntegrityGenerally externally original, excepting alterationsto the rear former servants wing and replacementof the verandah's timber floors; the basalt fence toAird Street is inappropriate.Internally, folding doors have been removed, newcornices and ceiling roses installed.

Streetscape

Set in a mixed streetscape which represents theEdwardian era at its northern end, also identifiableby its detail and orientation as having preceded thepresent subdivision.

SignificanceArchitecturally, one of four Camberwell housesfrom the early Victorian period which possess opencement colonnaded terraces attached to aconservative Renaissance revival base also a nearoriginal and successful early use of the Italianmanner, more impressive given its distance from amajor township: of state importance.Historically, linked for a decade with the renownedpastoralist and merino sheep breeding Peppinfamily but otherwise, with its distinctive scale andorientation, is a visible reminder of the first waveof house building in Camberwell: of localimportance and regional interest.

Thule Croft, House,24 Albion Street

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 22.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1911

1 BA 1899-1918. 14662 BA 1935. 5184; BA 1947. 1026; BA 1960,282983 WD 1899-19004 \IID 1899-19005 WDI899-19006 Lewis, 200 YearsofConcretein Australiap.267 ibid.

First Owner: Rotherham, HarrisonBuilder: Rotherham, Harrison

HistoryHarrison Rotherham acted as builder and C.M.Rotherham as owner to construct this nine room,two-storied concrete dwelling in 19111

. He and hisfamily lived there until c1925.Later owners included RC. Stewart and ARCooper who converted the house to fiveapartments2

Rotherham resided in Leopold Crescent, SurreyHills, at the tum of the century and later at 435Kent Street (q.v.r'. His business lay withRotherham Wood & Co., manufacturers agents,Elizabeth Street4. Within a generation he hadreputedly shifted his interests to the DominionBrace and Garter Co. Pty. Ltd. Hawthorn.Rotherham, Wood & Co. represented amongothers: Josiah Parkes, makers of locks; Geo Salter &Co., spring balance (scales) and ironmanufacturers; Summerscales Mangles; Newmandoor springs; the Wyoming Shovel Co.; andAdshead and Smellie, art-metal makers. Theywere wholesale only but displayed all of themakers' samples and could be contacted bytelegraph from any government or Reuter office.Rotherham attended the Philadelphia CommercialCongress, as Melbourne's delegate, in 1899'.As a manufacturer's agent Rotherham appears tohave used one of his patented products to produceconcrete masonry wall construction both as plainand vessiculated blocks. Machines were availablefrom both America and Britain and advertised inthe early 190056 It is probable, however, that anarchitect provided the Queen Anne styledsuperstructure which accompanies this.Williamstown builder, John Garnsworthy,constructed similar concrete masonry structures inNelson Place (Modem Buildings) during 1909. Hisown in-situ concrete home, the White House inThe Strand, was built two years earlier ofreinforced concrete.The engineer and concrete pi~meer, H R Crawford,built in-situ concrete homes In Canterbury, one ID

Mont Albert Road. With a .render coat,. the h017seno longer expressed its special construction type .

DescriptionTypically bayed in plan and equipped .with a highhipped roof the house has gabled attics and twomain room bays on the north and east, With a


•return verandah extending between them. Chinese'hom' brackets are used to support the verandahand rafter ends are exposed in the mannerassociated with the later Bungalow style.Showing the Eastern influence inherent in the style,the multi-gabled, multi-dormer massing ispicturesque whilst the roof gable half-timberingsuggests the style's parallel Medieval roots.

Comparative Examples

The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY, 19()().120, BRYSON STREET, 1900

608, RIV£RSDAL£ ROAD, 1900I, SAUSBURY STREET, 19005, it7CTORlA ROAD, 1900

11,LUENA ROAD, 1900c42, BRYSON STREET, 190158, CAJl,TERBURYROAD, 1901

6, KINTORESTREET,190113, ROYAL CRESCDtT, 190135, BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1902169,c.AJ-,'TERBURYROAD, 1903-46, LOCAL'; STREET, 1903142,Motor!ALBERTROAD, 19047, MANGARRA ROAD, 1905-6

24, CHAUCERCRESCENT, 1905633,RIV£RSDALE ROAD, 1006-827, BAL¥VY~' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 190665,MOl><'T ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 190731, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 190717, THREADNEEDLESTRfET, ZOO?18, P£PPlNSTREET, 1907t138, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1908-9

41, INGLESBYROAD, 190f3..910, SEFTON PlACE, 190841, INCLESBY ROAD, 1909·10

n. BROADWAY,190973,BROADWAY,19093I, CAJ',7£Rf!URYROAD,1909206,QVIi"ITRBURy ROAD,190922. VICTORIAROAD, 19091193, TOORAKROAD, 191G-8, ST.GEORGES CRESCENT, 19102,CLAYTONROAD,191tk199,MfITEHORSEROAD, 19!Oc17-19, BROADWAY, 19I1%-98, UNION ROAD,191124, K£,...'YROAD, 1912-1354.BROADWAY,191235, ,\4Ir,nOCK STREET, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913·186, KITafENERSTREET, 19138, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1915-2tk127, WINM:ALEE ROAD, 1915·2(1(27A,ALMAROAD,191576,AmELSTAN ROAD, 1915347-349, VVHITEHORSEROAD, 1915c353, VVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1915c150,MNA1A.LEE ROAD, 191&

External Integrity

The fence panels, set between the originalvessiculated concrete posts, have been replaced.Some attics appear added (see ridge details), albeitsympathetically.

1 RB 1891-2,1892-3; DI893, DI9032 DI906

StreetscapeAdjoins the altered but similarly concrete masonrybuilt villa (22) in a street dominated by later villastyles.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an early use of concrete masonrywall construction (d. Williamstown examples)within an architecturally literate form: of regionalimportance.Historically, built as the home of a prominentMelbourne manufacturer's agent, probablyexemplifying his occupation by its construction: ofregional importance.

Oratava,7A Alma Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1892First Owner: Brown, Cpt. Peter

HistoryCaptain Peter Brown, a master mariner, owned andoccupied Oratava from its construction date(1891-2) until early this century'. A Mrs. JAWilson and fB. Miller leased it for a brief period,around 1905 .

DescriptionItalianate in style, the house is typically hip-roofedwith a cast-iron verandah and cream brickquoining, at comers and openings. A gabled wingcloses the verandah end and possesses a distinctiveoculus motif between its two arched windows,after the Palladian manner. The panelled andvermiculated chimney shafts remain unpaintedand the roof cladding is of slate. Unusual aspects ofthe house include the uncommon iron frieze andpost pattern on the verandah, the vermiculated


IIpanels between eaves brackets, the fretted gutterfascias and the extended verandah roof line at thenorth-west comer.A hedge and rockery (1920's) are sympatheticreplacements for what was probably a timberpicket fence and the garden contains some matureexotic specimens which support the house'speriod.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECTHIll ROAD, 1881630,RlVERSDALE ROAD, 18812, B£RMCK STREET, 1885.53,PROSPECfHILLROAD, 1886-7320,C,A,.\fBERfNELL ROAD, 18863, FERMAl\'ACH ROAD, 188757, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733,AlMA. ROAD, 188819, CAN"TERBURYROAD, 188846, P,4,RUNCTON STREET, 1888635, RlV£RSDALE ROAD, 188889, umON ROAD, 18882, PEPPIN STREET, d88925,ALMA ROAD, f1889

54, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1889-936, .....L\1AROAD, 1889

208, CANTERBURYROAD, 188915, IRILBARRA ROAD, 1889

2URILB.'i..RRAROAD,188943,KE.NTROAD,18892, MOLESyVORTIi STREET. 1889137,MOl\'T ALBERT ROAD, 188932. PROSPECTHILLROAD, 188910, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1889

2M, WM'DSWORTHROAD, 188950, Wf\J.,'DSWORlliROAD, 1889

42, WARRlGALROAD, 1889322·394, CAMBERMLLROAD, 189Q.l262, l..lN70N RO...\D, 1890190015,ALMA ROAD, 1890544, BURKEROAD, 189027, INCLESBY ROAD, 18907, VICTORIA AVENUE, 189023, VlCTORIAAVEl\llE, 189057, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1890dIJ, BALlN)1'{ROAD, 1891-4

73-079, BALvV)'i\'ROAD, 1891310, CAMBERVVELLROAD,l89262.2, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAF.4.LCARROAD, 1892125,WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 1892

136,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1893668-670,BURKEROAD, 1895680, BURKEROAD, 1895816-822, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 189530, HOWARD STREET, 1895,

29, CAl\TERBURYROAD, 189752, PROSPECT HILLROAD, 189715,KASOUKA ROAD, 1898

150,MO/l.T ALEBRT ROAD, 189926, VICTORIA A VE./\1lE, 1899

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced.

l maritime histories checked-no further data2 01923; 01924; ER 1931;BA 1933.3209

StreetscapeSet in a predominantly Bungalow streetscape butrelates to the other unusual late 19th. century villadesigns nearer the end of the street.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an unusual variation on a commonlate 19th. century villa style which relates to otherindividually notable villas of the period in thisstreet: of regional and local importance.Historically, little is known of Captain Brown1

.

House,11 Alma Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1922First Owner: Warden, Andrew DuncanBuilder: Warden, Andrew Duncan (?)

HistoryAndrew D. Warden, a clerk, appears to have beenthe first owner-occupier of this brick house inc1922, remaining there until at least the 1%082 Hisfamily included Christina and Erskine Warden (seealso 27A Alma Road).

DescriptionThis is a typical Bungalow design, with thecharacteristic transverse gabled main roof andbroad gabled bay facing the street. Windowgroupings provide a horizontal visual emphasisand the unpainted stucco lends both authenticity tothe house, and contrasts with the clinker brickbase.The trim colours follow the dark rich coloursoriginally used, and the clipped shrubs enhancethe setting.


•Comparative Examples

The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,mE RfDC.E, 191612,HUl\7ER ROAD, 19189, SEfTON PLACE,1919·206, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 1919lI8, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 191933, BROADWAY, 1920158,MONT /tLBERT ROAD, 192011, PRETORiA STREET, 1920llS~~~SIDEAV~U£,1920

286,Ul>.70NROAD, 191044.C11R.RA.JONC AVENUE, 1920c6, 1RAMOO STREET, 1920<17, TIiREADNEEDLE STREET, 1910c65, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1920,42, SPENCERSTREET, 1921-3899,TOORAK ROAD, 192.1930, BURKEROAD, 1922210,Yv1iITEHORSE ROAD, 192216,ALMA ROAD, 1923648, BURK.E ROAD,192321, CA1I.'TERBURYROAD, 192331,DEEPD£NEROAD, 19237, WARYv1CK AVENUE,192390,MONTALBERT ROAD, 1924-5168A, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1924-59, ROCHESTER ROAD,1924-6630~8, BURKEROAD, 1924322·394,CAMBERWELLROAD, 192412,MONT ALBERTROAD, 191410, FITZGERALD STREET, 1924c269, w-.10N ROAD, 191s.6<:10,DONNA SUANG STREET, 19152, MARTINROAD, 19254, ST. A....'DRlES STREET, 19251, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1925931,TOORAKROAD, 1925218, WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 292555, BATH ROAD, 1925c77, CRE17HOR."i'E ROAD, 1925c1, 1HREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925c359,YVHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c513, JNHITEffORSEROAD, 1923c146,YARRBAT AVEl\'UE, 19Z5c

External Integrity

The fence has been replaced (see adjoining fence).

Streetscape

The house supports a Bungalow streetscapeintermixed with Victorian- era examples, someindividually notable, from the first suburbansubdivision of the area (numbers 7, 13, and 15).

Significance

Architecturally, a near original and early exampleof a common post- war villa style whichcontributes to a mainly Bungalow-era streetscapewhich nevertheless has examples from the firstsubdivision, providing an historical developmentperspective and highlighting the Bungalow- era

1 RB1889-90.78. 792 RBI890-1.743 RBI891-2. 83; DI904; D19064 RBI891-2.835 MUAI6 BA 1943. 15947;BA 1%8 43825

houses against the older backdrop: of regionalinterest and local importance.Historically, little is known of the first owners inthe Camberwell context.

Elderslie,15 Alma Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1890First Owner: Burroughs, Robert & Elizabeth

HistoryLots 88 and 89 in Alma Road were owned by J.Anderson and F.5. Prior, respectively, in 18891 By1890, Elizabeth Burroughs was listed as the ownerof a brick house there2 Robert Burroughs waslisted there by the Melbourne Directory of 1891followed by Elizabeth in 1892 and a 'vacant' statusin 1893. Joseph Blairwas the next, more long-lived,owner-occupier to be rated in 1891-23

. He was awarehouseman4.

The architect, Evander Mclver called tenders for JBlair's house in 18905. Given the possibility ofowner substitution in the rate books, this housecould have been it.Amy Castles and Dr. Shumak were later owners'',

Amy Castles was born in 1880 at Carlton,Melbourne, eventually training in opera underAllan Bindley and, in Paris, under MadameMarchesi and Jaques Bouhy. After winning prizesin Australia, she performed in London with AdaCrossley and Clara Butt, at the Queens Hall in1901and made her European debut in grand operaat Cologne in 1907. Many overseas tours followed,including a post with the Viennese Imperial Operacompany just before the war and New Yorkduring, when she opened up her home for visiting


..Australians and gave benefit concerts to aid thewounded. In 1930-1 she took a part in a soundmotion picture but appears to have retired soonafterwards. She was the first Australian primadonna to make her debut in grand opera inAustralia1.

Her sister, Eileen Castles, another noted operasinger, also lived at 15 Alma Road. After makingher first appearance in the Melba Grand OperaCompany performances as Carmen in 1911, shesang at King George V coronation concert at theAlbert Hall and with the New York Grand Operacompany. After her return to Australia in 1919, shesang in opera and concert engagements, sometimeswith Amy and their brother George, and later tookup broadcastingf.

DescriptionPerhaps a prototype for the later Queen Anne villastyle, this house has the gabled roof bay, set againsta hipped main roof, and features ribbed chimneyshafts, exposed rafter ends and decorative trussesin the gable. Red bricks are also in common withthe later style, although relieved here by creambrickwork at the non-Victorian period chimneyshafts. Concave profile roofing to the verandah ismore typically of the early Victorian period,adorned here with panelled cast-iron friezes (of alate pattern) but the bayed plan of the verandah isless so. The plan is Lshaped with another maingable on the east face and a minor one adjoining atthe entrance. Brick archways demarcate theentrance porch.A sympathetically designed picket fence hasreplaced the previous one at the boundary andmature exotic trees support the period.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35,PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1881630, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18821, B£RYIIlCK S7R.EET, 18&5(53, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1886-7

320,CA.MBERWELLROAD, 18863, FER1vfANAGH ROAD,188757, SEYMOUR GROVE, 188733,ALMA ROAD, 188819,CA."-'TERBURYROAD, 188846, PARUNGTON STREET, 1888

635, R/VERSDAL£ ROAD, 188889, UMON ROAD, 1888

2, PEPPINSTREET,d88915,ALMA ROAD, (188954.MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1889--936,ALMA ROAD, 18892.08, CAl'.'TERBURYROAD, 188915,lRILBARRA ROAD, 188921, lRILBARRAROAD, 1889

43, KENT ROAD, 18892.MOLESitVOR1H STREET, 1889137,MONT ALBERTROAD, 1889

I WWA 1935;M T Radle, ADB Vol. 7, p5882 Ibid.;WWA1962

32,. PROSPECTHILLROAD, 188910, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 18892M, W."o.J\.'DSYvVRTH ROAD, 188950, WMTISWORTH ROAD, 188942 Wil.RRICAL ROAD, 1889322-394, CAMBERVVELLROAD, 1890-1

262, l.I1v70NROAD, 189(J1900544, BURKE ROAD, 1890

27, []I,'CLESBY ROAD, 1890

7, VICTORIA AVEl'il1E, 1890

13, VlCTORlAAVEb.l1E, 1890

57, YARRBAT AVEl-;llE, 189Oc?7f\, ALMA ROAD, 1891·213, BALWYN ROAD, 1891-473-079, BAnVYl\, ROAD, 1891

320, CAMBERMLL ROAD, 1892

622, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1892

6, TRA.FALCARROAD, 1892125,WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 1892136, CMTERBURY ROAD, 1893

668-670, BURKE ROAD, 1895680, BURKE ROAD, 1895816-822 RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1895

30, HOV'.Ii.RD STREET, 1895.-.29, CA.>.;TERJ3URY ROAD, 1897

52, PROSPECT ffill ROAD, 189715,KASOUKA ROAD, 1898

150,M01'iT ALEBRT ROAD, 1899

26, VlCTORlAA1/E!'.l1E, 1899

External IntegrityGenerally original, given the fence.

StreetscapeAdjoins a more typical late Victorian villa but issited opposite a largely Bungalow streetscape.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a successful and early prototype ofa common early 20th. century villa style: ofregional and local importance.Historically, little is known of the first owner butsubsequent occupiers have been fromCamberwell's typical social strata with theexception of the noted Castles family whosemusical career had international prominence.


•House,16 Alma Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1923-4<:First Owner: Smith, Jemima

HistoryMrs. Jemima Smith purchased this allotment incl922 from a Mr. Warren and built a seven roombrick house there in 19241

. As owner-occupiers theSmiths were listed as E.R. Smith in Melbournedirectories, being replaced by a Miss Isabel ByronDuncan and William A. Richardson, a merchant, inthe early 193052

.

Description

Showing some of the Bungalow's attributes, thisattic-form, gabled house has the shingled balcony(now enclosed?), exposed rafters, a deep eavesoverhang, rough-cast stucco and horizontalwindow bays which constitute the Bungalow'sfamiliar details and facade symmetry. The porchentry is set to the side, serving the driveway. AnEastern influence is suggested by the bowedwindow and roof profiles also the tapered chimneywith its slim capping. The fence appears original,with an Eastern motif as a capping (see 27A AlmaRoad). The garden is sympathetic to the period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.

44. CURRAJONG AVEl'.'UE, 1920c6, IRAM:OO STREET, 1920f17,THREADNEEDL£STREET, 1920(65. YARRBAT AVENUE, 1920f

42. SPENCERSTREET, 1921-3899, TOOR,AK ROAD, 1921930, BURKE ROAD, 1921210, I-VHlTEHORSE ROAD, 1922

648, BURKE ROAD, 1923n, CAt-'TERBURYROAD, 192331. DEEPDENEROAD, 19137, l-\>t\RWlCKAVENUE, 1923

90, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1924-5168A. MO!\:7 ALBERT ROAD, 1924-59, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1924-66~8, BURKEROAD, 1924322·3!4. CAMBERYv'ELL ROAn 191412, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 192410.FITZGERALDSTREET, <'1924<:1L AL"IA ROAD. C1925269, UJ.,'lON ROAD, 1925-&10.DONNA BUA.....C STREET, 19252, l...tA.RTIN ROAD, 19254, ST.A.....DRiESSTREET, 19251, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1915931, TOORAKROAD, 1915lI8, V\>:A.TTLE VALLEY ROAD, 191555, BATH ROAD, 1925(ii, GRE'lTHORNE ROAD, 1925c1, THREAD NEEDLE STREET, 1925c359, ~"''HJTEHORSE ROAD, 1925(513, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c146, YARRBAT Ai'El\lIE, 1925..

External IntegrityThe attic balcony (sleep-out?) may have beenenclosed but otherwise the house is externallyoriginal.

StreetscapeIn a dominantly Bungalow setting.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a house, fence and setting whichtypify their period in style and. scale and a;edistinguished by the Eastern detailing and form 10

common with Bungalow prototypes: of regionalinterest.Historically, little is known of the major occupantsin the Camberwell context.

19,THERIDGE,19161.2,. HU1'.TER ROAD.19189, SEFTONPLACE. 1919-206, CHRlSTOWEL STREET, 1919

718, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 191933,BROAD~I\Y, 1920158, MOl\TALBERTROAD, 192011,PRETORLA, STREET,192023,S/J1I,'t-'YSlDE AVEl'.'UE, 1920286,UNION ROAD, 1920

•

I RBI923-4. i8751; RBI924~5. 21295 first description2 D1931; D1934; D1936; D1938

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IIIHouse,25 Alma Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1889First Owner: Gaggin, Thomas W

History

Accountant, Thomas W. Gaggin, purchased twoallotments from John Kelly in Alma Street puringthe late 188Os, adding a house in 1889. Hisarchitects, Oakden Addi~n & Kemp, calledtenders for the house in 1888 .Later owners included O.A. Mevendorf and R.Morgan3

Gaggin held the post of 'accountant to theTreasurerA the second most senior position in thetreasury, during the late 1800s and early 19OOs,serving through the period of the country's majoreconomic recession. He served under suchministers as Sir George Turner, succeeding G.T.Allen in this role.

Description(inspection needed)The house is typically hip-roofed after the brickItalian manner, but also possesses a gabled mainwing which suggests the work of Medievalist, JohnBeswicke, and the added inference of the Englishmedieval period (constituting the Queen Anne).Comparison may be made with 13 VictoriaAvenue, 15 Alma Road and 21 lrilbarra Road (q.v.),An extensive verandah, which covers threeelevations, is distinguished by the use of turnedtimber posts to support the more typical ironfriezework.The house retains its extensive grounds including aMoreton Bay Fig and a mature cypress hedge andpicket fence at the front, probably derived from thelate 19205.

1 RB 1887-8.71: RB 188-9,78; RB 1889-90,812 MUAl3 BA 1937 8666; BA 1980,680334 The Weekly Times, February 13th., 1904,p.12.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1881630,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18822, BERY-1eK STREET, IBiJ5t·53, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1886-7

320,CAMBERI-'.'ELLRDAD, 18863, FERMANACH ROAD, 1887

57, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733,ALMA ROAD, 188819,CANTERBURYROAD, 1888i6; PARUNCTON STREET, 1888635, RWERSDALE ROAD, 188889, umON ROAD, 18881. PEPPIN STREET, .-188954, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1889-936,ALMA ROAD, 1889208, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188915, IRlLBARRA ROAD, 1889

11, IRlLBARRA ROAD, 188943, KENT ROAD, 18892, MOLESWORTH STREET, 1889137, MOl-.T ALBERT RO_-'\.D, 188931, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1889

la, TRAFALGAR ROAI1, 188926A, WANDSVVOR1H ROAD, 1889

50, WA,"fDSWORTH ROAD, 1889

42, WARRlGALROAD, 1889312-394, CAA1BERYI,.ULROAD, 1890-1

.26.2, lThiI0NROAD, 1890190015, AL\1A ROAD, 1890

544, BURKE ROAD, 1890

27, lNCLESBYROAD, 18907, i'l"CTOR1A.AVEM1E, 1890

13, VICTORIAAVE.VUE, 1890

57, YARRBAT Ai'ENUE, 189(Jc?7A, AL\1A ROAD, 1891-213, BALWY!'<' ROAD, 1891--4

73-079, BALYVlNROAD, 1891320, CAMBERiVTLLROAD, 1892

612, R!VERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1892

lZS,I-\!i\TTLE i'ALLEYROAD, 1892

136, CANTERBURYROAD,l893668-<>70, BURKE ROAD, 1895680, BURKE ROAD, 1895

816--821, RIi'ERSDALE ROAD, 1895

30, HOM-I\RD SIREET, 1895c

29, CA."-TERBURY ROAD, 189751, PROSPECT HIll ROAD, 189715, KASOUM ROAD, 1898

lSD, MO."-T i\LEBRT ROAD, 1899

26, i'l"CTORIAAVE?-;l1E, 1899

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced sympathetically.

StreetscapeLargely screened from the rest of the streetscape,much of which includes the Bungalow era butrelates distantly to the large Italianate villas to thewest.

SignificanceArchitecturally, it is an early prototypical examp!eof a later common villa style (particularly In

Camberwell), designed by a prominent

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IIIarchitectural firm and one of a number of late 19th.Century villas which distinguish this street: ofregional and local importance.Historically, home of a prominent 19th. centurypublic servant and indicative of the aspirations of aman at the highest level of the colony'sbureaucracy: of regional and local importance.

House,27A Alma Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1915First Owner: Reid, Margaret Agnes

History

Margaret and James Reid, a railways signal porterand the owners of the adjoining 29 Alma Road in19141, had this 5 room brick house built next door,during 19152

, and lsased it to Andrew Warden(q.v.) and his family. Warden was an insuranceclerk4

. Henry J. Garland, a coach painter, was anoccupier in the 1930s also William E. Field, in the1920s5.

The house has additional historical interest in thatit was built for an owner from outside the leadingsocial echelons more easily associated withCamberwell. At the time this was built,Carnberwell came in for discussion at the VictorianHousing Inquiry. Evidence referred to parts ofCamberwell in which houses were erected forsecure members of the working class; a grouprepresented by Reid, apparently a secure railwayemployee who had bought a neighbouring houseas well. It is significant in reflecting the livingstandards of the more comfortable members of theworking class; state-employed and with surplusincome to invest. It is a reminder that Camberwell

was never exclusively a preserve of theprofessional and commercial classes.

Description

Federation Bungalow in style and of thetransitional period which separated the popularQueen Anne and the later Bungalow styles, thisrough-cast stucco and red brick house shows thebroad roof gable and simple form of the Bungalow,combined with Eastern detailing (brackets andchimney tops), plus the truss at the gable, familiarin Queen Anne style villas. The slate roofing, withthe hip-capping absent, is another Oriental devicewhich previews the Bungalow period. The gardengenerally supports the period, and includes somenative planting.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWA Y; 19QO.l

20, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RIVERSVJ\L£ ROAD, 19001, SAUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 2900

II, LUENAROAD, 1900c42, BRYSON STREET, 100158, CA.I,,7ERBURYROAD, 1901

6, mTORE STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135,BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1902

169,CANTERBURYROAD, 1903-46, LOG.."I1'.' STREET, 1903

, 142, MOl-;7 ALBERT ROAD, 1904

7,MANC.ARRA ROAD, 1905--624,CfL4.UCER CRESCENT,1905633, RIVERSVALE ROAD, 1906-8i: BALYVYr.' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1906

73-75, BROADl-VAY,190732, CHAUCERCRESCENT,190717, mREADNEEDLE STREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907c138, CMTERBURY ROAD, 1908-941, INGLESBYROAD, 1908-9

10,SEFTONPrACE, 190841, INGLESBYROAD, 1909-10n. BROADWAY, 190973, BROADWAY, 190931, CA."-'TERBURY ROAD. 1909206,C.J\NTERBURYROAD, 190912 VICTORIA ROAD, 19091293,TOORAK ROAD, 1910-8, ST-GEORGESCRESCENT,19102, CrAYTON ROAD, 1910c199.I:VHITEHORSE ROAD, I910c14, ALBION STREET, 1911

17·19, BROADWAY, 1911

96-98,U'(o,'ION ROAD, 191124, KE'(o,'T ROAD, 1912·1354, BROADJ;I;/l..Y,191235, MATLOCKSTREET, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913-186, KlTCRENERSTREET, 19138, RTZGERALD STREET, 1915-2Oc

1 RB 1914-15.3592 01915; RB 1915-16,3713 RB 1914-15,359; 01915; RB 1915-16,371;RB 1915-16,467; RB 1917-18,4594 ibid.5 01935


iii127,N1';-MAL££ ROAD, 1915~2Oc76,ATH£LSTM'ROAD, 1915347·349, l,,/HTTEHORSE: ROAD,1915c353,YVHIT£HORSE:ROAD, 1915c15C, YV71'.'MAL£E: RO.'\D, 1915c

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced unsympathetically,continuing as dividing fences at the side of thehouse.

StreetscapeShares detached villa form and wide frontage ofthe adjoining houses but is otherwise dissimilar.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an early and successful example ofa common villa style of early this century: ofregional and local importance.Historically, of local interest as an investmenthouse built next to the speculator's house but it isunusual in the innovative style chosen.Also unusual is t6hat its owners, the Reids, layoutside of the typical Camberwell class structure,representing the less numerous financially securemembers of the working class.

House,33 Alma Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1888First Owner: Prior, F S

History

F.S. Prior, a Toorak dairy, proprietor', was the firstowner ~f Alma in 18882

, leasing it to Robert T.Clayton. Mesdames Elizabeth Burroughs andMercy Wedge, Squire Kennon and James V.1 WD 1891·22 RB 1887·8 753 WD 1891.2;RB 1887·8.75; RB 1888·9,824 01892; 01896; 01903; 019065 BA 192,2. 1041;019356 WD 18"",1900

McEachjrn were occupiers until early thiscentury. A Mrs. Byrne of Hawthorn owned Al'!'ain the 1920s and! Mrs. M. Lawlor was an occupierduring the 19305 .McEacharn was of the solicitor firm Doyle,McEacharn & Picken of Ceelong'',

DescriptionTruly Italianate in style and clad in its stu~co

ornamentation, Alma possesses a tower set behinda more typically asymmetrically plannedsingle-storey bay with an attached iron verandah.An acanthus leaf impost frieze, grouped bracketsand rosettes provide typical decoration on thesingle storey wing, ornamenting the tower andentrance porch. In the grounds mature exotic treesadd to the house's period expression.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPE:CT HILL ROAD, 1881630,RII/E:RSDALE ROAD, 18822, BERYVTCK STREET, 1885,.53, PROSPECTHiLL ROAD, 1886·7310,CAMBER\lVELL ROAD, 18863, FERAIANACH ROAD, 188757, SEn"fOUR CROVE, 188719,CA.~7ERBURYROAD, 188846, PARLINGTON STREET, 1888635,RII'ERSDALE ROAD, 188889, UNiON ROAD, 18882., PEPPil<.' STREET, d88925, AL'l-ft\ ROAD, .-188954, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1889-936, ALl;-ft\ROAD, 1889108.CANTERBURY ROAD. 188915,IRILBARRA ROAD, 188921, IRIL8ARRA ROAD, 188943, KENT ROAD, 18892, MOLESYvORTHSTREET, 1889137,MOt>7ALBERT ROAD, 188932.. PROSPECTfUU ROAD, 188910,TRAFALC.ARROAD, 188926.'\,Yv'Al\'DSINORTIf ROAD, 188950, WAJ\.'DSVVORTH ROAD, 188942.. WARRlCALRO.'\D, 1889322-394, CAMBERWELLROAD, 1890-1262, UMON ROAD, 1890190015, AL\.fA ROAD, 1890544, BURKE: ROAD, 189017, mCLE:S8YROAD, 189()

7, VICTORIA A 1/E!'·nJE, 189013, VICTORIA A VE:NUE:, 189057, YARRBAT A I/E./\'11£, 189(J,.-?7A, AUM ROAD, 1891-113. BALVVi'NROAD, 2891473'()79, BAL~''(?-.' ROAD, 189132.0, CAMBE:RWEUROAD, 1892621,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAFALCARROAD, 289212.5, WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 1892.1~,CANTERBURYROAD,1893

668-670, 8URKE ROAD, 2895680, BURKEROAD, 1895816.-812., RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1895


II30, HOV\.AADSTREET,189&29, Ct\1'.'TERBURY ROAD, 189752, PROSPECTHILL ROAD, 1897IS, KASOUM ROAD, 1898ISO, MO?o.7 ALEBRTROAD, 189926, VICTORTAAVuruE, 1899


StreetscapeSet in a street which contains several lesserItalianate villas (36 Alma Road) and someintrusive, later development. The elm (and other)street trees also lend a 19th century emphasis.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a relatively more sophisticatedexample of the common Italianate villa mode,which possesses all of the style's attributes (tower,asymmetry): of regional importance.Historically, little is known of the house's ownersand occupiers, except for their representation of themiddle classes which today typify the city.

House,36 Alma Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1889First Owner: Crook, JH B

History

James Crook was the first owner-occupier of thishouse, after its construction in 1889: he also ownedallotments adjoining (71,70)1.Edward Rigby, a solicitor,occupled the house earlythis century, calling it Ngarwee. "Glenholm" wasthe name given on the MMBW Detail Plan 1853,whilst the 1906 Melbourne Directory lists Mrs.Ruth Crook in what may have been a new house,next house to the west (Rhydalmount), built on the1 RB 1889-90.73; RB 1888-9.65 662 DI906 •3 BA 1950.46554 AustralasianJronmonger, 1894, Vol. IX. No.1,p.8

family's vacant allotments. Later owners includedthe Thorn famill.James H.B. Crook, of Crook, Busst and Co, wiremanufacturers, died in 1893. Aged 22, Crook hadjoined Busst in 1871 to commence a short 10 yearsin the business, prior to his forced retirement dueto bad health4

• By 1900, Crook Busst and Co. hadbroadened their interests to include furniture andwire mattresses, having two establishments, one atSouth Melbourne and one in Condell's Lane.

DescriptionA typical asymmetrically planned Italianate villa,with decorative brickwork, a slated and hippedroof and a return, cast-iron verandah.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1881630, RH'ER.."DALE ROAD, 18811, BERi'VICK STREET, 188Sc53, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1886-7310,CAMBERV\.'ELL ROAD, 18863, FERlvV\lvACHROAD, 188757, SErMOUR CROVE, 188733, ALA1AROAD, 188819,CAl\'TERB!1RYROAD, 188846, PARLIr':CTONSTREET, 1888635, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 188889, Ul-<10N ROAD, 18881, PEPPa-.' STREET, <188925, ALMA ROAD, (188954, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1889-9208,CA.".'TERBURY ROAD, 188915,IRlLBARRA ROAD, 188921, fRILBARRAROAD, 188943, KE.....TROAD, 18892, MOLESvVORTHSTREET, 1889137,MOf.,7 ALBERT ROAD. 18893.2, PROSPECHllUROAD, 1889IO, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1889261\.WA.>";"DSWORIH ROAD, 188950, WANDSWORTH ROAD, 188942 WARR1C.ALROAD, 1889312·394,CA,\..fBERWELLROAD, 189Q..l262, UMON ROAD, 1890190015,ALA1AROAD, 1890544. BURKEROAD. 189027, INCLESBYROAD, 18907, VICTORIAAl'ENUE, 189013, VICTORIAAVEl\'UE, 189057,Y~ATAVEl\'U~I~·?

71\. ALMA RO,..W, 1891-213, BALvYTh'ROAD, 18914iJ..()79, BALlAiTh'ROAD, 1891320,CAMBERWHL ROAD, 1892612, RWERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1892125,WATTLE VALLEy ROAD, 1892136,CAN'TERBURYROAD, 1893668-6iO- BURKEROAD, 1895680, BURKEROAD, 1895816-822 RWERSDALE ROAD, 189530, HOWARD STREET, 1895<:29, C.o\l\7ERBURYROAD, 189752,. PROSPECTHIU ROAD, 189715,KASOUKA ROAD, 1898


IIIISO, MONT ALEBRYROAD, 189926, VICTORlAAVENUE, 1899

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced unsympathetically.

SignificanceArchitecturally, the house is a near originalexample of a common 19th century villa stylewhich relates to other similar designs in the street:of local importance and regional interest.Historically, it typifies the regionally successfulmanufacturing class who retired to the semi-ruralclimes of Camberwell: of regional interest andlocal importance.

Rokeby, House,76 Athelstan Street, Camberwell

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1915First Owner: Payne, John

HistoryThis 9 room brick house, built around 1905, wasowned by John Payne, founder of Payne's BonMarche, from 1915 until his death in 1938 1William Payne, also a draper and presumablyJohn's son, resided at this address for much of thattime2 It appears John Payne resided at Rajhmore,Bowen Street, Camberwell until he retired . In the~~~:~~~ property was purchased by Leslie W.

John Payne was born at Baltimore, County Cork,Ireland in 1856and was educated at public schoolsuntil, at the age of 12 years, re became a drapersassistant in a first-class house. In 1875 he came to

Melbourne and was employed by Mr. MarlCupua, proprietor of the 'Nimble Shilling'.Commencing with a capital of £200, John Payneopened his first business in 1878 and establishedPayne's 'Bon Marche' in the Eastern Arcade,Bourke Street in 1885, selling general drapery,men's mercery, and clothing?Payne's 'Bon Marche' moved across the road to134-144 Bourke Street East in 1886. John Paynemarried Jane Elizabeth Connell and had a fa"!>ily offour sons and one daughter''. He died in 1938 .

Description10

Concealed by a high pittosporum hedge and amature garden, Rokeby is built of red brick, has amultiple bayed Marseilles pattern concrete tiledhip roof, half-timbered gables and casementwindow bays typical of the era. Hipped andgabled attic-clormers face east and south; th~ lattercommunicating with a balcony WIth ashingled-balustrade. Tall brick chimneys have theinverted-corbel tops also seen on Queen Anne stylehouses.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADI-\-/\): 19QO.I20, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RWERSDALE ROAD, 1900

1, SAUSBURYSTREET, 19005. V1CTORIA ROAD, 190011, LUENA ROAD, 1900r-

42, BRYSON STREET, 190158. CA....7ERBURYROAD.19(n6, KINTOn STREET.l9Jl23, ROYAL CRESCENT, 1901

35, FROADWAY. 190139, PROSPECT ffiLL ROAD. 1902

169, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-4

6, LOCAN STREET. 1903

H2. MO"T ALBERT ROAD, 1904

7,.M.A.!\'CARRA ROAD. 1905.6

24, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905

633, Rii'ERSDALE ROAD, 19(16-827, BALh'YN ROAD, 1906

58, BROADWAY, 190665, MO!\'T ALBERT ROAD, 1906

73-75, BROADWAY, 1907

31, CHAUCER CRESCEl'.T, 1907

17, mREADNEEDLE STREET, 1907

18,PEPPIN STREET, 19071'


41, ""GLESB)' ROAD, 1908-9

10, SEFTON PLACE, 1908

41, INGLESBY ROAD, 1909-10

71. BROADWAY, 1909

73, BROADWAY, 1909

31, CA."'TERBURYROAD, 1909

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206, CA.VTERBURYROA.D. 190922 VICTORIA ROAD, 19091293, TOORAK RO."\D, 1910-

8, ST. GEORGES CRESCENT, E1I02, CL4.iTOJ:..' ROAD, 1910c

199, IA.!'HITEHORSE ROAD, 191O(14, ALBION STREET. 191117-19, BROADV/." Y, 19l1

9&-98, U1\10N ROAD, 191124, KENT ROAD, 1912-13

54. BROADW" Y,191235, MATLOCK STREET. 1912648, BURKE RO."\D, 1913·18

6, KlTCHENER STREET, 1913

8, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915-20c

127, {,vIl\'A·!ALEEROAD, 1915-.20.

2::>tAL\HRa"D,I.IlIS76,ArriELSTAi'; RO.4.D, 1915347-349, IVHITEHORSE ROAD, 19I5(353. f,'>1iITEHORSE ROAD, i9l5,·150, \tVl,VAi.4LEE ROAD, 1915t

External Integrity

The wire-fabric fence presumably replaced theoriginal timber picket fence in the 1920s.

Streetscape

Set back from other nearby houses but contributeswith its mature landscape as part of an Edwardianand Bungalow era residential precinct (9).

Significance

Historically, for a long period the home of thefounder of Payne's 'Bon Marche,' a householdname throughout the State, at least until the latel%Os. Distinguished in the street by its size andgrounds, Payne's residence in Camberwell isindicative of the character of the homes of principalcommercial figures in Melbourne in theearlier-twentieth century: of Regional importance.Architecturally, a distinctive design which fallsoutside typical Edwardian house styles, is set in aperiod garden and possesses a notable landscapefrontage to the street via its mature hedge. It alsocontributes to an Edwardian and Bungalow eraprecinct: of Regional importance.

Hazeldene, 8 Balwyn Road, Canterbury

National Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.):Classified (organ)Study Grading: BPrecinct: 25.00Construction Date: 1889First Owner: Mercy, George Granville

HistoryGeorge Granville Mercy, a stationer, ownedAllotment 28 and Lots 1 and 2 in Balwyn Road inthe mid-1880s1 In 1889 he had a house built onAllotment 28, which was part of the ShrublandsEstate2 Mercy owned and occupied theeleven-roomed brick house until c1904, by whichtime his listed occupation was that of importer.:'George G. Mercy was the Camberwell mayor in1906- 074

The manufacturer, Aaron Turner Danks, purchasedthe property from Mercy in c1904.5 The propert¥then had an annual rate valuation (NA V) of £110.Hazeldene was again extended tt' 19 rooms by 1911and the NAV increased to £145. Sir Aaron Danksowned and occupied Hazeldene until his death in1928, when it passed to his widow, Lady I.B.Danks.' By 1932 Miss Annie Danks, probably SirAaron and Lady Danks' daughter, owned theproperty and commissioned builders, T.R. & L.Cockram, to alter the dwelling to two flats." AnnieDanks occupied one of the flats until after 1950.10

Danks resided here in the first 20 years of thiscentury, having received his knighthood in 192511

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RBI886-87,737RB1889-90, 186; RBI89G-91, 3456RB I904- OS,360Blainey,G.,A HistorvofCambev-eeti, 1980 pp.Hc 120RBI904-05, 360; DI90S "RBI907-08,418RB 1911-12.440; note that the organ was built lIX:>9-hence this confirms a date of 1909-10 for the additions~l~~~;P1930; TIle Royal Melbourne Hospital Historical Room: A Visitors Guide, 1983. p.16.

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merchant and benefactor, John Danks of JohnDanks & Sons who resided in South Melbourne1

Aaron Turner Danks was born in 1861 inTasmania2 He attended Wesley College andHorton College at Ross, in central Tasmania, andthen began in the family business.f In 1906 he waselected to The Royal Melbourne HospitalCommittee, a position he occupied fortwenty-three years. He was President of this

. f 4committee or ten years.Interested in medical research, he was president ofthe Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of MedicalResearch and his interest in child welfare led himto become president of the Children's Welfar3League and a magistrate of the Children's Court.A devout Methodist, Sir Aaron Danks bought theoriginal property and presented it to the church foran intermediate hospital, later named EpworthHospitalf

DescriptionExternally the house is a typical but large stuccoedltalianate style villa with encircling cast-ironverandah, patterned slate roof, bracketed eaves anddecorated chimney tops. Evidenccextsts of anornate and early interior in this house'. Reputedlythe c1909-10 additions include timber fretwork,window seats, the present dining room with itsornate plaster ceiling and the music room with itsleadlighting and timber lining while ornateplasterwork survives from the Victorian era",The OrganA two-manual organ of 17 speaking stops, built in1909 by George Fincham & Son for the large musicroom in Dank's house survives in-situ and as suchis the only one known of its era to do so in aprivate house. It is reputedly intact with itstubular- pneumatic action, stopkey console,pipework and a blackwood case containingdiapered pipes". Its symphonic tonal design usestwo sets of undulating rinks on the swell and a VoxHu~~na stop placed beneath the music roomfloor .


A projecting room bay is reflected in the verandahform, distinguishing this example from thenumerous asymmetrically planned villas inCamberwell where the verandah stops at theprojecting bay.

The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35. PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1881

630. RH'ERSDi\LE ROAD, 188153. PROSPECTHILL ROAD, I886·~

320, CAMBERM'ELL ROAD, 188ti3, FER\tA,XACH ROAD, 188~

5~, SEYMOUR CROVE, 1887

33, A.L\-H ROAD, 1888

19, C\;.\7ERBURY ROAD, 1888

46, p/\Rw·rCTOi'r :;;TREET, 18i1S

635, RH'ERSD.-4.LEROA.D. 1888

89, U.'<lm;ROAD, 1888

2, PEPPIN STREET. <"l889

25, A,LMA ROAD, (i889

54, MONT AL8ERT ROAD, 1889-9

36, AL\{,J\' ROAD, 1889

208, CA.'\iTERBURYROAD, 1889

15, IRlLBARRA ROAD. 1889

21, lRJLBARR,/'ROAD. 1889

43, KEI-;7 ROAD. 18892, MOLES,VORTH STREET. 1889

137. AfOI\T ALBERT ROAD, 1889

32, PROSPECT HILL ROAD. 188910, 1Ri.F:\LC,\R ROAD, 1889

26.-4.. H:-\XDSiVORTH ROAD, 1889

50, i\:~\DS!~:ORTH ROAD, 1889

42, !'\-ARRICALRD.-\D, 1889

262. w:ro,,- RO.-\D. d89015, AL\L-4. RO/\D, 1890

544, BURKE ROAD. 189D

2;', !f\.:CLESBY ROAD, 189D

7', vrCTORl.4..4 \'L\:UE, 1890

13, l'ICTORIA_A FEI\"UE. :890

57', YARRR-\T ,-\I'ESUE, i89D,:,

7"AAL\t4 ROAD, 1891·213_ML!\,,\7\- RO.-\D. 1891....

;'3-;'.'1, R-\U\Y"- ROAD, 1891.

320, C\MBERl\HL RO.-\D, 1892

ez:RWERSL".4,LE RD.'\D, 1892c. TR.-\F.4,LCi\R ROAD- iS92

125, l'\:·HTLE 1,'.4,LLEYROAD, i8?2

External IntegrityGenerally original, except for replacement of thefront fence with an unrelated high masonry type,and the reduction of the grounds.

StreetscapeContributes to the Balwyn Road residentialprecinct (25) as another substantial house exampleof individual importance.

SignificanceHistorically, the long tenure by George Mercy andAaron Danks (two nationally known figures) isimportant both from their direct associations andthe class they represented, as typical ofCamberwell's early residents. Danks' interests intrade, charity work, child welfare and medicinemake him an important figure in the history ofVictoria: of state importance.

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•Architecturally, it is a large Italianate examplewhich resembles many others in the metropolitanarea, except for its bayed iron verandah, whichlends distinction. It is also part of a precinctnotable for its individually important houses fromlate last and early this century: of local importanceand metropolitan interest.

Shepreth,13 Balwyn Road

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 25.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1891First Owner: Maling, John BBuilder: Maling. John B

HistoryCamberwell builder and councillor, John B.Maling, owned lots 14 and 15 in Balwyn Road from1890; the house was first cited in 1891-2rate bookswith an increased valuation between 1894-5 and1893-41. By 1894-5 a medical practitioner, GeorgeGilray leased the house fr~m Maling andcontinued to do so until c1897-8 . Another doctor,John R. Hutton, took a short tenure; being reflacedby George W. Armstrong. also a surgeon. Thehouse was described as of twelve rooms and brickin 1898.Maling was both a shire and city councillorthrough the period 1886-1916, being electedpresident in 1897-8, 1904-5 and mayor for 1905-6.He resided in Whitehorse Road for much of thistime.

DescriptionItalianate in its asymmetrical plan form, the houseis of polychrome tuck-pointed brickwork, withcement quoins and eaves details also string mouldscontaining rosettes and a serpentine pattern.

I RBI890-1.3369; RBI893-4.336; RBI894-S.3492 RB 1894-5.349; RB 1895-6.224; RB 1896-7.2253 RB 1897-8.210; RB 1898-9,212; RB 1899-1900.227; DI900

The verandah is of two levels, and supported andornamented with cast iron; cast iron balconettesadorn the upper level windows. Outbuildings ofthe period survive at the rear. An exotic frontgarden is sympathetic to the house's period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PRD5PECTfflUROAD, 18816.30, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 28822, BERWICKSTREET, 1885c53, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1886-7320,CAMBERWELLROAD, 18863, FERMANACH ROAD, 188757, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733, ALMA. ROAD, 188819, CA..l\;TERBURYROAD,l88846, PARLfl','CTONSTREfT, 1888635.RIVERSDALEROAD, 188889, UMON ROAD, 18882, PEPPINSTREET, .:188925,AU-fA ROAD, r188954, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1889-936,AL\1A ROAD, 1889108, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188915, IRILBARRA ROAD, 18892URILBARRAROAD,188943, KENT ROAD, 18892, MOLESvVORTH STREET, 1889137, MO/l,7 ALBERT ROAD, 188931, PROSPECT fflll ROAD, 188910, TR.A..FALCAR ROAD. 188916A, WAl\'DSWORTH ROAD, 188950, M-:1!\DSWORTH ROAD. 188942, WARRIC.ALROAD, 1889312-394, CAMBERh'ELLROAD, 1890-1262, Ul\10l\: ROAD, 1890190015, ALHA ROAD, 1890544, BURKE ROAD, 189027, INCLESBYROAD, 18907, VICTORIA.A. VENUE, 189013, VICTORIA A \'ENUE. 189057, YARRBAT AVEl\'UE, 189Qr:?7A. AL\.fA ROAD, 1891·273-079, BALMrTh' ROAD, 1891310, CAMBERVv'ELL ROAD, 1892611. RlVERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 18921.25, WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 1892136. C4.l'';TEREURY ROAD, 1893668-670, BURKE ROAD, 1895680, BURKE ROAD, 1895816-822 RlVERSDALEROAD,l89530, HOWARD STREET, 1895(29, CANT£RBURYROAD, 189751, PROSPECT HIll ROAD, 189715, KASOUKA ROAD, 1898150, MONT ALEBRT ROAD, 189926, VICTORIA A \'£1';11£ 1899


StreetscapeAdjoins another 19th century villa; Queen Annestyle and villas of a later period are nearby.


IIISignificance~chitecturally, typical of many of the larger villasIn Camberwell, Hawthorn and Kew: of regionalinterest and local importance.Historically, for a long period used as a doctor'ssurgery and hence the focus of local residents alsolinked with the locally prominent John Maling: ofregional and local importance.

HistoryJohn Butler Maling was born in SheprethCambridgeshire in 1841, came to Australia in1857/1858, and became the first mayor ofCamberwell. Maling Road, Canterbury is namedafter him1

. He had a number of children the eldestof whom was William Saunders Maling born in1865. William Maling was a builder andcabinetmaker of considerable ability, the chiefsurviving public example of whose work is injoinery at St. Barnabas Anglican ChurchCanterbury and St. John's Camberwell (altar tableand reredos of Kauri pine). Maling, John ButlerThe site was sold to John Maling in 1884 from theShrublands estate owned by Ernest Carter (q.vl.The land is Lot 73 and is at the comer of EricaStreet. William Maling also owned othercontiguous lots which he purchased from the estateof his brother Fred in 18973. In the 1950s these (19Balwyn Road and lA Erica Street) were alienated

Maling House, 17 Balwyn Road,

National Trust of AustraliaClassifiedStudy Grading: CPrecinct: 25.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1888First Owner: Maling, WilliamBuilder: Maling, William & John B

(Class/Rec.):

to other Maling descendants, in whose hands theystill remain.The house at 17 Balwyn Road Canterbury was builtin 1887-8 by William Maling (helped by his father)as a home for himself and his first wife Hannah,who he married in 1888. Maling's fireplaces andhis original furniture, almost all of which remainsin the house, reveal his ability as a cabinetmaker,an occupation he pursued after his carpenteringcareer. His coach house and stables were at lAErica Street and his horse grazed on the site of 19Balwyn Road. The front and rear gardens arethough to have been established early aftercompletion of the house, of which the layout andmature Camellias in the front garden survive. Thepresent large tree-ferns mark the spot of the ferneryestablished on the south side of the house.William and Hannah had no children and bothdied in the 1930s. His second wife, Anne, lived inthe house until 1976, at one stage with a lodger,and died in 1978. Accordingly in its first 91 yearsthe house had only four occupants. As at 1978 itsrooms were a Victorian time capsule (e.g. includinga four poster bed).The garden includes an outhouse with a copper, a1930's greenhouse, and a well (now covered overby the garage but still in use). It was included byPeter Watts in his book 'The Historic Gardens ofVictoria'; the reason for its inclusion, apart from itsbeauty, being that it is a rare surviving example ofan artisan's 19th century garden. 'The rear gardenis the only small city garden known which retainsits original largely utilitarian form:4 However,since, a hundred year old lemon and a floweringcurrant have been lost.

DescriptionA double-fronted typical timber conservativeItalianate-style Victorian-era house, planned in theusual fashion with central passage and flankingrooms. However, not so typical is the high integrityof the interior with old wall-papers and originaljoinery with some furniture, evidently made by thefirst owner, Maling. The gardens, front, side andrear, and the well add to the strong periodexpression of the site.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.630, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18821, BERJt\,1CK STREET, 1885(53, PROSPECT HILL ROAD,1886-7320, CA..\4BEKMLL ROAD, 18863, FERMANACH ROAD. 1887

57, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733, ALMA ROAD, 1888

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Philip Barton letter 4.6.1990 (great-grandson's site history) and Nancy Nicholson (his mother's report) 4.7.1989Title V 1606.F32title Vl928 F401from (Opie[laidlaw?) 'Victorian and Edwardian Gardens of Note'


19,c..AN7ERBURY ROAD,188846, PARW.'CTON STREET, 1888

635,RIVERSDALEROAD, 188889,W<70N ROAD, 18881, PEPPINSTREET, 188925,ALMA ROAD, 188954, MONT ALBERTROAD, 1889-936, ALMA ROAD, 1889208,CA.1"TERBURY ROAD, 188915,lRILBARRAROAD, 188921, 1RIL8ARRAROAD, 188943, KD;7 ROAD, 18892, MOLESWORTHSTREET, 1889137, MOl\'TALBERT ROAD, 188932,. PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1889

10,TRAFALGARROAD, 18892M. WM'DS}VORTH ROAD, 1889

50,WM'DS~R1H ROAD, 188942 WARRlCAL ROAD, 1889

322*394,G\MB£RMLLROAD, 1890-1262, l11\70NROAD,190615,Af...MA ROAD, 1890544, BURKE ROAD, 189027,mGLESBYROAD,18907, VICTORIAAV£!\'UE, 189013,VICTORIAIIVENUE, 189057, Y.ARRBATAVE..l.,'UE, I89(k?

7A,.ALMA ROAD, 1891·213,BALl-VY1\' ROAD, 1891-473-79, BALWYNROAD, 1891320,CAMBER'WELL ROAD, 1892622,RIVERSDALEROAD, 18926, TRAFALGARROAD, 1892

125,WAITLEVALLEY ROAD, 1892136,CA.'-:TERBURY ROAD, 1893816..s12 RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1895

30,HOWARD STREET, 1895c29, CANTERBURY ROAD, 189752,. PROSPECT fUll ROAD, 1897

15, KASOUKA ROAD, 1898

150, MONTALEBRT ROAD, 1899

26, ~7CTORlA A VE1'.'UE, 1899

IIArchitecturally, representativeconstruction era and of interestlayout and specimens.

Shrublands,22 Balwyn Road

National Trust of AustraliaClassifiedNTA File Number: 1795Study Grading: APrecinct: 25.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1861-3..First Owner: Carter, ErnestArchitect: Flanagan, Leonard

only of itsfor its garden

(Class/Rec.):

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External IntegrityGenerally original

StreetscapeContributory part of an Edwardian & Victorian eraresidential streetscape.

HistoryThe local Road Board's assessment of this propertybegan in 1861-2 when a dentist, vigneron, androad board member, Ernest Carter, occupied andowned a house and land in Delany's Road: the nettannual value was £801 By 1863-4, the value hadincreased by 50% and, four years later (possibli'because of a four year revaluation cycle), by 66%3'

Significance Four years on, again the value increased by 40% .Historically, a faithful representation of a typical For the first time, in 1872-3, the land is quantifiedCamberwell artisan's house (inside and out) with as at 60 acres and the address modified toexamples of his work such as fireplace surrounds Canterbury Road4

. A small increase in valu;as fixtures, and the house yard with its plantings occurred in 1875-6 until, in 1884-5, it decreased :both ornamental and for the kitchen- albeit now the previous year the land had been subdivided,bereft of stable and workshop: of high local cthheanhgOeudsetOYBaardlwyrenduRcOeaddl,o. 8 acres and the addressimportance and metropolitan interest. Itsassociations with J B and William Maling are In the period 1883-4 John Hindson, a merchant,important to Camberwell, given J B Maling's great became the new owner-occupier retaining 13influence on the 19th century built character of allotments of :¥hat had been termed theCamberwell through both his political career and "Shrublands Estate" .his building activities, as with this house: of Camberwell historian J. Alex Allan stated that theregional interest and local importance. house was built in 1863, ten years after Carter

~eCantetburyCourier's Early HistoryofCanterbury(19S0); Free Press. 1L5.l977. p.lO; Free Press. 21.2.l968.pp. lQ..ll; RB 1861-2.

RB 1863-4.227; RB 1868-9.222RB 1971-2.221RB 1881-2.260RB 1874-5.236; RB 1884-5.505RB 1883-4.339ibld.; RB 1885-6.640


appeared in Melbourne commercial directories asconsulting in Russell Street. Earlier in 1876, theproperty had been advertised for auction byGemmell Tuckett and Co. as

"...The Beautiful Residence of Ernest Carter Esquire.The house (erected after plans by Mr. Flannaganarchitect) is most substantially built of brick,stuccoed...with balcony supported by chiseled stonecolumns..."The house was built on two levels with 12main rooms. a basement and coach houses. Itpossessed generously sized rooms and servants'quarters whilst the 60 acres...was beautifully laid fut(about16 acres in garden, vineyardand orchard)..." .

There were fruit trees and rare shrubs. Despitethis glowing description, the property appears tohave not sold. It was readvertised for sale or leasein 1883, and after its sale to Hindson, hecommissioned architect, William Wolf to design"extensive additions..." in 188~. In parallel, thevaluation rose from 350 to £600 over the period of1888- ext. Not surprisingly for the time, Hindsonwas forced to sell all but two of his thirteenallotments and continued to live in what wasdescribed in 189~, as an 18 room house until wellinto this century .Alice Hindson, John's widow, donated the housein 1924 to the Anglican Church, after the family's~a~~~~~a}~n with St. Barnabas' Church in

St. Martin's Home for Boys, which had beeninitiated five years earlier at Auburn, moved thereand took the new name of St. Johns, opening thereby 19266 The construction of a new but matchingdining room, hospital accommodation and staffquarters to the north in 1934, began the extensivebuilding program which followed, much of whichis in marked contrast to ~he structures of theprevious one hundred years. The cellar rooms,once reputedly having housed Carter's Boroondarawines, were converted to a chapel.

Description

The MMBW Detail Plan of 1904, when comparedwith Carter's subdivision plans of 1883, show theoriginal house to be the south end of the presentstructure, as defined by the colonnade mentionedin the 1876 advertisement. Wolf's 1889 additionsextended towards Balwyn Road, matching inheight and finish but without the "balcony". Thedesign is two-storied, of stuccoed brick with abasalt stone basement, and is provided with a

two- level verandah. The verandah is supportedon superposed Ionic order cement colonnades.The original house's conservative Renaissancerevival design has been subtly repeated in Wolfswest wing of the 1880's by use of Ionic pilastrationacross a facade which repeats, in bas-relief, themajor decorative elements of the first building. Asimilarly subservient role has been adopted by the1934 north addition, adopting the traditional formof a servants wing. A distinctive element of theeast face, where the verandah terminates on aroom bay, is the elegantly swept stair whichascends to the entrance from the carriage sweep.This is an important remnant of the long drivefrom Canterbury Road, along with mature exoticornamentals (cedars, pines) which allude to theformer house garden and beyond.Internally, the wide entrance hall has CorinthianOrder paired columns to the dividing arch whilstmain rooms have white marble or slate mantels.The cellar is suitably medieval in character withstone and brick archways between footing walls.Comparative examples, conservative in arenaissance revival style with superposedcolonnades include: Fairholme, Prospect Hill Road(1874) 6-8 Burnett Street and 40 Alma Road, St.Kilda; 102 North Road, Brighton and the former .Wren house at 15 Nolan Avenue, Kew.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.2, BERWICK STREET, 185919,CAZ\TERBURYROAD,18609,BAR.\,SBURY ROAD, 1861190, CA.MBERVllELL ROAD, 1868·8, AIRD STREET, I8iO

35,PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 18734

IntegrityThere is a new entrance door and some otherdetails have been altered but the exterior remainsgenerally unchanged since the 1880s. Internally,mantels have been removed, rooms subdividedand sanitary services added.

StreetscapeThe house is recognizable as a presubdivisionproperty and prominent from distant view pointsto the south. However it is not related to theBalwyn Road streetscape.

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TheArgus, 22.11.1876, p.2CLFI3, VaLSRB 1888-9, 1476; RB 1890-1,3454RB 1892-3,903FreePress.21.2.1968, pp.In-Hibid.ibid.


..SignificanceArchitecturally, an early semi-rural example of theconservatively treated Renaissance revival inVictoria and among a small group (6 known) ofearly Victorian houses, of this general style group,which posses two level cement colonnade:verandahs of state importance.Historically, owned by persons prominent inCamberwell affairs and illustrative of the area'searly wine-growing role in Victoria, given its largenear intact cellar. Few buildings survive frompre-suburban Camberwell and Shrublands is anuncommon reminder of the suburb's rural past,built in a more expansive rural style than latermansions and owned by Ernest Carter, dentist andvigneron. Carter was a crucial and representativefigure in the history of Camberwell. His careercombined an urban profession with managementof a rural enterprise. He also fostered an infantmunicipality on the fringe of the metropolis.Shrublands reflects the lives of Carter and hispeers, important to Camberwell and othermunicipalities. The building has significance forthe region of Melbourne middle ring suburbs: ofregional importance.

House,27 Balwyn Road

Study Grading: APrecinct: 25.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1906First Owner: Sutton, George Henry

HistoryGeorge H. Sutton, a railways department officer,was the first owner-occupier of this nine room,two-store1brick house, constructed by D. McBeanin 1905-6. Sutton retained the house into the1930's; W.G. Nevin and E.R. Morgan havingoccupied the house subsequently';I BA 1899-1918 663; RB 1905-6.3722 BA 1934.4115; BA 1951.8854; DI962

DescriptionOf the Queen Anne villa style, the house istypically set on an L-plan, with prominenthalf-timbered gables joined by a return timberverandah. A comer conical-shaped turret is setagainst the high, hipped, Marseilles tile-dad roof.The hipped roof also accommodates gableddormer windows. A comer room bay is set on adiagonal axis to that of the main house andenhances its overall picturesque qualities, albeit ina relatively cramped fashion. The main characterof the design is seen from the south where asuccession of heavy arches within the verandahjoin the entrance porch and are echoed by the atticroom above with its bowed balustrade.Comparison exists between this house and thesimilarly verandahed 150 Mont Albert Road (q.v.),designed by Ussher & Kemp, suggesting theinvolvement of these architects. The picket fence isoriginal and the garden sympathetic to the period.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADV\-/\ Y,1900-1

10, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RH'ER..<:;DALE ROAD, 19001.SALISBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 1900

11, LUENAROAD, 190Qc

42, BRYSON STREET, 190158, CA1\TERBURY ROAD, 19016, KINTORESTREET. 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135,BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHIll ROAD, 1902169,CANTERBUKYROAD, 1$(lJ.4

6, LOGA1'1 STREET, 1903142, MOt-;T ALBERT ROAD, 1904

7,MANCARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905

633, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906·858, BROADWAY,190665. MONT ALBERT ROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 1907


17, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 190718, PEPPTN STREET, 1907,"

138, CANTERBURY ROAD, 190iJ..9

41, INGLESBYROAD, 1908-910,SEFTON PLACE. 1908

41, INGLESBY ROAD, 1909·10n. BROADWAY, 1909

n BROADWAY, 1909

31, CAl'iTERBURYROAD, 1909106, CA.lI.iTERBURY ROAD, 1909

12. VICTORIA ROAD, 1909

1293, roORAI:: ROAD, 1910·8, ST, CEORGES CRESCENT, 1910

2, CLA¥TON ROAD, 1910c199, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1910c

24,. ALBION STREET, 1911

17·19, BROADWAY, 1911

96-98, mao....'RO_~D, 1911

24, KENTRO_~D, 1912·13

54,.BROADWAY, 1912


35, MATLOCK STREET, 1912648, BURKE ROAD, 1913·186, KIraIENERSTREET, 19138, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·20c127, J.\'1NMALEEROAD, 1915·20c27A,ALMAROAD,191576,A1HELSTANROAD,1915347·349,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c353, YVH1TEHORSEROAD,1915c150, YVINMALEE ROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original

Streetscape

Adjoining and facing both contemporary and 1920shouses, the house has ideal corner exposure for thestyle in a street well supplied with richly designeddetached villas.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a superior, and near intact,medium scale example of the popular Queen Annevilla style possibly involving the style's foremostpractitioners, Ussher & Kemp: of regionalimportance and state-wide interest.Historically, little is currently known of Sutton inthe Camberwell context.

RestorationRepaint trim in original or typical colours.

House,35 Balwyn Road

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 25.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1931-2First Owner: Deery, Harriett and EdwardArchitect: King, RM. & M.B.Builder: Pepper & Chensworth

HistoryIn 1931 architects, RM. & M.B. King, designed thislarge house for Harriett and Edward Deery, aformer warehouseman, to serve his retirement',The builders were Pepper & Chensworth and theestimated cost £2100. It was to be of nine roomsand two storeys and sited on the former groundsand tennis court of 2A Grange Avenue, anotherDoery family home/. Both houses remained withthe family until the late 1940s when the GrangeAvenue house was sold and its occupants (Spencerfamily'') relocated in the Balwyn Road property.This too was sold in 19554

. Veronica and KenDoery (son?), also a warehouseman, lived nearbyat 21 Balwyn Road.Downing, the Mitchells, Sir David Z~dlerand J. &R Derham were more recent owners. Alfred andCharles Derham were prominent formerCamberwell residents.Edward Doery started the firm Doery & Tilley(see 65 Mont Albert Road) with William Tilleyearly this century. Three businesses evolved fromthe partnership, Doery & Tilley PIL: footwearimporting and later manufacture, importation offloor coverings and soft furnishings and generalretailing in the same product area. The CharlesStreet Abbotsford slipper and shoe factory, a retailstore at Centre Road Bentleigh and the large citypremi~es Boydex House, at 333 Flinders Lane(1912) were among the buildings which servedthese businesses, the latter being owned until the1960s.Camberwell attracted commercial figures,manufacturers, senior civil servants andprofessional men. Many of the suburb'smanufacturers were involved in the boot and shoetrade and this house is an example of theirdomestic aspirations.

DescriptionNeo-Georgian in general character, the house risesnear symmetrically about a central porch cumporle cochere and terminates on a hipped and tiledroof with generous slatted eaves overhanging allsides. Clinker brick plinths, fence and sills relateto the blended clinker shades of the Marseillespattern tiles. A garage, adorned by a cementcartouche, joins the house on the north and animpressive mature garden on the south. A hugeand aged Monterey pine and a younger but largeCedar are the main elements of this garden.

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BA 1931 187767;ER 19311etterK EBD~ (copy held); BA 1931,2194related by mamageibid.BA 1955, 17144;BA 1981...69193designed by the Tompkins Broths.


Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTONROAD, 1930396,CAMBERWELLROAD,1930460,CAMBERWELLROAD,193016, MUSWELLHILL, 1930

3, BRENBEALSTREET,1930c177, DONCASTER ROAD, 1930c

816-822, RIVERSDALEROAD,193{)c454,WARRIGALROAD, 1930,359, WHlTEHORSEROAD, 193Ot:397-399, MiITEHORS£ ROAD, 1930c497,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c1292,. TOORAKROAD, 1931·211. CHATFIELDA VENUE.1932-327, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FINSBURYWAY,1933125,HIGHFIELDROAD, 19331, MAPLECRESCENT,193314,STODDART 51REET, 19337, .MANGAN STREET,1933c11,FAIRMONT AVENUE, 1934-587-8711, BOWENSTREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD,1934201,l-WiIT£HORSEROAD, 1934c45, CHRlSTOJIo/EL STREET, 193546,CHRI5TOWELSTREET, 193556, CHRISTOML STREET, 19351,FAIRMONTAVENUE, 19359,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193513, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 19353, SAUSBURYSTREET, 1935177,GLENIRISROAD,1935c361, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c361, MilTEHORSEROAD, 1935c796-798, BURKE ROAD, 193623, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19364l, COOKSON STREET, 19369, JUDDSTREET,193649,THE RIDGE, 193620, WALSH STREET, 1936


StreetscapeBlended into the surrounding landscape by itsgarden the house nevertheless relates to adjacentand contemporary Bungalows and Italian villasthe 1920sand 1930s.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an intact, successful and earlyneo-Georgian design which is enhanced by itsgarden setting and contributes to a contemporaryvilla precinct: of regional importance.Historically, built by an old Camberwell familyand founder of a large importing andmanufacturing business: of regional and localimportance, also representative of the prevalenceof members of the boot and shoe-making trade inthe city.

Tourrnont, now Fintona Girls School79 Balwyn Road

Precinct: 25.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1891First Owner: Syme, David YorkArchitect: Beswicke,John

HistoryAndrew Murray, editor of the Argus, the Economistand Murray's Prices Current reputedly purchasedthe land surrounding this house in the 1850's. Heestablished a large vine~ard and built a housewhich he called Balwyn. Melbourne SteamshipCompany co-founder and Manager, David YorkSyme, was however, the first owner-occupier ofthis eighteen room brick house in 1891,occupyin~allotments 28-9, 18-19 of a recent subdivision.Peter Watts, in his undergraduate thesis on JohnBeswicke cites him as Syme's architect. Symeresided there until his death in 1932.Apprenticed as a surgeon and apothecary inBushmills, Ireland, Syme left for Australia aged 18(c1862) and eventually gained a commission in theRoyal Sydney Artillery. After an unsuccessfulperiod growing cotton in Fiji he retumed toMelbourne in 1893 and was appointed manager ofthe Hobson's Bay Floating Dock Co. andengineering works at Williamstown, by hisbrother-in-law and former Williamstown pilot,Hugh Reid. Reid's firm combined with theMelbourne Coal Co. and James Deane and Co.and, together with their proprietors (Deane andMcIntyre) formed the Melbourne Coal, Shippingand Engineering Co. Ltd. in 1884.Syme outlasted the other partners, serving on theMarine Board, a trustee of the Pilots'Superannuation Fund and Shipwrecked Mariners'Fund also as vice president of the EmployersFederation. His son David Syme [nr, was 15when Tounnont was built. He later became

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Blaney, p.23D1891; RB 1891-2, 1310; RB 1892-3,657

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IImanaging director of the Melbourne SteamshipCo., in 1919, and a director of other associatedcompanies. He was appointed the DeputyController of Shipping also serving on theMelbourne Hospital Committee'. 2

A plan of Tourmont, dated 1927, shows the houseas it stands (minus new wings), with a carriagesweep to its frontage, a tennis court to the northand a stable yard to the west.Fintona school began as William and AnnieHughston's college in the late 19th century,moving from one large house to another until,under Margaret CUnnin§3ham, the schoolpurchased Tourmont in 1934. Architect, R.W.Appleford and builder Yuncken prepared thehouse for commencement as a school in 19364

. Anew wing was linked to the house on the southleaving the original extent of the house clearlyvisible. Other wings followed. Beswicke, John

DescriptionTourmont appears to consist of two buildings ofthree-colour face brick: one a two-storey, ironverandahed house; the other a French chateauxwith a dash of English Tudor. This duality ispronounced by the central placement of a trussedgable set into the upper verandah of the northernwing which, with its sparse detail, differsmarkedly from the other ornate and Tudoresquehalf-timbered and trussed gable to the south.Ribbed chimneys, the pressed metal cladding andfretted detail of the southern gable and the turnedverandah posts of the northern wing are allcommon attributes of the Melbourne Queen Annevilla style of the Edwardian era. Late Victorianperiod detail and finishes are also apparent giventhe cast iron friezes and balustrading, polychromebrickwork, the pointed arched openings andgeneral two-storey towered form (see 13 VictoriaRoad), which may also be seen in ltalianate villassuch as Parlington (q.v.). The Queen Anne styledvilla adjoining highlights this contrast.The picket fence and mature trees (elms) aresympathetic to the house construction date, whilstadded wings, to the west and south, match ingeneral form and materials to that of the original.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECT HIll. ROAD, 1881630, RIVERSDALEROAD, 18822, 8ERl-\1CK STREET, l885e53,PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1886-7320,CAMBERWELLROAD, 1886

1 TheAge~0e<:.ember2Ist. 19352 Marine eoerc3 Blaney,p.72; Gillison. J. MargarerCunningham ofFintona, p.364 op.cit. p.75

3, FERMANACHROAD, 188757, SEYMOUR CROVE. 188733,AL\o£AROAD,188819, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188846, PARUNCTON STREET, 1888635, RlVERSDAL£ ROAD, 188889, UMON ROAD, 18882, PEPPlNSTREET,d88915. AL\-fA ROAD, d88954, MO,>..'r .",LBERT ROAD, 1889-936,AL\{A ROAD. 1889208, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188915,IRILBARRAROAD, 18892t IRILBARRA ROAD, 188943- KENT ROAD, 18892, MOLESY.'OR1H STREET, 1889

137,MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1889

32. PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 188910,TRAFALGAR ROAD, 18892M, WM'DSWOR1H ROAD, 1889

50, WANnSWORTH ROAD, 188942, WARRIGALROAD, 1889322·394, CAM8ERJIo,.'ELLROAD, 1890-1161, lf1I,70N ROAD, 18901900

15, ALIM ROAD, 1890

544. BURKE ROAD, 189017,INCLESBYROAD,189O

7, VlCTORIA AVENUE, 1890

13, VICTORIA A VENllE. 189057, YARR8AT AI'£!\l1E, 189O(?lA, AU1A ROAD, 1891-2

13, BALVVYN ROAD, 1891-4320, CA,\'fBERltVELLROAD, 1892

621, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 18916, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1892125, Yo;i\TTLE VALLEY ROAD, 1892

136, CAl\'YERBURY ROAD, 1893

668-670, BURKE ROAD, 189568{J, BURKE ROAD, 1895

816-822. RIVERSDALE ROAD, 189530, HOJ.'l.i\RD STREET, 18!l5(

29, CA.,\TERBURYROAD, 189752, PROSPECT HlLLROAD, 1897

15. KASOUKA ROAD, 1898

150, MOl\T ALEBRT ROAD, 189926, \'lCTORlA A VENUE, 1899

External IntegrityThe building is generally original (elevationsvisible from Balwyn Road) with the exception c:fschool additions to the south and west. It IS

possible that the section south of the tower wasadded early this century.

StreetscapeSet on a hill and within a large exotic garden thehouse is prominent, physically, and as an obviouspre-subdivision property. It adjoins houses fromthe Queen Anne style and Bungalow type whichrelate with gabled roof forms and brick colour.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a highly successful andpicturesque design, using Euro!?e~n Medievalmotifs in a manner characteristic of JohnBeswicke's work, and a prelude to the medievalemphasis adopted by the prolific Queen Anne villastyle in Victoria: of state importance.


IIHistorically, created for and the home of DavidSymes, an important Victorian business figure.Both Murray, the original purchaser, and Syme, thefirst resident are critical figures in the history ofVictoria if not Australia. Murray combined hisnewspaper interest with wine-growing and servicein local municipal politics; Syme was an influentialmember of the Victorian corporate world. Theywere probably a cut above other Camberwellresidents in political and economic influence.Tourmont reflects some of this local standing. Thebuilding's later career as a private girls' schoolindicates another phase in the history ofCamberwell, when its mansions were turned tonew uses, private schools in particular; of stateimportance.

Canonbury,9 Barnsbury Street

National Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.):ClassifiedNTA File Number: 3383Study Grading: BPrecinct: 18.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1861First Owner: Lamont, Edward H

HistoryEdward H. Lamont, a broker and comrrussionagent, purchased lot 18, the land surrounding thisproperty, in 18611

. He mortgaged it in 1870 andgave it over to his trustees three years later whoimmediately resold a house and fifteen acres on theI NTA FN.33832 ibid.; RB 1872-3,269; RB 1873-4,2783 RB 1884-5,6094 NTA FN.33835 RB 1868-9,2706 ibid; RB 1871-2,2717 RB 1872-3,2698 RB 1869-70.270; RB 1875-6,2839 RB 1882-3,40910 NTA FN.338311 RB 1884-5,60912 RB 1894-5,45613 RB 1898-9.31914 NTA FN.3383

site to Edward Waters, discharging the mortgageZ,

Waters eventually subdivided the land in 1884when William Sewell, civil servant, became thenew owner-occupier of a house and around 4acres, until his death in 19123 Edward FetherstonHargh owned it in the 1920-30's and ThelmaMatthews until 19604.The Boroondara Shire plan of c1875 shows a squareallotment facing Mont Albert Road, owned by E.Waters: .no house is shown. However, ratedescriptions give a constant description from 1864and modest valuation until a slight rise in the latterduring 1868-95. It was rented to Thomas Osmondon that occasion until 1871-2 when Alex Duncanleased it6 Lamont was no longer the accreditedowner in ~hat year, his trustees being listed insteadin 1872-3. Valuation rises occurred in 1869-70(near 100%) and remained steady until 1875-6when Edward Waters, a patent agent, was theowner-occupier (and had been since c1873)8,By 1882-3, the property was leased todistinguished government surveyor, ClementHodgkinson, prior to its subdivision and resale in1884. It was called Canonbury during Waters'tenure10

Sewell, the new owner after 1884, was rated for ahouse and near one quarter of the acreage: hisvaluation however increased by 20%11 It is likelythat alteration of, or addition to, the original houseoccurred then. The property value remainedconstant, with a dwindling supply of land, until1894-5 when it decreased12 It decrerrd again in1898-9, then described as of ten rooms ,MMBW Detnil Plnn 1841 (1904) shows the houseand carriage sweep linked by serpentine drivewayfrom the Salisbury Road corner. The house isverandahed on four sides (now part removed) andlinked by a yard to stables on the west boundary,Nearby, the construction of the Outer CircleRailway had already created a cutting underBarnsbury Road.William Sewell served as an officer in the treasuryand later became chief clerk of the Premier'soffice14. Waters' business address was, for a longperiod, the 'international patents office' in LittleCollins Street, where he advised on patent law,patent and trade marks, and provided an agencyfor their application.


Description1

A stuccoed brick house with slated hipped roofsand an encircling iron post verandah withpanelled iron friezes and carved timber brackets.The house is in a conservative ltalianate manner;the sparse detail including eaves brackets andchimney comices. What may be an early post andrail fence (part), follows Barnsbury road, enclosinga dominantly exotic mature garden. The roofforms give some evidence of sequentialconstruction but the overall appearance supportsthe c1884reconstruction date.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.2.. B£RYv7CK STREET, 185919, CA},TERBURYROAD, 186018,BALVVYNROAD, 1863290, CAMBERMLL ROAD, 1868·8,AIRDSTR£ET,187035, PROSP£CTHILLROAD, 1873-4

External IntegrityAdditions have replaced the verandah on the northelevation; the stable brickwork has been painted.

StreetscapeIsolated by landscape from a dominantly 20thcentury built neighbourhood the landscape formand planting associated with the adjoining railreserve lend to the expression of a 19th centuryenvironment.

Significance

Architecturally, a near externally intact and largehouse which reflects its early date and subsequentconstruction by the conservative stylism anddiverse roof forms: of potential regional interestand local importance.Clement Hodgkinson and Sewell were both seniorcivil servants; Hodgkinson in particular wasinfluential in the shaping of many areas within thecolony and played a part in the design of publicgardens and in street plantings. The gardens ofCanonbury may reflect some of these interests.Along with a few other local properties itrepresents the style in which senior colonialadministrators lived over several decades and thetype of resident attracted in its transition fromrural retreat to outer suburb.

House,55 Batb Road, Burwood

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1925First Owner: Brewer, James tanner? manager

History

A tanner, James Br~nd Brewer,.wa~ the fir~t ownerof this house after Its constructJ~n In 1925

3It was

described as of six rooms and built of brick . JamesBrewer occupied this house with his wife Hildauntil the mid 194054

• By 1931 he had become amanagers, Geo/frey G. Forster was the next ownerof the property .

DescriptionObscured by a mature, near original garden,. thehouse is of red brick, has a terra-cotta Marseillespattern tile roof and distinctive flared and shingledwindow hoods which rise from under the roofgable and lend an Eastern cha~acter t<; the design.The brick, paneled fence IS typical of theEdwardian and Bungalow eras, particularly thelatter with its cemented and stepped pier cappings.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,THE RIDGE, 191612. HUl'.'T£R ROAD, 19189, SEFTON PUCE, 1919·20

6, CHRlSTOVv'ELSTRE£T, 1919i18, RWERSDALE ROAD, 191933, BROADVvi\Y, 1920

158, MOfI.rT ALBERT RO...\D, 1920

11,PRETORIA STREET, 192023, SUNNYSIDE AVEl\'UE, 1910286, UN10N ROAD- 192044, CURRAJONC A \'El\'UE, 1920,

6, l'RAA·fOO STREET, 1920fIi, THREADl\'EEDLE STREET, 1920f65, YARR8AT A t'E.";lIE, 1920..

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III42, SPENCERSTREET,1921*3899, rOORAl ROAD,1921930, BURKEROAD, 1922220, MfITEHORSE ROAD, 191216,ALMAROAD,1913648,BURKEROAD, 192321,<::t\J-;7ERBURYROAD, 192331,DEEPDENEROAD, 19237, WARMCKAVEz...'UE, 192390, MOl-,iTALBERT ROAD, 1924-5168A, MOl\7 ALBERTROAD, 1924-59, ROQfESTER ROAD, 1924006630-638,BURKEROAD, 1924322·394, CAMBERifllELLR:OAD, 192412,MONT ALBERTROAD, 192410,FITZGERALDSTREET, 191k11,ALMA ROAD, c1925269, UMON ROAD, 1925-&10,DONNA BUA./'.'C STREET, 19252, MARTINROAD, 19254, sr.ANDRIES STREET, 19251, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925931,100RAKROAD, 1915118,WATTLEVALLEYROAD, 192555, BATH ROAD, 1925c77,CREYTHORNE ROAD, 1925c1,THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925c359, MHTEHORSE ROAD, 1925,513,"WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c146,YARRBAT AVE/I.'UE, 1925c

External Integrity

Generally original, except for an added brick bay tothe side.

Streetscape Contribution....Significance

Historically, the house of a member ofCamberwell's manager/manufacturer class andhence typical of the suburb: of local importance.Architecturally, an unusual Eastern Bungalowdesign for the era with high integrity to itsconstruction date: of regional interest.

House,2 Beatrice Street, Burwood

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1941First Owner: Armstrong, Harold B

HistoryHarold B. Armstrong, the celebrated cartoonist,was thefirst owner of this house constructed in 1940-411 Itwas a seven roomed brick dwelling and wasestimated to cost £2,1002

Harold B. Armstrong w~s born in Sydney, NSWonthe 19th March, 1903'. The son of A. MilnerArmstrong, a high school teacher and headmaster,he grew up in Sydney, Dubbo and Orange", Heworked as a survey draughtsman with the LandsDepartment (1919-22), for the Forestry Commission(1923-27) and for the Water Board (1929) bef0"fbecoming a commercial artist (1929-31).Armstrong worked as a cartoonist for the SydneySun for part of 1932 and then the Melbourne Heraldbefore moving to the Melbourne Star in 19356 Onthe demise of the Melbourne Star in 1936 h;worked for the Star's parent paper, the Argus.When, in its turn, the Argus foundered Armstrongwas left without a daily paper although he workedout his contract on the Sun which had taken overthe Argus8 For a time he drew for Truth, forSomerville Smith's abortive Smith'sWeekly, and fortrade papers'', Armstrong also published books onhow to draw and in his last years some children'sbookslO

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ibid.


..In 1922 he married Eda Margaret Govers and had ason and two daughters'. His son B~ry worked inmetal sculpture, jewelry and drawing .

DescriptionModernistic, if not modem in design, the house ison two levels with ample first-level terraces on theflat roofs of the protruding one-level bays below.Clad in cream brick, it also followed the Europeanprototypes (Dudok) in the cubist form adoptedwhere masses of differing size and scale,rectanguloid and curved, interplay visually.Concrete slab edges link each ground-levelwindow head while, at the upper level, they areconfined to the openings. The site, on a comer andelevated, is ideal for the free-standing designexpression implied by Modernistic concepts.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.106,YIlHlT£HORSE ROAD, 1940-1r.MO~7ANA STREET, 19401297,TOORAX ROAD, 194<J9t!MUD STREET, 1940c133,"..fAUD STREET,1940c56, R!VERSIDEAVEl\'UE, 194<k15,WALBUNDRYAVE]\,'UE, 194tk417-,YVHrrEHORSE ROAD, 194.&113, YARRBAT AVEJ.l1E,l940c

123, Mo.t-ITALBERTROAD, 1941·2.2. BEATRICESTREET, 19416, BULLEEN ROAD, 1941

In DONCASTER ROAD, 19414, MAYSIA STREET, 19<11%, THE BOULEVARD, 19411, KELBA STREET, 1941r666, RIYERSDALE ROAD, 1946-7

119, DONCASTER ROAD, 1948

1, KALONGA ROAD, 1948c

166,lAIHIT£HOR5E ROAD, 1951·22, TAURUS STREET, 195!,32,. URSA STREET, 1951c6, 0\RR1GAL STREET, 195243,Kl'REEP ROAD, 19521, MADDEN STREET, 1952

.2, CARRlCAL STREET, 195416,CARRICALSTR£ET, 1954129,Yv'lNMALEE ROAD, 195414, ORlON STREET, 19$:k32,BALYo.'YN ROAD, 1955.45<'\NARRAK ROAD,1955c

External IntegrityGenerally original.

SignificanceHistorically, important association with Harold BArmstrong, commercial artist and newspaperidentity: of Regional importance.Architecturally, an adept and well-sited design inthe Modeme/Modem manner, a style seldom usedin the metropolitan area in its truethree-dimensional form: of Regional importance.

Tara, now Broughton Hall,2 Berwick Street

National Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.):ClassifiedNTA File Number: 572Study Grading: APrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1858-9,1883First Owner: O'Shanassy, Sir JohnArchitect: Barry, J M (1858-9); Salway, William(1883)

HistoryTenders were called by architect J.M. Barry, in June1858, to erect '".a MANSION and OUTOFFICES atBoroondara, for the Hon. John O'Shanassy, ChiefSecretary". Later in 1883, tenders were called byWilliam Salway for 'additions, alterations andrepairs to Tara, Camberwell for Mr. O'Shanassy',and, prior to that, by architects William Ellis fornew stabling4

. The Argus of 1884 described thecompleted interior decoration by Mr. Robert Reidand the rec0'!5truction of the interior by Mr.William Salway. So ended the evolution of Tara

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IIto its present outward [orm, given that the facadewas completed by 18591

.

By 1884, Matthew Patrick O'Shanassy was theresident gentlemen owner of the 18 room Tara and46 acres surrounding/, A brief change ofoccupancy occurred in 1888 when GeorgeLangridge, auctioneer, leased Tara: he alsop,,:rcha~d 45 acres of the grgunds and subdividedIt In this boom year of 1888. Matthew regainedpossession by 1893 until his death in 1900 afterwhich John Coupar, warehouseman, owned andoccupied the house4

. Mrs. Annie Couparcontinue? there for many years, followed by a Mrs.M. Letts.Sir John O'Shanassy, Irish born, arrived at thethreshold of the Colony, in 1839. His business(drapery) interests thrived as did his role with theRoman Catholic Church, so founding the St.Patrick's Society and working for charitableinstitutions generally. He served as a Melbournecouncillor, member of the Denominational SchoolsBoard and a Public Library trustee. He was alsoactive among building and land societies and animportant figure in the establishment and runningof the Colonial Bank.Elected to Victoria's first Legislative Council heserved as a virtual opposition leader until 1857when a new government was formed withO'Shanassy as its Premier and Chief Secretary for abare month. He re-emerged in this role in 1858 and1861. During these sessions the Crown Land Act of1862 and Local Government Act of 1862-3 weremajor legislative achievements, the latterreceiving..:much of Mr. O'Shanassy's attention'.Failing health meant cessation of politics and aworld tour when Pope Pius IX knighted him intothe Order of St. Gregory for his efforts in Catholiceducation.On his return he entered the Legislative Council in1868 .and. 1872-4 and the Assembly in 1877:pursuing In both theatres a conservative view ofthe Catholic cause until his defeat at Belfast (portFairy) in 1883. A Knighthood awaited him at hisretirement from the Council. He died in 1883 asdid his widow, in 1887; both dates marking boththe enrichment and dissipation of Tara.Near to O'Shanassy's death he was criticized forhis supposed influence over the path of therailway to Hawthorn at Camberwell. The route,which had been first announced in 1876, passedhalf a mile north of the junction, close to Sir John'sproperty, ~nd trains traversed, some thought,unnecessanly steep grades to get there when itopened in 1882.

Tara was acquired by the Anglican Church in 1951,and continues today as student accommodationafter a brief period of ownership by theWorldwide Evangelical Crusade. Additions toTara and construction of new buildings in itsgrounds have occurred since that period and giventhe reconstruction after O'Shanassy's death, it isdifficult to assess the house's representation of hislifestyle and hence its historical importance.

DescriptionPresenting a grand, stuccoed facade to BerwickStreet (once to Burke Road), Tara rises twosparingly decorated levels above a loggia podium.Balustrading to the ground floor parapet providesfor an open terrace, behind which the main facade,with its pedimented tri-partite window groups,supports a cornice and balustraded parapet above.This grand facade returns on the north and south,giving way to a more typical hipped roof wing atthe rear which may hold the earlier sections.Comparable residential facades exist at 154Hotham Street and 116 Wellington Parade, EastMelbourne; at Oberwyl, Burnett Street, St. Kilda(particularly the open terrace); The Terricks,Paterson Street, Hawthorn (more ornate); andWanganella, Aird Street, Camberwell (q.v.), whichalso has an open terrace. Of note is that the nowdemolished Rostella of Lonsdale Street, alsodesigned by Barry, has an open terrace over aloggia (1869).A mature Norfolk Island pine and Moreton Bay Figrelate to the 19th century context of the housewhilst the Bhutan and Roman Cypress express thiscentury.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19, CAI\TERBURYROAD, 18609, BARNSBURY ROAD. 186118, BALVv"'Il'.' ROAD, 1863

290,CAAfBERVVELL ROAD, 18688.AIRD STREET, 187035, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1873-4

External IntegrityUnsympathetic additions have been made to thesides of the house; the fence has been removed andthe forecourt paved.

StreetscapeDominant within a 20th century, low scaledomestic streetscape, and relates to the nearbyFrognall (q.v.) as identifiable early houses prior toclose subdivision.

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SignificanceArchitecturally, of an uncommon and refined, earlyItalian Renaissance revival form, given its openterrace to three sides and sophisticatedornamentation: of state, possibly nationalimportance.Historically, for a long period the home of one ofVictoria's more distinguished politicians andforemost figures of the Catholic Church: of Stateimportance.

Restoration

Prepare a conservation analysis and managementplan which should address re-establishment of thefence line; removing the carpark from theforecourt and re-establishing a sympathetic garden;removing or reducing the impact of additions closeto the north and south of the building.

House,9 BostonRoad

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1922First Owner: Bellrnaine,Francis Edward

HistoryFrancis Edward Bellmaine purchased thisallotment in 1916from land owned by one Busse1

By 1922 Bellmaine, described as a printer in ratebooks, had built this large 10- room brick ~ouse,

the family remaining there until at least 1950 . TheCarew family were th~re by 1953, followed by K.Campbell in the l%O's .After World War One, with the Australia-widesurge for new family facilities, Camberwell alsoexperienced an interest in child welfare which,among other things, inspired Council to provide£2000 to establish baby health centres at Balwyn

1 RB 1916-172 RB 1922-23; RB 1923-4,25653 MMBWDPA126356;BA 1953, 12577;BA 1961,28507

and Burwood. Mrs. Bellmaine offered the use ofthis house as the first step in that direction.One of the key changes to inter-war suburban lifecame with movements for professional child-care.Infant Welfare Centres were only one of a numberof institutions designed to safeguard the mentaland physical growth of children. Local residentsin Camberwell often demanded Infant Welfarefacilities and this building was an important focalpoint in that movement and suggests some of thecharacter of domestic life and changing attitudes tochildren in the 1920s. It is also an importantrepresentative building for any history of localassociations.

DescriptionThis is a large red brick house which uses theprevailing Bungalow style but in a decidedly twostoried form, with it's gable emphasis, symmetry,austere massing and finish. Two-level Bungalowsmore commonly used the attic form as at 174Whitehorse Road or the notable 21 Rochester Road52 Deepdene Road and 33 Broadway.English bonded brickwork and soldier coursing areused to promote subtle interest but it is theinterplay of bold gables against the high main hiproof which is the crux of the east elevation. Setbetween the gables and at the porch roof apex, is adeftly placed window pair- as if a wrinkle in thenose between the two arched eyebrows adjoining.On the north an open'sleep out' balcony is coveredby a gabled porch, set as a centre-piece to the longtransverse-gable elevation. The mature exoticgarage brick paving and fence are all supportive ofthe period.Comparable examples include Innisfail, OutlookDrive, Heidelberg (1928) and in Camberwell City5 Maleela SI. and 62 Mont Albert Road. Steep roofgables were to become more prevalent in a twostorey-form, as the Old English or neo-Tudorof the1930's.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19, THE RIDGE, 1916

aa HU1'.'TER ROAD, 19189, SEFTON PLACE, 1919-206, CHRISTOMLSTREET, 1919718, R1\lERSDALE ROAD, 191933, BROADWAY, 1920158, MOl-.7 ALBERTROAD, 192011,PRETORM STREET, 192023,suz..,'1'.'YSIDE AVENUE,1920186, l[!I;10N ROAD, 1920

44, CURRAJONGAVENUE, 1920c6, IRAMOO STREET, 19Mr17, THREADN££DLE STREET, mOr65, YARRBAT AVE/I.'UE, 1920c

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II42 SPENCERSTREET, 1921·3899,TOORAKROAD, 1921930,BURKEROAD. 1922210,WHITEHORSEROAD, 192216,ALMAROAD,1923648. BURKEROAD, 192321, CANTERBURY ROAD, 192331, DEEPDENE ROAD. 19237, WARWICKAVENUE,192390, MOll.7ALBERT ROAD, 1924-5

168A MONT ALBERTROAD, 1924-59, ROOfESIER ROAD, 1924-6630-638, BURKEROAD. 1924322·394,CAMBERYVELLROAD, 192412,MONT ALBERTROAD, 192410,FITZGERALDSTREET. 192kIt ALMA ROAD, c1925269, 1.J1o.70N ROAD, 1925-6c10, DONNA BIlMlG STREET, 19252, MARTIN ROAD, 19254,ST.ANDRIESSTREET, 19251, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1925931, TOORAKROAD, 1925U8, J.'M.1TLEVALLEYRaAD, 1925

55,BATH ROAD, 1925c77, GREYIHORNE ROAD, 1925c1, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1925c359,WfIITEHORSEROAD, 1925c513,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1925,146.YARRRAT AVENUE, 1925c

External Integrity

The house is generally original except foralterations at centre ground level, north elevation.

StreetscapeJoined on the west by houses of a similar period,the house is highly visible given its large lot size,comer site and hillside position.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a large, prominent and nearoriginal variation on the popular Bungalow stylewhich is distinguished by its garden setting,sympathetic out buildings and its two-storey form.It is also part of a concentration of 1920-30'shousing: of regional interest and local importance.

Historically, the house and its owner are noted fortheir contribution to child welfare after World WarOne: of local importance and regional interest.

Flats,87-87A Bowen Street, Camberwell

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1934First Owner: Payne, Miss Alice hid

HistoryMiss Alice Payne, the daughter of John Paynefounder of Payne's BonMarche (q.v.), commissioned N.P. Anderson tobuild this house in 1934 1 It was a two storey,brick house of eight rooms and was estimated tocost £1,775 2. However she did not reside at thisaddress until the mid-1940s previously havinglived with her father and brother at AthelstanStreet and her parents john and Jane Payne atRathmore, Bowen Street .John Patrick Walker, an engineer, resided at thisaddress in 19364 while Alice and her brotherHerbert James Payne, a gardtner, lived at thisaddress from the mid-1940s . The house wasconverted to flats in 1950 at an estimated cost of£2,500 6. The first floor flat compr~sed five roornsand the ground floor flat six rooms

DescriptionA two-storey stuccoed masonry house composedin an L-plan gabled form and utilizing the OldEnglish style by its use of the gable, andherringbone and header brick patterns. Shutters tothe main windows add a Mediterranean characteras does the blended Marseilles pattern roofing tiles.The garden setting and fence are from the period.


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9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930396, CAMBERYVELL ROAD, 1930460, CANfBERWELL ROAD, 1930

16, MUSWELL HILL 19303, BRENBEAL STREET, 193Qc177, DONCASTER ROAD, 1930c816-822. RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1930c454, WARRlGALROAD, 1930c359, TNHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c397·399, YJH1TEHORSEROAD, 193Oc:497, VVHI1EHORSEROAD, 193Qc35, BALW'tN' ROAD, 1931·21292.TOORA.K ROAD, 1931·211, CHATFIEWAVENUE. 1931·327, CHRlSTOl-VEL STREET, 19323, FlNSBURY ROAD, 19317, MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FlNS8URY WAY, 1933125, HlCHFJEW ROAD, 19331,MAPLE CRESCENT, 193314,STODDART STREET, 19337,MA.."I"GA.N STREET, 1933cII, FAlRMOl\'T AVEl\'UE, 1934-587-87A, BOWEl\' STREET, 1934458, CAMBERMLL ROAD, 1934201, '"VHl'TEHORS£ ROAD, 1934c45, CHR!STOYIIELSTREET, 193546, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 193556, CHRlSTOYIIEL STREET, 1935z. FAlRMONT AVEl,ruE. 19359, MARLBOROUGH AVE,VUE, 193513, MARLBOROUCH AVEl-'UE, 19353, SAUSBURY STREET, 1935177, GLEN IRIS ROAD, 1935(361, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c361, INHlTf:HORS£ ROAD, 1935(796-798, BURKE ROAD, 193623, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19369, JUDDSTREET, 193649, THE RIDGE, 193620, WALSH STREET, 1936716,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517, WHlTEHORSEROAD, 19370'31·39, COOKSON STREET, 1938·39311·317, CAMBERYllELLROAD, 19382, FA1&'v!Ol\'TAVENUE, 193824, FlNSBURYWAY, 193832 HORTENSE STREET, 19384, ,'vfARLBOROUCHAVENUE, 193826, REID STREET, 1938660, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 193866, THE BOULEVARD, 1938136,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814, CASCADE STREET, 193924, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19391, MOl..ll\7A1N VlEWROAD, 193943, ¥WLLE STREET, 193943, CASCADE STREET, 1939c?


Streetscape Contribution

Contributes to a street with Edwardian andBungalow era residential character, both implyingthe use of the gable form.

SignificanceHistorically, associations with the noted Paynefamily (of Payne's Bon Marche) and a contrast withtheir other earlier residence in Athelstan Road: ofregional interest.

1 RB 1927-28,4676.4621,4622; RB 1929-30.4796.4797.47982 MMBWDPA 180945

Architecturally, a large and successfully designedexample in a variation on the Old English stylewhich is well preserved and set in periodlandscape. The house also contributes to anEdwardian and Bungalow era streetscape: ofRegional importance.

Catholic Hall,3 Brenbeal Street, Balwyn

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1930First Owner: Roman Catholic ChurchArchitect: Harper, R.Builder: Harper, R.

HistoryMary Ann Hayson of 6 Oxford Street, South Yarrawas the owner of Allotment 11, 13, and 15 when itwas acquired by Reverend Gleeson of Surrey Hillsas agent for the Roman Catholic Trust Corporationin 19291 In 1930 the Roman Catholic TrustCorporation commissioned prolific Catholicdesigner-builder, Robert Harper of Abbotsford, todesign and construct a three ';10med building to beused as a hall and school. Harper' was alsoresponsible for work at The Good ShepherdConvent in Abbotsford and other suburbs.

DescriptionAn austere gabled red brick school-hall withlimited half-timbered stucco in the gablesurrounding a louvred round vent. The roof is ofMarseilles pattern tiles, the chain wire fenceprobably original and the windows aresegment-arched.The form is similar to many earlier Catholic churchhalls and Harper's work elsewhere but its simpledetail evokes its era, it is well preserved and has anhistoric function as a gathering place in thecommunity over a long term.


..Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTONROAD, 1930396,CAMBERINELL ROAD,19304&>, CAMBERWEU ROAD, 193016,MUSINELL.HlLL,19303, BRENBEAL STREET, 1930c177,DONCASTER ROAD, 193ik816-822.RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1930c4~, WARRIC.ALROAD, 1930c359,IIIIHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c397·399,Y\lHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930<:497, M-fITEHORSE ROAD, 193(h-35,BALYoIYN RD..>\D, 1931·21292, TOORAKROAD, 1931·211, CHATFl£LDAVENUE, 1932-327, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327, MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FlNSBURYWAY, 1933125,HICHFIELD ROAD. 19331, MAPLE: CRESCENT, 1933

14,STODDARTSTREET, 19337,MANCA."l STREET, 1933,11,FAIRMOl-7 AVLI,,'UE,1934-58N!7!.. BOWEN STREET, 1934458,CAMBERYVELL ROAD, 1934201,"WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1934f

45.CHRISTOl-VELSTREET, 193546, CHRlSrOML STREET, 193556, CHRISTOML STREET, 19351, FA/RMO]\,'T AV£l'tUE, 19359,MARLBOROUGH A VEl'WE, 193513,MARLBOROUGH A 1'£!'o.11£, 19353, SAUS8URY STREET, 1935177,GLEN IRIS ROAD, 1935{361, i'VHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935{361, V\lHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c796-798, 8URKE ROAD, 193623, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 19369, JUDD STREET, 193649, mE RIDCE, 193620, WALSH STREET, 1936716,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517, WHlTEHORSEROAD, 193/(31-39,COOKSON STREET, 1938·39311-317,CAMBERWELLROAD, 19382, FAIR.\fONT AVE.".'UE, 193824, FINSBURY WAY, 193832, HORTENSE STREET, 19384,MARLBOROUCHAVENUE,193826, REID STREET, 1938660,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 193866, tnt: BOULEVARD, 1938136,lNHITEHORSEROAD, 193814,. CASCADE STREET, 193924,. CHRlSTOVVEL STREET, 19391,MOUN7AIN VIEWROAD, 193943, YUILLESTREET, 193943, CASC4.DESTREET, 1939c?


Streetscape ContributionSet in a contemporary residential domain.

SignificanceHistorically, a good example of the widespreadinter-war hall/school buildings of Catholic1 BA 1899-1918. 15302 01914; 01925; 01927

parishes and their subsequent social role in thecommunity: of regional interest.Architecturally, a reminder of the distinctive formof Catholic parish buildings; a form different fromneighbouring Protestant parishes and slightlydifferent again from the older inner-city Catholicparish buildings in its simplified design approach:of regional interest.

Devonia, Row Houses,17-19 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1911First Owner: Birch,John WilliamBuilder: Hutchinson & Son

HistoryJohn William Birch of Victoria Road, Camberwellcommissioned builders, Henry Hutchinson andSon, to construct 'two dwellings' at BerwickStreet's intersection with Broadwayl Occupiers

~~~~fe~~:;::rt~~¥chan, Mrs. H,J. Symonds and

During this period of construction of this row,Camberwell was introducing new buildingregulations designed to discourage these verybuilding types. Hence, these houses arehistorically important for their intensive use of acentrally located site, within a suburb whichgenerally encouraged extreme low-densitybuilding. The history of their construction andany debate surrounding applications from thebuilders are worth further investigation; thesebuildings may have state significance for their rolein this process.

DescriptionAn unusual adaptation of the Queen Anne villamode, this red brick and textured stucco pair is


IIIconfigured with two gabled bays set on thediagonal. Between the bays, both houses possessthe usual timber ornamented verandah, butnumber 17 has, in addition, a minor hipped-rooftower bay at the comer. Half-timbering, aMarseilles tile roof and casement windows (somewith coloured glass) are more common attributes.Mature exotic planting is contributory to theperiod.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY, 1900-120, BRYSON STREET, 2900

6fJ8, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 19001,5AUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 1SOO11,LUENA ROAD, 19OOt:42, BRYSON STREET, 1~158, CA1\7ERBURYROAD, 1901

6, KINTORESTREET, 19(H23, ROYAL CRESCE1'.'T, 190135, BROADWAY, 1902

39, PROSPECT mIl. ROAD, 1902169,CANTERBURY ROAD, 19034~L~tSTREET,1903

142, MOz...7 ALBERTROAD, 1904

7, .M!u\'CARRA ROAD, 1905-624. CHAUCERCRESCENT,1905633, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-827, BALJAIYN ROAD, 190658,BRDADWAY, 1906

65, MOl":TALBERT ROAD, 19067J.75, BROADWAY,1907.nCHAUCER CRESCENT,190717,THREADNEEDLESTREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907c138,CANTERBURYROAn 1908-942, lNCLESBY ROAD, 1908-910,SEFTON PLACE,190841, lNCLESBYROAD, 1909-10,7I. BROADWAY, 190973,BROADWAY, 1909

31, CMlTERBURYROAD, 1909206, CA1'.'TERBURYROAD, 1909

22. VlCTORIAROAD, 19091293,TOORAK ROAD, 1910-8, ST. GEORGESCRESCEl-.'T, 1910

2. CiA ¥TON ROAD, 1910<199, l-'<WTEHORSE ROAD, 191O(24, ALBION STREET, 1911

96-98, UNION ROAD, 1911

24. KENT ROAD, 1912·135{. BROADWAY, 191235,MATLOCK STREET. 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913.186, KITOfENER STREET, 19138, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·2Oc

i27, Y-ANMALEE ROAD, 1915-20<27.A,.AL\1AROAD,191576, ATIiELSTANROAD, 1915

347-349, VVHITEHORSE.ROAD, 1915<353,Yv'HITEHORSE ROAD, 1915,150,WINMALE.E. ROAD, 1915<

External IntegrityThe presumed timber, picket fence has beenreplaced; trim colours are sympathetic.1 MMBWOPAI132932 01921: 01922: 019233 MMBW OPA1l3293: BA 1940. 13616:BA 1950,5068

StreetscapeThe comer tower relates well to the street comerwhilst adjoining housing, east along Broadway, isalso of the Queen Anne style.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an unusual and successful use ofthe towered Queen Anne idiom in row-houseconstruction, a construction-type associated morewith the 19th century, also contributory to aQueen Anne streetscape: of regional importance.Historically, little is known of the Birch family inthe Camberwell context but the construction formis unusual for the area and period and was built ata time of intense debate over housing standardsand density: of regional importance.

RestorationRebuild fence and repaint as typical or original.

House,33 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1920First Owner: Clarke, George

HistoryGeorge Clarke of Fisher Street, East Malvern wasthe first owner of this house after its constructionbetween 1919 and 19201 George Reid was the fir~toccupier, followed by Robert Edwards in el922 .James W. Adams, a company director, of Prestonwas the next, more long-lived owner-occupier:carrying out a conversion to apartments in 1950".


IIDescriptionSymmetrical and Bungalow in form, this red brickhouse rises in two gabled tiers to an attic andsleepout balcony overhead. Marseilles pattern tiles,red brick, "half-timbered" gables and slatted friezesare in common with the previous Queen Annestyle. However, the impressive low brick arch atthe entrance and the matching window bays,angling away under the verandah, reinforce thesolidity and symmetry common to the Bungalowtype. The canted window bays also create anunusual dynamism, within this symmetrical frame,by the removal of their visual support to the gablesoverhead.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,THE RIDGE. 191612, fItllo-7ER ROAD, 1918

9, SEfTON PLAC£, 1919-206, CHRISTOWEL STREET. 1919718, RlVERSDALEROAD, 1919158,MONT ALBERTROAD, 192011,PKETORLASTREET, 19202~SUN~~SIDEAVLVU£,1~O

286.J1.t.,70NROAD, 192044.CURRAIONG A VEl'.'UE, 1920r6, l'RAMOa STREET, 192Ot·17,THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1920c65, YARRBAT AVElI.'UE, 1920c42, SPENCER STREET. 1921·3

899, TOORAK ROAD, 1921930,BURKEROAD, 1912210,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 192216,ALMA ROAD, 1923648,BURKEROAD, 192321, CA1Io7ERBURY ROAD, 19'.331,DEEPDENEROAD,19237, WARMCKAVEl>.'UE, 192390,MONT ALBERTKOAD, 1924-516M. MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1924-059, ROQi£STER ROAD, 1924-66~, BURKEROAD, 1924322·394, CAMBERJ-VELLROAD, 192412,MO~<'TALBERTROAD, 192410.FITZGERAW STREET, 1924c11,ALMAROAD,(1925269,w..'lON ROAD, 1925-6<:10,DONNA BUANG STREET, 19252, MARTIN ROAD,19254, ST.ANDRIESSTREET, 19251, 'THRf.ADNE£DLESTREET, 1925931, rOORAKROAD, 1925118,INATTLEVALLEYROAD,192555, BATHROAD, 1925c77,GREYfHORNE ROAD, 1915c1, TIiREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925<359,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925<513,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925<146,YARR8ATAVENUE, 1925c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original. Remnants offormally arranged dipped shrubs survive but the

1 BA 1899-1918.242; 019032 BA 1899-1918.2423 WO 1899-1900;01903

fence has been replaced; most trim colours relate tothe period, with the exception of the stucco.

StreetscapeThe house contributes to a notable Queen Annestyled streetscape.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a large and successful adaptationof the Bungalow idiom which is near to original; ofregional importance.Historically, little is known of either George Oarkeor James Adams in the Camberwell context.

Glenoxley, Formerly Saxstead,3S Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1902First Owner: Lanceter, Samuel JosephBuilder: Smith, N A

HistorySamuel Joseph Lanceter, a wholesale fruitmerchant of Flinders Street Melbourne, was thefirst owner-occupier of Saxstead in 19021

. Hisbuilder was N.A. Smith2

Samuel Joseph Lanceter, apart from being ageneral fruit wholesaler, was a banana vendor. Hispremises at Flinders Street's west end wereconsequently augmented by those at 22 ViaductBuildings, Banana Alley''.

DescriptionThis is a red brick and rough-cast stuccoed housewith a slated and hipped main roof, two extendedgable-bays and a slatted and arcaded verandahbetween. One gable serves a room, the other formsthe corner to the verandah which continues on the


IIhouse's east side until terminated by anotherprotruding room bay. An unusual tower on thisrear bay, with bellied rough-east and vermiculatedstucco forming arched patterns over windowarches, is particularly notable. Unusually ornateincising, taking the onion form, is in both theverandah frieze and the gabled fascia, whilst thegables have the typical half timbering of the QueenAnne style. Sympathetic planting surrounds thehouse.The design is a variation on Queen Anne whichdeparts from the multi-bayed, multi-gabling usedelsewhere and adopts simple frontal massing,based perhaps on late Victorian towered ltalianateperiod prototypes, as a contrasting background toornate timber slatting. The chimney cornices are ofthe Victorian period pattern.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY, 1900-1

20, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RNERSDAU ROAD, 1900r. SAUS8URY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 190011.LUENA ROAD, 1900c42, 8RYSoz...' STREET, 190158, CA.>,tTERBURYROAD, 19016, KP.o.'TORE STREET, 1901za ROYAL CRESCENT. LCIOI39, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1902

169, CAl-TIRBURY ROAD, 1903-4

6, LOGA.."" STREET, 1903142, MONT ALBERT ROAD. 19047, MANGARRA ROAD, 1905.-624,CHAUCERCRESCENT, 1905633, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-827, BALYVYNROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 190665, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 190673--75, BROADWAY,19073I, CHAUCERCRESCENT, 190717,THREADNEEDLESTREET,190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907c138,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1908--941.lNCLESBY ROAD, 1908-910,sErroN PLACE, 190841.INCLESBY ROAD,1909-1071,BROADWAY,190973, BROADWAY,190931, CAJl.7ERBURYROAD, 1909

206,CA.1'.fTERBURYROAD, 190922" WCTORfAROAD, 19091293, rOORAK ROAD, 191Q..

8, st. GEORGES CREseE".,'r, 19102, CLAYTON ROAD, 19I!k

199,JlVHITEHORSE ROAD, mOe2iALBIONSTREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY,1911

96-98, U1'.70NROAD, 1911

24, KENTROAD, 191:H354, BROADWAY,191235, MATLOCK STREET, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913·186, KITOi£.NERSTREET,19138, fITZGERALD STREET, I915·.we127, MNMALEE ROAD, 19I5·2Q,;

27A., ALMA ROAD, 191576,ATHELSTANROAD, 1915

347·349,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c

353,v-.WTEHORSEROAD, 1915c

150, I<WNMALEE ROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityGenerally externally original; the trim colours aresympathetic but the fence has been replaced.

StreelscapeContributes to a generally Queen Anne styleelevation, part of the valuable Broadway-Seftonplace precinct.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a conservatively formulated butdistinctive, towered house after the Queen Annemanner which is enhanced by the contemporarysurrounding precinct: of regional and localimportance.Historically, representative, by its ownership, ofthe merchant and manufacturer classes whichoccupied Camberwell in the Edwardian period. Aswell as reflecting the subtle evolution ofpost-Federation house styles, most housesinvestigated in the the Broadway were inhabitedby the families of solid businessmen. Theyrepresent the domestic style of the upper middleclass, a group which most clearly led Camberwell'sre-birth after the depressed 1890s: of regional andlocal importance.

House,54 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1912First Owner: Creaser, John ThomasArchitect: Ward & Carleton


IIHistoryArchitects, Ward and Carleton, designed thisattic-style house for John Thomas Creaser, a teaexpert, in 19121

. One Cottell ~r Cottrell & Sonmay have been the builders. Later ownersincluded the Moloney family''.The architects, Ward and Carleton had alreadyshown their skill in the French oriented forerunnerto this style, at 51. Hilda's, 1 Clarendon Street, EastMelbourne, but in this example, the mainstreamQueen Anne attic-villa style is pursued with almostequal success.

Description

Set in an area noted for the Queen Anne villa style,this house possesses the picturesque form,terra-cotta tiles, and half-timbered outrigger gables,grouped casements, rough-cast stucco claddingand timber ornament common to these houses.The attic's sleep-out balcony is a dominant elementamong the informal massing achieved in thedesign, inspiring in its thrust roof line, asaddle-gable behind which adds further to thecomplicity of the roof line. Chinese brackets andtapered columns are used as verandahs andporches in contrast to Ussher & Kemp's AmericanQueen Anne timberwork at Wee Nestie (q.v.),The available grounds were maximized in thedesign. The placement of the house is at one end ofthe site, allowing the disposition of attics and mainrooms to distant views and the survival today ofsome mature shrubbery.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69,BROADWAY, lSXlQ.l20, BRYSON STREET, 1900608,R!VERSDALEROAD, 1900I, SAUSBURY STREET,19005, VICTORIAROAD, 190011, LUEloo'A ROAD, 1900c42, BRYSONSTR£ET, 1901

58, CAl\7£RBURYROAD, 19016,KIlo.'TORE STREET, 190113,ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHILLROAD,1902169,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGANSTREET, 1903144 MO~'TALBERTROAD, l~7,MA.l\.'GARRA ROAD, 1905-624. CHAUCERCRESCENT, 1905633,RlV£RSDAL£ ROAD, 1906-827,BALYV'YN ROAD,1~58, BROADWAY, 190665,MONT ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 190731, CHAUCERCRESCENT, 190717,THREADNEEDLE STREET. 190718,PEPPINSTREET,1907c

I MMBWDPA806622 BA 1899- 1918.17283 BA 1958.22212

138,CANTERBURY ROAD, 2908-941, INGLESSY ROAD, 1908-910, SEFTON PLACE, 190842, INGLESSY ROAD, 1909-10n. BROADWAY, 190973, BROADWAY, 190931. CAl\7ERBURYROAD, 2909106, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1909

22. VICTORIA ROAD, 19091293, rOOM};; ROAD, 1910·8, ST. CEORGESCRESCEl'.'T, 19102, CiAYrON ROAD, 1910e199, lMiITEHORS£ ROAD, 19lG,24,ALBION STREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY, 1911

%-98, UNION ROAD, 191124. KtNTROAD, 1912-1335, MATLOCKSTRE£T, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913·186, KlTafENER STREET, 19138, mZCERALD STREET, 2915·2Ol.'127,WJl','MALEE ROAD, 1915·20c27A, ALMA ROAD, 191576, ATHELSTAN ROAD, 1915347·].19, MilTEHORSEROAD, 19l5c353, V\WTEHORSE ROAD, I91Sc150, JA/lNMALEE ROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original except for the fencereplacement.

StreetscapeContributes to an important Queen Anne precinct.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a skillful and intact example of theQueen Anne villa style which is enhanced by itssiting and placement in an important Queen Anneprecinct.Historically, like the immediate neighbourhood,this house was created for the merchant ormanufacturing classes and hence exemplifies thistypical element in Camberwell's emerging classstructure. As well as reflecting the subtleevolution of post-Federation house styles, mosthouses investigated in the the Broadway wereinhabited by the families of solid businessmen.They represent the domestic style of the uppermiddle class, a group which most clearly ledCamberwell's re-birth after the depressed 1890s.


..House,58 Broadway

1:

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 26.04Streetscape: 1Constmction Date: 1906First Owner: Flockhart, HenriettaArchitect: Gutheridge, R MBuilder: O'Brien, Mr.

History

Camberwell architect, Richard M. Gutheridge,designed this Queen Anne style house for Mrs.Henrietta Flockhart in 1906; the builder was a Mr.O'Brien. A garage was added in ,!:?122

. A laterand long-time owner was J. Campbell

Description

As a red brick and stucco Queen Anne design, thishouse addresses much of its picturesque intent tothe front elevation, lacking the scope for thearticulation of form seen at the Cupples house(q.v.). Three half-timbered gables, one across aprotruding room bay, another to an attic and thethird over a verandah bay, are disposed in abalanced group across the main roof hip. Typicallythe slatted verandah turns the corner to terminateon another protruding bay at the side. Ribbedchimneys, rough-cast stucco, red brickwork andslatted verandah details are in common with thesurrounding villas.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69,BROADWAY,1900-120, BRYSON STREET,1900608,RIVERSDALEROAD, 19001,SAUSBURYSTREET,19005, VICTORIAROAD, 1900n, LUENA ROAD, 19m:42, BRYSON STREET,1~158, CAJ'.,7ERBURYROAD, 1901

1 MMBWDPA5156; BA 1899-1918.6592 BA 1899-1918, 19163 BA 1955. 16676; MMBWDPA 5156.

6, KINTORESTREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY, 1902

39, PROSPECTHIli ROAD, 1902169, CA!\'TERBURYROAD, 1903-46, LOGANSTREET, 191H142, MOl\7 ALBERTROAD, 19047, MANGARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCERCRESCENT,1905633, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-8

27, BALlt\IYN" ROAD, 190665, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1906

73-75, BROADWAY, 190731, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 190717, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1907

18,PEPPINSTREET,1907c138,CANTERBURYROAD, 190&.9

4:1,lNCLESBYROAD, 1908-9

10, SEFTONPLACE,2908

4:1,INCLES8YROAD, 2909·10

71, BROADWAY, 1909

73, BROADWAY, 1909

31, CA.'-.'TERBURYROAD, 19o9

106,CANTERBURYROAD, 1909

12,.VICTORIA ROAD, 1909

1293,TOORAK ROAD, 1910-8, 51. CEORCES CRESCENT, 1910

1. CLA'fTON ROAD, 1910<:

199.ItVH1TEHORSE ROAD, mOe24:, ALBION STREET, 1911

17·19, BROADWAY, 1911

96·98,UMON ROAD, 1911

14, KE1>.7 ROAD, 1911·1354, BROADJ;\.:-\Y,191.235, lYfATLOCKSTREET, 191264:8, BURKEROAD, 1913·18

6, KITCHENERSTREET, 1913

8, FITZCERALD STREET, 1915-10.117, Mi1NA{ALEE ROAD. 1915-20e

17A ALMA ROAD, 1915

76, ATHELSTAN ROAn 1915

347·349, 'rVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1915(353,\ft{'HITEHORSE ROAD, 1915(150,M'1NM.-'\LEE ROAD, 1915<'

External Integrity

The fence has been replaced unsympatheticallyand the side verandah enclosed; some trim coloursare sympathetic.

StreetscapeThe house contributes to an important Queen Annevilla precinct.

Significance

Architecturally, a successful and near externallyintact, Queen Anne villa design which is enhancedby the surrounding Queen Anne precinct.Historically, little is known of the first owner in theCamberwell context. As well as reflecting thesubtle evolution of post-Federation house styles,most houses investigated in the the Broadway wereinhabited by the families of solid businessmen.They represent the domestic style of the uppermiddle class, a group which most clearly ledCamberwell's re-birth after the depressed 1890s.


IIBerwyn, 62 Broadway, Camberwell

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.04 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1905First Owner: Worthington, John MorganBuilder: Cooper, N.H.

HistoryBuilder, N.H. Cooper, Cooperwas commissionedby John Morgan Worthington to construct adwelling on land he owned in Sefton Place in1905.1 The two-storeyed brick house had tn areaof 2400 square feet and was of 7 rooms. JohnWorthington, a civil servant, owned and occupiedBerwyn until it was purchased in the ear!r 19208 byGeorge LeslieJust, an electrical engineer. The Juslfamily occupied the property until the late 1930s.Other owner-occupiers were Mrs. Nora J. Dumbrellin the late 194Os, early 1950s, and W.H. & C.W.Pond from the late 1950s.5 Mrs. Dumbrell madealterations, designed by A.W. Plaisted, to theproperty in 1945-466 Worthington, John Morgan

DescriptionRed brick, with a terra-cotta Marseilles patternroof, this house is in the Melbourne Queen Annerevival style, with the familiar attributes of a mainattic-form hipped roof, gabled room bays,projecting window bays, a corner turret andencircling timber- post verandah. The posts areturned and the other verandah details restrained.Dormer windows are set in the western roof withprojecting gabled-roofed rooms terminating theverandah, each equipped with window bays withmany window casements full of intricate glass(south-eastern corner). There is shingling andhalf-timbering in the gable with a typical QueenAnne revival cement cartouche set at the gable

1 BRl905.5682 lbid.; RBI91 1-12. 11723 RBl923-24.144904 D19355 D1950;DRP552336 ibid.

apex. Below the shingling are Art Nouveaupattern pressed-metal panels set above the windowbays.The entrance door also has intricate leadlight workwith deep paneling to the lower half of both doorand side panel, while a segment-archedtwin-casement window is set to one side, lightingthe hall inside. An ornamental arcade done incement below the window sill adds to the generalrestrained ornament of the house. Chimney stacksare ribbed with quite intricate cement work interms of incised ornamentation set at the top. Theyhave bracketed caps and pots and the picket fenceand garden concept relate to the original.

Comparative ExamplesThe surrounding precinct has many worthycomparable examples, including numbers 66, 68,54, 169, 71, 73 Broadway and 1, 9, 10 Sefton Place,also 169 Canterbury Road. These are superiordesigns among the many examples from this era inCamberwell which, with Kew, has some of the bestdesigns in the State.The following Camberwell sites may comparedwith this site.69, BROADWA Y; 1900-120, BRYSON STREET, 1900

608, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1900

1, 5AUS8URY STREET, 19005. VICTORIA ROAD, 1900It WENA ROAD, 1900c42, BRYSON STREET. 190158, CA!\7ERBURYROAD, 19016, KINTORE STREET, 190113, ROYAL CRESCEl-.'T, 1901

35, BROADWAY, 190139, PROSPECTfnU ROAD, 1902169, CANT£RBURYRDAD, 1903-46, LOGAN STREET, 1903141,MOlo.TALBERTROAD, 19047, ....1A..NGARRA ROAD, 1905-614. CHAUCERCREsCENT, 1905633, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-8l~BAL~YROAQl~

58, BROADWAY:. 190665, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1906

73-75, BROADWAY, 19073t CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1907

17. THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1907

18, PEPPIN STREET, 1907c


4t mCLESBYROAD, 190M10, SEFTON PLACE, 1908

c. INCLESBY ROAD, 19Q9~1O

n BROADWAY, 1909

rs. BROADWAY, 1909

31, CA1'"TERBURYROAD, 1909106,CANTERBURYROAD, 190922, VICTORIA ROAD, 1909

1293, TOORAK ROAD, 1910·8, ST. CEORCES CRESCENT, 19102, CLAnONSTREET. 19HI,:199, lNHlTEHORSE ROAD, 191Ot"24. ALBION STREET, 1911


17·19, BROADWAY, 191196--98, Ulo.70NROAD, 191124, KD.'T ROAD. 1912·1354, BROADWAY, 191235, MATLOCK STREET, 1911648, BURKE ROAD, 1913-186, KlTaImER STREET, 19138, fTTZGERALDSTREET, 1915·2OC127,Yt/lNMALEEROAD, I915·2Qc27A,ALMAROAD,191576,ATIiELSTANROAD,1915ISO, MNMAUE ROAD, 191x

External Integrity

Some glazing has been replaced and anempathetically-designed garage added to the eastface, along with other additions. Otherwise thehouse is generally original. The picket fenceappears based on an authentic pattern.

Streetscape

The house is on a corner and relates closely to thefrontages in all directions, most being Queen Anneor Federation Bungalow style designs in thisimportant Edwardian precinct.

SignificanceHistorically, the occupiers represent theprofessional classes associated with Camberwelland their choice of dwelling. The alterations byAW. Plaisted may also be important, as anexample of an active local builder's work: of localimportance.Architecturally, the house is a fully developedexample of the Queen Anne style as applied to amedium-sized villa, also evocative of a styleassociated with Camberwell and of contributingbuilding in an important Edwardian residentialarea: of State interest and regional importance.

Wee Nestie,69 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1900-1First Owner: Halsey, WilliamArchitect:Builder: Garrett, G

HistoryArchitects, Ussher & Kemp, designed this nineroom Queen Anne styled house for importer,William Halsey in 19001 G. Garrett was thebuilde~.Later owners included J.R Wood and P.RKershaw; the latter converting, Wee Nestie toKarinyah private hospital in 1959".William Henry Halsey, like many of Camberwell'smiddle classes, had risen from apprenticeship (inthe London boot trade) to establish and expand hisown business, as in Halsey's case, at the corner ofBourke and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne. He hadcommenced his boot and shoe agency business inQueen Street, during 1886 and, expanding, movedto Flinders Lane. A number of British andAmerican manufacturers sold their wares throughHalsey, which included tray cloths, d'oyleys,~~~::':.~~:.rltSand, of course, an extensive leather

The George Vial house, at 71 The Broadway, isphysically related as well as by its owner'soccupation.

DescriptionWee Nestie is shown on the MMBW De/ail Plan1970: placed askew on its owner site, it is aligned,unlike its neighbours, neither perpendicularly nordiagonally to the street. A large indented gateway

21 HistoricEnvironment, VoL2, No.2, p.30 sites Ussher and Kemp as the architects

BA 1899-1918. 1423 BA 1931,2339: BA 1979,251814 SLVB cites Smith. TheCyclopediaofVictoria


IIIwas at a comer splay in the allotment and anasphalt tennis court on the west of the house.Typically multi-bayed and verandahed in plan, thehouse is also one and two-storey height: usingboth two and three-dimensional variations toachieve an optimum picturesque composition. Achimney shaft which bisects a roof gable-end is adevice also seen at other Ussher and Kemphouses,(i.e. 5 Willsmere Road Kew), adorned herewith a cement pediment which is typical of one ofthe style's sources, the English Queen Anne.Ussher had used this distinctive device muchearlier, in the Cottage by the Sea, at Queenscliff(1892), also in the Foden house at Canterbury(1897).Other typical Queen Anne attributes are present:the half- timbered multi-gabling set against a high,hipped roof, the Marseilles pattern roof tiles, redbrick and stucco walls, and an arcaded and slattedtimber verandah. Atypical however is Ussher andKemp's skillful and less frenetic placement of massand openings to achieve their picturesque aims.A new pavilion wing has been added to match onthe eastern side and, although too close areplication of the original, it is far more successfulthan the unfortunate wing on the west. Matureshrubs and asphalt paving fit the period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.20,BRYSON STREET,1000608, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1900

r.SAUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIAROAD, rscon. LUENA ROAD, 1900<-42. BRYSONSTREET, 190158, CANTERBURY ROAD, 19016,KIN70RE STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 1901

35,BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHIllROAD, 1902169, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGANSTREET,1903142,MONT ALBERT ROAD, 19047,Mt\I'.'GARRAROAD, 1905-624,. CHAUCERCRESCE.\lT, 1905633,RIVERSDALEROAD. 19(16..827, BALM'N ROAD, 15\%58, BROADWAY, 190665, MONT ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY.190731- CHAUCER CRESCUiT, 190717,THREADNEEDLESTREET,190718,PEPPINSTREET, 19071;138,C4)IITERBURYROAD, 1908-941. INCLESBY ROAD, 1908-910, SEFTON PUCE, 190841,INCLESBYROAD, 19Q9.1On. BROADWAY,190973,BROADWAY,190931, Ct\l>.7ERBtlRYROAD,1909206,Ct\l>.7ERBURYROAD, 190924 VICTORIAROAD, 19091.293, TOORAKROAD, 1910-8, ST.GEORGES CRESCE....'Y, 19102.CLAYTONROAD, 19Hk199,¥VliJTEHORSE ROAD, 1910c

24,ALBION STREET, 19B17-19, BROADWAY,191196-98,Ur-.70NROAD, 191124, KENTROAD, 1912·1354, BROADWAY, 191235, ,\-fATtOCK STREET, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913·186, KlTO!E....'ERSTREET, 19138, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1915·20.:127, I-W1'JMALEEROAD, 1915·20<'27A. ALMA ROAD, 191576,ATHELSTANROAD, 1915347·349,VVHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c353, \lVHJTEHORSE ROAD, 191&150,Y\1NMALEEROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityThe fence has gone, the side verandah has beenpartly enclosed and a wing added to the west sideunsympathetically.

StreetscapeA major comer element in an important QueenAnne precinct.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a highly successful but partlyaltered Queen Anne style house, designed by itsmajor practitioners, which is enhanced by thesurrounding Queen Anne precinct and its comersiting.Historically, considered with the nearby GeorgeVial house, this comer is expressive of the risingmiddle classes born from the emerging secondaryindustries in Victoria, in this case the leathermanufacturing trade. As well as reflecting thesubtle evolution of post-Federation house styles,most houses investigated in the the Broadway wereinhabited by the families of solid businessmen.They represent the domestic style of the uppermiddle class, a group which most clearly ledCamberwell's re-birth after the depressed 1890s: oflocal and regional importance.

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IIHouse,71 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1909First Owner: Vial,George 0 belt-makerArchitect: Cowper, ChristopherBuilder: Chaplin, H N

History

George Oliver Vial, a leather belt maker,commissioned architect Christopher Cowfer todesign this two-storied b~ick house in 1909. Thebuilder was H.N. Chaplin.Murdoch Longmore occupied the house during the1920's and 193053

.

Edgar and George Vial inherited the Queen Streetleather belt manufactory from their father, itsfounder, Frank Vial. Commencing in 1882, Vialbuilt up a thoroughly modern business which, inhis view, compared with any in the world in termsof new machinery and "up-to-date" methods. Hewas claimed as the "pioneer of the leather beltmaking industry in Victoria".

DescriptionLike its neighbours, the house is in the attic-styleQueen Anne villa mode, but it is distinguished byits frontal emphasis and the large Chinese arch'keyhole' entrance door and leaded sidelightswhich is set off-centre under the attic.The half-timbered gables are disposed in a line invarying sizes, across the front elevation but there isno turning the corner, as at 73. Instead of theslatting and turrets, the only verandah element isthe entrance porch. The result is a less dynamicinteraction of mass and line which is fortunatelycountered by the picturesque nested gables in themain hipped roof line.

I MMBW DPA 689412 BA 1899-1918 11953 D1925; MMBWDPA 68941

The garden is sympathetic.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWA Y; 19Q()..120, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RJi'ERSDALE ROAD, 19001,SAUSBURYSTREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 190011, LUENA ROAD, 1900c42, BRYSONSTREET, 19QZ58, CANTERBURY ROAD, 19016, KINTORE STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY, lS(lZ39, PROSPECTHIIL ROAD, 1902169,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGANSTREET, 1903142, MOfl,7 ALBERTROAD, 19047,A1ANGARRA ROAD, 1905-6

24, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905633,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-827, BALM1\.' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 190673075,BROADWAY, 190731, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 190717, THREADNEEDU, STREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907c138,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1908-941, INGLESBY ROAD, 1908-9lO,SEFTON PUKE, 190841, INGLESBYROAD, 1909-1073, BROADWAY, 190931,CA.",TERBURY RO.'\D, 1909206,CM'TERBURYROAD, 190922, t'1CTORIAROAD, 19091293,TOORAKROAD, 1910_8, ST, GEORGESCRESCENT, 19102,CL'\ nON ROAD, mOe199,iJ\,WTEHORSEROAD, 1910<.'24, ALBION STREET, 191117-19, BROADWAY, 191196-98,Ul\70N ROAD, 191124, KENT ROAD, 1912-1354, BROADVv1\Y, 191235, MATLOCK STREET, 1911648, BURKEROAD, 1913-186, KJTCHENERSTREET, 19138, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1915-20(127,Vv1NMALEE ROAD, 1915-20c27A, AUfA ROAD, 191576,ATHELSTAN ROAD, 1915347·349,\lVHITEHORSEROAD, 1915(353,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915(150, lNlNMALEE ROAD, 1915..

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced and possibly averandah enclosed on the north-east corner.

StreetscapeContributory to the important Broadway-SeftonPlace Queen Anne precinct.


Significance

Architecturally, a skillful variation on the QueenAnne villa style by one of its renownedpractitioners (Cowper) which is near to originaland greatly enhanced by its contemporary setting:of regional and local importance.Historically, as well as reflecting the subtleevolution of post- Federation house styles, mosthouses investigated in the the Broadway wereinhabited by the families of solid businessmen.They represent the domestic style of the uppermiddle class, a group which most clearly ledCamberwell's re-birth after the depressed 189Os: ofpotential state importance.

House,73 Broadway

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1904-5First Owner: Flowerday, Robert JohnArchitect: Tomkins, H W & F BBuilder: Watt, N

History

Robert 1. Flowerday, an accountant with theTrustees and Executors and Agency Co., appearsto have commissioned the prolific architects, HW.and F.B. Tompkins, to design this house in 19041

By 1~ Flowerday applied to connect to thesewer. His builder was a Mr. N. Watt, the areaconstructed over 30 squares, and the estimated cost£1350". slater owners were a Mr. Worrell 4 and 1.R.Hanlon.

1 DI906; BA 1899-1918.483: see alsoMMBW DPA507882 MMBW DPA 507883 BA 1899-1918.4834 BA 1936.66125 BA 1981. 70154

DescriptionOf red brick and rough cast stucco, and in theQueen Anne manner, the distinguishing elementsof this house are its turret, the Chinese-arched atticsleepout balcony, and the repetition of the archmotif in the verandah. Typically, the verandahextends around 90 between two gabled protrudingbays, and the roof cladding is of Marseilles patterntiles. The chunky verandah timbers are theobvious American Queen Anne link also seenextensively in Ussher and Kemp's work. Maturelandscape elements survive in the garden.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWA Y, 1900-1

20,BRYSONSTREET, 1900608, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1900

1,5AUSBURYSTREET, 1SW5, VICTORIAROAD, 190011-LUENA ROAD, 1900c

42,. BRYSON STREET, 190158, CM.7ERBURY ROAD, 19016, KINTORE STREET, 1901

23, ROYAL CRESCENT, 1901

35, BROADWAY, 190239, PROSPECTHlLL ROi\D, 1902169,CA.!I,[TERBURY!Ro.,m, 1903-46, LOCA.V STREET, 1903141, MO!-.'T ALBERT ROAD, 1904

7, "'fANCARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905

633, RlV£RSDALE ROAD, 1906-8

Zl, BALh'YN ROAD, 190658. BROADWAY, 190665, MONT ALBERT ROAD, I$\')6

73-75, BROADWAY, 190731, CHA.UCER CRESCE.VT, 190717,THREADNEEDLESTREET,19o718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907r138,CA.NTERBURY ROAD, 1908-941, INGLESBYROAD,1908-910,SEFTONPLACE,190841, INGUSBY ROAD, 1909-IO71, BROADWAY, 190931, CA:\TERBURYROAD, 1909206, CANTERBURYROAD, 190922, I'1CTORIAROAD, 190912.'~3, TOORA.K ROAD, 1910-8, ST.GEORCES CRESCENT, 19102, CLAYTON ROAD, 1910r199, It'v'HITEHORSE ROAD, 1910..24, ALBlON STREET, 191117-19, BROADWAY, 191196-98, U?-.70N ROAD, 19I124, KENTROAD, 1912-13

54, BROADWAY, 191235, MATLOCK STREET, 19126.uJ, BURK.E ROAD, 1913-186, KJTCHENER STREET, 19138, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·1Of127,YV1NMALEE ROAD, 1915-2(k

27A ALMA ROAD, 191576,ATHELSTM' ROAD, 1915347·349- YVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1915r

353, 'rVH1TEHORSE ROAD, I9I5r150,VWNA.fALEE ROAD, 19I5r


IIIExternal IntegrityThe fence has been replaced.

Streetscape ContributionSet in a row of similarly notable Queen Anne villasthe house contributes to the importantBroadway-Sefton Place precinct.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a successful design by theprominent architects, H.W. & F.B. Tompkins, afterthe American manner they adapted so skillfully intheir more numerous commercial works. Thehouse also contributes to the nationally importantSefton Place Broadway Queen Anne precinct: ofregional and local importance.Historically, as well as reflecting the subtleevolution of post- Federation house styles, mosthouses investigated in the the Broadway wereinhabited by the families of solid businessmen.They represent the domestic style of the uppermiddle class, a group which most clearly ledCamberwell's re-birth after the depressed 1890s.

Tecoma,20 Bryson Street

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 22.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1900First Owner: Morgan, Robert CBuilder: Morgan, R C

History

Robert C. Morgan was the owner-builder of this 7room face-brick house, in 1900, on lot 66 of theLogan Estate1

. After 1902 he leased Tecoma toJohn Turner and Jessie poane who resided therefor nine years after 1903. A longer term residentI BA 1899-1918, 118;RB 1899-1900, 13572 RB 1902-3.1471; 01914; RBI903-4, 14903 01935; 01962

was Mrs. Susan Davies who stayed there from the1930s into the 1960's3

DescriptionTecoma is composed after the familiar L-shapeplan form where two protruding room bays,contain a return iron verandah. The side bay hasthe traditional gabled pediment form whilst thefront possesses the multi-gabled parapet associatedwith architect, John Beswicke's 1880s designs andthose of certain Camberwell builders (Hutchison),usually of a much later date, ie. 1, 15, 6 and 25Kintore Street. Morgan may have been responsiblefor all of these, given their proximity to each other.Mature exotic landscape supports the houseperiod.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADl-\-;4, Y, 19OQ.1608, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1900L SAU58URY STREET, 1900

5, VTCTORIA ROAD, 190011, LUENA ROAD. 19O(Jc

42. BRYSON STREET, 190158, CA1'-'TERBURYROAD, 19016. KINTORE STREET. 190113<ROYAL CRESCENT. 190135, BROADl-\o:>\Y, 190139, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, LQ{J2169, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-4

6. LOGA.V STREET, 1903141. MOlY7ALBERTROAD, 1904r. .MA1\'C.ARRA ROAD, 1905·6


633. RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1906-817, BAU-vY}.,' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 1%'7

3l, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 190717, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 190718, PEPPIN STREET, 1907.-138, CA.'.:TERBURY ROAD, 1908-9

41,.INGLESBY ROAD, 1.908-910, SEFTON PLACE, 190841, INGLESBY ROAD, 1909·10

n BROADWAY, 190973,BROADWAY, 190931, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1909206, CA.>,fTERBURYROAD, 1909

21, VICTORiA ROAD. 19091193, TOORAKROAD, 1910.8, Sf- GEORGES CRESCENT, 1910

2, CLAnON ROAD, 1910.-

199,VVHlTEHORSE ROAD, 1910c24,ALBION STREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY, 1911

96-98,UNION ROAD. 1911

24, KENT ROAD, 1912-1354, BROADWAY, 191135, MATLOCK STREET, 1912648, BURKE ROAD, 1913·18

6, KITafENERSTREET, 1913

8, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·:ZOC117, WINMAUE ROAD, 1915~20c27A,AL\1AROAD, 1915

76,ATHELSTM'ROAD, 1915


..347·,349, lNHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915,

353,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915,ISO,NNMALEE ROAD, 19&

External IntegrityThe hedge at the frontage is a sympatheticreplacement for the presumed original timberpicket fence; the gates are of a period design butare out of character with the typically timberexamples in the area.

StreetscapeThe house adjoins and opposes Bungalow, QueenAnne and Late Victorian period villas.

SignificanceArchitecturally, of a common suburban villa designbut is distinguished by its multi-gabled room bay,an element which is limited to Camberwell andHawthorn and probably from one builderdesigner; of regional interest and local importanceand supportive of a streetscape.Historically, little is known of the owners in theCamberwell context.

RestorationRestore fence as evidence allows.

Eurobin,42 Bryson Street

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 22.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1901First Owner: Milne, JohnArchitect: Tompkins?Builder: Tompkins & Richards

1 BA 1899-1918. 1862 ER 1908;RB 1905-6 14773 DI925-35; MMBW DPA64340; BA 1956. 19519; DI915

HistoryBuilders, Tompkins & Richards, constructed an8-room brick house here in 1901 for a Mr. JohnMilne1

. Milne was ~escribed as both a travellerand a warehouseman.Ellis E. Le Lievre was the owner throughout the1920's-19~0's, after a brief occupation by E.A.Robinson.

DescriptionAn elevated and half-timbered octagonal roomcharacterizes this red brick and stucco Queen Annehouse, together with its cantilevering half-timberedgables and the multi-bayed timber verandah withits corner turret. Like 150 Mont Albert Road andthe former Camberwell Wesleyan Manse, theverandah ornament is of an open-lattice Orientalcharacter, set into the verandah arch spandrels.Sympathetic landscape includes one matureCanary Island Date Palm.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADVo,jI.":f: 190(1..110. BRYSON STREn 1900

608, RH'ERSDALE ROAD. 19001, SALISBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD. 1900

11, LUENA ROAD, 1900,sa, CM7ERBURYROAD, 1901

6, I<R-<"TORE STREET, 190123. ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWA Y,1901

39,PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1902169. CANTERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGAN STREET, 1$(13141, MO~'T ALBERT ROAD, 19047, ,\1A....'GARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905633, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-8

27, BALVo,')1o,' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 190665, MONT ALBERT ROAD. 190673-75, BROADWAY, 1907

31.CHAUCER CRESCENT. 190717. TIiREADNEEDLE STREET, 2907

18, PEPPIN STREET, 1907,138,CA..'vTERBURY ROAD, 1908--9

41, lNGLESBY ROAD, 2908-9

10,SEFTON PLACE,190841, INGLESBYROAD, 1909·107I, BROADWAY, 190973, BROADWAY, 190931, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1909

206,CA.VTERBURYROAD, 1909Z2 VICTORIA ROAD, 19091293,TOORAK ROAD, 1910·8, ST. GEORGES CRESCENT, 19101,CUYTONROAD, 1910..-199,lNHITEHORSEROAD, 1910r24, ALBION STREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY, 191I96·98, Ur-.70N ROAD, 191124, KENT ROAD, 1911·13

54, BROADWAY, 1911

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35, A!ATLOCKSTREET, 1912648,BURKEROAD, 1913·186, maiENER STREET, 19138,nrzCERALD STREET,1915·2Oc127,JNl1','MAL£E ROAD, 1915·2Oc27A,ALMA ROAD, 191576,ATHEl.STAN ROAD, 1915347·349, Yv1flT£HORSEROAD,1915c353,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1915c15C, MlI.'.MALEEROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityA garage has been added near the comer of thehouse, successfully using the half-timbered gableto achieve visual compatibility. A sympatheticarrow-head picket has replaced the original fenceand the colours are generally sympathetic with theexception of the pink rough-cast.

StreetscapeOne of a line of generally Queen Anne villas alongBryson Street and prominent on its comer site withits comer tower.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a distinctive variation on thesuburban Queen Anne villa mode whichcontributes to a similarly styled precinct and isgreatly enhanced by it comer, elevated site,Historically, typical of the ownership of manyCamberwell houses today and then; of localimportance,

RestorationRepaint stucco as typical or original,

House,6 Bulleen Road, Balwyn North

Study Grading: AConstruction Date: 1951First Owner: Cameron, C S

1 ER 1954;D1952; MMBWDPA 2S594Q; BA 114452 ER 1954;ER 19593 Smith. Cyclopedia ofVictoria VoL3p. l70

Architect: Cameron, C SBuilder: Cameron, C S

HistoryThe prolific Camberwell builder/investor, e.S.Cameron designed and built this nine roomed,brick house for his own use in 1951 1 He livedhere with Edith Cameron until '1lling to RobertCrichton Allison a funeral director .Robert Allison was a member of the well knownAllison family. His forbearer, Henry Allison,began a mortuary business in the late 18505 at 221Victoria Street, West Melbourne. He died in 1884,to be succeeded by his son fJfred in whose timeseveral branches were added ,

DescriptionResembling 2 Beatrice Street and 1 Montana Street(q,v.), Cameron's house is overtly Modeme in style,as expressed in the sweeping curves carried out inthe cream and manganese brickwork, the ship-likewrought-iron balustrading, steel-framed windowsand streamlining implied by the exposed slab edgewhich wraps around the diverse forms making upthe building, Port holes used in the doors andwalls extend the maritime imagery. Contrastingwith the fluid form of the street elevations of thedesign, the rear face is flat, unlike the Modernistapproach which demanded a free-standing designwith all elevations equally important. The gardenappears near to original, as is the fence,

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site,106,VYHITEHORSE ROAD, 19oiQ..l1, MOl\;TA.."/ASTREET, 19401297, TOORAK ROAD, 1!WJ9l,.MAUD STREET, 194Qc133, MAUD STREET, l!WJc56, RIVERSlDEAVEl'.'UE, 1940c15, Vol4LBUNDRY.4 VEl'.'UE,194(J(417·, JA,HlTEHORSE ROAD, 194(1(113, YARRBATAVE.Nl1E, 194(}(113,MONT ALBERTROAD, 1941·21, BEATRICESTREET. 19416. BULLEEl\'ROAD, 1941IiI, DONCASTERROAD. 19414. A,fAYSIASTREET.194146, THE BOULEVARD, 19411, KELBASTREET, 1941c666,RH'ERSDALEROAD.1~7119,DONo\STERROAD, 19481, KALONCA ROAD, l!l48c166,lJVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1951·11, TAURUS STREET,1951c31.URSASTREET,1951c6, CARRICAL STREET. 195143, KIREEPROAD, 19511, ,\4ADDEN STREET, 19512, O\RR1CAL STREET, 195416,CARRlCALSTREET, 1954129,JA,1NAfALEE ROAD, 1954


II14, ORlON STREET, 1954c32, BALvv'Yl\'ROAD, 1955(45A K4RR..A.KROAD, 1955c

External Integrity

Generally original.

Streetseape Contribution

Bordering, and similar to examples in, a notable1930s-4Osprecinct (1).

SignificanceHistorically, associations with the Allison familyand a classic representative of the Modernehousing of 1950s Camberwell, adapting maritimefeatures to modern forms. These styles arefamiliar in North Balwyn. and Balwyn and suggestsomething of the confident and "progressive"outlook of new wealthy residents. Their values,expressed in buildings such as this, set thesesuburbs apart from the remainder of Melbourne'spost-war expansion. C. 5. Cameron's mark isevident in the city from the notable Moderne styleexamples of his work: of regional interest.Architecturally, a superior residential example inthe Moderne manner which utilizes all of itsstylistic trappings, includinz curves lavered. fI 0' JmaSSIng, at roofs, nautical imazerv patternedbrick O-J'ric work and steel-framed window joinery. It isalso related to the nearby Riverside andCarnberwell City Heights estates: of Stateimportance.

House,354 Burke Road, Glen Iris

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 10.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1926First Owner: Lockhart, D G builder

I RB 1926/27,225672 RB 1927/28, 23769; D1930; D1935· D194O· ER19383 DI944/45 "

HistoryIn 1926 David Gordon Lockhart built this brickhouse of seven rooms 1. The property waspurchased by John Allan Lording, a manager, thefollowing year 2 By 1945 the property had beenpurchased by Alfred J. Read 3

DescriptionTypical Californian Bungalow elements visible inthis house are the two broad overlapping roofgables, one covering a porch and supported onstout brick piers and the other intersecting anothergable running at right-angles to the south. Thewalls are of red brick, relieved by themuch-favoured clinker bricks around sills andpiers. Above the sill-line textured stucco extendsup to shingling in the gables. Distinctive elementsinclude the semi-circular window bays facing theside and the pergola gateway and brick and cementfence on two sides of the property. Landscapeelements like the privet hedge add to the periodsetting and the comer site increases theprominence of the house.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites mav be comparedwith this site. '

19, THE RIDGE, 1916

12, HUI\TER ROAD, 19189, SEFTm,: PUKE, 1919-206, CHRISTOIYELSTREET, 1919;-,8, RJ1'ERSD.A.LE ROAD, 1919

33, BROAD1':"rY, 1920158, ;\10,\7 i\LBERT ROAD, 1920

u. PRETORIA STREET 1920.13,SW<l':YSJDEA I'ESUE, 1920286, w,:ro!,: ROAD. 1920

H CURRA.!O":Cli.FEi':UE, 1920,.6, IRA..AlOO STREET, 1920,

1~, THREA.D~TEDLE STREET, Z920c65, YARRBA.T A \TXUE, 1920,42, SPESCER STREET, 1921-3

899, TOOK·\KROAD, 1921930, BURKE ROAD, 1922

210. J.-\HITEHORSE ROAD, 19..::2, J.-\·HITEHORSEROAD, 192216, AUt.;. ROAD, 1923648, BURKE ROAD, 1923

21, CA\,TERBURYROAD, 1923

3L DEEPDEXE ROl,o' 1923r. ~'\;-1RvVJCK A.t'ENUE, 1923

90, AtOST ALBERT ROAD, 192+.5

168A MO.":T ALBERT ROAD, 191+.59, ROCHESTER ROAD, 192+.6630-<:'38, BURKE ROAD. 1924

3..::2-394, CA,.,HBERvVELL ROAD, 1924

12. MOST ALBERT ROAD, 192410, FITZCER.4LDSTREET, 1924(11, AL\HROAD, (1925

269, U~70XROAD, 1915·6c

10, DOX?';A BUASC STREET, 19252, ,\HRTI!\' ROAD, 1925

4, S1. A!\DRlES STREET, 19251.. THREAD,\-EEDLE STREET, 1925


931, TOORAKROAD, 1925

118, WATTLE VALLEY ROAD, 192555, BATH ROAD, 1925c77, CREITHOM'E ROAD,1925c

1, THRE.4DNEEDLE STREET, 19&

359,WHITEHORSE ROAD,1925c523, INHITEHORSE ROAD,1925~'146, YARRBAT AVEl'.'UE, 1925c

External IntegrityNear original, except for the garage.

StreetscapeProminent, at a comer on an elevated site, leadingto a Bungalow era precinct (10) on the east.

SignificanceHistorically, a better version of a standard style forCamberwell and historically expressive because ofits intactness, given its long-term occupation byone of Camberwell's 'manager/manufacturing'class: of regional interest.Architecturally, an exceptionally complete andfull-developed Bungalow design with distinctiveelements such as window bays and a pergolagateway: of Regional importance.

House,360 Burke Road, Glen Iris

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 10.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1927First Owner: Lear, Francis E manufacturer

History

Francis E. Lear, a manufacturer, commissionedDavid Gordon Lockhart to build a brick house ofsix rooms in 192? 1. The estimated cost of thehouse was £1,400 . He occupied the property with

1 ER 1931;BA 1927.11292 ibid.3 ER 1931;D193O; D1935:DI9404 DI94445;Dl%a5 BPA 73090

Sarah Mary Lear until the late 19305 when Mrs.Sarah M. Lear was listed as owner-occupier 3. By1945 Mrs. M. Ferguson was the owner of thisproperty and lived here until after 1962 4.

DescriptionDistinguished by the fence and Japanese-styleportal at the gateway, the house itself differs fromthe contemporary Californian Bungalowsexemplified in 354 Burke Road. The stuccoedwalls and dominant hipped roof form (terra-cottaMarseilles pattern) suggest an Indian Bungalowinspiration, particularly with the portal. Frettedwindow valences support this character. Thegarden appears to be generally from theconstruction period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354, BURKE ROAD, 1916

91, MONT ALBERT ROAD,191614. PINE A \'E!Vl1E, 1916c

452,BURKE ROAD, 1927·182, BAR,":SBURY ROAD,1927360, BURKE ROAD,192747,CAMPBELLROAD,192738, HIGHFIELD ROAD, 1927

I, MUSh-1:UHTLL 1927294,W•.<\RRTGALROAD, 19273, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1928·30

7, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1928·30

2, HIGHTON GROVE, 1928--9,27, YARRB...\T Ai'ENUE, 1918·c

n. CHRISTOVv1:LSTREET, 192826, CHRlSTOVVELSTREET, 192817, UNSELL CRESCENT, 1928

12. STODDART STREET, 19,288, CHRISTOML STREET, 1925c

216, DONO\STER ROAD, 192919,FAIRMOl\7 AVEl'.'UE, 1929300,"W..<\RRTGAL ROAD, 192934.ELUOTT AVENUE, 1929,15,FREEMAN STREET, 19291.'

External IntegrityNear original5 except for the addition of a familyroom in 1983.

StreetscapeProminent on an elevated comer site, the housecommences a notable Bungalow precinct to theeast.

SignificanceHistorically, an unusual version of a typical stylefor Camberwell and historically expressive becauseof its integrity, given its long-term occupation by


one of Camberwell's 'manager/manufacturing'class: of regional interest.Architecturally, a well preserved and distinctivevariation on the Bungalow design theme whichhighlights the adjoining notable contemporaryestate, particularly by its comer siting and fencedesign: of Regional importance.

House,452 Burke Road,Camberwell

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1927First Owner: Pittard, Herbert G build invesBuilder: Naylor, C 5 ?

HistoryHerbert G. Pittard, a builder and later an investor,was the owner of this property and occupied itwith Kate E. Pittard 1. Despite Pittard's trade, c.s.Naylor was possibly the builder of this brick, fiveroom~ house built in 1927 at an estimated cost of£1,285 . Herbert Pittard lived here well into the19505~nd Kate Pittard continued to live here in the1%05 .

Description

Japanese-inspired detailing around the porchdistinguishes this stucco and brick Bungalowdesign, which is further enhanced by an unusualcomposition created with juxta-positioning of thechimney and cedar shingled wall panels.Marseilles pattern terra-cotta tiling covers twobroad, intersection gables and the chimneys takeon a Far Eastern form with their tapered form andcapping.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354,BURKEROAD, 1926

1 Dl94O;ER 1931;ER 1938;BA 1927.22522 ibid.3 Dl952; Dl962

92, MONT .-1LBERTROAD, 192614,.PINEAVE1",'UE, I926!"45.2, BURKEROAD, 1927-281, BARNSBURYROAD, 1927360, BURKE ROAD, 1927

47, CAMPBELLROAD, 19273~mCHnELDROA~1~7

1. MUSWEU HILL,.1917294,WARRlGAL ROAD, 19273, ROOiESTER ROAD. 1928·307, ROOiESTER ROAD, 1928·301, HIGmON GROVE, 1928-927, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1928,11.CHRISrOl'VELSTREET, 192826, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 192817, !ANSELL CRESCENT, 192812,STODDART STREET, 19288, CHRIsrOViEL STREET, 19281"226, DONCASTER ROAD, 192919, FlI1RAfOJI,'TAVENUE, 1929300, WARRICALROAD.191934, ELUOTTAVEfI,llE, 1929c15,FREEMA."" STREET, 1919<"

External Integrity

General1yoriginal, except for the new fence.

Streetscape

Set on a comer but obscured by its mature gardenit is nevertheless part of an Bungalow era estate.

SignificanceHistorically, of interest as the home of yet anotherCamberwell builder/investor (see also Cameronand Humphries) and a distinctive example of themost significant building era in the city: of regionalinterest.Architecturally, a distinctive design within thenumerous Bungalow design options and a majorcontributing site in a Bungalow estate: of regionalinterest.

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Oswaldene,544 Burke Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1890First Owner: Betheras, Richard civil servan

HistoryRichard Betheras was appointed to the civil servicein 1868, being inexplicably stationed at SheppartonPost Office in the 1880's when this house wasbuilt1. Described as a nine-room brick house in1900, Oswaldene had been erected during 1889-90and housed the Betheras family, first underRichard's ownership and later thilt of ChristinaBetheras, until at least the first war". Later ownersor occupiers included M TPiercey and J Moon and bi' the 1950's it had beenconverted into apartments .

DescriptionA two-level Italianate styled structured brick villawith a two- storey cast-iron verandah and slatedhip roofs. The house is distinguished by its sizerather than distinctive architecture or detail;simple impost moulds, eaves brackets and cornicedchimneys nevertheless providing valuable perioddetails.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSP£IT HIll. ROAD, 1881630, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18812, BERvY1CK STREET, l8BSe53, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1886-7320, CAMBERi'VEU ROAD,18863, FERMA.""ACH ROAD, 188757, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733,ALM:AROAD, 188819,CA.1o,,7ERBURY ROAD, 188846, PARIJNCTON STREET,1888635, RIV£RSDALEROAD,188889, UMON ROAD,1888

2, PEPPJrol STREET, 1889 (?)15, ALM:A ROAD, 1889(?}

54, MONT ALBERTROAD, 1889-936,AL"'fAROAD, 1889

108, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188915,IRILBARRAROAD,18892L IRILBARRA ROAn 188943, KENT ROAD, 1889

2. MOLESl-VORTH STREET, 1889137,MONT ALBERTRO....\D, 188932. PROSPECT Hill ROAD, 1889

10,TRAFALGARROAD, 188926A, WA.'\'DS~RTHROAD, 1889SO, WMVSWORTH ROAD, 188942, WARRICALROAD, 1889

322·394. CAMBERYVELLROAD. 189{).1

161, J1t.;70NROAD, 18~I90015,ALMA ROAD, 189027,INCLESBYROAD, 18907, VICTORiA AVENUE, 189013, VICTORIA AVEl'-.llE, 189057, YARREATAVENUE, 189Oc?7A,ALMAROAD,1891·213,BALWTh' ROAD, 1891-473-079, 8ALJ-\/Y1I,' ROAD, 1891310,CAMBERYVELL ROAD, 189262Z,RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1892

6, TRAFALCARROAD.1891125, WATTLE \'AUErROAD, 1892136, CMTERBURYROAD, 1893668-670, BURKEROAD, 1895680, BURKEROAD, 1895816-822, RlVER5DALEROAD, 189530, HOWARD STREET, 1895(29, CANTERBURYROAD, 1897

52, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 189715,KASOUKA ROAD, 1898150,M.olv7 ALEBRTROAD, 189926, VlCTORIAAVEl\;llE, 1899

External IntegrityConcrete ridge cappings and a brick fence havebeen added to the propertyand the verandah ground level fascia has beenaltered in detail.The colours are sympathetic to the period.

StreetscapeIsolated among diverse domestic development, thehouse is a link with other large ltalianate villasdotted around the Seymour Park Estate.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a large, near intact and prominent,common late 19th Century villa style: of regionalinterest and local importance.Historically, a link with the initiation date of thesurrounding residential estate: of local interest.

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II

National Trust of Australia (Class /Rec.):ClassifiedNTA File Number: 5949Study Grading: BPrecinct: 32.00 Streetscape:Construction Date: 1913-18First Owner: Catholic ChurchArchitect: Fritsch, A ABuilder: Harper, Robert

HistoryHis Grace, the Most Rev. T.J. Carr, laid thecommemoration stone for this church in 1913: thebuilder and supervisor was Robert Harper, and theprolific A.A. Fritsch was the architect', An earlierchurch had occupied the site also opening with theblessing of Archbishop Carr, in 1887. Part of thisbuilding reputedly survived for a time in thenearby school complex.Our Lady of Victories was the vision of Fr. G.A.Robinson (appointed to the Camberwell parish in1901) who, having seen a similarly named andformed church in Paris, determined to raise moneyto build the same in Camberwell. With £12,000 inhand, work on the church started in 1913 only tocease during World War One and recommence toallow its completion by October 1918, afterexpending some £65,0002.

Importation of notable stained glass from therenowned John Hardman & Co. of Birmingham, apipe organ from Magahy of Cork, mosaic fromCampden & Co. of Dublin and high altar, built ofalabast~r in Derbyshire- all provided for a richinterior. A replica of the Parisian Church shrinewas obtained and gold and precious stonesadorned its fittings4

• Much of its furniture was

1 CLF,p.2.MAR; F. ST. 25.5.1913; MMBW DPA 471182 CLF.p.2. MAR3 cp. cu.,p.44 wid.5 ibid.

donated ~o commemorate those who died in theFirst War. Altogether it was. a n~tabl~ ed~c<; forwhat was then a rising but still nunonty religiousgroup in Camberwell.

DescriptionTrue to Fr. Robinson's vision and the architect'sstylistic predilections, Fritsch has created aconvincing Byzantine revival styled church, set ona Greek-cross plan and appointed with a dome.The use of stone, rather than Fritsch's favoured redbrick, the boldly domed ~mi~ircular volun::'es .ofthe side chapels and the tripartite entrance WIth Itsgleaming granite columns and intricately carvedcushion capitals are the epitome of the Frenchmanner.Remnant privet hedges and Roman cypressprovide an empathetic landscaped setting andunite the church with the nearby school.Set on a cruciform plan and tall in elevation, thedistinctive element of the church is its stilted dome,with copper cupola and statue at its centre. Set atthe crossing, this dome provides high drama to analready impressive nave, given the clerestorylighting and boarded barrel coved ceiling hi~h ov,:rthe approach to the altar. The altar pIece. ISmagnificent architecturally and th,: Raphael replicaconvincing. However It IS the stamed glass whichdominates the interior. Intricate designs, donatedby parishioners between the opening and the1920's, are typical of the nave lights but the mainwindow, set above the organ loft, IS spectacular, in

the manner of Hardman's previous work at St.Patrick's and St. Francis.Stylistically, the church parallels with .other Fritschdesigns although in stone but rernams, with hisother works, particular to the Catholic churchwhen considered among the other faiths moreneo-Gothic inclined contemporary churches (ie.Louis Williams' designs).

Comparative ExamplesThe following sites may be compared with this site:the Byzantine form of the church, WIth Its Greekcross plan and domed elevation may be compa~dwith the later Siena College (brick), the earherPresbyterian Church, Hawthorn (1892), thestuccoed church at 146 Canterbury Road (1928) andthe First Church of Christ Scientist (c1924).

StreetscapeAdjoins the town hall reserve and other religiousand public buildings therein. It is relat<;d to theseby its use and its relatively large scale, m contrast

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to adjacent domestic development. The church isprominent when viewed from the north.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a superior example among theByzantine and Romanesque revival of early thiscentury which is further enhanced by the profusionand quality of its stained glass also a contributingbuilding to a public building precinct of regionalimportance.Historically, a large public building in the area overa long period also containing memorials to furtherCamberwell residents of local importance.

Shops,Residences,630-638BurkeRoad, Camberwell

Study Grading: CStreetscape: 3Construction Date: 1923-24First Owner: King, 011'is & Mabel

HistoryA Hawthorn goods merchant, Chris A King andMabel King l were the first Owners of these brickshops, varying from five to seven rooms each2

They replaced brick shops, each with two rooms,which were apparently on the same site:' Earlytenants were: electrician, John March, in 630;Ernest V. Block, a hairdresser, in 632; dairyproduce merchants, Stewart & Brown, in 634;hardware sellers, Johnson Clement & Earlsford;and grocer, Frederick Bullock, (638).4 Of these,March and Block continued into the mid-to-late19305,5 while a new group of tenants arose in theirplace, like Crook's National Stores P/L (634) an~Mrs. F.C Harzmeyer, confectioner, (632).

1 ER1912. D1924-82 RBl923-4.13755f3 RBI922-3,9532f4 RB1925-6,13818f5 D19406 D1940. D19507 RB1934-5,13991f8 see BPA 10858 (1952)

Meanwhile the King family maintained 9wnership,via Mabel King and the Equity Trustees.Shopfront alterations for W.J. Murray (630), drawnin 1949, show two stages of development: theearlier shopfront being dad with black and whitevitrolite and fitted with lead-light transom lights,while the proposed one was intended to haveglazed (150 x 15Omm?) tiles, 'nickel-silver' frames,three-dimensional signs, louvred transoms and adeep entrance recess. Drawings for another newshopfront, for Crook's National Stores (634), alsoshow the previous shopfront, but this time whatappears to be the original, set on a similar plan tothe existing layout of 630 in 19498 Theseproposals were just two of many replacementsover time, each change generally occurring after achange of occupancy,

DescriptionTypically, much changed at ground level, these redbrick shops (and residences) retain their unusualcharacter by virtue of their stepped parapets andexpressed roof line, as inspired by a free treatmentof Romanesque precedents. Appearing to be of anearlier date, the picturesque roofscape differs fromits more fashionable, generally parapettedcontemporaries (i.e. 388 Burke Road). Althoughsadly obscured by extensive upper-level signs,some of the fenestration pattern can be seen, inparticular the two wide archways, (632, 634) andthe stilted segment-arches of 636-8.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.386·388, BURKE ROA.D, 1919,

25-29, COOKSO~-: STREET, 1925(,500f,RIt'ERSDALE ROAD, 19':'~(

39;-399, H7iITEHORSE RO/iV, 1930(,

External IntegrityGround-level and canopies generally renewed(canopies reclad) and extensive signs applied atboth levels, blocking window openings.

StreetscapeContributing part of a commercial streetscape.

SignificanceHistorically, expresses period of retailing growth inthe city, commensurate with the populationgrowth: of local importance.


IIArchitecturally, an unusual and picturesquecommercial design and a contributing part of acommercial streetscape: of regional interest.

Shops & Residences, 668-670 BurkeRoad,Camberwell

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 30.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1889First Owner: Crutchfield, Henry

HistoryHenry Crutchfield, surprisingly a Mirboo farmer,was the first owner of this house and shop pair inc1889.t His early tenants included W. Thomas,greengrocer, and Edward Hooper, a chemist, whileCrutchfield himself occupied 668 Burke Road inthat financially difficult period of the mid- 189Os2

Chemists prevailed at 670 Burke Road well intothis century, in the persons of Oliver Davis (c1890s)and Arthur D. Power (19OOs),3 while the other shopcontained mainly drapers, such as Edwin Holder,Elizabeth Rodgers (Rodgerf & Co.) and PriscillaCarr in its first forty years. The brick shop pairwas described as a shop and seven rooms each, by1900.The ownership had changed by the early 1920s,each shop owned separately by George F. Prosser(670) and Alex M. Corstorphan (668).5 Prosser,who sold the unlikely combination of ironmonge~and crockery, occupied 670 at that time.Meanwhile, 668 Burke Road had become a fruitshop, occupied, in the 19~0s, by M. Russo and, inthe 19405-50s, by J. Bloom.

21 RBI889-90. 391-2;WD1868-9

RBI89S-{;. 347-8; Ibid.3 RBI894-S. 400; RBI907-8. 4324 DI92S-DI892S RB1922-3,4S49-5O6 DI9257 D193S-S08 See Speltz, The Styles ofOrnamesu. pp.162, 168

DescriptionA brick shop and residence pair, each of sevenrooms, 668-70 Burke Road is distinguished by itsornamental upper-level facade, a combination ofbrick and moulded cement work. The facade isparapetted with balustrading, but the dominantelement in each is the gabled pediment with swagsadorning each tympanum. The entablature belowholds a pressed cement serpentine frieze and restson coupled pilasters, each with stylized scrolledcapitals which suqpest Romanesque ornamentrather than classical. Within this ornate trabeatedframe is further embellishment in the form of asegment-arched aedicule around the arched upperwindow. Elongated consoles, paneledentablatures, and dentilated impost mouldings addto the profusion of ornament on the pair.

Cemparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.680, BURKEROAD, 1895c694, BURKE ROAD, 1891c

780.792. BURKE ROAD, 1890<;

155·257, CAAfBERYVELLROAV, 189lk376·382, CMTERBliRYROAD. 1891'k,3$4·386, CAl\TERBtlRYROAD, 189<)(,

WI-105, W\70N ROAD, 189OC,

External IntegrityCantilever canopies and shopfronts have beenadded but the upper elevation is near complete(parapet urns gone?).

StreetscapeThe pair's upper facade relates strongly to 680Burke Road and other 19th century shops andresidences to the north also the later KingsBuildings, adjoining, which also adopts classicalrevivaiism.

SignificanceArchitecturally, the shop pair are among manysimilarly aged and styled commercial sitesthroughout inner and middle Melbourne: this pairhas more skillfully applied ornament and detailingthan many but this is limited to the upper level.The same upper level provides the commencementof a 19th century streetscape in Burke Road: ofregional interest.Historically, the shop pair combines its periodexpression with other Burke Road shops of the


II18805 which fed from traffic to the new railwaystation a~ Camberwell, aiding in the shift of thecommercial centre away from the junction andCamberwell Road: of local importance.

Shop & Residence, 680Burke Road

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 30.01 Streetscape:Construction Date: 1895First Owner: Stafford, Edward

HistoryThe first occupier of this shop and residence wasLouis Johnson, a tobacconist and hairdresser, thusstarting a long occupation in that trade. CharlesGerlach ~nd particlarly J.F. Sindrey took thebusiness into the 1930s, until H.L. Rosewarnebegan selling sewing machines there.' 'Lorraine'frocks{ontinued the clothing trade emphasis in the19505.Edward Dunn owned the land (lots 13, 14) prior toconstruction, selling to Edward Stafford (c1894),who appears to have developed both lots (680, 682now demolished) into two brick shops with sevenrooms each. The rated improved value of 682Burke Road was slow to rise above the land valu~

achieving a healthy valuation only by c1898.Stafford (of Hawthorn) was still the owner of bothshops 'fhen they were connected to the sewer in1906-7. He continued as such until c1917.5

When the pair was built, Edward Stafford waslisted in business at stables in Russell Road,Hawthorn, while he lived in Oxley Road.6 (Therewere also the Sifford brothers, contractors ofnearby Richmond. r

DescriptionHalf a pair, this is a two-storey highly ornamentedstuccoed shop and residence with detailingderiving from the Italian Renaissance and atypically parapeted form. The elevation isdistinctive because of the detached columncouplets at each side of the building. The basis ofthe upper-level psuedo- trabeation, the columnssupport a decorated entablature and balustradedparapet which utilises the guilloche motif forbalusters. The entablature is raised into an archedform at the centre of the parapet, with associatedmoulded architraves, acroterium ? and supportingscrolls either side. The parapet urns havesurvived. Iron 'balustrading' at each balconetteadds further detail, the balconettes beingsupported by brackets over a paneled entablature.The facade appears to be architect designed, (therewas an architect, W.H. Stafford, of SI. Kilda,practising at the timeS).The upper-level colour is empathetic to theconstruction date.

External IntegrityThe ground-level has been replaced in a mannerunrelated to the original and a canopy added,presumably in place of a post- supportedverandah.

StreetscapeThe upper-level relates strongly to Victorian erasites further north in Burke Road, which all possessthe central raised pediment motif. Thereplacement for 682 Burke Road demonstrates wellthe fallacy that a bland (glass-fronted) modembuilding cannot harm a highly decoratedstreetscape.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a highly decorated cementedfacade which epitomises the boom era in which itwas conceived and provokes questions as to whyor how it was constructed after the 1893 bankmoratorium officially marked the end of the boomera. It supports, well, a late Victorian eracommercial streetscape.Historically, of interest as the result of aninvestment by an established businessman fromthe next major suburb towards Melbourne(Hawthorn) and for its long-term (successful?)

I D1895-D19402 Dl9503 RB1894-5.728; RBI895-6. 682; RB1896-7 682 (68?)' RBI899-1900 68? (68?)4 MMBWDRP 54196 • -. • - -5 RBI917-18.8716 Dl8957 ibid.8 D1895


IIbusinesses focussing on the tobacconist andhairdressing trades.

Shops, Residences,780-792 Burke Road, Camberwell

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 30.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1910First Owner: Green, F.R.Builder: Green, F.R.

HistoryProlific Camberwell builder, Frank R. Green,purchased Allotment 104 from the Federal Bank,Allotment 103 from Phillip D. Phillips, and!'Jlotmentf 102 and 101from Matthew O'ShanassyIn c19OO. Green built a one-storeyed, brickdwelling of seven rooms on Allotment 104 in 19002

This house remains, in part, at the rear of thecorner shop (770Burke Road).In 1909 Green began building at 784 and 786 BurkeRoad,. cOl:npletin~ the two brick shops withdwellings In 1910. The two-storeyed buildings onAllotment 103 each had an area of 2300 square

feet' Green also built two shops with dwellingson Allotment 102 (782 and 790 Burke Road) and ashop and dwelling 05' part of Allotment 101 (792Burke Road) in 1910. The three brick shops wereeach of seven rooms." Green ret~ned ownershipof the seven shops until after 1938.From the time it was first occupied until at least theearly 1%Os, 792 Burke Road was a butchers shop.The first proprietor was William John Shultz andother proprietors included William Stoner, T.B.Slater, J.W. };Vyatt, G.W. Jamieson, T.P. Hickey andR. Hastings.The first occupant ~f 790 Burke Road was AnnieMorphett, an artist. She was followed in quicksuccession by Helen Hitchend, a milliner, CharlesBebe, a manufacturer, then a tailor and, in 1915, bySugdon & toeath, contractors and laddermanufacturers1 Until the 19305 various womenincluding Alma Kennon carried on dressmakingand costumery businesses at this location.ll Fromthe late 19305 until at least 1%2, the shop was aladies hairdressing salon under variousproprietors1 2

No. 788 Burke Road was fi~t leased by ThomasMcOelland, a tea merchant.' However, by 1913 ithad become a confectionery shop and remained sountil at least the early l%Os with variousproprietors including Naomi Li~htfoot, AlexanderCottee, Mary Brack, and E. Greig. 4

Carl Herbert, a cabinet maker, ran the HebstFurniture Manufacturing Company from 786Burke Roa1!rom the time it was built in 1909 untilafter 1915. Throughout the 19205 and early19305,Mrs. Mabel Warry and Mrs. Lily Davis had acostumers business here1 6 A completely differenttype of business, electrical engineering, wasconducted from this address 9YW. March from thelate 1930s until at least 1%21 March a1~ tenanted630 Burke Road (q.v.) over a long period. 8

! ~r1899-1900, 958, 957, 956, 955; BRI900,61

3 BRI909, 1167; MMBW OPR 541954 BRI909, 11675 BR1910,13436 RBI911-12, 1121, 1122, 11237 BA1938, 9902; BA1938, 9378; BA1936 68648 RB1911-12, 1121;RBI922-23 10437;RBI925-26 13890' 01930: 01940' 01950' 01%?9 RB1911-121122' "",-10 ibid.; RBI9't3-14, 1576;0191511 01920; 01925; 01930; RBI922-23 1043612 01940; 01950; 01962 '13 RB191l-l2 112314 1913-14,1575; RBI922-23, 10435;01930: 01940 0195015 RB191l-l2, 1124;RBI909-10, 1035;019i5 '16 RBI922-23A.10433; 01920; 01925; 0193017 01940; 01,,-,0; 0196218 01940-50


IIWilliam Compton, a machine driver, occupied 784Burke Road (possibly onlJi the dwelling) for a shorttime after it was built. The shop became astationers, library and the Camberwell North PostOffice by 1913 and remained as such until the late192052 Various businesses, including a fruiterer,were conducted from here until, in the 194Os, itbecame St. Mark's Opportunity Shop andremained so at least until 1%2.0

A school was the first tenant of 770-772 Burke Roadafter its construction in 1900.4 Miss H. Henry,Mrs. H.H. Thomson and Mr. William C. Thomsonwere teachers at the sch~l, which occupied theresidence until after 1905. By 1910, L.,f. Bumsleased the building for a dental surgery. Bumscontinued to practise here until after 19307 In1938 a shop was added to the dwelling at anestimated cost of £1,700, matching closely theexisting shop row/' Miss May Waterson wasanother long-term tenant, runnlng a frock shop atthis address during the 1950s and early 1960s9

Frederick R. Green was listed in Melbournedirectories, arounib1900, as a builder, care of BurkeRoad, Hawthorn. In Camberwell Green is alsoknown for his shop rows in Maling Road (q.v.) andthe nearby Cloville Flats (g.v.), 31-39 CooksonStreet (1939) which, like the shop at 770 BurkeRoad, are deceptively young for their style.Although Green maintained a long tenure over thisrow, tenants were varied although often themerchandise remained unchanged. For example{792 was a butcher's shop from cl915 to cl950.ICamberwell Post Office's occupation of part of therow is also significant, albeit sharing with a libraryand a fancy goods shop,

Description

A parapetled and stuccoed shop and residence rowof eight, which is surprisingly well preserved butconservatively designed for its age. Adopting theItalian Renaissance revival style used forcommercial rows since the 1860s, the row has abalustraded parapet, extensive bracketing to thecornice, most of its parapet balls and ornatecemented detail around openings and on thedividing piers. The timber-framed post-supported

I RBI909-1O, 1036; RB1911-t2, 11252 RBI913-14, 1573; 01915; D1920; Dl9253 01950; 01%24 BRI900, 61; 019055 ibid.6 019107 019308 BA1938, 99029 01950; 0196210 D 1900 also listed at Mayston Street, Hawthorn11 01915;0195012 see BA686413 see CCS Pan One

verandah and shopfronts are, unusually, also nearintact.


The following sites may be compared with this site.6158-670, BURKE ROAD, 1895,680, BURKE ROAD, 1895893, BURKE ROAD, 1888,901-913. BURKE ROAD, d890,

921·917, BURKE ROAD, d890,941·957, BURKE ROAD, cl905,756-768, BURKE ROAD, 1905,.

108-112, AiA.U1\'GROAD. 1915,'123·125, AHu?\'C ROAD, 1915c1-5, THEATRE PUCE, 1910c351·353, P/HlTEHORSE ROAD, 1915,-

External Integrity

Generally original, except for a new shopfront2

at792, built in cl936 and added illuminated signs1

StreetscapeAn important corner element in the Burke Roadcommercial streetscape, paralleling in period thedomestic development extending up Broadway, 13

SignificanceArchitecturally, a conservative design given thestyle and date but unusually well-preserved for averandahed middle suburban shop row, includingshopfronts and verandahs: of Regional importance.Historically, an early row in the street's commercialdevelopment, as epitomized by use of one of itsshops as the Camberwell Post Office, also linkedwith the local builder!entrepreneur, FrederickGreen whose other contemporary shop & residencerow, the Block in Maling Road, provides aninteresting comparison with this row: of regionalinterest.


IIShops, Residences,796·798 Burke Road, Camberwell

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 30.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1936First Owner: Chaleyer, Madame LM.I.

HistoryMadame L.M. Chaleyer commissioned builder J.H.Richards to construct three shops with a combinedarea of 5472.6 square fl;<'t1 TI,e shops wereestimated to cost £2,90if. In 1937 Mrs. RM.Richardson, the owner of the pr05'erty, had garagesbuilt at an estimated cost of £125'. 796 Burke Roadwas leased bv Miss Flora Greive in 1940, WilliamA. Simon fro;" the mid-1940s until after 1952 andin 1959 the E.? & A. Bank Limited had purchasedthe property. In 1975 at an estimated cost of$14,000 part of the property was again altered intopremises for real estate agent G. HumeS. Number798 Burke Road was leased to Sylvia, a milliner(?),and Frank 1. Mollel. By 1944-45 the property wasleased to Edward F Edwards and by the early 1950sRegent Radio Pty, Ltd. used the premises as a radiorental shop with Geoffrey D. Searle also leasingspace there?

Lilian Maud Chaleyer lived at 512 Toorak Road,Toorak and her occuration listed in the electoralrolls was home duties. She was possibly related toJoseph Chaleyer of Joseph Chaleyer & CompanyPty, Ltd., manufacturing agents, merchants andimporters'', The company premises were at 353Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

1 BA 1936,68242 ibid.3 BA 1937,76734 DI940;DI944-45;DI952;BA 1959,243705 BA 1975,570406 DI9407 DI944-45;DI9508 ER 19369 D1936

DescriptionVisually, configured as three two-storey shop.s (andresidences?) the group is styled as Tudor revival oras the style was commonly called by contemporaryestate agents, the 'Old English: Half timbering,lead-light casement windows, the stepped partywalls and clinker bricks evoke the use of roughnatural materials, along with the gabled Marseillesterra-cotta tiled roof. The cantilever canopy(refaced), recessed entries and metal-framedshopfronts are from the period and healer-brickshopfront plinths reinforce the show of rnatenaIsabove.Comparable 1930s Tudoresque shops exist inToorak Road, Toorak, (Robert Hamilton - architect)and Whitehorse Road, Balwyn, among other placesbut, as a style-use group, it is not representedwidely in the State, particularly in good condition.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.615-631. CAMBERvVELLROAD, 1938,

10-10.'1., HiCH STREET, 19.;0(,

180-182, HIGH STREET, 1937"(

1388-390, TOORAKROAD, 194{h~

1389-391, TOOR.,\KROAD, 2935(.361-363, ~VHITEHORSEROAD, 1934ofF-ca vrHITEHORSE ROAD, 194<l(

External IntegrityNew signs, air units added and canopies refaced.

StreetscapeMarks the end of the Burke Road (Camberwell),commercial streetscape,

SignificanceArchitecturally, a near intact Tudor revival styleshop row which is one of a small group of shopsconceived in this style in the State and it is a majorcontributor to the Burke Road commercialstreetscape: of Regional importance.Historically, paralleling the domestic Tudor revivalof the 1930s used in Camberwell but expressedhere in shops, by the use of the Anglo-nostalgicdecoration of many private houses of the period itexpresses effectively the continuing Anglophilecharacter of the suburb: of regional interest.



Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1922First Owner: Farey, William A

HistoryWilliam Farey, the owner of a Burke Road bakery,moved from his previous residence in Rae Street,Hawthorn to this 16 room house soon after WorldWar One1 The Melbourne Directory for 1919 is hisfirst listing at this address (307Burke Road) but hisapplication to connect to the sewer was notrecorded until 19222 Entries in 1931, list Farey ashaving retired, sharing his house with Jessie andBeatrice Farey.Alterations done for Farey in 1946, cite theinvolvement of architect~ Godfrey & Spowers,Hughes Mewton & Lobb". Hence it is likely thatthe earlier design was done under the partnershipof Butler and Martin (Mewton worked withMartin), and designed by Walter Butler. The frontfence was also replaced at that time.This is a larger and more architecturallysophisticated building than one might expectgiven Farcy's occupation and social position. Itreflects the wealth and aspirations for socjalprominence of a leading local commercial figure.

DescriptionDesigned after the British architect CA. Voysey'scountry house type, the house is typical of the largehouses designed by Walter Butler and comparableto 21 Canterbury Road or Highton (q.v.). MontAlbert Road. Simple in outline and bold of form,the gable motif, so popular in Bungalows, is alsoused here. Placed in pairs or singly at one ortwo-levels, each roof gable is set against a highhipped roof, in a similar manner to the earlier and

I D1918:2 MMBW DPA 1267353 SA 1946. 186024 Ferey's local rote to befurther investigated

more ornate Queen Anne style. One of the minorgables, facing the side boundary, marks acolonnaded entrance porch. A bold chimneyelement is used, Burley-Griffin style, under onegable and a two-level bowed balcony is disposedacross another. Hence massive, geometric formsare applied against the finely judged roof line.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,THE RIDGE.191612. HUl\;7ER ROAD, 19189, SEFTON PLACE 1919-206, CHRlSTOVVELSTREET, 1919

718. RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1919

33. BROADWAY, 1920158, MOl\T ALBERTROAD, 19,20n. PRETORIA STREET. 192023,Sw-.'fv'YSfDE A1,.'£.\.11£, 1920286, U!\70N ROAD, 1910oK CURRAJO,>..'G.4. V£XUE, 19,20,.6, lMAiOO STREET, 1910,.17, THREADI\'EEDLE STREET, 1920(

65, YARRBAT A\'ENUE, i920,.i2, SPENCER STREET, 1921-3

899,TOORAK ROAD, 1921110, ~"''HITEHORSE ROAD, 1911

16, ALAtA ROAD, 1923648, BURKEROAD, 1923.n CANTERBURY ROAD. 1923

31. DEEPDENE ROAD, 1923

r.h:4Rh1CKAl'ENUE, 1923

90, MOt,a ALBERT ROAD, 192.f.5

168A, ArOb,"r ALBERT ROAD, 191.f.5

9, ROCHESTER ROAn 191.f.6

630-638, BURKE ROAD, 1924322-394, CAMBERWELL ROAD, 1914

12. MONT ALBERT ROAD. 1924

10, FiTZCERALD STREET, 192·k11, ALA-fA.ROAD, 1925(?)269, WaDI:\' ROAD. 1925·61.-

10, DONNA HUANG STREET, 1925

2, /I,fA,RTIl\' RO,'~D, 1925

4, SI. .4J:-.:DRIES STREET, 1925I, THREi\Dl'.'EEDLE STREET. 1925

931. TOORAK ROAD. 1925

118, ,"''''TILE l'ALLEYROAD, 192555. B..1TH ROAD, 1925(rr. CRE\7HOR'\,E ROAD, 1925..1. THR£4DNEEDLE STREET, 1925(359. vVHrrEHORSEROAD, 19.!5t513, .....HTTEHORSEROAD. 1925t146, YARRBAT AVL""UE, 192.5c

StreetscapeThe house is one of a line of large houses or flatsset in generous grounds and from the period192040 (938is a renovated 19th Century house).

SignificanceArchitecturally, a skillful assembly of simpleelements to create a picturesque compositionwhich nevertheless retains the massiveness typical


of the era; of regional importance; also one of agroup of large structures from a similar era.Historically, the home of a successful localbusinessman of local importance.

Camberwell Common School (Former),now State School No. 888,290 Camberwell Road

Historic Buildings Register: RStudy Grading: APrecinct: 32.00 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1868First Owner: Colonial Covt.Architect: Crouch & Wilson

History

After a public meeting held in 1866, severaldeputations and grant-seeking missions, a commonschool was opened in a timber building atCamberwell Road during 18671 Renownedarchitects, Crouch & Wilson designed the first,small but elaborate stage of Camberwell CommonSchool in the Gothic manner (1868): a style usedonly by two other similarly sized schools in theColony (Carlton, Echuca). Similarly the paucity offunds elsewhere seem to have precluded elaborateornament and the complexities of the mansardroofs seen at CamberwelL The school was to house150 pupils and like the old Faraday Street (Carlton)School, extended along the Camberwell Roadelevation like a loggia between two protrudinggabled bays.By 1886, the effects of the suburban-widepopulation boom at Camberwell promoted theerection of a new free-standing 'ilass room to aPublic Works Deparlment design. Additions of

1 CLFR212 ibid.3 ibid.4 ibid.5 ibid.6 ibid.7 op.cit.,pp.13-IS

1891 linked the two earlier wings'- A majoraddition occurred in 1909 when a five class roominfant school was opened on the east side of the1868 building and linked to it by a lobby4.Becoming a higher elementary school in 1926,meant internal renovations and probable tilerecladding of the 1868 wing's roof by 19305

. Aprior remodeling had occurred in 1923 and, in1925, electricity conne~ted6 The school reverted toprimary status in 1970 .

DescriptionThe 1868 wing survives to the west of the site. It isclad in polychrome brickwork (black, red, rubbedred and cream), and decorated and fenestrated in amodest Italian Gothic revival manner. Mansardshaped roofing, now reclad in tiles, dominates theelevation beneath it, with protruding gabled baysextending the coloured brickwork up under thedeeply bracketed eaves. Cream brick string mouldslink openings at sill and impost levels whilst red"rubbed" type bricks span them as pointed arches.A loggia device links the two bays and provides anoff-centre entrance.The other major part of the street elevation, is theinfant school. An intermittent but prominent roofridge-line links a number of different sizedhalf-timbered and gabled roof bays and finisheswith its own gabled face to Camberwell Road.Beneath this gable-end, a semi-circular brick formboth echoes the axis of the roof above, enhancingthe elevations symmetry, and counterpoints itsangular character with an apse-like curve. Aleaded glass window-strip separates this drumfrom the roof and provides plant-lifeornamentation. Parallel to it, similar but moreornate plant motifs and the school's title are cast ina cement entablature which underscores the maingable. Appearing not to have been part of thisaddition, a link with the 1868 wing, with itstransverse gabled roof, is a clumsy connectionbetween the two buildings.Notable parts of this extension include a wideChinese arched window to the southernmost of thebays and the out-trigger gables seen on all of thebays. Perception of this (eastern) notable elevationhas been made difficult by the extension of thechurch hall in 1933. A Pepper tree near the firststage may derive from early plantings.


IIComparative Examples~e fol!o,,:ing Cambe,:""ell sites may be comparedWIth this SIte but only In a chronological sense.2. BERWICK STREET. 185919,CA.?-.7ERBUR.YROAD, 18609, BARNSBURYROAD, 186118.BAL"WYN ROAD, 18638,A1RD STREET, 187035, PROSPECT HILLROAD, 18734

This school was considered elaborate compared toit t . 1 d i1 S con e?,poranes an IS noted as ' ..exceptional,even unique among Common schools, with itsmansard roof and ecclesiastical Gothic fenestration.Gothic of any kind was rare in the Common schoolera..:. The Canterbury Molesworth Street school iscomparable to the Edwardian additions

External IntegrityThe 1868 wing roof has been tiled and roomsadded to the west, south and south-east, albeitusing sympathetic n;>a,terials. Details only havebeen altered In the VISIble parts of the remainingWIngs. The yard fence has gone (picket).

StreetscapeA large, prominently sited complex which hasunusual visual coh:sion, despite its long period ofdevelopment, and links to the other civic buildingsadjoining via materials, form and style.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a prominent complex whichpossesses visual cohesion, despite a longdevelopment period, and contains twoindividually notable stil;ges;. one for its earlyprototype role ~n V~ctonan .school design(polychrome, Gothic revival, considered 'unique')and the other for its obscured but noteworthyEdw~rdian free adil;~tation of Tudor precedentsand fine cement detailing: of State importance.Historically, an early surviving public building inCamberwell and one of a small group of survivingCommon Schools in the state: of local importanceand regional interest.

1 Burchell. Victorian Schools, p.862 BA 1938,9878A

Camberwell Court House and PoliceStation,311- 317 Camberwell Road

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 32.00Construction Date: 1938-9First Owner: Victorian Govt. Crown Lands D.Architect: Everett, Percy (Chief Architect PublicWorks Dept.)Builder: Medbury, W A

HistoryHawthorn police station served this area from the1860s until a constable was stationed at Hartwell.By 1875 a station was established on the west sideof Burke Road near the junction. Three years laterthere were more ratepayer demands for betterprotection.The station was in Fairholm Grove until 1888,when it moved to the south side of RiversdaleRoad: there it was joined by the fire station.Meanwhile the court house was established as partof the 1891 Shire Hall complex (see BoroondaraShire Hall citation).The Crown Law Department requested a buildingpermit for a police station, court house, residenceand lock-up, in 1938: all for the estimated cost of£8,500. The builder was W.A. Medbury and thedesign came from 1he Public Works Departmentunder Percy Everett .Set on an angle on the site, the main buildingcontained an entry flanked by offices for the clerkof courts and barristers, the main court room andthe magistrate's chamber beyond it. Service areaswere located on the east side. Appearing to betwo-storey, the building was in fact just one, with aclerestory window strip on the upper wall. By itsmere massing, it served the purposes of justicewell.The contract plans (signed 20 May 1938 byMedbury) showed the 'future sergeant's residence'adjoining on the west and, its mirror-image, the


II'future police station' on the east side! At the rearof the site was the cell block (4 cells) with centralexercise yard, garage and storage areas forblankets, stolen goods and bicycles'.The next contract was let in June 1938 to the samebuilder to complete the complex. The residencewas two-storey, flat-roofed and very Modernlooking, containing lounge, kitchen, and washhouse on the ground-level and three bedrooms anda bathroom on the upper'. The station buildinghad rooms for women police, senior constables,and the sergeant. There Were also the muster roomand watch house in the north-east corner. Upstairsthe inspector's office, mess room, interrogation anddetective rooms, the district sub-office and a longL-shape corridor were the main elements, eachstrategically located for their use.Camberwell historian, V. Alexander Allan notedthat when it opened in July 1939, it was ' ...one ofthe finest Court buildings in the metropolitanarea..:. A similarly fine complex was constructedin Wangaratta during 1938 and another(renovation) at Geelong in the same period.

Description

Symmetrical about a diagonal axis, the design hasmany Percy Everett trademarks. Patternedbrickwork (brown heelers against red bricks andmanganese for the entry) provides visual emphasisto the entry and enhances the contrivedhorizontality of the ground-level which forms apodium for the contrasting masonry volumesabove. These in turn differentiate the police stationand court house functions within the complex.Parapeted, two- storey forms dominate the flanksof the composition whilst a centre pivot is impliedby the hipped roof, visible above the entranceblock. Curved volumes supplement thestreamlining already achieved by the contrastingstring-moulds.

Symmetry is extended to the clipped privetshrubbery, flanking the entry, although the maturecypress, which appears to be from the constructionperiod, lends a rather ragged pivot to the garden.


The following Camberwell site may be comparedwith this site.Church of Christ Scientist, 41 Cookson Street.Comparison may also be made to Everett's AnglissSchool, Lonsdale Street (1941), his public offices,Ballarat (1941) and the RMlT Buildings 5 and 9(1937-8).

I PWDcontract drawings 1937·8.7242 ibid.3 PWD contract drawings

External IntegrityThe building is generally original.

StreetscapeA design which recognizes its corner site by thediagonal plan axis and elevation treatment,although otherwise isolated as architecture butwithin the civic subprecinct of the study area.

SignificanceArchitecturally, skillfully massed and brick-clad,the complex utilizes fully and intelligently thelatest stylistic fashions of the period (streamlinedModerne), is near to externally mtact andsuccessfully utilizes its corner site: of regionalimportance,History, it is related by its proximity and scale, toother nearby public buildings: of local interest.

Wesleyan Manse,former,316 Camberwell Road

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 32.00 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1890First Owner: Methodist ChurchArchitect: Reed Smart & Tappin

HistoryEarly Methodist services were held at the house ofIsaac Brooks in 1863 and, five years later, undertrees on a reserve granted to the Wesleyans, next tothe Common School. Today's church, now sosadly altered, was the second Methodist church atthe junction, replacing the first wooden St. John'sof 1871, in 1885.


Architects, Wilson & Beswicke designed the secondchurch; its construction preceding the advent of theSunday School (1888) and the new manse(probably also Beswicke's design) in 1890. Themanse cost £1400 and the reverends John Smith,Samuel Scholes and R. Ditterich were among thefirst to occupy it!.

Description

Asymmetrically planned with two projectinggabled bays and a main hipped roof between, themanse is built of bichrome brickwork, andpossesses a timber verandah, on two levels, withunusual Orientally inspired timber ornament in thebalustrading, friezes and brackets. Cream brickvoussoirs and bands are used against the darkbrown body brick as are the stucco mouldings tothe window oriels on the projecting room bays.The massing and materials used here are similar tomany other religious residences such as St.Columb's vicarage (Crouch & Wilson, 18%-7)whilst the unusual Oriental or strapwork verandahaligns with Reed Smart & Tappin's Moonee PondsPresbytery (1901) and 150 Mont Albert Road (q.v.),Another example, also probably by Beswicke, is 13Victoria Road. The use of timber verandah detail,face brick, and Medieval forms may be alignedwith the emerging influence of the AmericanQueen Anne revival in Australia. Queen Annescrolling is evident under ground-level windowsills.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECTlilLL ROAD, 1881630,RNERSDALE ROAD, 18822, BER'MCKSTREET, l8SSc53, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1886-7320,CAMBERWEUROAD, 18863, FERMM'ACH ROAD, 188757, SEYMOUR CROVE, 188733,ALMA ROAD, 188819,CANTERBURY ROAD, 188846, PARUNCTON STREET, 1888635,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 188889, UMON ROAD, 18882, PEPpnVSTREET. 1889(,7)25,ALMA ROAD, 1889(?)54,MONT ALBERTROAD. 2889-936,ALMA ROAD, 1889208,CAl'.7ERBURYROAD, 188915,IRILBARRAROAD, 188921,lRILBARRA ROAD, 188943,KENTROAD, 18892.MOLESWOR1H STREET, 1889137, MONTALBERTROAD, 188932 PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 188910,TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1889261\.WMVSWORTH ROAD, 188950, W,ANDSWORTIi ROAD, 1889

42,W.ARR1GAL ROAD, 1889322*394,. CAMBERYVELLROAD, 1890-1262,UNION ROAD, 1890190015,ALMA ROAD, 1890

D189S, 01898. 01901

544,BURKEROAD, 189027, mCLESBYROAD, 18907, VICTORIAAVEl'.'U£. 189013, VICTORlAAVENUE, 189057, YARR8ATAVENUE, 189Qc?7A,AL"'1AROAD, 1891·213, BALM'N ROAD, 18914

73.()79,BALWYNROAD, 1891320, CAMBERWELL ROAD, 1892

621, RIVERSDALEROAD, 18926, TRAFALGARROAD, 1892125,WATTLEVALLEYROAD, 1892136,CANTERBURYROAD, 1893668-670, BURKEROAD, 1895680, BURKEROAD, 1895816.&2, RIVERSDALEROAD, 1895

30, HOWARD STREET, 1895("19, CAr.7ERBURYROAD, 189752 PROSPECT tau: ROAD, 1897

15,KASOUKAROAD, 1898150, MOr-.7ALEBRTROAn 189926, VICTORIAA VEl\'UE, 1899

External IntegrityThe fence has gone.

StreetscapeThe house relates well to the adjoining alteredchurch and generally gabled, Medieval brick formsof the Sunday School and former Common Schoolto the west. It contributes to an identifiable civicprecinct and surrounding parklands, and is furtherdistinguished by its comer site.

SignificanceArchitecture, a successful design after thedistinctive Medieval inspired manner used for 19thcentury ecclesiastical residences and an earlyexample after the American Queen Anne revival,which was to find much prominence in anamended form, early this century; also contributiveto a civic precinct: of state importance.History, a quasi-public building in a historicallyimportant civic group to Camberwell: of localimportance.


..Boroondara ShireTown HallAnd Offices,360 Camberwell Road

Study Grading: APrecinct: 32.00 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1890-1First Owner: Camberwell & Boroondara ShireArchitect: Gall, JamesBuilder: Holden, James

History1

Architect, James Gall, called tenders for theerection of a "new Shire Hall, Police Court...atCamberwell" in March 1890, to replace the hall of1871. His design was published in the AustralasianBuilder and Contractors News of August that year,and costs estimated at £8000. It was opened in1891 after expenditure of around £10,000. Galllater sued the council for unpaid fees (£307),basedpresumably on a percentage of the unexpectedlyhigh cost of the first design. His action fell short by£100.Commencing as the Boroondara District RoadBoard, formed under the 1853 Act, it blossomedinto the Boroondara Shire in 1871, as constitutedunder the Municipal Corporations Act (1863) andthe Shire Statute of 1869. Camberwell andBoroondara was the style after 1902until four yearslater when Camberwell Town was adopted. Itbecame a city in 1914.The hall, courthouse and offices were constructedafter a period of massive growth which saw thepopulation quadruple from the modest 1,525persons of 1881. The number of houses builtexpressed this, being over 42 times that of theprevious decade. This was after water had beenextended to Camberwell junction by 1872 and gas

reticulated to the area, five years after. The tenderssubmitted, being between £17,000 and £18,000,inspired a hurried visit to the Malvern Tow~ Hallby the Shire Secretary, and eventuated In theaward of a revised contract to James Holden,priced near to £7,918. The fou~dation stone waslaid in August 1890 after the decision to add area tothe hall and a clock tower to its corner.Later developments included the new city officesto the east, in 1924, and the conversion of the townhall to the central library, commenced by builder,J.L. Richards, in 1%0. The cost was £5,820. Thecaretaker's cottage formerly at the rear south-westcorner, was demolished c1%8.

CHRONOLOGY.

June 1889.James Gall architect, instructed by Shire Council toprepare plans for '...a building m<;re in keepingwith the dignity and increased Importance ofCamberwell.' 2. It was to encorporate a policecourt, attracting a 'grant in aid' from the Colonialgovernment.

July 1889.Gall's plan accepted, with estimate for £8000.

March 1890.Gall calls tenders for erection of Shire Hall, PoliceCourt, police station, etc. at Camberwell 3

July 1890Fresh tenders sought and received, after the firstbids had ranged from £17,000 to £18,000. JamesHolden's tender of £7,917/19/- was accepted withamendment to £9,118 for enlarging the proposedbuilding . Wallach bothers supplied thefurnishings, at an estimated £450, and blackwoodand walnut joinery was proposed for th~

Committ~ Room, President's Room and CouncilChamber.

August 1890.Shire President, Clarence Hicks, lays foundationstone

August 1891.Health Department permit opening of new hall.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shores are appointedcaretakers, and corrugated galvanized ironperimeter fences erected around reserve, With twodividing picket fences 6.

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seealsoreport presented to Camberwell Council 1990Allan p237ABCN 29.3.9Op.896; BEMJ 29.3.90. supp. p.3Allanp.237ibid.ibid.


June 1892.Gall sues Shire Council for unpaid fees relating tothe first design; working drawings, specificationsand supervision of the reduced design; anddrawings for new police quarters. Council allow'library Room' to be used for BenevolentCommittee meetings (starting November) 1.

November 1892.W.s. Maling's £193/10/- tender accepted for~recting a caretaker's cottage, facing Inglesby Road

May 1894.H. Grist erects proscenium with scenery costing£57/10/-.

October 1894.Town Hall forecourt loose screenings covered withasphalt.

April 1895.Council Chamber lit with incandescent gas burners(two) and the council's first typewriter installed inthe Shire Secretary's office.

1898.Shelving and a table installed and linoleum laid atthe town hall for a public library in the committeeroom suite (first floor) which was later (1910) to beused for the town clerk and surveyor's offices 3.

1899.Caretaker's residence enlarged by W.L. Vine for£133/1/3 later replaced by W.L. Sanderson's priceof £144/16/- 4.

June 1902.Contract signed for added urinals and plan closetsand other minor backstage alterations.

1904.MMBW Detail Plan shows present Adult andReference Libraries (former 'Recreation Hall' andCourt House) as extent of building on the southand east sides; the Camberwell Road forecourt wasasphalted; and a caretaker's cottage to the

south-west of today's reference library, with asmall stable facing Inglesby Road.

1906Earliest surviving MMBW property service pia!,prepared, showing connection to MMBW sew!r .Municipal 'Borough' status elevated to 'Town' .

1911Fences (iron?) around town hall reserve removed 7.

1920MMBW property service plan showg theatretteextension (? see 1924) to recreation hall .

May 1924.New municipal offices foundation stone laid byMayor Hocking after acceftance of W.H. Cooper'stender of £8,888 in March .

July 1924.Irwin & Stevenson, architects for the new offices,were commissioned to extend the stage andbackstage of the old recreation hall. 'Sam' Lazarusfamily donate clock for town hall tower.

February 1925.Drawings for further alterations to town hall,redeploying former office areas for ancillary roomsto recreation hall (cloak rooms ground floor,supper rooms first floor).

July 1935.I.e. Aisbett retained as architect for proposedrenovations of town hall; the scheme wasdisbanded in November 10.

June 1938.PWD submit plans for a new court house, policestation and residence at the Camberwell Road andButler Street comer (opened July 1939) whichpresumably left the town hall court room vacant 11.

1953One-storey office extensions to 1924-5 municipaloffices planned in Inglesby Road, near CamberwellRoad comer, including town clerk and deputytown clerk's offices 12.

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Allen p.320op. cit. p.242MMBW DRP51023Allan. p.245Allan. p.245MMBW loc. cit.Allen, p.2S6Allan. p.261Allan. p.262ccc


1958-9

Bookmobile suite built 1 and new building putbetween recreation hall and 1925 offices 2

1960

Conversion of recreation hall, fanner court roomand council offices to Junior, Adult and TeenageLibraries. New floor-level installed in backstagearea to serve as store (upper) and lecture (lower)rooms.

1963R.E. Gillies, architect, plans conversion of formerbackstage lecture room into theatrette.

1967

Minor alterations and office partitioning to library.

1975Planning for new council offices began, thebuilding opening in August 1978: architectsMockridge Stahle & Mitchell.

DescriptionComplimented by the later offices (1924) thisFrench Renaissance revival stuccoed structureextends typically in five bays along CamberwellRoad and a further three major bays, withverandah, on the west elevation. The corner toweris thrust forward from the west face but serves as atypical facade element on the north parapetpediments, raised over SOme bays, giving themprominence (comers, central bays) whilst theintervening facade has a modest balustradedparapet, interspersed with piers. Minor pedimentsat the storey-level string cornice signal entry pointsor where visual emphasis only is required, as at thetower base, with its arch-segment pediments overwindows. The main facade is conservativelytrabeated with shallow and austere mouldings.Conversely the deep verandah placed outside theformer police offices, and courthouse on the west isboth a traditional device associated with the law'sprocesses and a successful visual counterpoint tothe surrounding facade.Smooth rustication is used sparingly at groundlevel, as is ornament generally with the exceptionof the generally structure- orientated mouldings(pilasters, podiums, keystones) and the policeoffices around the comer which possess multiplepilasters. Finer ornament such as the shallowbrackets, supporting each pediment, and thewrought-iron balconettes, is also sparse. Attentiontherefore (perhaps intentionally) is drawn to theasymmetrically placed tower, with its

1 CCC;MMBW DRP 51023, carried 0U1 July2 ibid.

French-styled mansard roof and unusualcantilevered widow's walk, and the police officesand courthouse of the east facade.Interiors:18;11 OffiC~5 .1>1d tun.

Internally, the former hall has giant orderCorinthian pilasters and a plain, coved ceiling.External detail includes encaustic mosaic tiling tothe courthouse porch.The court and magistrate's rooms, passage andstairways, former hall and a few offices (ie, formerRate Collectors Office, later librarians office) haveretained their spatial and decorative integrity.Many alterations have occurred in detail, such ascutting away of archways, blocking of entrancesand receiling of most of the upper level spaces m1925. With the uniting of rooms in the 1925conversion, came the removal of fireplaces, withthe exception of a white marble mantel in theupstairs annexe (former 1925 mayor's supperroom), the former 1891 surveyor's, clerks and ratecollectors offices. Sufficient ceiling details, skirting,door and architrave joinery survives to allowzeneral restoration to the 1891 era, if desired, while~pecial joinery such as the ?,ain stair, with itscast-iron balustrading, is near intact, Alterations m1925 include the main stair windows and the backstair in the former lavatory spaces. Reputedly theformer hall ceiling has also been replaced recently,apparently following a similar lin~ to the ongmalbut in a presumably greatly simplified form.Nevertheless the giant order Corinthian pilasterswhich survive are notable, despite ad- hoc additionof air ducting along their length. Sundryalterations include new openings, glazed screens,and intrusive pendant fluorescent lighting.

Comparative ExamplesThe following sites may be compared with thissite: Fitzroy, North Melbourne, South Melbourne,Collincwood and Northcote town halls, mostearlier'''but more conservative within that overallgrand-manner employed for municipalheadquarters.

ExternalIntegrityParapet urns may have existed, glass doo~s havereplaced timber paneled ones, a semi-cylindricalcanopy added to the entrance, glazing detailsaltered and reflective film applied to the glass. Thebricks have been painted at the rear and anobtrusive addition placed at one corner.Internally, mouldings have been cut back andunsympathetic finishes applied.


•StreetscapeWith the 1924 neo-Grec office additions, the formertown hall contributes to a notable classical revivalcivic streetscape.

SignificanceArchitecturally, the design falls in the mould of theItalian High Renaissance or French Renaissancestyles used in earlier municipal offices such as atNorth Melbourne, Fitzroy, Collingwood andNorthcote (incomplete). However, Gill's distinctiveover-sized comer tower adds that touch ofgrandeur which evokes more of the boom era inwhich it was built than the more conservative ifhighly successful designs of the other examples.Historically, it is the earliest municipal complex inthe city and as such has been the vehicle for manyof the area's most momentous decisions and civicoccasions as well as its social role as anentertainment centre.Significant 1891 spaces include the former publichall and communicating passages, stair hall, foyersand tiled entry loggia. The court and magistratesrooms, despite their c1925 ceilings, retain generalfinishes and forms sufficient to provide forhistorical expression of the presumed numerousevents it has housed.Architecturally Insignificant Areas or BuildingsSpaces of no obvious architectural or historicallyrepresentative merit include:theatrette (former backstage)bookmobile docksupper room (1%0 plan)annexe (1%0 plan)kitchen (1%0 plan)Similarly, whole building stages considered to beunimportant include: the 1948 (?), 1953,1958-9and1%3 wings.

ManagementThe 1891 building, in contrast, was bestappreciated from the north and westernviewpoints, austere red brickwork taking overfrom highly ornamented stucco on the east andsouth faces. Irwin & Stevenson's 1925 backstageentry addition is both unusually stylisticallyadvanced for the date (anticipating the streamlinedModerne of the 1930s) and contextural, given theuse of face brickwork in response to thesubstantially brick character of the Inglesby Roadelevations. Similarly, the faceted plan shape alsoechoes that of the adjacent 1925 council chambers.Subsequently, the painting of the brickwork hasinduced another unforeseen layer of visualconformity. Demolition of the 1958-9 building

between the backstage area and former councilchamber would greatly enhance the relationshipbetween both buildings.

Camberwell City Offices, 370 CamberwellRoad

Study Grading: APrecinct: 32.00Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1924First Owner: Camberwell City CouncilArchitect: Irwin & Stevenson

History(Refer to former Boroondara Shire Hall) AlbertHocking, mayor of Camberwell, laid thefoundation stone for these offices, in 1924,commencing construction of a design by youngarchitects, Leighton Irwin and Roy Stevenson. Thepresiding town clerk was RW. Smellie.The next offices built for the city were to replaceboth town hall and office annexe when opened in1978.

DescriptionTypically for the period, neo-Grec or a strippedGreek revival style was chosen: the austereclassicism and stucco finish providing asympathetic and discrete neighbour to the moreornate town hall. Five bays of Tuscan pilasters anda single acroterion accompany sparse detail such asthe saltire cross motif, used in the door lights, theentry top-light, the wrought iron balconette, andmulti-paned casement windows. The link with theearlier building is achieved successfully with aregressed low- level section of the facade whichadjoins flanking pavilions to the main facade.Interior:Most spaces are surprisingly near intact, includingjoinery, fittings and finishes. The council chamberalso has an early (if. not original) colour scheme

IfIand is a notable and uniquely formed space,particularly given the surviving Adamesque GreekRevival ornament, joinery and original carpetremnants. Another ~otable aspect is the s':lrvivinpstained and varrushed doors, architraves,partitions and counters.

Comparative ExamplesThe following sites may be compared with thissite: the Camberwell masonic hall, EmilyMcPherson school of Domestic Economy, thePolice Hospital Adminstration block SI. Kilda Roadand school assembly halls such as at EssendonHigh school, designed under E E Smith.

IntegrityWindows (upper) have been reglazed and variousair-units installed; a sign box has been added and achimney cornice removed. Remnants of formalshrub planting survive in the front garden.

StreetscapeA successful stylistic and physical complement tothe 1890-1 former town hall and, together, adistinctive civic streetscape.

SignificanceGiven the unusually near intact state of the 1924-5office block, this integrity factor alone gives botharchitectural and potentially historical significanceto the whole building. As well there is the notablestreetscape contribution to the earlier buildingwhich in tum is evocative of the profession'sconcern with context at that time 2

Significant individual spaces commence with thecouncil chamber, main foyers and passageways(both levels) and stairway. Secondary areas are thehistorically representative only office spaces, withthe general office area (under chamber) the mostsignificant among them. Toilet areas are alsosignificant because of their high integrity to theirconstruction period ie. white tiles, marble urinalslabs.

ManagementExternally, the 1925 offices suffer most fromadditions in Inglesby Road. The building'ssymmetrical plan and elevations, intended to beseen from at least three sides, is now visible onlyfrom Camberwell Road and even that view iscompromised by the 1953 eastern addition. Thisshould be remedied


Study Grading: BPrecinct: 41.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1930First Owner: Holland, Rueben and HenryArchitect:Builder: Holland, Rueben

HistoryReuben Holland, a builder, already resided at 400Camberwell Road, when Henry Holland, a. retir~dcontractor and builder of long standing InCamberwell rad 3% Camberwell Road built forhis own u~. R. Holland (Henry'~ ",?n?~ waslisted as the builder in the permit apphcalton . Thecost of the five room brick house was estimated at£1,l005

After frequent attendance of picture shows held inthe town hall, (near this site), Henry Holland ~s

said to have been inspired to launch Camberwell sfirst picture theatre, in 1914, on a site in BurkeRoad. He was backed by David Lewis of thePrahran retailers, Love and Lewis, and undauntedby competition from Mcleish's Rivoli cinet;na, ~eleased his building to Hoyts Theatres Ltd..In theirfirst venture at Camberwell. Holland died IJl 1932;his theatre being subsequently leased as a G.J.Coles store.Henry Holland was a k~y figure i~ local social andpolitical life. He was Involv~d In loc~l progressassociations and took an Interest In gardendisplays. He apparently put on films for loc~l

groups and may have been behind the ope~-a1r

film nights in Canterbury Gardens and providedfilms for fund-raising for group like the Boy Scoutsin Camberwell. The house is a reminder of theinfluence of a few men like Holland in shaping the

1 blackwood?2 see emergence of RVIA Street Architecture Medal in the late 1920s3 BA 1930, 15954 ibid.5 ibid.


social and physical character of Camberwell in theearly twentieth century.When alterations and additions were done in 1940,W.L. Payne was the builder and Mrs. Holland, nowa widow, the accredited owner',

Description

One quarter larger than its near twin at 398, thishouse is a near original example of theMediterranean or Italian villa style which had beenpopular since the late 1920's. Unpainted texturedstucco and a combination of red and clinkerbrickwork provide laterally symmetrical horizontallayers, capped by a near symmetrical hippedterra-cotta clad roof. Pressed cement ornament issparingly applied in the form of garlands whilstspiraled shafts and stylized Ionic capitals adornsquat columns at the verandah and colonettes atthe windows. The fence repeats the stucco and redbrick combination, and a palm once played aprominent role as the period garden.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354, BURKE ROAD, 192692, MONT ALBERTROAD,192614,. PINEAVENUE, 1926c452,BIlRKEROAD, 1927·282, BARl\'SBURYROAD, 1927.360, BURKEROAD, 192747,CAMPBELl.ROAD,192738,HIGHFIELD ROAD,19271. MUSW'ELLHILL,1927294,WARRlGAL ROAD, 19273, ROCHESTERROAD. 1928-307, ROaIESTER ROAD. 1928·30Z.HICffTON GROVE,1928-927, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1928~21,CHRlSTOYVELSTRE£T,192826,CHRISTo-WEL STREET, 192817,!A.VSELL CRESCENT,192812, STODDART STREET,19288,CHRlSrOWEL STREET,192&:226,DONCASTER ROAD. 192919,FAIRMOl\7 A VEl\'UE,1929300,WARR1GALROAD, 192934.ELUOTT AVENUE. 1929(15,FREEMAN STREET, 1919c


StreetscapeThe house is in a row of similarly shaped, if notstyled, houses and next to a near identical house,presumably by the same builder.

1 BA 1940, 131872 MMBWDPA 192486;BA 1933,3575; ER 19343 BA 1933,3575

SignificanceArchitecture, a near original example of a typicalsuburban villa style: of regional interest and localimportance.History, for two years the home of Camberwell'sfather of picture theatre enterprises, a well knowncontractor in the area and, hence, highly influentialin shaping the social and physical environment ofCamberwell: of local importance and regionalinterest.


Construction Date: 1933First Owner: Woods, Frederick GeorgeBuilder: Smith, C]

HistoryFrederick G. Woods, an auctioneer, commissionedbuilder C.].Smith to erect this house in 1933-42 It was t'1cost£1,290 and house over 20 squares of floor area .

Description

Nco-Tudor in style, this house retains mush of itsoriginal appearance through the surviving darkstained timbering, white painted "rough-cast"backing and the choice of garden shrubs aroundthe frontage. The matching garage and rear gardengateway reinforce the period expression of thehouse.Parallel with the use of Tudoresque elements suchas the half- timbering, terra-cotta shingles andherringbone brickwork, is the combination of oneand two storey height sharply pitched gables, orielbays, chimney shafts and clinker brick walling toproduce successful massing.The fence is original


CompU2tiveExamp~s

The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930

396, CAMBERWEU ROAD, 1930460,CAMB£RWELLROAD, 193016,MUSWELLHIL1., 19303, BRENBEAL STREET, 1930c177,DONCASTERROAD, 1930c816-822, RIVERSDALEROAD, 1930c454- WARRlGAL ROAD, 19:MK359,WfflTEffORSE ROAD, 1931k397"1399, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193{/(:497,Y\lH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1931'k35, BALWYN ROAD, 1931·21292, TOORA,KROAD, 1931-2II. CHATFIELDAVENUE, 1932-327, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 19323,FlNSBURYROAD,19327,MURIEL STREET, 1932c4,FINSBURYWAY, 1933125,HICHFIELD ROAD, 19331, MAPLE CRESCEJo..7, 193314.STODDARTSTREET, 19337, MANGAN STREET, 1933c

11.FA1RMOz,,7 AV£NUE,1934--587-871'\,. BOINENSTREET, 1934201,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1934c45, CHRlSTOWELSTR£ET, 1935

46.CHRISTOWELSTREET, 193556.CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19351,FAIRMONTAV£l'.'UE. 19359,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUGHA VE1'.'UE, 19353, SAUS8l1'RY STREET, 1935

177.GLENIRIS ROAD, 1935,361.tvHITEHORSEROAD, 1935c361, 't'VHITEHORS£ ROAD, 1935c796-798, BURKE ROAD, 1936

23,CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19364!, COOKSON STREET, 1936

9, JUDDSTREET, 193649,THERIDGE, 1936

20,WALSH STREET, 19368, REID STREET, 1937.a716, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517, WH1TEHORSEROAD, 1937r31-30, COOKSON STREET, 1938-39311-317, CAMBERJlVELLROAD, 19382, FAIRMONT A VElVUE, 193824.. FINSBURYWAi'; 1938

3~HORT£NSES~ET,I938

4, MARLBOROUGH A VENUE, 1938

26,REIDSTREET,19386tXJ, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1938

66,THE BOULEVARD, 1938136,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814,. CASCADESTREET,193924.CHRlSTOrvEL STREET,19391, MOUNTAIN VIEWROAD, 193943, YWLLE STREET,1939

43,CASCADESTREET, 1939c:?

External IntegrityThe house is generally original despite the additionof an attic awning and possible alteration to thewindow area below it.

1 BA 1930, 1794;ER 19312 BA 1930. 1794

StreetscapeThe house adjoins and is adjacent to contemporaryvilla development which however is more of theItalian or Mediterranean Villa style (see AcheronAvenue for more nee-Tudor).

SignificanceArchitecture, a successful and near intact variationon a popular suburban villa style which isenhanced by landscape and matching ancillarybuildings: of regional importance.History, little is known of Woods in theCamberwell context.


Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1930First Owner: Lovig, Evelyn VeronicaBuilder: McMillan, A M

HistoryHarold Lovig, a carrier, occupied this house afterits construction in 1930 by builder, A. Mortimlj,rMcMillan, for the listed owner, Mrs. E.V. Lovig .The house was to cost £2,700 and possess sevenmain rooms'. McMillan designed and built othersimilar Camberwell villas, particularly in the GolfLinks Estate opposite (see 1 Fairmont Avenue).

DescriptionHip-roofed and clad in textured stucco, theCordova pattern tiles lend this house a Spanishflavour within the general Mediterranean villacategory. The clinker brick base walls probablyoriginally played more of a co-ordinated role in acollection of "natural" finishes (prior to painting-thestucco) culminating with the terra-cotta of theroofing. The Palladian, serlian window assembly(almost an essential part of this style) occurs here;once in fact and once by implication (two


iiirectangular lights, either side of arched glazing to asecondary entrance door).The surrounding planting is sympathetic and theoriginal fence exists at the frontage, clad intextured stucco and provided with garland details.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.~, BURKEROAD, 292692.MONTALBERTROAD, 192614,. PINEAVENUE, 1926c452,BURKEROAD, 1927·282, BARNSBURYROAD,1927360, BURKEROAD, 192747,CAM:PBELL ROAD. 192738,HIGHFIELD ROAD, 19271.}'{uSMll HILL. 1927294,WARRlGALROAD, 19273, .ROQ-IESTER ROAD, 1928·307, ROQi£STERROAD, 1928·302, HICHTON CROVE,. 1928--927, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1928...21,CHRISTOYv'EL STREET, 192826,CHRISTOWELSTREET, 192817,LA..V5£LL CRESCE?-iT, 192812 STODDARTSTREET, 19288, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 1928(226,DONCASTER ROAD, 192919,FAIRMOl-.7AVEJ\'UE,1929300,WARRICALROAD, 192934.£LUOTT AVEl\'UE, 1929<:15,FREEMA,'v STREET, 1929<-


StreetscapeThe house is a prominent part of a precinctcomprised of contemporary villas in Italian Villaand Old English Styles (see 464 Camberwell Roadand 2 Acheron Avenue).

Significance

Architecture, a near original and prominentexample of a common suburban villa type whichcontributes to a precinct: of local importance andregional interest.History, little is known of Lovig but the builder,McMillan, is well represented in the suburb andhas shown in many of Melbourne's middle suburbsthat he was skilled in the designer- builder role: oflocal and regional interest.

1 ER 1931;MMBWDPA 1491532 BA 1933.3244

Kalorama, now demolished47 Campbell Road

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1927First Owner: Caldwell, Alan Bisset

HistoryAn accountant, Alan B. Caldwell, was the firstowner of this house after its construction in 19271

.It was descrised as of five rooms and clad withweatherboard.

DescriptionA typical suburban Bungalow in style, this housetypically retains the original dark stained finish toboth boarding and shingling. The archetypicalgabled porch, set into a transverse main gabledroof form, is simply ornamented with Chinesebrackets and provided with a slatted balustrade.The garden planting appears to be of the periodand lacks only a fence.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354,BURKEROAD,192691,MONTALBERTROAD, 192614, PINE. AVENUE, 1926c451, BURKEROAD, 1927·282, BAR1>lSBURY ROAD, 1927360,BURKEROAD, 192738,HIGHFIELD ROAD, 19171.AfUSWEILHILL, 1917294,WARRIGALROAD, 19273, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1928-307,ROOfESTER ROAD, 1928·301, HIGRTON GROVE, 1928-9

27, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1928..'n. CHRISTOVVEL STREET, 192826, CHRISTOlN£LSTR£ET, 192817, LANSELL CRESCE},!T, 192812 STODDARTSTREfT, 19288, CHRJ5TOWEL STREET, 1928r22.6, DONCASTER ROAD, 192919,FAIRMONT AVENllE, 1929300,WARRIC.AL RO.4.D, 192934.ELLIOTT A VEJI.'UE.. 1929c


IIIS, FREEMANSTREET, 1929c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original; the trim colours aresympathetic.

StreetscapeThe property adjoins and is adjacent to similarlystyled detached Bungalows and villas from the19205 and 19305.

SignificanceArchitecture, an intact example of a commonresidential form used early this century which isenhanced by its landscape setting and contributesto a streetscape: of regional interest and localimportance.History, little is known of the Caldwells in theCamberwell context.

Linda House (former), Canterbury FamilyCare Centre,19 Canterbury Road

Australian Heritage Commission: RNational Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.):ClassifiedNTA FileNumber: 1665Study Grading: APrecinct: 16.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1860-88First Owner: Priestley, Alfred

1 NTA FN.l66S2 RB 1972-3.208;NTA FN.I66S3 RB188S-6.644,646;NTAFN.I66S4 NTAFN.l66SS ibid.~ ;lrgus...~.11.l876,p.2

lbRl.; KI':l 7878 MUAI9 NTAFN.I66S10 Australian Storekeeper's Journal, July 1899, p.180

HistoryLinda commenced as a single-storey house ownedby AlfredPriestley, a ban~ manager and local road boardmember (1860-1) . Patrick Perkins, a brewer, wasthe next owner, who leased what was described asa house and 12 acres to DavidEvans, Edmond Gleeson, and Thomas WiIlis2

. Hewas fol!owed by William John Craig, an importer,in 1885. The Craig family retained possession ofwhat had become a seven and a half acre propertyuntil the 1920's4. By 1928-9Lind! had become partof the Presbyterian Babies Home .An auction notice of 1876, described Linda as "astuccoed brick residence with a 10 feet wideverandah to three sides...the villa retreat of PatrickPerkins, Delaney's Road, Upper Hawthorn,,6. Ratebook descriptions cite a valuation increase from£180 to £460 in 1888 and it is likely that the hfusehad been expanded to 24 rooms in that era. Infact, the architect, James Wood called tenders onbehalf of Craig, for the renovation of Linda in 18858

Alfred Priestley was accountant to the NationalBanking Company of Australasiaf. He also listed,in the early 1860's, as secretary to the MelbourneGas and Coke Company; his private residencebeing cited as at Boroondara. As well as serving onthe road board he was one of its auditors in 1867and the new shire's auditor of 1872. He was alsoactive in Anglican matters and elected to the Boardof Advice for the Camberwell Common School(1888).William Craig was in his late 40s when he extendedLinda. At his death, in 1899,he was pronounced ashaving "...successfully built up one of the largestretail businesses in Australia..." (Craig, WilliamsonPty. Ltd., drapers): branche~ existed in ElizabethStreet, Ballarat and Bendigo1

. Shortly before hisdeath he was elected to the Melbourne CityCouncil, having already been active. in theChamber of Commerce.

DescriptionSymmetrically composed about a pedimentedcentral bay the stuccoed facade extends in a bayedform at either end of a two- level arcadedverandah. A massive hipped and slated rooffollows the bayed plan-form. Balustrading andother typical Renaissance derived ornament is used


together with an unusual serlian arch configurationin the verandah arcade. Reputedly the stair andentrance hall are notable interior elements, as is thesuperposed verandah arcade.The original grounds are shared with 21Canterbury Road (q.v.) and contain both matureand sympathetic plantings (boundary hedge,Moreton Bay Fig, Cedar), whilst an accompanyingsquare-top picket and fence is related to the period,if not the original modified.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.1, BERY.7CK STREET, 18599,BAR.i\'SBURY ROAD, 186118,BALvVYNROAD, 1863290,CAAfBERyVELL ROAD, i858~

8, AIRD STREET, 1870

35. PROSPECTHILL ROAn 1873-4

External IntegrityThe house is generally externally original (frontelevation); new visually unrelated structures havebeen added at the front of the block and adjacent tothe house.

StreetscapeThe house relates to its historical successor,number 21, by the set-back and extensive groundsand to lesser late Victorian houses in the vicinity.

SignificanceArchitecture, a distinctive, large, near intact... andsuccessful adaptation of the Italian Renaissancestyle to villa design in Victoria which is enhancedby the survival of its grounds and elements of thegarden: of state importance.History, closely associated with a nationallyprominent retailing figure (Craig) and communityservices within Camberwell: of state and localimportance.

Marcellin College Junior School,former House, 21 Canterbury Road

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 16.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1923First Owner: Craig, William EArchitect: Purchas & Teague

HistoryArchitect, John W. Wright, of1Purchas and Teagu~,designed this house for William E. Craig in 1921 .Prior to this the Craig family resided at the lateVictorian period Linda House (q.v.) whichadjoined on the west. This late Victorian periodhouse was bequeathed to the Presbyterian Churchin 1925 for a babies home, possibly awaiting thecompletion of 21 Canterbury Road".An article on the house, published in 1926, told ofthe old house which had preceded it, its gardenhaving been carefully preserved during thebuilding works. The former house had alsobelonged to a vigneron who had appointed it witha deep cellar. The new house was deemed a successat fitting in to the old garden setting...

'The gardener must be justly proud of the display whichthe garden makes with its flaming masses off/owers andsoft green lawns, the admiration of the passers-by, eventempts them to pass through the fine d~uble entrancegates ofpaneled wood and wrought iron..

The article described the warm blended terra-cottashingles to the attic roof, the tiled porch, So~thAustralian marble steps, the porte-cochere facmgsouth and the gravel motor drive which led to thestables and garage behind the house. The entrancehall was in the manner of the Medieval great halls,a large room rather than a passage, with anexpansive fireplace, beamed ceiling and doubleglass door pairs leading into the main receivingrooms. In passing, the writer noted what some

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IIregarded was the finest private art collections inthe state: this explained the absence of the typicalpolished timber wall- paneling which usuallyadorned houses of this period. Instead there werethe light buff-coloured walls but still there was thepolished, generally blackwood, timber door andskirting joinery. Missing today is the glass housewhich attached to the west side of the house. Fromwithin this provided a green glow into the drawingroom which connected to it with double glassdoors. There was also the owner's Adam stylebedroom suite, with dressing room alcovecomplete with fireplace, which possessed (as mostof the bedrooms did) its own bathroom, this onebein~ a generously sized and well-equippedspace.Around 1947, the Marist Brothers acquired theproperty: creating Marcellin College, andcommencing a number of additional buildings(dated 1949,19S2,1%S,1971,1978,1980-3i whichflank the original house on all three sides.

DescriptionBuilt in an English domestic revival attic-bungalowform, the house strongly expresses its constructiondate, owing mainly to its unpainted stucco whichcontrasts successfully with the terra- cotta shingleson the roof. Composed in the common Bungalowformat of a wide spreading gable intersecting withanother placed transverse to it, an unusual featureis the massive, skillion- roofed attic which is placedsymmetrically about the axis of the entrance porchbelow, and a saddled attic gable-end whichappears above it. The volume possessed by thisattic element affects the usual interplay of simplygabled forms, lacking a closing element (such aschimney) on the west end of the elevation (once aconservatory was attached). The western elevationutilizes the Bungalow's more typical symmetricalapproach: this and the eastern elevation areobscured by added buildings to both west and eastof the house.The spacious grounds between both buildings andthe lot frontage, are enhanced in their expression ofthe large period house, (at 21) by the palms andmature shrubs at the fence-line but much of the oldgarden noted in 1926 has been replaced by schoolbuildings.Inside, there has been little change with polishedtimber joinery, lead lights, and ornamental plasterall still evident.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.29, THERJDCE, 1916Z2,.HUNTERROAD,1918

1 ibid.2 MMBW DPA 64542;BA 1949.3893

9, SEFTONPLACE, 1919.206,CHRISrowrL STREET, 2919718,RlVERSDALEROAD.291933, BROADWAY, 2920258, MOl'.'T ALBERT ROAD, 192011, PRETOR].A, STREET, 192023,SUNNYSIDE AVENUE, 1910286, UNION ROAD, 192044, CURRA10NC AVENUE, 1920c

6, J'RA,\100 STREET, 1910f

17- THREADN£EDLE STREET, 1921k65, YARRBAT AVElI.'UE, 19101"

41 SPENCER STREET, I921~3899, TOORAK ROAD, 1921930, BURKE ROAD, 1921210, VoIHITEHORSE ROAD, 192216. ALMA ROAD, 1923648,BURKEROAD, 192331, DEEPDEN£ ROAD, 19237,WAR!'\<7CKAVEr.'UE, 192390, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 19.24--5168A, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1924-59, ROCHESTER ROAD, 19.24-6630-638,BURKEROAD, 19.24311·39otCAMBERMLLROAD, 19.241.2. ,\101-.7 ALBERT ROAD, 19.2420, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1924,;II, AU1A ROAD, 192.5(?}269, UN/G.'"'; ROAD, 1925·61;-20, DONNA BUA."iCSTREET, 19.25.2.,\1ARl1N ROAD, 19254, ST, ANDRIES STREET, 19151.THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925931, TOORAK ROAD, 1925118,VI-:1TTLE t'ALLEYROAO,l92555, BATH ROAD, 1925r77, C,RE)THORNE ROAD, 1925,;1. THREADI-,'EEDLESTREET, 1925,;359, l-',>'H1TEHORSE ROAD, 1925c513, VvHTTEHORSEROAD, 1925..146,YARRBAT AVE1-.11E, 19.25..

External IntegrityThe house is generally original, as observed fromthe street with the exception of the new fence andlargely paved front garden.

StreetscapeThe house relates to number 19 by its siting and theextensive grounds.

SignificanceArchitecture, a near intact, austere ana partlyobscured house design which follows a distinctiveapproach to the Common Bungalow form and isset in generous grounds, relating to its historicalprecursor at number 19: of regional and localimportance.History, identifiable still as related to the earlier 19Canterbury Road, briefly associated with an earlyand notable Camberwell family and havingprovided a community facility in two aspects, thefirst made the more pressing by the advent ofWorld War One (see also 9 Boston Road): of localimportance and regional interest.


Coolattie,29 Canterbury Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1897First Owner: Gutheridge, Richard Snr.Architect: Gutheridge, R M

History

Richard Gutheridge, described in the 1890's as agentleman (retired), acquired land from theVictorian Permanent Building Society andcommissioned the construction of a ten room brickhouse there in 18%1 Richard M. Gutheridge, anarchitect and likely designer of the house, took theownership in 1902, possibly on the death of hisfather, and remained there until c19082.

Gutheridge Snr. along with Arthur Gutheridge,appear to have constituted Gutheridge & Co,saddlery ironrnongers, manufactu:rers andimporters of Lonsdale Street Melbourne .Both Gutheridges resided in Grace Park, Hawthornprior to Collattie; Richard possibly involvinghimself in minor land development in that suburb.Richard [nr was active professionally it seems for abrief period (1895-1906). He designed brickwarehouses, mainly in King Street, Melbourne,including one for Gutheridge and Co. in GoldieAlley.

DescriptionThis is an extensive red brick and stucco housestyled after the English Queen Anne manner andformerly sited in extensive grounds. Set on arambling plan and with references to the suburbanItalianate, the house shares little with the similarlystyled builder-designed villas in the locality,possessing a relatively irregular profile. Twoprojecting but differing bayed and hip-roofedrooms guard the entrance to one elevation, and1 RB 1895-6.51;RB 1896-7.51.52;RB 1898-9.542 RB 1902-3.58; ER 19083 FWD 18934

similar but gabled bays protrude from the side andrear elevations; the latter once trimming the end ofa service verandah (now rebuilt?).Foliated impost friezes, rough-cast stucco betweenthe eaves brackets, and foliation within thepediment tympanums are set in contrast to thecoloured brickwork around them, and an entranceporch on open work cast-iron supports isdistinctive but somewhat cramped by the adjoiningbay.

External IntegrityThe house is generally original except for the highfence at the frontage (the original gate appears tohave been reused to close off the driveway at therear).

StreetscapeThe Bungalow styled 27 Canterbury Road andnumber 58 opposite are complementary inmaterials, form (in part) and siting.

SignificanceArchitecture, a distinctive (albeit sometimesclumsy) design after a minority residential style(English Queen Anne) which is near to original andcomplemented by adjacent detached houses: ofregional and local importance.History, built for a regionally known businessman:of local importance and regional interest.


Study Grading: AConstruction Date: 1909First Owner: Parsons, Herbert FArchitect: Ussher & Kemp


IIHistoryHerbert F. Parsons, of Parsons Brothers & Co.,spice merchants, commissioned architects, Ussher& Kemp to design this house in 19091. The housewas complete by the end of that year. Parsonsremained there until well into the 1930's2.

DescriptionWith its broad, half-timbered and gabled main roofform and the skirt-like flared hip covering theverandah, this house approaches more than mostUssher & Kemp designs, the Far Eastern tea houseprototype, so appropriate for this owner.Offsetting this tea-house symmetry is the gabledroom bay, at the front elevation which terminatesthe slatted return verandah. A long verandahsection opens onto the adjoining tennis court,whilst the section facing the front surveys a lawnand mature trees from the period. An extensivehalf-timbered gable juts out to the east, dormers inthe rear roof look to the north and a single- storeyverandahed service wing extends out towards asympathetically designed garage. Mature trees atthe front and side and a Cordyline at the rear aresupportive of the period as are paint colours to thehouse.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY,1900-120, BRYSON STREET,1900608, RIVERSDALE ROAD,19001,5AUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIAROAD, 1900n.WE;NA ROAD, 1900c42, BRYSON STREET, 190158,CAJl,7.ER8URYROAD, 1$01

6, Klh'TORESTREET, 190123,ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1902169,CAl'.'TERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGAN STREET. 1903142,. MONTALBERT ROAD, 1:«7, Mi\NCARRA ROAD, 190.5-624. CHAUCERCRESCE.NT, 1905633,RIVERSDALEROAD,1906-827, BALWYNROAD,I~58,BROADWAY,190665,MONT ALBERT ROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY,190731, CHAUCER CREscurr, 190717,THREADNEEDLESTREET, 190718,PEPPINS1REET, 1907c138,CANTERBURY ROAD, 1908-94I,1NCLESBYROAD, 1908-910,SEFTONPLACE, 190841, INGUS8Y ROAD, 1909·107l. BROADWAY,190973,BROADWAY,1909206,CANTERBURYROAD,19092.2. Y7CTORlA ROAD, 1909

1 MMBWDPA67187;WD 1899-19002 D1935

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced, steel windows fittedto the eastern gable and a window wall to a minorwing of the south elevation.

StreetscapeMasked by the mature garden and high fence, themain impact of the house is to the east (due to theskewed site placement) where its neighbours are ofmixed period, mainly 20th century. In theory itrelates to the opposing corners, a Bungalow (60)and the Queen Anne flavoured design at 58 (q.v.)also the houses adjoining on the west (numbers 29and 27).

SignificanceArchitecture, a successful and intact design fromthe masters of the American born Queen Anne villastyle (Ussher & Kemp) which, on its corner site, iswell disposed for viewing the four elevations of itsdesign and complementary to nearby individuallynotable and near contemporary houses: of stateimportance.History, the owner represents the mainstream ofthe study area's Edwardian influx by hisoccupation and choice of house style: of localimportance.

Rosstrevor,58 Canterbury Road

Precinct: 26.03 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1901First Owner: Watts, Thomas J

HistoryThomas J. Watts was the first rated owner of thiseight room brick house, in 1901, leasing it to aninsurance inspector, Arthur J. Murray andsubsequently to the Flinders Street indian- rubber


IImanufacturer Ernest C. PerdriauJ• Thomas Wattswas ~ newsagent and crockery dealer of East St.Kilda.

DescriptionAptly designed for its comer site, the housenevertheless belies its construction date by the useof a design more typical of the previous decade.The tower with its squat hipped roof neverthelessconveys the French influence seen in thecontemporary Queen Anne style as do thecorbelled chimney tops and red brick walls.However the verandah and main roof forms echothe previous ltalianate style although the cast-ironpattern is typical of c19OO. The gabled bays, withtheir louvred roof vents centred on each wall, aredistinctive.The fence is sympathetic to the original, as is thegarden. A mature gum in the rear yard is notablefor its apparent age.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY,1900-120, BRYSON STREET, 1900

608,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 19001, SAUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 1900

11, LUENA ROAD, 19OOt:42, BRYSON STREET, 19016, KlNTOR! STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT,190135,BROADYv.'I.Y,190239, PROSPECTHIll ROAD, 1902169,CANTERBURYROAD, 190346, LOGANSTREET, 1903142,M01l.7 ALBERT ROAD, 19047, MA,",ICARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCERCR£SCENJ, 15(15633,RIVERSDALE ROAD,1906-827,BALJIVYN ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY. 190665,MOt-i7 ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 1907

st.CHAUCER CRESCENT,190717, TIiREADN£Wll: STREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907c138, CA!\'TI:RBURY ROAD, 1908-941,INCLESBYROAD, 1908--910,SEFTONPLACE, 190841, INCLESBY ROAD, 1909wlO71, BROADWAy; 1909n.BROADWAY, 190931, CAl\TERBURYROAD, rsos206,CA1'>7ERBURYROAD, 190922.VlCTORlAROAD, 19091293, TOORAKROAD, 1910.8, ST. GEORCES CRESCEJo.'T, 19102,CIA¥TON ROAD, 19101:199,'WWTEHORSEROAD,1910t24,ALBION STREET, 191117-19, BROADWAY, 19ZI96-98, fD,,70NROAD, 191124, KENT ROAD, 1912-1354,. BROADWAY,191235, MATLOCK STREET, 1912

21 RBI90I-2. 1152;RBI903- 4.1206; WD1899-19OO

WD1899-19003 RBI893-4. 1123;RBI898-9. 1036;RB1899-1900. 1114

648,BURKEROAD, 1913-186, KlTCHENER STREET, 19138, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1915-2(1(127, ~MA.LEE ROAD, 19l5·l0e2711, ALMAROAD, 191576,ATHELSTA,'I[ROAD, 1915347-349, ~'HITEHO.RSE ROAD, 1915e353, WHITEHORSEROAD, 1915c150, lMNMALEE ROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original, with the exceptionof the fence.

StreetscapeSet on a corner and best viewed from the downhilleastern approach, the house's towered form is bothprominent and visually suitable. Late Victorianperiod villas are opposite and adjacent to thehouse.

SignificanceArchitecturally, of a later or transitional stylistictheme but nevertheless distinctively designed(presumably by an architect), well suited to its siteand near original; of regional importance.Historically, little is known of Watts or his tenantsin the context of Camberwell.

Ericstane,136 Canterbury Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1893First Owner: Grieve, John

HistoryJohn Grieve, who was described as a gentleman(retired), owned and occupied this nine room brickhouse, on allotments 1 and 22 of the Griffin Estate,from 1893 until 1898 when ~ was leased tomanufacturer Burdett Laycock. After a short


•period of re-occupation by John Grieve, theMelbourne Directory replaces him with Mrs. AnnieGrieve, possibly after his death1

.

Grieve may have been of Connibere, Grieve andConnibere, warehousemen, of Melbourne. Thearchitect, Beverley Ussher, w?rked for the Grievefamily in the area during 1907 .

DescriptionThis is a large polychrome brick Italianate housewith a return cast-iron verandah, a bull nose profileverandah roof and cast- iron verandah detailing. Arelatively large front yard contains mature periodelements, such as a palm, conifers and perimeterpittosporum hedge, and sympathetic paving. Theboundary fence has been renewed sympatheticallyas have the house trim colours.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.35, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1881630,RlV£RSDALE ROAD, 18822,. BERl'V1CK STREET,188&.53, PROSPECI HILL ROAD. 1886-7320, CAM8ERWELL ROAD, 1886

3, FERMA."/AGHROAD. 188757, SEYMOUR GROVE. 288733,ALMAROAD, 188819, CANTERBUR)-'ROAD, 1888

46, PARUNcrON STREET, 1888635,RlVERSDALEROAD, 188889, UMON ROAD, 18882,PEPPIN STREET, 1889 (7)25,ALMAROAD, 1889(7)54, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1889-936, ALMA ROAD, 2889.208, CANTERBURY ROAD, 188915,IRILBARRAROAD, 188921, lRlLBARRA ROAD, 188943, KE...V[ ROAD, 18892, MOLESWORTH STREET, 1889137,MONT ALBERTROAD.288932,. PROSPECTHIll ROAD, 188910,TRAFALGAR ROAD. 188926A.WA.Il"VSWORTIf ROAD, 18895~WAND5WORTHROAD,I889

42. WARRjGAL ROAD, 1889

322-394, CAMBERWELLROAD, 1890-1

26.2, UN!ONROAD, 1890190015, ALMA ROAD, 1890544, BURK.EROAD, 1890

27, lNCLESBY ROAD, 18907, VICTORIA AVEl\;l1E, 1890

13, VICTORlAAVEl'.'UE, 1890

57, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1890r?7A, ALMA ROAD, 1891·213, 8ALYv"'t'NROAD,1891-473479, BALWYN ROAD, 1891

320, CAM8ERW£LL ROAD,1892622, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 18926, TRAFALGAR ROAD, 1892125, WAITLE VALLEY ROAD,1892136,CA1I.'TERBllRYROAD, 1893668-670, 8URKE ROAD, 1895

680, 8URKE ROAD, 1895

816-822, RIVERSDALEROAD, 1895

1 DI90S; DI9062 MUAI3 D1914; MMBW DPA 66078; BA 1899-1918.1108

30, HOWARD STREET, 1895c

29, CA.'"rTERBURYROAD, 189752. PROSPECT HIll ROAD, 189715, KA;SOUKA ROAD, 1898150,MO!'.7 ALE8RT ROAD, 189926, VICTORlAAVENUE, 1899

External IntegrityThe house is generally original except for paintedbrickwork at the rear.

StreetscapeThe house is on a hillside comer site opposite anotable Queen Anne villa (138) and adjoining aQueen Anne row on the west.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a large and intact example of acommon late 19th century suburban villa stylewhich is enhanced by its period landscape settingand hillside, corner site; of regional localimportance.Historically, probably associated with a prom!nentMelbourne businessman (further work required):of probable regional and local importance.


Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1908-9First Owner: Richardson, C HArchitect: Richardson, C HBuilder: Richardson, C H

HistoryPreston architect, C H Richardson, designed andbuilt this house ~or his own use in 1909, rem?-iningthere until c1914 . The house was to be of brick, 26


IIsquares area and two storeysi. A series of ownersfollowed, including William McGeary, WilliamBedford, a Mrs. L. Talbot and Percy K. Watts2.

DescriptionThis is a Queen Anne styled villa clad with redbrick rough-cast stucco and Marseilles pattern rooftiles. Outrigger half- timbered gables, a high mainhipped roof, slatted and arched verandah detailsand a comer conical tower, are all typical attributesof the style, shown here to good advantage on acomer site. The fence is original, the trim colourssympathetic, and the Maidenhair creeper perimeterhedge of the period.At the rear a later garage has been skillfullyintegrated with the house.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69, BROADWAY, 1900-120,BRYSON STREET,1900608,RlVERSDALE ROAD, 19001,SAUSBURYSTREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 190011, LUENA ROAD, 1900c

4-2BRYSON STREET, 190158, CANTERBURY ROAD, 19016, Iaz..rrORE STREET,190123,.ROYAL CRESCEJ\.7, 190135,BROADWAY,190239, PROSP£CTHIllROAD, 1902169,CANTERBURYROAD, 1903-46, LOCAl'.'STREET, 1903142,MONT ALBERTROAD, 19047,MANCARRA ROAD, 1905-624,. CHAUCERCRESCENT,1905633,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-827,BALi'V'YN" ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65,MO/l.7 ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY,190731, CHAUCER CRESCENT,190717,THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1!KJ718,PEPPINSTREET,1907(41, INCLES8YROAD,I908-910,SEITON PLACE,190841, INGLESBYROAD, 1909·1071, BROADWAY,190973,BROADWAY,190931, c,..v.,7ER8URYROAD, 1909206,CA1\'TERBURYROAD, 190922. VICTORIAROAD, 19091293, roORAK ROAD, 1910-8, ST.CEORCES CRESCU'1, 19102, eLAITON ROAD, 1910e199,JNHITlliORSE ROAD, 1910c24,ALBION STREET, 191117-19, BROADWAY,191196-98, UMONROAD, 191124.. KE./'.'T ROAD, 1912-1354,. BROADWAY, 191235,MATLOCK STREET, 1912648,BURKEROAD, 1913-186, KITCRENER STREET, 1913

I BA 1899-1918.11082 D191S;nrszo. Dins; Dl93S3 RBI904-S. 38; DI90S; MMBW DPAS77774 BAI899-1918,38S

8, FITZCERALDSTREET, 1915-2Oc127,I-VlN'MALEE ROAD, 1915-2Oe27A,AlMA ROAD, 191576,A11fELSTANROAD, 1915347·349,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c353,YvHJTEHORSE ROAD, I91Sc150,Yv1NMALEE ROAD, I9ISc


StreetscapeIn a line of notable Queen Anne villas (excepting36).

SignificanceArchitecturally, an intact and adept design in thepopular Queen Anne manner which is enhancedby its period setting, a comer site and adjacentQueen Anne streetscape; of regional and localimportance.Historically, of a villa type synonymous withCamberwell; of local interest.

House and Surgery,169 Canterbury Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 19034First Owner: Armstrong,George WArchitect: Ussher & KempBuilder: Lyon, E & N

HistorySurgeon, George H. Armstrong practised from thishouse after its construction for him, in 1904, to thedesi~ of renowned domestic architects, Ussher &Kemp.The builders were E. and N. Lyon''. Armstrongremained there until the 1920's when Emily Scipell


IIIof Box Hill owned the housel, A later owner wasthe Baptist Union of Victoria2.

Ussher & Kemp designed a less extensive, butsimilar surgery- residence in Bellair StreetKensington, five years previously.

DescriptionMore in the Tudor or European medieval revivalmode, rather than the more typical AmericanQueen Anne Style, the house possesses adominant, overhanging half-timbered gable setagainst the highhipped main roof, oriel formwindows, and a bayed, partly open timberverandah, with a comer turret. Terra-cotta rooftiles and shingled walls complete the imagederived from the Medieval prototypes. An unusualaspect is the built-in lower level of the two-levelverandah. A tree (Lillipilly?) and some shrubssurvive as period landscape.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this si teo69, BROADWAY, 1900-120, BRYSON STREET,1~608,RlVERSDAL£ ROAD, 19001,5AUSBURY STREET. 19005. VICTORIA ROAD, 190011,WENA ROAD, 1900c

42,. BRYSON STREET, 190158, CA,',.TERBURYROAD, 19026, Kno.'TORE STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT,190135, BROADWAY,190239, PROSPEct ffILLROAD,19026, LOCANSTREET. I$VJ3142,MONTALBERTROAD, 19047,MA.NCARRA ROAD, 1905-614,. CHAUCER CRESC£1ItT, 1905633,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 19Q6..827,BALYVYN ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 190665, MONTALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, i90731, CHAUCERCRESCENT,190717,THREADNEEDLESTREIT, 190718,PEPPINSTREIT, 1907c138, CA1'<'TERBt/RY ROAD, 1908-941,INGLESBY ROAD, 1908-910,SEFTON PLACE,190841, Il\'CLESBYROAD, 1909·1071, BROADl'IktY,190973, BROADWAY, 190931, CA1'<'TERBURYROAD, 1909206,CANTERBURY ROAD, 190921, VlCTORIA ROAD, 19091293,TOORAK ROAD, 1910·8, ST. GEORCESCRESCEz..'T, 19102, CLA¥TON ROAD, mOc199,l-VH1TEHORSEROAD, 19lOe24,ALBTONSTREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY, 191196-98, Ul\70N ROAD, 191124,KENTROAD, 1912·1354.BROADWAY, 191235,MATIOCK STREET, 1912

648,BURKEROAD, 1913-186, KITQiENfR STREE'L 19138, FITZGERALD STREET, 19I5·2Qc127, \tV1II.'MALEEROAD, 1915·10,27A, ALMA ROAD, 192576, ATHELSTANROAD, 1915347-349, 'WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c353,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915c150,JlVINMALEE ROAD, 1915,

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced and some timberdetailing is missing.

StreetscapeIsolated in a largely redeveloped streetscape withthe altered Victorian period pair (159-161) the onlyempathetic neighbours.

SignificanceArchitecturally, typically an adept and distincti:--edesign in the general Queen Anne mode. from Itsmost adroit practitioners which is near original: ofregional and local importance.Historically, as a surgery over a period the househas achieved some public building status; of localinterest.

Canterbury Post Office,206 Canterbury Road

Study Grading: APrecinct: 22.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1909First Owner: Commonwealth Govt.Architect: Mackennal, H J(Works Director,Dept. ofthe Interior)

HistoryMail came down Burke Road for the first time in1868 when a post office agency, held through the1860s-1870s by a newsagent

I MMBWDPA 577772 ibid.


named Keen, commenced delivery'. The agencywas opposite the Town Hall gardens. This waswhen The Victorian Gazetteer noted it as, 'a smallpostal hamlet...in the village of Boroondara' with apopulation of 'about 350 souls'. An electrictelegraph service was thought to have commencedtwo years later. After a proposal in 1886 toincorporate a post office in the town hall complex,the Camberwell post office was erected ~n 1890 atthe Burke and Camberwell Roads' comer.At Canterbury, a 'telephone exchange and publicbureau' was erected in 1900 with 23 subscribers:this was presumably in Canterbury Road, at thepost and telfgraph office, west of the RochesterRoad comet'. It was criticized then as being toocongested.Drawings were prepared in 1908 for the present,more central, post and telegraph office, underWorks' Director of the Home Affairs Department,H J MacKennal, and countersigned by theVictorian Works director, Thomas Hill4•

They illustrated a public office where a counterdivided thespace from a large mail room which, in tum,communicated with alarger 'battery terminal and celdes room' (later alunch room)5. A 'mens' retiring or lunch room wasalso provided ~later a tea room), under another atfirst floor level. A Miss M Francis was one of thepost mistresses to preside at the office soon after itopened.The post office is significant for its siting and itseffect on the subsequent development of theMaling Road shopping area. Its location on thesouth side of the railway contributed to thedivision of the Canterbury shopping precinct andthe survival of the Maling Road shops. It isimportant as a 'gateway' to the shopping strip.Camberwell's local shopping strips are importantelements in the appearance of the municipality;their creation makes an important theme in thesuburb's history. This building appears. to havebeen crucial in shaping one suburban shoppingarea; in particular it demarcates the divisionbetween nineteenth and twentieth centuryshopping zones.

DescriptionIncluded under the general category of theEdwardian Baroque, this post office like manyothers was very much a free adaptation of theEnglish Baroque of Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor.Four brick

piers, with implied rustication support the two'retiring room' levels on the north, offeringcounterpoint to the large bifocated arched windowadjoining; a device repeated on the Maling Roadelevation. However, the main stylistic device is aminor rotunda which rounds the apex of thetriangular site and provides a sheltered entry forboth staff and the public. Above its parapet, thevarious main roof bays are, deported in the typicalDutch hip or tea-house form associated with thecontemporary and related Queen Anne villa style.This post office compares with the many otherBaroque revival designs executed by federalgovernment architects: these include post offices atBrighton, South Melbourne (perhaps the best) and'defence installations such as HMAS Cerberus. TheCanterbury example has the advantage of asemi-island site which allows full articulation ofthree-dimensional devices, such as the semicircular porch and roof forms, whilst the impliedeclectic detail is seen to relate to all elevations.

Comparative ExamplesThe following post office sites may be comparedwith this site:Ballan, Beulah, Birchip, Boort, Carlton North,Clifton Hill, Cobram, Cohuna, Corryong, Elmore,Fairfield, Glen Iris, Hopetoun, Merino, Parkville,Rainbow, Rupanyup, Rutherglen, SouthMelbourne, Stanhope, St Arnaud and St KildaRoad among others which utilised this neo-classicstyle in red brick and cement. Another earlygovernment example was 4 Treasury Place(Commonwealth Govt. Offices) which was alsodesigned under Murdoch (Canberra). Canterburywas among the earliest group.

External IntegrityGenerally original, given above changes.

StreetscapeIt successfully introduces and adjoins- notablecontemporary commercial streetscape.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a successful, early and near intact,design in a nee-Baroque style which was adominant style among Federal governmentbuildings until World War Two. Here the design'ssuccess is underscored by a notable adjoiningcontemporary streetscape; of high regionalimportance.

I23456

Allan, I.A. pl7Sop. cit. p.2lf7op. cit. p.306Australtan Archives Drawing Collection, Dmg. No. 63/11/2ibid.ibid.


IIIHistorically, one of Camberwell's older publicbuildings and significant in its effect on theCanterbury shopping precinct; of local importance.

Malone's Family Hotel208 Canterbury Road, Canterbury

Historic Buildings Register RNational Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.): RNTA File Number: 4908Study Grading: APrecinct: 22.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1889First Owner: Malone, WilliamArchitect: Wolf, William GBuilder: Edmond, JContract Price: £6646/00/001, 17.8.89, p165Fitout cost £313/10/52

HistoryThe MMBW Detail Plan 1976 (o1905?) shows thehotel as is with single storey wing united withmain building by a continuous L-shape verandah,stable and earth closet wing extending east tostreet, three fenced lots adjoining the hotel andstable on the west and one adjoining the stable andearth closets on the south. Villas with names suchas Wara tab, Penrith, Edith Villa and Ellesmere,adjoined in Sutherland Street (Wattle Valley Road)to the south.The MMBW Property Sennces File on the site startsin 1908 when Collins Street architect, John StanleyJenkins, supervised work for Malone whichinvolved the initial connection to the sewer withsubsequent disconnection of most of the southboundary closets and general replacement oftroughs and basins. It was then Hodgens Hote!.

The stable was noted as 'not in use', the bar sinkwas to be replaced and the cellar (north eastcorner) was 'dry' (meaning dismantling of a 'YanYean syphon'), What appear to be two small lightwells are shown on upper floors where plumbingfixtures were also concentrated. Adjoining vacantlots were all fenced, indicating some use requiringprotection from wandering stock.By 1921-2 the owner was still William Malone of 56Stanhope Street, Malvern but the style was nowThe Canterbury Club Hotel:' This was the era ofthe Anti-Liquor League and widespread hotelclosure. At that date the existing troughs (rear wingand south boundary), baths (at south end of rearwing verandah?) and water closets (at the southboundary) were abolished or renewed, beingreplaced inside the building. The addition to theeast of the stable was done at this time, replacingthe previous row of earth closets.Seven years later baths and basins were added atthe 1st and 2nd levels and baths on the ground and2nd floors plus a basin and a set of troughs wereabolished. Lillian Branagan of 'Hollywood' in SI.Kilda was the owner and Collier & Clare, also of SI.Kilda, were the agents for the next plumbingalteration. This plan showed new garages on thewest and south boundaries (west one is now usedfor accommodation). Extensive plumbing renewalworks were done in 1955, mainly in the rear wingwhere the concrete floor was introduced to whatwas tenned a 'polluted area'. The Metropolitan

4Tramways Board was the owner.Malone was listed as licensee and owner untilFrederick Goldhawk (1896-1899), then AnnleLarkin (1899-1~) and Alfred Hodgens (1903-)became licensees. The description was 40 rooms In

1899 and 47 rooms from 1900: the Nett AnnualValue was unchanged at £200 during that period.Boonmdarn Standard did not report the laying of thefirst stone but instead carried the advertisement ofthe rival 40 room Surrey Family Hotel opening byA McNeill (formerly of the Royal Sailor,Richmondj'' A retrospective 1934 account in theCanterbury Advertiser recalled that both theCanterbury Cricket and Football clubs formed in1888 and 01891 respectively and play.ed their earlymatches at the rear of Malone's hote!.?Ernest Swan in his Halfway up the Hill recallsMalone's Hotel as the only one for miles around,opening from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., ' ...many a drunkenlout have 1 seen ejected to the gutter towardsMidnight.' Brian Carroll's Cambenoell Sketchboo.kcites the anti-liquor leagues of the 1920s and their

1 AustTolianBuilding& Contractor'sNews 2.3.89,p2182 ibid.3 MMBW645594 associated field books have not been sighted5 RB 18%-7, 1410;RB 1899-1900. 1419:RB 1901-2.2011; RBI902-3. 20586 Boorandara Standard 26.4.897 TheCanterbury Advertiser 7.11.34, p.4


particularly large following in Camberwell. Bypopular vote Camberwell's seven hotels and twowine saloons were closed. Malone's suffered thesame fate, Malone receiving £1700 compensation asowner-licensee. Increased residential amenityfollowed in the 1921-2 works cited above where thelight wells had been closed in and extra plumbingfixtures installed for the new role played by thebuilding. Leaded lights in the former comer barreflect this period.The Camberwell Library local history collectionhas several views of the hotel. One taken c1906 isfrom the west, showing 'HODGENS HOTEL'prominently displayed on the side wall and whatappears to be an ornamental garden on theb,;ilding's west side. The stable and single storeyWing are shown. Another from a similar time showits east elevation, again as is except for whatappears as a gap between the main building andthe south wing. No gap appears in a clearer viewfrom a similar date.Illustrations: Building & Engineering Journal 23.02.89p.138 showing hotel basically as is with sinzlestorey wing and flagpole to tower. e

Description

The hotel is finished in stucco, is parapetted,occupies three levels with a corner tower andbasement, and has a face-brick rear stable andfenced stable yard. Stylistically it is inspired by theItalian Renaissance, with applied cementmouldings of pediments, swags, architraves andcornice and string mouldings. Similarly windowopenings are arched or rectangular, with verticalwindow bays introduced into the elevations on thetwo upper levels, using attached colums.Notable Interior Elements1

:

Main entrance hall with marble and slate paving,upper halls, stair hall coloured glass windows andthe stair with associated former parlors/bar roomsopening off main hall.Typical Interior Elements:Rear wing rooms, skirtings, architraves, four-paneldoors, plaster mouldings (centre flowers).Landscape:Probable cl922 planting most evident (palm,privet) with the 19th century garden representedby the Cordyline.

External Integrity

Stable-earth closet wing, north wall relocated,openings blocked in stable east wall (c1922), coachhouse entry arch fallen and various signs added.Hotel exterior (single-storey wing):

Inspection (2.3.89)

openings altered on west wall with new concretefloors (1955), window joinery (part), added southskillion and some new wall vents, verandah detailmissing (restorable given surviving detall) andwestern leg of verandah demolished for new fireescape to main building (1922), stone string-mouldpainted over on east face.. parapet orbs missing;main wing:added 1922 fire escape and trellis work on westface, 1922 leaded glazing (comer, ground) andcorner glazed door (original 6-panel withtop-light), painted over basalt string-mould asabove;Interior-new exposed service lines, new partitions in mainentry hall, stair-well and elsewhere, fountainremoved from pedestal in entry.

ContextThe hotel is at the entry point to Maling Road,providing a gateway element in conjunction withthe post office. Its height, towered form, and scalemake the hotel a dramatic visual urban element,made more so by the hillside siting.

SignificanceThe building is significant architecturally: as afree-standing building and as an hotel (given thealtered state of other suburban hotels, particularlyat ground floor level) and as a major streetscapeelement, visible form all directions, particularlyfrom the west and east.The building is locally significant historically asone of two early surviving hotels in the Canterburyarea, as the typical early meeting place for socialgroups and particularly as the venue for both thefirst football and cricket club activity in the area.As an historical expression of this important era(prior to delicensing in the 1920s), the building iswell preserved inside and out (except for internaldecorative wall and ceiling finishes) and isparticularly enhanced by the survival of the stableand stable yard, the stable being a picturesqueform in its own right with its unusual gabledparapet and Dutch-hip roof combination. The mainrooms (meeting rooms, parlors and bar room) werethe focus for this social activity and take on specialsignificance in contrast to the accommodationrooms which are typical only. Nevertheless someindication of their configuration, size and finishshould be maintained, particularly as the SurreyFamily Hotel as been completely gutted.The 1922 renovation is evident in the externalescape, the closing-off of part of the back stair,bathroom fittings, the glazing done at ground level,


new corner door and a new garden created to thewest.

Restoration:Conservation, including restoration, isrecommended for the external original fabric; theoriginal stable, fence and yard; the remnant matureplanting (palm, Cordyline); the stair and lobbies atall levels and the entrance hall, bar and parlorrooms and a representrtive section of the typicalaccommodation rooms.

House,2 Carrigal Street, Balwyn

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1954First Owner: Kelly,H.A.Builder: Kelly,H.A

HistoryHugh Alexander Kelly built this residence in 1954to the design of Frank C. Dixon for his own use2

The eight roomed, Frick veneer house wasestimated to cost £5,00 . Kelly, a manager, ownedand occupied this property with Aileen NormanKelly4.

DescriptionLow-key in its street character, this painted brickdesign is early for what became an establishedvernacular in Modem house design viz. theshallow skillion roof taken over an adjoining carbay next to the entrance and a courtyard beyond.At the front there is the block-shaped mail box, asfeatureless as the house itself, and no fence.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.

106,Y\IHlTEHORSE ROAD, 19W-Z1, MONTANA STREET, 19401297, TOORAK ROAD, 194091.""tAUD STREET, 194&133. ,\{AUD STREET, 1940c56, RIVERSlDEAVEl\1lE, 1941k15,WALBUNDRY avecue. 1940c417-, IAlHlTEHORSE ROAD, 1940c113, YARRBAT AVENUE, 194<k113, MOl\'T ALBERTROAD, 1941·22, BEATRICE STREET, 19416, BULLEEN ROAD, 1941In DONCASTER ROAD. 19414, A1AYSlA STREET, 194146, THE BOULEVARD, 1941t KELBASTREET, 19411"666, RJV£RSDALE ROAD, 1946-7119, DONCASTER ROAD, 1948r. KALONCA ROAD, 1948c

166,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1951-22, TAURUS STREET, 195k32 URSA STREET, 195Ic6, CARRIGALSTREET, 195243, KJREEP ROAD, 19521, MADDEN STREET, 19522, CARRleAL STREET, 195416, CARRICAL STREET, 1954129,J-I<INMALEE ROAD, 195414, ORIONSTREET, 1954c32.BALM'N ROAD, 19S5(45A NARRAK ROAD, 1955<:


Streetscape ContributionContributes to a notable 1950s streetscape: one ofmany Dixon-designed houses in this street, allpursuing aspects of post-war Modernist housedesign. It is perhaps one of the State's best streetsof early Modem houses.

SignificanceHistorically, valuable in demonstrating the mannerin which one architect characterized a street. Itrepresents the character of Balwyn in the 1950sandthe special role it had in the metropolis: of Regionalinterest.Architecturally, the house exemplifies theModernist ideals of the period and as well isdistinctive as an approach to design inspired byengineering rather than purely architecturalsolutions. Streetscape: of Regional importance.

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Conservationmay includerestoration,preservation,reconstructionand generalenhancementand the scope includesall originalelementsand finishes in the areas citedBA 1954. 14061; MMBW OPA 276261BA 1954. 14061ER 1959; 01962; 01974

IIIHouse,6 Carrigal Street, Balwyn

Study Grading: AConstruction Date: 1952First Owner: Dixon, F.e.Architect: Dixon, F.e.

HistoryAn architect-engineer, Frank William e. Dixondesigned and built a brick house on this site in 1952for his own use'. The six roomed, two storiedhouse was built on steel beams and columns andwas estimated to cost £6,000 2. Aileen M. andFrank W. Dixon owned and occupied this ho~se

for many years and now live at 4 Carrigal Street .

Description

Owner-occupied by its designer, this house is notsurprisingly a bold design, particularly given theearly date.The permit drawings show the design's simpleMondrian-like combination of forms andwall-planes under the unequal butterfly roof.Bravely, a timber-framed window-wall faces theDandenongs and north sun with no hint of sunprotection for the kitchen, living and threebedrooms which occupied the upper level. Thesouth side was the logical place for service roomsand the main stairway. Another elegantly detailedwrought-iron stair descended from the balconyjoined to the north wall of the dining and livingrooms. Underneath, store, laundry and 'heater'rooms joined the car space. Typically for Dixonand the period, the structure was expressed and amajor determinant in the design. As with number2, the mail box is a simple masonry block and thefence discreetly low.Comparable houses include: Peter McIntyre's ownhouse (later), in Kew, and his North Balwynprojects (i.e. Stargazer house at 2 Taurus Street and

14 Orion Street, q.v.), also Robin Boyd's secondhouse for himself in South Yarra. The recentdemolition of John Mockridge's Tuxen Street house(Balwyn) removed one of the more directlycomparable examples.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.106,VVHJTEHORSE ROAD, 19oW-l1,M01'.7ANASTREET,19+01297, rocaax ROAD, 194.()

91,MAUD STREET, 1940c133,,\1AUD STREET,1940c56, RIVERSIDE AVE1\'UE,1940c15, WALBUNVRYA\'ElI.'UE, 1940c417-, VVHITEHORSE ROAD, 1940cIi3, YARRBAT AV£hl1E, 1940c123,MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1941-21, BEATRICESTREET, 19416, BULLE£NROAD, 1941171, DONCASTER ROAD, 1941 •

4, ,\1.4.YSLA. STREET, 194146, THE BOULH'ARD, 1941

1.KELBASTREET, 1941 ..666,RIVERSDALEROAD. 1946--7119, DONCASTER ROAD, 190!8

1, KALONCA ROAD, I948c166,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1951·22, TAURUS STREET, 1951c31, URSA STREET, 195Ic6, O\RR1CAL STREET, 195243, KIREEPROAD, 19521, },1ADDENSTREET, 19522, CARRICAL STREET, 195416, C-\RRICALSTREET, 1954I29, vv1N},1ALEE ROAD, 1954H ORION STREET, 1954<:32 8AUVYl': ROAD, 1955c45A, NARRA.K ROAD, 1955c

External Integrity

Generally original, except for minor internalalterations by Dixon in 1955, 1959 and 1%1.

Streetscape

One of many Dixon-designed houses in this street,all pursuing aspects of post-war Modernist housedesign. It is perhaps one of the State's best streetsof early Modem houses.

Significance

Architecturally, an early and intact desi~ in thedistinctive butterfly roof form and possibly theState's most significant in this structure-born style,also the major contributor in perhaps the State'sbest post-war Modem residential s~tscape

which is also valuable in demonstrating themanner in which one architect characterized astreet. The house exemplifies the Modernist idealsof the period and is distinctive as an approach todesign inspired by engineering rather th~ purelyarchitectural solutions. It is representative of the

I BA 1952.94(l6;ER 1959;MMBW OPA 2686972 BA 1952;94(l63 ibid.; ER 1959;01962; 01974; 01990


IIIcharacter of Balwyn in the 19505: of Stateimportance.Historically, Dixon's (the designer) own house formany years and hence presumably an exemplar ofModernist ideals of the era, as well as a documentof the designer's life style. : of Regional importance.

House,16 Carrigal Street, Balwyn

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1954First Owner: Baquie, J.D.Architect: Dixon, FrankBuilder: Baquie, J.D.

History

John Daniel Baquie was the accredited builder ofthis house to the design of Frank Dixon. Estimatedto cost £3,800, the brick veneer house was of fiverooms 1. A ~arage was later added at an estimatedcost of £700 . John, a certified pract~cing solicitor,still owns and occupies this property .

Description

Now appearing as a much larger concept than theoriginal 32 X 37feet plan, the house was linked to anew garage in c1%2 by a hit-and-miss screen wall,in matching red brick. Placed on a triangular site,the almost square house dutifully faced north but,on this occasion, with more of a roof overhang than6 Carrigal Street (q.v.). A combined living anddining area was separated from an L-shapedpassage by built-in cupboards, rather than walls,and a brick fireplace bridged the gap to join themaster-bedroom wall and provide an almostcentral focus to the living space. At one end of thefour-square space the kitchen opened overbenchtops, linking to the service rooms along thesouth side. The elevations were typically simple:

l BA 1954, 149692 BA 1962.308503 ER 1959;DI962; DI990

either Stegbar highlight, full-height or mid-heightwindows, all set on a 3 feet 4 inch (or one-metreequivalent) module. Walls were also set out onthe grid, being the magic 4 inches (or 100mm)thick. Dixon preceded metrication's adoption ofsimilar modules by many years.Other innovatory elements were the concrete slabplaced on a 'no- fines' concrete base, a butterflyroof porch and a near flat roof, clad withaluminium foil over six-inch decking.The addition of the garage and screen wall createda private northern courtyard, like the Grounds'design at nearby Reed Street had achieved in the1930s. Set-back from the street, the house and itsprivate court give over the deserted grassedfrontage to be as public landscape, completing thetrend from Griffin's public landscaped suburbs viathe nature strip to the post-war courtyard designswhich had no need of public open-space but had toprovide the set-backs required by law.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.106,y"WTEHORSE ROAD, 19rW-ll, MOl\TANA STREET,19W1297, TOORAKROAD, 194091, ,'vfAUDSTREET, 1940c133,.MAUDSTREET, 194(Jc56. RIVERSIDE A VENUE, 1940c15,WALBlL....'DRY AVEf\.'UE,1940c417., l-VHlTEHORSE ROAD, 1940...113, YARRBAT Ai'ENUE, 1940c123,A-fO!'."T ALBERTROAD, 1941-.22, BEATRICE STREET, 19416, BULL££lI,'ROAD, 1941171, DONCASTER ROAD, 19414, MAYSLA STREET, 194146, THE BOULEVARD, 19411. KELBA STREET,19411'666, RH'ERSDA.LE ROAD, 1946-7119, DONCASTER ROAD, 1948

1, KALONGA ROAD, 1948c166, hWTEHORSE ROAD, 1951':!1, TAURUS STREET, 1951..32 URSA STREET, 1951c6, 0\RR1C.AL STREET, 195143, KlR£EPROAD, 19521, MADDEN STREET, 19512, CARRICAL STREET, 195416, CARRlGALSTREET, 1954129, MNMALEE ROAD, 195414.ORION STREET, 1954c32 BALVvTh'ROAD, 19S5,.45A,NARRAK ROAD, 1955c

External IntegrityGenerally original, given garage addition.

StreetscapeMajor contributing part of an important post-warModernist streetscape.


IISignificance

Architecturally, not as dramatic as 6 CarrigalStreet, but nevertheless it illustrates well thestructure-born, sun-oriented rigor of house designsin the 1950s and Dixon's own contributions to thisiik. lt also contributes to an important post-warModernist residential streetscape.lt is valuable in demonstrating the manner inwhich one architect characterized a street andexemplifies the Modernist ideals of the period andas well is distinctive as an approach to designinspired by engineering rather than purelyarchitectural solutions: of regional interest.Historically, the house epitomizes (with the street)the area's 1950sgrowth period: of regional interest.

House,14 Cascade Street,Balwyn North

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 1.00Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1939First Owner: Shannon, Alfred R. public servArchitect: Ballantyne & WiisonBuilder: McDonald, T E Pty. Ltd.

History

In 1939 Alfred Ronald Shannon, a public servant,commissioned J,EW. Ballantyne of Ballantyne &Wiison to design an eight roomed brick house 1.Ballantyne was a prol1ic architect from the late19205 to the early 1940s . T.E.McDonald Pty. Lt~.built the house that was estimated to cost £2,000 .Alfred Shannon lived with Mavis Shannon at thisaddress until the late 1960s 4. Mavis Shannonowne~ and occupied the property in the early19705 .

1 MMBWDPA216ll6; BA 1939.11856; ER 19452 MUAl.P.ll3 BA 1939.ll8564 D1945;DI950; DI962; ER 19455 DI974

DescriptionUnlike the post-war Modernist designs, this facered-brick Georgian revival house does not pay asclose an allegiance to the sun. Bedrooms facenorth but the lounge also achieves some sunexposure, above a flower-box, although the terraceand dining room face south. The kitchen isself-contained and well-placed near the side entry.A maid's room was tacked on at the end of thehouse and included a bath, buiit-in robes and bedspace. Rear entry was via the laundry which, inturn, was entered from the service lobby, on theopposite side of the house to the formal entry.Such was the careful planning for formal/informaluses, each separate, provided by experiencedarchitects during the 1920-30s. All buiit-ins weredepicted in the contract drawings, ensuing athoroughly designed house throughout.The external elevations were gabled, the windowsmulti-paned and equipped with 'Georgian'shutters, and the brickwork a mixture of plain andpatterned, with header courses for the windowboxes.The design is a conservative one for the period.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930396.CA,\fBERINELLROAD. 1930460, CAM8ERYVELLROAD, 1930

16. MUSWELLHILL, 19303, 8REN8EAL STREET, 1930c177, DONCASTER ROAD. 1930c816-821, RIVERSPAtE ROAD, 1930(454.WARRlGAL ROAD, 193(k359,YVHITEHORS£ ROAD, 193/k397-,399,lNHITEHORSEROAD,1930c497, MiITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c

35,BALYVYN ROAD, 1931·21292. TOORAKROAD, 1931·211,CHATFIELDAVENUE, 1932-]27, CHRlSTOJlVEL STREET, 19323, FlNSBUR)' ROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET, 1931f

4, FINSBURYWAY,1933125,HIGHFIELD ROAD, 19331.MAPLE CRESCENT, 193314.STODDARTSTREET, 1933i, MANC.AN STREET, 1933f11, FAIRMONT A\TEfI,llE, 1934-587.$7A, BOl'\('EN STREET, 1934458,CA,\-fBERlNELLROAD, 1934101, VVHJTEHORSE ROAD, 19.34c

45, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 1935

46, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 193556, CHRISTOlNELSTREET, 19351, FAiRMONT AVEl\'UE, 19359, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 1935

13, MARLBOROUGH AVEl\'UE, 19353, SAUSBURY STREET, 1935177,GLENIRIS ROAD, 1935r361. INHITEHORSEROAD, 1935(


361. vVHJT£HORSERO/i.D.1935c

796-,98, BURKEROAD, 193623. CHRISTOI·VEL STREET. 19369, JUDDSTREET, 193649, THE RIDGE, 1936

20, ¥\:4LSH STREET, 1936

716, Rli'ERSDALE ROi\V, 1937

517, {A!HITEHORSEROAD,193h

31·39, COOKSON STREET, 1938-39321-317, C.""vrBERv·VELLROr.D,19381. F.4mVfONT AVE!,;l1E, 1938

24,. Fll\'SBURYI-":4Y, 1938

32, HORTE.\'SESTREET, 19384, AfARLBOROUCH A I'E."/UE, 193826, REID STREET, 1938

660, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1938

66, THE BOULEVARD,1938136, h'HITEHORSE ROAD, 193814, CASCADE STREET, 1939

24, CHRISTOVYH STREET,19391, AfOtl1\7•..o"n..' Vl£WROAD, 193943, lWLLE STREET, 193943, C'\SO\DE STREET, 1939<.·?

External Integrity

Generally original.

IIHouse,43 Cascade Street, Balwyn North

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1939First Owner: Parker, G. & M.T.machin & h/ d

Significance

Architecturally, well-preserved and designedthoroughly, although conservatively, by a firmexperienced in a wide field of architecture, alsocontributing to a notable estate: of localimportance.Historically, the owner is typical of white collaroccupations of the residents of the surroundingestate: of local importance.

Streelscape

Typical of and contributingRiverside zQueen's Park estate.'

1 LPs6651,66522 BA 1939,III73;MMBWDPA2145003 BA 1939, 111734 ER 19455 ER1952; D1962; D1974; D1990

to the

HistoryT.P. Crabb built a two storied house on thisproperty for George Parkey a director andMarzaret Tait Parker in 1939 . Estimated to co~t

£2,600 the brick residence was of 12 rooms ",Margaret Parker and Gillian Margaret Park~r, amachinist and possibly Margaret's daughter, livedhere in 19454

. By 1950 the property had beenpurchased by Grevor Chilton Molyneux: anenzineer who has resided there WIth Patricia M.o r 5Molyneux since .

Description

(obscured-inspection needed)The two storev stuccoed and tiled roof houseappears to be Georgian Revival in style and set ingenerous zrounds with period landscaping which

o . Aincludes mature Italian Cypress specimens.stuccoed masonry piered fence and hedge providean empathetic face to the street.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9. B05TO~' ROAD. EI30

3%, CAMBERI"HL ROAD, 1930';'60, CAAlBER}VHL ROAD, 1930

16, AfUS,VELLHILL, 19303, BRESBE.4,L STREET ,930e1;"" Dm;CA.STER ROAD, EGO,.

816-822, RH'ERSDALE ROAD. 1930,'

454, "':4.RRICAL ROAD, 1930.-359. WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930.

39;"-399, vVHlTEHORSE ROAD. 1930,';97", ¥'\-1ilTEHORSE ROAD. 1930,

35, BAB\·)?\" ROAD, 1931·2


II,••1291, TOORAX ROAD, 1931-2

11, CHATFIELD .A.VEKUE, 1932-3

27, CIiRISTOllvrL STREET, 1932. 3, FlKSBURY RO:W, 1932

7, AP..1RIEL STREET, 1932,4, FlNSBUKY ~":4.y, 193313.mCEFlELDROA~1933

1, AHPLE CRESCE.VT, 193314-, STODDARTSTREET, 19337,Af.4.""-CA": STREET, 1933c11, FAIRA.fONT A ~'E.";l1E, 1934-5

87-87.1, BOVVEN STREET, 1934458,C.·'i..ll'fBERvI/ELLROAD.1934201, J;VHITEHORSE ROAD, 1934c45, CHRISTOV,/EL STREET, 1935

46,CHRiSTO"V>'EL STREET, 193556, CHRISTOh'ELSTREET, 1935

1, FAlRMO?-.T A\'ENUE 19359, ,MARLBOROUGH A llEKlJE, 1935

13, MARLBOROUGH A I/El-.'UE, 19353, 5AUS8URY STREET. 1935In, GLEN IRIS ROAD, 1935c361,vVHITEHORSEROAD, 1935c361, vVHITEHORSE RO."'-D, 1935c796-798, BURKEROAD, 193623, CHRlSTOVvEL STREET, 1936

9, JUDDSTREET, 193649, THE RIDGE, 193620,h:ALSH STREET, 1936716, RNERSDALE RO.~D, 1937517, J;VHITEHORSE Room, 1937.

31-39, COOKSOg STREET, 1938-39

311~317, CAlvfBERH·'ELL RO."W. 1938

2, FAJRf,.fOl\T A FE.".'UE, 1938

24. Fll'.'SBURYY'i/\ Y,193832, HORTEiVSE STREET. 19384,MARLBOROUCHA\'E!\'UE,1938

26,REID STREET, 1938

660, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 193866, THE BOULEVARD, 1938

136,vVHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814, C4,.SCADE STREET, J93924, CHRISTOYVELSTREET,1939

1, MOU1\7All'.' vrnVROAD, 193943, YUILLE STREET, 1939

43, c."\SCADE STREET, 1939<-?

External Integrity

Appears to be near original but further inspectionneeded.


Contributing part of a surrounding contemporaryresidential precinct.

SignificanceHistorically, expressive of the white-collarresidents of this part of Camberwell and with itsgarden setting a valuable expression of the period'slarger housing: of local importance.Architecturally, a large and possibly completeexample of the Georgian Revival, built at a timewhen the style was assuming a second wave ofpopularity and typical of the earlier houses in thesurrounding estate: of regional interest.

1 MMBW DPA 190819;BA1932. 28472 SLVB 500 Victorians, Grant, C.A.3 ibid.

Park Holme,11 Chatfield Avenue

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 18.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1932-3First Owner: Burnham, W H CBuilder: Medbury,W A

HistoryOakleigh builder, W A Medbury. constructed ParkHolme for insurance company manager Walt'lrHenry Burnham for an estimated cost of £3,700 .Burnham and family occupied the house for housefor at least a further 40 years.Walter Burnham was born and educated inCastlemaine, being 50 years of age when he builtPark Holme2 He became director of both theFanners and Settlers Co-operative Insurance Co.ofAustralia Ltd. and the Australian and MewZealand branches of the Pearl Assurance Co. Ltd.,after commencing in the insurance business soonafter 1900".

DescriptionIn company with other neo-Tudor house~ in thisestate, Park Holme exhibits a skillful variation fromthis prevalent suburban type.Terra-cotta shingling has been applied to a variedassembly of zables and as the roof cladding,contrasts with the textured stucco of the main wallfinish. Creating a Dutch gable, the roof flares outto cover a bracketed window bay at the entranceand visually balances the gabled forms at the otherend. Mature planting, sympathetic t? the periodand the original fence, provide. furtherenhancement to the house's period expression.


Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9. BOSTONROAD, 1930396,CAMBERYVELL ROAD, 1930460, CAMBERMLLROAD, 193016, MUSWELLHlLL, 19303, BRENBEALSTREET, 1930<:177,DONCASTERROAD, 193Ot:816-822, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1930<:454,WARRlGALROAD, 1930c359,YVHITEHORSE ROAD, moc397-399, "WHlTEHORSEROAD, 1930c497,YvHlTEHORSEROAD, 1930c35,BALYIIYN ROAD, 1931-21192, TOORAKROAD, 1931·217, CHRlSTOfVELSTREET, 19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET, 19311'4,FINSBURYWAY, 1933125,HICHFIELD ROAD, 19331, MAPLE CRESCENT, 193314.STODDART STREET, 19337,MANGANSTREET, 1933c11, FA1RMOll.'T AVE/I.'UE, 19,34.587-87A,. BOWENSTREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD, 1934201,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1934c45, CHRISTOWELSTREET,193546, CHRISTOWELSTRE£T, 193556,CHRISTO'WEL STREET, 19351, FAIRMONTAVE.NU.E, 19359, MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193513,Mi\RLBOROUCH AVENUE, 19353, 5AUSBURY STREET,1935177,CUI\" IRIS ROAD, 1935,361,YVHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c361.Y¥ffITEHORSEROAD, 19350'796·798, BURKEROAD, 193623,CHRISTOill!EL STREET,193641, COOKSONSTREET,19369, JUDDSTREET,193649,TffE RIDGE- 193620,WALSH STREET, 19368, REID STREET,1937·8

716,RIVERSDALEROAD, 1937517,WHITEHORSEROAD,1937c31·30, COOKSONSTREET,1938-39311-317, CAMBERWEUROAD, 19382, FAIRMOl-.7A VENtIE, 193824, FINSBURYWAY, 193832. HORTENSESTREET, 1938

4, A1ARLBOROUCH AVENUE, 193826,REID STREET, 193$660,R/VERSDALE ROAD, 193866,mE BOULEVARD,1938

136,MiITEHORSE ROAD, 193814,CASCADESTREET,193924, CHRISTOWELSTREET,19391, MO/J1o,7AlN V1EWROAD, 193943, YUILLESTREET,193943, CASCADE STREET,19391:7

External Integrity

The house is generally original.

1 MMBW DPA 48426; BA 1899-1918,5332 ER 1912;DI9253 RBI905-6, 1276;D1915;D1935

StreetscapePart of a dominantly neo-Tudor styled estate andlocated at its focus, given its corner site adjacent toa lamp standard placed on a centre median.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an outstanding and near completeexample of the nee-Tudor or Old English suburbanvilla styles prevalent in the area and era associatedwith this house; also contributive to nee-Tudorstyled precinct; of regional importance.Historically, built for a prominent business figure;of regional interest and local importance.

Ospringe,24 Chaucer Crescent

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1905First Owner: Newbold, RebeccaBuilder: Currie.lames

HistoryMrs. Rebecca Newbold commissioned Camberwellbuilder, JamesCurrie, to erect this eight room brick house in19051 It was subsequently leased to AndrewNewbold Phair, a warehouse assistant andprobable relative, whil~t Rebecca lived next door at26 Chaucer Crescent. Another Andrew Phair,(Andrew Thomas) who worked with the railways,also lived in Chaucer Crescent (son and father?)also the similarly named Christiana and Chriss~e

Phair, a stenographer (mother and daughter?) .The Phair family occupied the house through the19205-305.

DescriptionIn the Queen Anne villa style, the Ospringe's wallsare a combination of red brick and rough-cast


IIstucco; it has a multi-gabled A Marseilles tile cladroof, details such as the chimney which almostpenetrates a donner gable in its upward path andthe heavy verandah arches are typical of theUssher & Kemp architectural practice. Matureexotic trees shadow the house on its north side, andits companion houses retain many of their stylistictraits, except for the unfortunate painted brickworkand altered windows of number 26. An extensiverear wing isjust visible beyond the house, sharingits stylistic traits and adding further picturesqueattributes to thecomplex.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69,BROADWAY;1900-120,BRYSON STREET,1900608,RIVERSDALEROAD, 19001,SAUSBURYSTREET. 19005, VICTORIA. ROAD, 190011,LUENA ROAD, 1900c42. BRYSON STREET,190158, CA).,7ERBURYROAD, 19016, KINTORESTREET,190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY, 1902

39, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1901169,CA!'<'TERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGAN STREET, 1903141,MOl'.7 ALBERTROAD, 19047,.MANCARRA ROAD, 1905-6633, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1906-827, BALWY1'.'ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1906

73-75, BROADWJ\Y, 190731, CHAUCERCRESCEN7, 190717, THREADNEEDU STREET, 190718,PEPPIN STREET, 1907c138,c.M'TERBURY ROAD, 1908-941,INCLESBYROAD, 1908-910,SEFTONPLACE, 190841, INGUSBY ROAD, 1909·10zz, BROADlA,ti\Y, 1909n BROADWAY,190931, c.M7ERBURYROAD, 1909206,Ct\.."lTERBURY ROAD, 190922 VICTORIA ROAD, 19091193, TOORAKROAD, 1910·8, ST. GEORGESCRESCENT,19102, CLAYfON ROAD, 1910e199,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1910e24,ALBION STREET, 191117·19, BROADWAY, 191196098, U?-70N ROAD,192124, KENTROAD, 1911-1354.BROADWAY, 191235, .MATLOCKSTREET, 1912648, BURKEROAD, 1913-186, mQ-lENER STREET, 19138, FITZGERALDSTREET, 1915·1Qc127,~n.'.MALEE ROAD, 1915·2Oc27A.ALMA.ROAD,191576,ATHELSTM'ROAD, 1915347·349,WHITEHORSEROAD,191&353,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 191&150,YV1NMALEE ROAD, 1915c

1 ER 1908;RB1907-8, 1325; RBI908-9,13652 MMBW DPA 56882

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced and trim repainted ina sympathetic manner; the rough-cast stucco isatypically painted pink.

StreetscapeOne of several Queen Anne styled houses in thecrescent including nos. 26, 22 (Voysey character)and 31.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a near original and successfullydesigned house a in style popular in Camberwellwhich contributes to a like streetscape andpossesses an extensive and picturesque complex atthe rear; of regional importance.Historically, linked with the Newbold family, longtime residents in this street; of local interest.

RestorationConsider rebuilding the fence and repaintingstucco as original or typical (cement colour orpaint).

Invicta,31 Chaucer Crescent

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1907First Owner: Rowe, William CArchitect: Rowe, William C (engineer)

HistoryWilliam C. Rowe, an electrical engineer, was thefirstowner- occupier of Invicta, a six-room timberhouse, in 19071 He and his family remained thereuntil at least the 1950's2.Rowe was reputedly a consulting engineer whospecialized in heating and ventilation, his


IIbasement serving as his workroomI. The formernational heating and ventilation firm of H. Roweand Co. who produced the "Rowco" brand of wallconvection reaters may have been connected withW.e. Rowe 3 Rowe is also said to be the designerof the house .

DescriptionGad in weaIherboards and terra-cotta roof tiles,the house is Queen Anne in style and sitedunusually close to the frontage. The plan isirregular but compact, without the typical QueenAnne room bays. The hipped roof shapes follow itscourse, creating a mildly unusual form. A chimneyplays a role in Ihe front elevation's composition(although painted out), as does the unusual archedporch and varying shaped windows. Thetriangular plan of the porch has a modestresemblance to the work ofarchitecfDesbrowe-Annear, as does the deep butsimply contrived verandah arches. Details such asthe intricate coloured glazing are valuable.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.69,BRQADWAY,1900-120, BRYSON STREET, 1900608, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1900

i. SAUSBURY STREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 1900It LUENA ROAD, 1901'k42. BRYSON STREET, 190158, CA."-'TERBURY ROAD, 19016. KINTORESTREET, 190123,ROYAL CRESCENT, 190135, BROADWAY,190239, PROSPECTHILLROAD, 1902169,CAz..7ERBURYROAD, 190J..46, LOCANSTREET, 1903142,MONT ALBERTROAD, 19047,MANGARRA ROAD, 1905-624,. CHAUCERCRESCENT, 1905633,RIVERSDALEROAD, 19)6.827,BALWYN ROAD,1~58, BROADWAY,190665,Millo'T ALBERTROAD, 190673-75, BROADWAY, 190717,TIfREADNEEDLESTREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET,1907c138, CA1\t TERBURY ROAD, 1901J..941,INCLESBYROAD, 1908--910,SEfTON PLACE,190841. INGLESBY ROAD, 1909·107LBROADWAY, 1909n BROADWAY, 190931, CAlIoTERBURYROAD, 1909206,CANTER8URYROAD, 1909.22, VICTORIA ROAD, 19091293, TOORAK ROAD, 1910-8,ST.GEORGES CRESCEl\7,19102, CLAYTON ROAD, 1910<199,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1910<·24,ALBTONSTREET, 191117~19, BROADWAY, 191196--98, UMONROAD, 191124. KENTROAD, 1912~13

1 Free Press. 2&5.1969p.122 ibid.3 ibid.

54, 8ROADWA Y, 1912

J5,MATLOCKSTREET,1912648, BURKEROAD, 1923·186, KlTCHENERSTREET, 19138, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·20,127,~'MALEE ROAD, 1915·20<27A,AlMAROAD,191576, ATHELSTA."i ROAD, 1915347-349, y.,.'HITEHORSEROAD, 1915c353,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1915c150,YIIlN'\{ALEE ROAD, 1915c

External IntegrityThe fence has been replaced unsympaIhetically; thebricks have been painted.

StreetscapeSited at the top of a rise and at a corner the house isprominent and its elevations address these views.Similarly styled houses adjoin but do not interactdirectly, given the differences in grade and aspect.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an uncommon variation on apopular villa style in Camberwell which resemblesthe work of the notable designer Harold DesbroweAnnear; of regional importance.Historically, little definite is known of Ihe majorowner in the Camberwell context.

RestorationRebuild the fence as typical or original; removepaint from bricks by an approved method.


Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.02 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1919First Owner: Carter, Edgar JArchitect: Sloan Goss & Jenkinson


HistoryBuilt: 1918-19Architects, Sloan Goss & Jenkinson, designed thishouse for Ruby and Edgar J. Carter, a businessmanager, where they lived with another EdgarCarter a warehousemen . Edgar J Carter remainedat the house until the 1940's whilst Edgar LeighCarter (son) moved to 21 Orrong Crescent,Camberwell, and in his place Geoffrey JohnstonCarter, a compositor, took up residence.EdgarJ.

DescriptionTransitional in style, this stucco and brick househas the Edwardian projecting half-timbered gabledbay, with a shingled window hood under,combined with the broad main gabled roof andstout porch piers of the Californian Bungalow. Thesame bold geometric detail used on these piers isalso seen on the chimneys. A large skillion-formattic cum sleepout-porch has been placed in theroof, belying by its mass the typical attic treatmentfor either Californian Bungalow or Queen Annestyle attics. the roof is dad with the Marseillespattern tile.The notable stuccoed pier and panel fence isoriginal and the garden setting retains its originalcharacter.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,THE RIDGE, 191612.HU/'.'TE}{ROAD, 19189, SErrON PLACE, 1919·10718,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 191933,8ROADWAY,1920158,MONT ALBERTROAD, 1910n PRETORIA STREET,191013, SUNz..'YSIDE AVD.'UE, 1920286, llMON ROAD, 192044.C1.lR.RA./ONCAVENUE, 192<k6, IRAMOO STREET, 1920c17,THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1920c65, YARRBATAVE....'UE. 1920(42 SPENCERSTREET, 1921*3899,TOORAKROAD, 1921930,BURKEROAD. 1922210,WH1TEHORS£ ROAD,192216,ALMA ROAD, 1923648, BURKE ROAD,192321,CA.l\;7ERBURYROAD, 192331, DEEPDENE ROAD, 19237, WARMCK AV£l\'UE, 192390.MONT ALBERT ROAD. 192405168A,. MONT ALBERTROAD, 1924-59,ROCHESTERROAD, 192+6630-638, BURKEROAD, 1924322·394,. Ct\MBERWEU ROAD, 192412,MONTALBERT ROAD,192410,FITZGERALDSTREET, 1914<;11,ALMA.ROAD, 1925(?j

1 RBI917-8. 272; RB1918-19, 349; MMBW DPA 1088402 ER 1931;BAI928. 24823 ibid.

169, lJ1-,70N ROAD, 19250&20,DONNA BUA.'I:G STREET, 19152, ,\1AR11NROAD, 19154, ST. M'DRIES STREET, 19251,THREADN£EDL£ STREET, 1915931, TOORAKROAD, 1925118,WATTLE VALLEYROAD, 192555, BATH ROAD, 1925c77, GRE'l:THOAA'E ROAD. 1925<359, iAvffiTEHORSE ROAD, 1925c513, I>VHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c146, YARRBAT AVENUE,1925c

External IntegrityThe house is generally original.

StreelscapeAt the Bungalow end of Christowel Street, thishouse contributes in form, siting and materials.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a near original and uncommonform of the popular suburban Bungalow alsocontributory to a Bungalowprecinct; of regional interest and local importanceHistorically, little is known of the Carters in thecontext of Carnberwell.


Study Grading: BPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1928First Owner: Bailey, RobertArchitect:Builder: Buckle, T

HistoryRobert Bailey, a pastry cook, commissionedbuilder, T. HU5kle, to construct this six-room brickhouse in 1928. It was estimated to cost £2300'.This was on the Golf Links Estate.


..DescriptionTruly Mediterranean Villa in style, this house takesfull advantage of its corner site with its L-shapeplan and splayed corner entry. Dovecote chimneysplaced above Cordova patterned roofs, add theprovincial details to the Mediterranean mood,already set by the imposing arched gateway.Baroque scrolling describe both this portal'soutline, and the minor parapets set into thedominantly hipped roofline. Textured stucco andmany- paned windows, with fanlights, underscorethe romantic eclectic borrowings which commenceat the scrolled wrought iron gate.The garden, whilst not 'Mediterranean' issubstantially from the period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354, BURKE ROAD, 192692, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 1926l4. PINEAVElI.'UE, 192»c452,BURKEROAD, 1927·282.. BARNSBURY ROAD, 1927360,BURKE ROAD, 192747,Ct\MPBELLROAD, 192738, ffiCliFIELD ROAD, 192:71, MUSWEll HILL 1927294,WARRICALROAD, I9l73, ROQfESTER ROAD, 1928-307, ROGlESTERROAD, 1928·302, HlCHTON GROVE, 1918-927,Y~ATAVENU~1~8<

26,CHRISTOWEL STREET, 192817,LANSELLCRESCENT,192811,. STODDARTSTREET, 19288, CHRISTOVVEL STREET,1928(226, DONCASTER ROAD, 192919,FAIRMONT A VENUE,1929300, WARRICALROAD, 1929

34.. EWOTTA VEz..'UE, Z9Z9l:15,FRE£MA1o,' STREET, 19&


Streetscape ContributionMajor part of the notable Golf Links Estate.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a superior example of one of theless well-represented suburban villa styles of theBetween Wars period which benefits from itscorner siting, physical integrity and thesurrounding estate.Historically, a faithful expression of a suburbanvilla type, in this case (with the rest of the estate)

I BA 1936,67382 ibid.3 BA 1940,402154 BA 1%6.40215;DI962

representing one of the last crown sections to besubdivided close to the railway.


Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1936First Owner: Reilly, Matthew HBuilder: Dawes, F A

HistoryMatthew H. Reilly had builder, F A Dawes,construct this seven room ~rick ho~se for hisretirement home, during 1936 . The estimated costwas £16722 Reilly subsequently converted thegarage into a bedroom in 1940"'. Other owners oroccupiers include C D Johnstone and Mrs. D FAriell4.

This group of buildings (23-27Christowel Street) isimportant in representing the Camberwell buildingboom of the later 193Os. They also contrast withNos. 6 and 21, reflecting an earlier building type.No other municipality outside the city ofMelbourne had more building starts thanCamberwell in the depression. The Golf Linksestate was something of a flagship developmentand these buildings in their detailing and in thebuyers they attracted represent the image whichCamberwell councillors and builders hoped topresent. They reveal Camberwell at the leadingedge of suburban style and the suburb'~ successfulrole in attracting upper-middle class residents soonafter the Depression, (in a similar fashion to therole of the houses in Broadway after the 1890sdepression).


IIDescriptionClad in red clinker bricks and in the neo-Tudorstyle, the house has the broad gables common tothe style but not the half- timbering. Eaves alsohave been eliminated creating an early example ofthe more rationalized phase of this style, whereform and finish predominated over eclectic detail.Pronounced voussoirs over the arched entry andsoldier-course brickwork over other openingslends the rustic surface texture demanded by thestyle.The fence and nature landscaping are from theperiod.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTONROAD, 19303%, CAMBERWEll ROAD,193046C, CAMBERMLL ROAD, 193016,MUSWELLHILL, 19303, BREN8EAL STREET,193Ot:177, DONCASTER ROAD, 1931Jc816-822, RlV£RSDALE ROAD, 1930<:454,WARRlCAL ROAD, 1930c359,'WHITEHORSEROAD, 193Ot:397·399, JIoIHlTEHORS£ROAD, 1930<497,YIlHITERORSE ROAD, 1930c35, BAHVYN ROAD, 1931·21292, TOORAK ROAD, 1931·211 CH/l.TFIELDAVENUE, 1931·327, CHRISTOVl/ELSTRE£T, 19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET, 1931r4, FINSBURYWAY,1933125,HIGHFIELDROAD, 19331, MAPLE CRESCENT,193314,STODDART STREET, 19337, MA."iGANSTREET, 1933.:11, FAIRMONT AVENUE, 1934-587-871\, BOWENSTREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD,1934202,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 19J;k45,CHRISTOW£LSTREET, 193546,CHRISTOVVELSTREET, 193556,CHR/STOWEL STREET, 19351, FAIRMONT AVEl\l1E, 19359,MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUGHAVE./'>.l1E, 19353, SAUSBllRY STREET, 1935In, GLEN IRIS ROAD, 193&361, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c361,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c796*798, BURKEROAD, 193641, COOKSONSTREET, 19369, JUDDSTREET, 193649, THE RIDGE,193620,WALSH STREET, 19368,REIDSTREET, 1937*8716,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1937c31·30, CooK.SON STREET, 1938*39311-317, CAMBERWELLROAD, 19382, FAIRMONTA VE1I.'UE, 193824.FINSBURY WAY, 19383~HORTEl\~ESTREET,1938

4, MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193826,REID STREET, 193866(1, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1938

1 ER 1939;BA 1939. 116302 ibid.

66, THE BOULEVARD, 1938136,v..'HITEHORSE ROAD, 193814, CASCADE STREET, 193924, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 19391, MOIJ1';TAINVIEW ROAD, 193943, YUILLESTREET, 193943, G\SCADE STREET, 1939c?


A minority style in the Golf links Estate but itrepresents the second major building stage of theestate.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a good example of a suburbanstyle which was popular over a short period justprior to the Second War (neo-Tudor or OldEnglish) and a major house in the notable GolfLinks Estate.Historically, built for one of Camberwell's risingprofessional classes.


Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 SlTeetscape: 1Construction Date: 1939First Owner: Dunn, Alfred EBuilder: Humphries, J A

HistoryBuilder, J.A.E. Humphries of 36 Christowel Street(Barry Humphries' father) erected this house forAlfred C. Dunn, an accountant, in 1939-401 Thecost was to be 12,500, and the extent seven roomsand two storeys .The Dunn family remained there over a longperiod.This group of buildings (23-27 Christowel Street) iscritical in representing the Camberwell buildingboom of the later 193Os. They also contrast with


IINos. 6 and 21, reflecting an earlier building type.No other municipality outside the city ofMelbourne had more building starts thanCamberwell in the depression. The Golf Linksestate was something of a flagship developmentand these buildings in their detailing and in thebuyers they attracted represent the image whichCamberwell councillors and builders hoped topresent. They reveal Camberwell at the leadingedge of suburban style and the suburb's successfulrole in attracting upper-middle class residents soonafter the Depression, (in a similar fashion to therole of the houses in Broadway after the 1890sdepression).

DescriptionModerne in style, the house is clad with thesalt-glazed manganese bricks favoured in that era.It had a flat-roof and open terrace, metal-framedwindows and modem horizontality. Another moreshowy sample of Humphrey's work, is at 123 MontAlbert Road.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTONROAD,1930396,Ct\A.18ERWEUROAD, 1930460,CAMBERWELLROAD, 193016,MUSWELL HILL.19303, BRE."'/BEAL STREET, 1930c177,DONCASTERROAD, 19,30c816-8.22. R/VERSDALE ROAD, 1930c4$t WARRlGAL ROAD, 193&359,VVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 193tk397·399, WHlTEHORSEROAD, 1930c:497,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1930c35,BALWYN ROAD,1931-21292.TOORAKROAD, 19.31·211, CHAm£WAVENUE, 1932-327,CHRISTOI"IELSTREET, 19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FINSBURYWAY, 1933125,HIGHFIELD ROAD,19331, MAPLE CRESCEJo.'T, 193314,STODDARTSTREET. 19337, MANGAN STREET, 193.3c11.FAIRMOh'T AVElI.'UE, 1934-587-87A.BOWEN STREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD, 1934201,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1934c45,CffRlSTOIiVELSTREET, 193546, CHRISTOJ-VELSTREET, 193556, CHRISTOJ-VELSTREET, 19351, FAlRMOl'.'TAVEl>.'UE, 19359,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 19353, SAUSBURY STREET, 1935177,GLENIRIS ROAD, 1935c361,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1935c361,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1935<796·798, BURKEROAD, 193623, CHRISTOW£L STREET, 193641, COOKSONSTREET, 19369, fUDDSTREET, 193649, THE RIDGE,193620, WALSH STREET, 19368, REIDSTREET, 1937·8716,RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1937

517, lIv1iITEHORSEROAD,1937r31·30, COOKSON STREET, 1938·39311·317,CAMBERMLLROAD, 19381, FAIRMOz..TAVENUE, 1938.N. FINSBURY WAY, 193831, HORTENSE STREET, 19384. MARLBOROUCH.",VENUE, 193826. REID STREET, 1938660, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 193866,. THE BOULEVARD, 19381.36, vVHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814,CASO\DE STREET. 19391, MOlJ1';TAIN VIEWROAD, 193943, YUILLESTREET, 193943, CASCADE STREET,1939(?

External IntegrityNew cement balustrading is antipathetic to thehouse's period.

Streetscape ContributionA minority style in the Golf Links Estate but itrepresents the second major building stage of theestate.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a good example of a suburbanstyle which was popular over a short period justprior to the Second War (Moderne) and a majorhouse in the notable Golf Links Estate.Historically, one of the Camberwell builder, J.Humphries' houses and typically built for one ofCamberwell's rising professional classes.


Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1928First Owner: Hudson, Edward HBuilder: Wright, A

HistoryEdward H. Hudson, a barrister of Little CollinsStreet, Melbourne was the first owner of this eight

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•room brick housel. His builder was A. Wright(probably a r.\llation by marriage) and the estimatedcost - £2,500".Hudson served in the second war, rising to therank of Group- Captain in the RAAP, after whichhe became Judge Advocate-General in the RAAF,resuming his practice in 1946. He was appointedJudge of the Supreme Court in 1946 and continuedto reside at 26Christowel Street.This group of buildings (23-27Christowel Street) iscritical in representing the Camberwell buildingboom of the later 193Os. They also contrast withNos. 6 and 21, reflecting an earlier building type.No other municipality outside the city ofMelbourne had more building starts thanCamberwell in the depression. The Golf linksestate was something of a flagship developmentand these buildings in their detailing and in thebuyers they attracted represent the image whichCarnberwell councillors and builders hoped topresent. They reveal Camberwell at the leadingedge of suburban style and the suburb's successfulrole in attracting upper-middle class residents soonafter the Depression, (in a similar fashion to therole of the houses in Broadway after the 18905depression).

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.354,BURKEROAD, 192692, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 192614, PINEA VENUE, 1926c452, BURKEROAD, 1927·282, BARNSBURY ROAD, 1927360, BURKEROAD, 192747,CAMPB£LLROAD, 192738, HlC1fFI£LDROAD, 19.27l,MUSl-VEllHILL,1927294.WARRlCALROAD, 19273, ROaI£STER ROAD, 1928·307, ROaiESTER ROAD, 1918·302.HICHTON GROVE,192$.927, YARRBAT AV£,,"lU£, 1928<2l, CHRISTOWELSTR£ET, 192817, I.A!'o'SELL CRESCENT,192812.STODDARTSTREET, 19288,CHRlSTOWELSTREET,1928cZ26, DONCASTERROAD, 192919,FAlRMQlo.rrA VENU£, 1929300,WARRlCAL ROAD, 192934.BLUOTT AV£z"l1E,. 1929c15,FR£EMA...\' STREET, 1929(

1 D19312 BA 1928,30313 BA 1932,30444 ER 1934


Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1932First Owner: Naylor, William TBuilder: Broom, C W

HistoryBuilder, C W Broom, constructed this eight roombrick :rouse in 1932-3, for an estimated cost of£2,025. The owner-occupiers were WilliamCharles and William Thomas Naylor; both wereengineers'.This group of buildings (23-27 Christowel Street) iscritical in representing the Camberwell buildingboom of the later 193Os. They also contrast withNos. 6 and 21, reflecting an earlier building type.No other municipality outside the city ofMelbourne had more building starts thanCamberwell in the depression. The Golf Linksestate was something of a flagship developmentand these buildings in their detailing and in thebuyers they attracted represent the image whichCamberwell councillors and builders hoped topresent. They reveal Camberwell at the leadingedge of suburban style and the suburb's successfulrole in attracting upper-middle class residents soonafter the Depression, (in a similar fashion to therole of the houses in Broadway after the 18905depression).

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930

396,CAMBERVVELL ROAD. 1930eo. CA.<\-!BERvVELL ROAD, 193016, MUSYVELL HILL, 19303, BRENBEALSTREET, 1930c177,DON0\STERROAD, 1930(


816-822, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 2930<454,WARRICALROAD, 1930<359,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1931k397-399, WHITEHORSE ROAD,1930<497,ltVHIT£HORSE. ROAD, 1930<35, BALWTh' ROAD, 1932.21292 TOORAKROAD, 1931·211,CHAWELDAVENUE, 1932·33, FINSBURYROAD. 19327,MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FlNSBURYWAY, 1933

125,HIGHFIELDROAD, 19331.MAPLECRESCENT,193314.STODDART 51REET, 19337, MA.....GAN STREET, 193X

11,FAIRMONT A vu.'UE. 1934-587-87....BOWENSTREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD,2934201,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193k45,CHRlSTOi'VELS1REET, 193546, CHRlSTOYvELSTREET, 193556, CHRlSTOYVELSTREET, 19351, FAIRMONTAVENUE, 19359,MARLBOROUCHAVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUCHAVE.....'UE,19353, SAUSBURY STREET, 1935177, CUN IRIS ROAD, 1935c

361,'NHITEHORSEROAD, 193&361,TNHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935,796-798, BURKE ROAD, 193623,CfDUSTOWELSTREET, 193641, COOKSONSTREET. 19369, JUDDSTREET,193649,THE RIDGE, 193620,WALSH STREET, 19368, REIDSTREET,1937·8716, RIVERSDALEROAD, 1937517, MlITEHORSEROAD, 1937,31·30, COOKSON STREET, 1938-39

311·317, CAMBERYVELLROAD, 1938

2, FAJRMOl'.'Y AVENUE, 1938

24,.FlNSBURYWAY, 193832HORT£NSESTREE~I938

4, MARLBOROUGHA\'ENUE, 193826, REID STREET, 1938

660, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 193866, THE BOULEVARD, 1938

136, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814,. CASCADE STREET, 1939

24,.CHRISTOWEL STREET, 19391, MOUNTAIN VlEWROAD, 193943, YUILLE STREET, 1939

43, CASaDE STREET, 1939t:?

1 BAI935.51922 ibid.; D1938

IIHenrietta Flats,45 Christowel Street

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1935First Owner: Bell,H EBuilder: Rodgers, Stantin

HistoryBuilder, Stantin Rogers, constructed what wasdescribed as of five rooms, brick and was to cost£12501 The Melbourne Directory of 1937, first listedthe building as Henrietta Flats. The owner was H EBell and a Miss Sylvia Belloccupied thS flats, as didJohn H. Chesterfield, for a short period .Flats made an important innovation in thecharacter of inter-war suburbs in Melbourne, butfew were built in Camberwell. Resisting flatbuilding was for many years a sign ofCamberwell's determination to preserve itsexpansive suburban character. This buildingreflects, in its scale and house form, the prevailingantagonism to multi-occupancy building inCamberwell.

DescriptionAppearing as a house, rather than flats, thebuilding is two- storeyed, neo-Tudor in style andfinished in textured stucco. The typical clinkerbrick trim is kept to a minimum being at footinglevel and constituting the front fence. Nowpainted the one colour, the stylized half-timberingof the gables is not immediately evident; this factadding to the overall severity of the building.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930

396, CAMBERJ.\o'ELL ROAD, 1930460, CAMBERYVELLROAD, 1930


16,MUSWELLHILL,19303, BRW8£AL STREET,1930c177,DONCASTER ROAD, 193Ot:816.a22, RIVERSDALEROAD, 1930c454,WARRICAl.ROAD, 1930c359,Yv'HITEHORSE ROAD,193Ot:397·399,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1930c497, itVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1930c35, BALwtN ROAD, 1931·21292.TOORAKROAD, 1931·2n. CHAmELDAVENU£, 1932·327, CHRISTOWELSTREET,19323, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIELSTREET, 1932c4, FlNSBURY WAY, 1933125,HIGHFIELD ROAD, 19331,MAPLE CRESCENT, 19331( STODDART STREET,19337, MANGANSTREET,1933cI1, FAlRMONT AVENUE, 1934-587-87A,BOWEN STREET,1934458,CAMBERWELl.ROAD, 1934201,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1934<:46, CHRISTOYVELSTREET, 193556, CHRIS10WELSTREET, 19351, FAIRMOh7 AVENUE, 19359,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUGHAVEz"l1E,19353, SAU5BURY STREET,1935177,GLENIRIS ROAD, 1935<:361,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1935c361, itVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1935c796-798, BURKEROAD, 193623, CHRlSTOYv'EL 5TREET,193641, COOKSONSTREET,19369, JUDD 5TREET,193649, THE RIDGE,193620,WALSH STREET,19368, REID5TREET, 1937-8716, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517,WHITEHOR5EROAD, 19371'31-30, COOK50N 5TREET,1938-39311·317,CAMBERMLLROAD, 19382, FAIRMOl\T AVEt-.l1E,193824, FINSBURYWAY, 193832, HORTENSE5TREET,19384, lv1ARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 193826,REIDSTREET,1938660,RlVERSDALE ROAD, 19386~THEBOULEVARD,1938

136,'Iv1fITEHOR5E ROAD, 19381( CASCADE STREET,19392( CHRI5TOWELSTREET,19391, MOUNTAlz...' VlEWROAD. 193943,YUILE STREET,193943, CA5CADE5TREET, 19391.:?

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Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1937First Owner: Spargo, JC?Builder: Spargo, JC

HistoryBuilder, [.C, Spargo, constructed this seven roombrick two- storey house in 1937 at an estimated costof £1,4001

. Later occupi~rs included Dr. G JCampbell and C W Wright.

DescriptionContrasting with the Mediterranean manners SO

amply displayed around it, this house opts for anadaptation of European Modern attributes to clothean enlarged version of the traditionalasymmetrically planned stuccoed villas, socommon in the late 19th century. Horizontalwindow slots, projecting eaves, curved concreteand the bold expression of the chimney shaft, placethis house abreast with the new Moderne style. Thelandscaping is sympathetic to the era, particularlythe cypress.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9. BOSTON ROAD, 1930396, CAMBERWELLROAD, 1930460, CA.,\,j"BERWELLROAD, 193016, MUSWELLHlLL, 19303, BRENBEAL5TREET, 1930f177,DONCASTER ROAD, 19JOc816.s21,RTVERSDALE ROAD, 1930c454,WARRlC.ALROAD, 1930c359.'Iv1fITEHOR5E ROAD, 1930f

397·399,y,/H1TEHORSE ROAD, 193<1<:~97, I-'v1iITEHOR5E ROAD, 1930c35, BALVVYl\.' ROAD, 1931-21291,TOORAKROAD, 1931·2II, CHATFI£WAVENUE, 1932·327, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 1932


3, FINSBURYROAD, 19327,MURIEL STREET. 1932<:4, FINSBURY WAY, 1933125,HICHFIELD ROAD, 19331, MAPLE CRESCENT.19331~STODDARrSTREE~I933

7,MA.l'-'GAN STREET, 1933<11, FAIRMONT A VEfI,'UE, 1934-587.-87A, BOl-VEN STREET, 1934458,CAMBERWELLROAD, 1934201,~ORSEROAD, 19341.45, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 193356, CHRISrOlil/EL STREET, 19351, FAlRMOl-'TAV£.NUE, 19359, MARLBOROUCHAV£NU£, 193513,MARLBOROUGHAVENUE, 19353, 5AUSBURY STREET, 1935177,GLENIRISROAD,193X361,WHITEHORSEROAD, 1935c361,YYHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935c796·798, BURKEROAD, 193623, CHRISTOYv'EL STREET, 19364-1. COOKSONSTREET, 19369, JUDDSTREET, 193649,THERIDGE,193620,WALSHSTREET, 19368, REIDSTREET, 1937.$716,RIV£RSDALE ROAD, 1937517,W'H1TEffORSEROAD, 1937c31-30,COOKSON STREET, 1938·39311-317,CAMBERMLLROAD, 19382, FAIRMONT AVENUE, 193824, FINSBURYWAY, 19383l ffORTENSE STREET, 19384,MARLBOROUCHAVENUE,1938.26, REID STREET, 1938660, RlVERSDALE.ROAD, 193866, mE BOULEVARD, 1938136,VVH1TEHORSE ROAD, 1938H. CASCADE STREET. 1939.24, CHRISTOli'v'EL STREET. 19391, MO!.Jl','TAlN VT£VoIROAD, 193943,. YUILLESTREET, 193943, CASCADE STREET,1939r?

•House,56 Christowel Street

Study Grading: CPrecinct: 28.01 Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1933First Owner: Amery, H J& JWBuilder: Amery, H J& JW

HistoryH,J. and J W. Amery applied for the pennit neededfor this seven room brick house in 19331. The costwas estimated at £1500 and an a~plication to builda garage followed after a month However, it wasLewis G. Wilson who first occupied the house, tobe followed by P,J.R. Clark in 19363

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Streetscape ContributionA minority style in the Golf Links Estate but itrepresents the second major building stage of theestate.

SignificanceArchitecturally, a good example of a suburbanstyle which was popular over a short period justprior to the Second War (Moderne) and a majorhouse in the notable Golf Links Estate.Historically, occupied by members ofCamberwell's rising professional and middleclasses.

I BA 1933,31032 ibid.; BA 1933,31643 D1935; D1937

DescriptionNeo-Tudor in style, the house possesses the pseudohalf-timbered gables, herringbone brick,balustrading and multi-paned windows associatedwith 15th century northern European housing.Clinker bricks add to this rustic quality but thetextured stuccoed walls, with their bracketed sillsand flashes of tapestry brickwork, refer back to theMediterranean villa style, introduced in Victoriaduring the late 1920's. The gabled garage followsthe house's general form, as do the front fence pierswith their multi-faceted gabled form.The mature elements of the garden are typical ofthe period ie. cypress.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.9, BOSTON ROAD, 19303%, CAMBERJlVELLROAD, 1930460,CAMBERh-'ELL ROAD, 193016,MUSJlVELLHILt,19303, BRENBEAL STREET, 1930c177,DONCASTER ROAD, 1930c


816-822, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1930c

454. WARRICALROAD, 1930c359,Yv1fi1U{ORSE ROAD, 1930c397·399,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c497, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c35, BALi'VYN ROAD, 1931·21292, TOORAKROAD, 1931-211,CHAWELDAVENUE, 1932·327, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 19323, FINSBURY ROAD, 19327, MURIEL STREET, 1932c4, FIN-SBURYWAY, 1933125, HIGHFIELD ROAD, 19331, MAPLE crESCENT, 193314,STODDART STREET, 19337,MANGANSTREET, 1933cII, FAIRMONT AVENUE, 1934-587-87A, BOWEN STREET, 1934458, CAMBERMLLROAD, 1934201, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1934<:45, CHRISTOWEL STREET, 193546, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 19351, FAIRMONT AVENUE, 19359, MARLBOROUGHAVENllE, 193513, MARLBOROUCH A v:E."-'UE, 19353, SAUSBURYS1REET, 1935177,GLENIRIS ROAD, 1935,361, YVHlTEHORSE ROAD, 1935,361, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1935'796~798, BURKE ROAD, 193623, CHRlSTOWEL STREET, 193641, COOKSON STREET, 19369, JUDD STREET, 193649, me RIDGE, 193620, WALSH STREET, 19368,REIDSTREET, I:B7~8

ru. RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1937,31·30, COOKSONSTREET, 1938·393I1·317, CAMBERWELLROAD, 19382, FAlRMO!'.7 AVENUE, 193824,.FI?>lSBURYWAY, 193832,HORITNSESTREET, 19384,.MARLBOROUGHAVEJI,'UE, 193826, REID STREET, 1938660, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 193866, THE BOULEVARD, 2938136, J.\IH1TEHORSEROAD, 193814, CASCADE STREET, 193924, CHRlSTOVV£LSTREET, 19391, MOUl-.7A1N VIEWROAD, 193943, YUILLE STREET, 193943, CASCADE STREET, 1939l"?

External IntegrityThe house is generally original except for paintedbrickwork (fence).'**

1 RB 1902-3,2046,2047: RB 1903-4,917; RB 1904-5.9272 RB 1930-31,7643: D19303 D19354 ER 19385 DI9S06 DI9S27 The Cyclopedia of Victoria. vot.t, pp.481-28 ibid.9 ibid.

St. Catherine's Home For Aged,1 Clayton Road, Balwyn

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1904cFirst Owner: Porter, John

HistoryAn eight roomed, brick house was built c1904 forJohn Porter on the corner of Belmore and GaytonRoads1 Porter resided here until his death in 1930when the prope~ became vacant whilst owned byPorter's executors .By 1935 the property was owned and occupied byflour miller James E. Minifie3 Enid K. Minifieresided here with James and the property wasnamed Belmore Grange4

• James Minifie lived hereuntil after 19505 when (by 1952) the property'saddress had become 1 Clayton Road its name St.Catherine's Home for the Aged6

John Porter was a partner in Birtchnell Brothersand Porter, Agricultural Farm Salesme9- andValuers, of 82 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Thebusiness was established in 1888 by James andLawrence Alfred Birtchnell, as general auctioneersand agents, with city and suburban officesS. In1890 John Porter joined the partnership. Aftercarrying on a general business for some years, thefirm began to specialize in closer settlement onagricultural lands, eventually dealing solely withthis area of real estate9.Whiist associated with allthe principal farming districts in Victoria, the firmare probably best known for the redevelopmentinto smaller farms of the Carrum district.Birtchnell Brothers and Porter also published ahandbook dealing with soil and produce whichwas praised by the Press in Australia and in

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England, and gave rise to the subdivision of manylarge estates for the purpose of small farmingindustries1

James Minifie was employed by w.s. Kimpton ashead miller in 1898. In 1906 Minifie began his ownbusiness James Minifie and Company and set uphis own mill in Lloyd Street, Flemington. He hadsilos constructed in 1910 by Edward Giles Stonefamed for the Denny Lascelles wool store inGeelong, using the Considiere's System of spirallywound steel reinforced concrete. By 1915 408Collins Street, Melbourne housed the firm's headoffice whilst the mill remained at Fleminlrton2 In1969 Minifies amalgamated with KImptonsforming KMM and the plant ceased milling insteadspecializing in manufacturing 0-5o-Lite bakingflour and cake mixes,

DescriptionSet out like a fan, this American Queen Annerevival style redbrick villa is composed betweentwo large gabled bays. A lookout tower sits atthe apex of the main hipped roof which providesthe axis for the fan-like slatted verandahs, eitherside of th? steep stairway. Placed asymmetricallywithin this framework are minor roof gables, roofturrets and tall ribbed chimneys. A finely frettedroof gable frieze covers the stairway, containingsun motifs and what may be Australian elements.Half-timbering, casement window bavs and theMarseilles pattern terra-cotta tiles complete theimage.Set on an elevated site, formerly approached fromBelmore Road, the house is well positioned todisplay all of the attributes of this fanciful style.


69, BROADWA Y; 1900-110, 8RYSON STREET, 1900

608,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1900

1, SAUSBURYSTREET, 1900

5, 'VICTORIA ROAD, 1900

11, LUENA ROAD, 1900c

4,2.BRYSON STREET, 1901

58, CAl'iTERBURYROAD, 19016, IGNTORE STREET, 190123, ROYAL CRESCENT, 1901

35, BROADh;-,\Y,1.902

39, PROSPECT HILL ROAD, 1901

169, CA!\7ERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGA"! STREET, 1903142, MOI\T ALBERT ROAD, 19047, ,\4A1\'CARRA ROAD, 1905-624, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1.905

633, RWERSDALE ROAD, 1.906-827, BAUVYl\tROAD, 190658, BROAD',',-:.<\. Y,1906

65,MO.".'T ALBERT ROAD, 190673-75, BROADWA,Y, 1.907

31, CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1.907

1 ibid.2 D1915

17, THREADSEEDLE STREET, 1907ts.PEPPI!'.' STREET,1907,·138. C4.1';TERBUKY RO.4.D, 1908-9

41, L"CLESBY ROAD, 1908.910. SEFTO,\: PL.."CE, 1908

41, INCLESBY ROAD, 1909-10iI. BROA.m.;-\y, 190973, BROADV\:4.Y,190931.CA)\;TERBURYROAD, 1909206, CA!\'YER8URYROAD. 1909211,7CTORJAROAD.19091293, TOOR4.KROAD, 1910-8, ST. CEORGES CRESC£KT, 19102, CL41TOXRO.4.D- 19IOc

199, ~"''HITEHORSE ROAD. 1910r24, ALBJOi': STREET. 1911

Ii-i9, BROADVIc:4.Y, 191196-98, UWOK ROAD, 19I12':t, KE;>;-rRO.A.D. 1912·1354, BROADV;,-"" Y, 191235, !,,!ATLOCK-STREET,1912648, BURKE ROAD, 1913_18

6, KITCHH,:ER STREET. 1913

8, FTTZCER"'LD STREET, 19i5-20r

127, vV1.'\'M..4.UE RO.4.D, 1915-20c

27A, AL\f...>\ ROAD, 191576, AIHELSTA."· ROAD, 1915347-349, nHITEHORSE ROAD, 19I5r353, ""HITEHORSE ROAD, 19I5,'150, hI;\.'M_4LEE ROAD, 1915r

External IntegrityMajor unrelated additions have been made to theeast, much of the ornamental garden is now theMinifie Reserve and other minor buildings havebeen added to the site on the west. Detailalterations have resulted from the house'sconversion to a nursing home.

SignificanceHistorically, institutional use and associations withindustrialist family gives added significance to thebuilding. Representative of a common process inCamberwell and other middle suburbs: a housedeveloped for a wealthy resident which eventuallypasses on to a religious user: of Regionalimportance.Architecturally, a fully realized American QueenAnne Revival villa, formerly exposed on threesides to the public view but now obscured in partby extensive additions. Despite these, the house isstill a valuable example of a style which issynonymous with Camberwell: of Regionalimportance.


Camberwell Railway Station Complex andPrecinct, Cookson Street

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 30.01 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1919First Owner: Victorian GovernmentArchitect: Harding, JW (Chief Architect)

History

The Camberwell railway line opened on 3 April,1882, as part of the line to Lilydale with laterstations in Camberwell at Canterbury, EastCamberwell and Chatham. In 1873 railwayengineer-in-chief, Thomas Higinbotham,supported a circular rail link between Oakleighand Spencer Street station, thus overcoming theproblem of privately-owned rail lines betweenOakleigh and the city. Despite governmentcontrol over the private lines after 1878 and a newlink between the Spencer Street and Flinders Streetterminals, an Outer Circle lobby group continuedto argue for a link through Camberwell fromOakleigh to the northern suburbs and then toSpencer Street. Work was completed on the line in1890. By then it could attract few passengers orgoods traffic. Various sections were closed forshort periods and up to the early twentieth centurythe line failed to attract much traffic.The first wave of rail electrification began with theSandringham to Essendon route, open in 19191.The main east-west line through Camberwell waselectrified soon afterwards with associatedgrade-separation works and new station buildings.The contract for Camberwell station was let inSeptember 1918, ~ing part of the Malvern groupof station designs . This group included Armadale(1904), Hawksburn (1914), Caulfield and Toorak(1913): comparative analysis has judgedCamberwell as 'important' with only Caulfi~ld andMalvern being superior, as 'very important' Of the

other railway stations in the city, Riversdale was aspecial design and also was judged as 'important'.In 1925 the Outer Circle between Ashburton (thethen southern terminal) and Camberwell waselectrified. The northern section remainedsteam-powered and was thus discontinued. TheAshburton line was extended to Alamein after theSecond World War and new traffic was attractedafter the opening of the Golf links Estate and anew station at Hartwell. However, the line isalways on the short-list for closure wheneverVictorian governments decide on cutting railwaycosts.Steep gradients had meant slow journeys on thfCarnberwell line up to the First World War.Following electrification, the line was lowered andran from East Camberwell through to the YarraRiver in a CUlling. The new station and itsapproaches were designed to bring pedestriansdown to the new level and to allow for a railjuncture with the Ashburton line.

DescriptionThe Camberwell Railway Precinct is bounded byBurke Road on the west, 'Railway Walk' on thesouth, the extended alignment of Thorn Street onthe east and Cookson Street on the north. Thesignificant elements within this precinct are:1. Commercial buildings on Cookson Street(northern frontage).2. Exotic plantings between northern stationplatform boundary and Cookson Street.3. Network of pedestrian walkways extendingfrom Cookson Street with descending access tonorthern platform, elevated walkway to islandplatforms and elevated booking office, elevatedwalkway to Railway Parade, Railway Walk.4. Platforms and station buildings; elevatedbooking office; triple-tiered roofing and walkwayleading to platform level. Platform work spaces;gateways and glass display cases on plat forms.5. Iron storage sheds to south of platforms.6. Burke Road railway bridge.7. Track work.The main red brick and stucco station buildings aredistinctive within the precinct because of the gradeseparation and the consequent unusual approaches(by ramps) and views afforded to the building. Theroofline is exposed and picturesque with its archedand nested monitor roof forms and, under, theexposed lattice trusses and sheet-iron valences. Thebuilding' style follows its contemporaries andearlier, using the bungaloid tiled hip as the

1 see Butler, Jolimont CarSheds Conservation Analvsis, forthe Historic Buildings Council. 19852 Ward & Donnelly. Victoria's Railway Stations. 1981 Vol. 13 ibid.4 see Allan

primary roof-form with parapet gables, witharchways, set against it. As well as its style groupexamples, it resembles Heidelberg and Box Hillstations. All possess a visually dynamic formbecause of the grade separation and greateremphasis on roofline, ramp detailing and canopydesign.Nearby, the coal store is a large opencorrugated-iron clad shed with a multi-gabledroofline.

Comparable ExamplesBox Hill, Malvern, Caulfield, Heidelberg,Arrnadale and Toorak railway stations.

LandscapeIt is assumed .that as the route was electrified incl919 and the cutting created, major landscapingworks were carried out on most of the railwayreserves although only remnants remain. Remnantexamples of the style also occur in othermunicipalities, most notably Malvern, Caulfield,Flemington, and [olimont (the selection of plantssuch as Pinus canariensis may reflect an earlierplanting period, c18805). Plants characteristic ofthese reserves and typical of those commonplantings of the 1920s are Phoenix canariensis,Agapanthus, Cotoneaster, Cupressus sp., Coprosma,Schinus molle var. areira, Tamarisk, Washingtoniafilifera, Photinia, and rows of Cupressus torulcsa.These plants grew well on the generally dry,under-nourished soils, were self-sustaining andrequired minlmal maintenance. They weremoderately drought tolerant which explains theirsurvival rate.On the north side of the reserve (Cookson Street)planting of mixed exotic trees and shrubs datingfrom c1920 includes a row of Phoenix canariensisalternating with Washingtonia filifera, privet(Ligustrnm spp.), Agapanthus, cotoneaster, oak(Quercus sp.), Photinia, Coprosma, pampas(Cortaderia selloana), tamarisk, Prunus spp.,Cupressus sempertnrens and C. macrocarpa.On the southern side of the reserve, there is a littleremnant planting on the embankment but themajority of the planting is recent and of a differentcharacter to the Edwardian style of Cookson Street.The Edwardian character should be maintainedand enhanced in future planting schemes.

StreetscapeThe Cookson Street buildings, especially DaviesBuilding (1-9) and the present Camberwell AntiqueCentre building (25-29) Cookson Street wereconstructed after the electrification of the line.Neighbouring structures have been identified ashaving individual significance in the 1986 City ofCamberwell Conservation Study.

SignificanceThe buildings on the Cookson northern frontageform an important element in the townscape.They rise on a ridge and form a line facing southoverlooking the station. These make a strongvisual impression from the south and link stationentrances to Burke Road. They reflect the historicrole of the electrified railway in stimulating moreintensive commercial land-use in the northernsections of Burke Road commercial district andintroduced a wider range of commercial buildingform and activities to this part of the City.The station design, the alteration of levels fromCookson Street to the platforms, the raisedwalkways, plantings and booking hall reflect theimportance of the railway to suburban life in theage of electrification. The complexity of thesestructures and the pattern of pedestrian accesscontrast strongly with other parts of the suburband with other less lavish station designselsewhere in Camberwell.Camberwell's growth in the 1880s dependedessentially on the rail link with the city and a largepart of renewed expansion after the Second WorldWar depended on electrified rail lines. The OuterCircle was itself one of the most unusual raildevelopments in Victorian history and one of themost telling constructions of the 18805 railwayexpansion. The station precinct is an importantreminder of the central importance of the initialrailway and later electrification in the 1920s inshaping the character of Camberwell and indefining the commercial character of Burke Road.Other SourcesVolume One: Camberwell Environmental Historyand Blainey, History ofCambenoell.

Cloville Flats,31-39 Cookson Street

Study Grading: C


Precinct: 26.02Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1939First Owner: Green, Frederick R & I MBuilder: Green, F R

HistoryFrederick R. Green, was the builder and owner ofthese flats, in association with Isabel M. Green1

.Estimated to cost over £4,000, the four flats eachcontained six rooms and an area of 17 squares''.Garages with one room over each, were added in1940, together with an 'office and lookout' 3.

The flats were renovated extensively, butsympathetically in 1982-3, and another flat createdfrom one of the outbuildings'.Green was well known in Camberwell, with officesin Burke Road, South of Auburn Parade and aresidence also equipped with a flag pole, inBrinsley Road. He was an important builder andthis block of flats is a reminder of his work in thecity. The combination of conservative style(Queen Anne) and innovative use (apartmentliving) reflects Camberwell's long resistance to anychange in domestic land-use and the resulting needfor flat building to conform, at least in externalform, to the surrounding suburban style. Anotherinteresting reminder of the long debates about flatsin Camberwell and in other middle-ring suburbs.

DescriptionAppearing to date from the late Edwardian period,with its tea- house hipped roofs, terra-cotta ridges,cast-iron balustrading and look-out, these flats arean anachronism. Details, such as leaf-patternterra-cotta wall ventilators, the marble and slateverandah paving, gable shingling, or the leadedlights to windows, all relate to the first generationof this century. A red brick, hit-and-miss patternperimeter fence encases the property, having aseries of angled garages, some still with loft doorsat the first level, entered from a driveway off LillyStreet.As a whole, the complex hinges on the look-outwith wide hipped roof and verandahed pavilionseither side. The style being alike to the IndianColonial Bungalow type. Shingled gables to LillyStreet reinforce this link with the Bungalow.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site at least in a chronological sense,although having little resemblance.9, BOSTON ROAD, 1930396,CAMBERWELLROAD, 19304&), CA..\fBERWEU ROAD, 193016,MUSWEUHIll, 1930

1 MMBW DPA 212866; BA 1938,95732 ibid.3 BAI940 12864,129884 BA 1982,71731,72252

3, BRENBEALSTREET,1930c177, DONCASTER ROAD, 1930c816-$22 RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 1930c454, WARRlGA.LROAD, 193Qc359,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193tJc397·399,WHITEHORSEROAD, I930c497, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1930c

35, BALm1>' ROAD, 1931·21192, TOORAKROAD, 1931·2

It CHATFI£LDAl'ENUE, 1931-317, CHRlSTOWELSTREET, 193.23, FlNSBURY ROAD, 19327, MURIEL STREET, 1932c

4,FINSBURYWAY, 1933125,HICHFIELD ROAD, 1933LMAPLE CRESCENT, 193314, STODDART STREET, 19337, .MA.."iGAN STREET, 1933c11, FAIRMONT AVEr-VE, 1934-587-87A, BOWEN STREET, 1934458, CA,\1BERl-VELL ROAD, 1934

201,VVHITEHORSEROAD, 1934c45, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 193546, CHRISTOWELSTREET, 193556, CHRISTOML STREET, 1935

1, FAIRMO/l;7 AVE1'.'UE,19359, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 193513,MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, 19353, SAUSBURYSTREET, 1935177, GLEN IRIS ROAD, 1935,.

361, v'v1iITEHORSEROAD, 1935<'361. l-\WTEHORSE ROAD, 1935c796·798, BURKE ROAD, 193623, CHRISTOMLSTREET, 193641, COOKSON STREET, 19369, JUDD STREET, 1936

49, THE RIDGE, 193620, WALSH STREET, 19368, REID STREET, 1937-8

716, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1937517, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1937(311·317, CAMBERWELLROAD, 19382, FAIRMOr-T AVEr-l1E, 1938

24, FlNSBURYWAY, 1938

32, HORTENSE STREET, 19384, MARLBOROUGH A VE....'UE, 1938

26, REID STREET, 1938660, RH'ERSDALE ROAD, 193866, THE BOULEVARD, 1938

136, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 193814, CASCADE STREET, 193924, CHRISTOVVELSTREET, 1939

1, MOu};7AIN VIEWROAD, 193943, YWUE STREET, 193943, CASCADE STREET, 1939,.?

External IntegrityThe renovation has added a bagged brick innerfence" supplemented by pickets, providescourtyards for each flat, glazed entrance porches toLilly street, and the conversion of some garageupper levels to other purposes. The colours aresympathetic to the period but presumablyconsiderable internal alterations have been made.

StreetscapeIsolated by the Second Church of Christ Scientistfrom Bungalow housing, further to the east, the


T.V. Sommers, 'Christian Scientists' injReligions in Australia (19661, as summarized in The Australian Encyclopaedia:vot.z, p.17f •CLFP71NTA FN 4985; ibid.ibid.

flats are more related (particularly in scale) to thered brick commercial architecture on its west andthe Camberwell Railway Station opposite.

Significance

Although built many years after the popular use ofits adopted style, this block of flats is distinctive asa fully articulated and near intact example of thetransition from the Queen Anne influence to that ofthe Bungalow in domestic architecture. It is ofspecial interest as such an anachronism that itprovokes speculation on the designer-builder'sintent; of regional and local importance.Historically, a large and near intact example fromthe hand of a prominent local builder, which mayreflect the need for conserva tive design in a citywhich discouraged flat development; of localimportance.

Second Church of Christ Scientist,41 Cookson Street

National Trust of Australia (Class/Rec.):ClassifiedNTA File Number: 49Study Grading: APrecinct: 26.02 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1936First Owner: Second Church of Christ ScientistArchitect: Bates, Smart & McCutcheonBuilder: Hansen & Yuncken

History

Churches of Christ began as an offshoot ofProtestant religions, in the 1830s, focusing on theNew Testament as their inspiration. In Australiathe first church congregation was established inAdelaide in 1846, followed by Sydney (1852),Melbourne (1853), Tasmania (1871), Queensland(1882) and Perth (1891).

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A further evolution occurred when Mary BakerEddy formed the first Christian scientist church inBoston in 1879. Her philosophy centred onChristianity as the sole healer of sickness as well asabsolver of sin. Introduced in Australia by visitingAmericans in the 18905, the first Melbourneservices were held in 1898 and, in Sydney, in 1900.The first Church of Christ Scientist was built in St.Kilda Road during the early 1920s, followed by thischurch and the Third Church, in Elsternwick. Bythe 1970s there were 57 churches and societies inAustralia, all under the Boston Mother Church butautonomous in their internal affairs. By-laws,sermon-readers and officers are elected by theChurch and there are no clergy.'A special meeting of the First Church membership,in 1924, resolved that members from the Kew,Hawthorn and Camberwell areas should seek toform a second church. They did so in June 1924,electing office bearers and directors andcommenced holding their meetings in a leasedMasonic Hall, Hawth~rn. The first service was heldthere on 29 June, 1924 .Money raised in the interim allowed purchase ofthe site in 1933 and the architects for the FirstChurch, Bates Smart & McCutcheon commenceddesigns for the Second, after their appointment inAugust 1934. The design was accepted in early1935 and its construction followed the contractingof builders, Hansen and Yuncken P/L, in 1936 for aprice of £13,998.Prior to its erection, the directors of the SecondChurchChrist Scientist included Elizabeth Wright, CharlesHancock, Lotty Doughty, Walker Gass, and MaggieTilley: all from the Hawthorn and Camberwellareas.The opening services, in November were popularlyattended by which time the total cost of church,fitments and organ had risen to £19,660 awaitinganother nine years before the debt was cleared3

The awarding of the Royal Victorian Institute ofArchitects' Street Architecture Model for 1938 wasthe third given to Bates Smart & McCutcheon in sixyears (1932, 1934) and the first given outside ofMelbourne city. It was acclaimed for "...thearchitectural dignity which may be achieved withsimplicity of massing,well proportioned voids and the judicious placingofappropriate enrichment,,4.


DescriptionFollowing a variation on the European Modernmovement's functional and spartan geometricshaped designs, this church varies greatly from thenee-Byzantine cum neo-Grec styled First Church.Its non-eclectic solution instead used the geometricmassing and naked brickwork of the Modernmovement, e.g. Dudok. However, the symmetricalformalism of the composition and the sparse butsimilarly symmetrical ornamentation (doors,grilles) places this building into a neoclassicvariation of the Modern theme.The complex contains a Sunday School at groundlevel, administration at the rear, and the church atfirst floor level. The privet hedges, and the cypressremain from earlier, once symmetrical, planting.

Comparative ExamplesThe style and use combination is startling,compared to the designs for other denominationsof the era. Where churches were still beingdesigned in a stripped Gothic revival, this churchhall was starkly modern and more comparablewith complexes like the Heidelberg Civic Centre.Another comparison would be with the McPhersonRobertson Girls High School in South Melbourne,albeit not directly comparable within the use. Thebuilding's very differences with other churchesand its secular equivalents, probably earned it theaward.

External IntegrityThe church is generally original except for signs.

Streetscape ContributionIsolated, given its monumental form, echoing thecommercial strip further west from the buildingrather than the adjacent Bungalow- era residences.

SignificanceArchitecturally, one of the State's best designs inthe Moderne- Classical manner, designed by thedistinguished firm of Bates Smart & McCutcheonand the winner of acclaim from the architecturalprofession in the form of the RVIAMedal.Historically, a prominent expression of a minorityChristian faith in the metropolitan area andperhaps the first Modern/Moderne church designin the State.

House,49 Cookson Street.

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 26.02Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1923First Owner: Shellnack, T.J.& SarahBuilder: Gibson, F.

HistoryHawthorn resident, J.G. Norris, sold Allotment 36Cookson Street to Sarah Jane Shellnack in 1922.1 Ayear later, F. Gibson built a two-storeyed dwellingon the allotment for T.J. and Sarah Shellnack2 Theeight roomed, brick dwelling had an area of 176~

square feet and was estimated to cost £2850.Ferdinand and Clara Shellnack were the owners ofthe pr~perty by 1925 and occupied it until the early19405. Other occupants were Douglas T. Farndonin the mid-1940s and Miss I.M. Trezise in 19505

DescriptionAn unusual red brick and stuccoed house in anOriental Bungalow manner, which has apicturesque hipped and gabled roof form, the gableroofs being on projecting room bays and an archedporch being between the two projecting bays.Wedged above the porch is a dormer window withshingling, possibly a sleepout porch at some stage.Window bays are bowed in form, with diamondpattern glazing and double-hung sashes. Twoboxed bays extend along the west side of thehouse.The roofing tiles are terra-cotta Marseilles patternand the fence is a swagged form with a notablepergola entry portal and chain wire and scrollediron gate. Between the swags are capped pierswith projecting brick corbels, set within each cap.Elements of the garden are mature and of theperiod, including a silver birch.

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Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may comparedwith this site.19, THE RIDGE,1916l2, HUt<.7ER ROAD, 1918

9, SEFTONPLACE, 1919-206, CHRlSTOlNELSTRE£T, 1919

718, RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1919.33, 8RO.4.DW>l.Y, 1920158, MOz,,7 ALBERT ROAD, 192011, PRETORIA STREET, 192023,SUNNYSIDEAVE1'.'UE, 1920286,1.J1',70N ROAD, 1920

44. CURRAI0lo.T;AVEl'.'UE,1920c6, !RAMOO STREET, 2920c17,THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1920c65, YARRSAT AVEl\'llE, 192Qc

44 SPENCER STREET, 2921-3899,TOORAKROAD, 19219.30, BURKEROAD, 1922:220, INHITEHORS£ROAD, 192116,ALMAROAD,1923648, BURKEROAD, 192321, CA.1V7£RBURYROAD, 192331, DEEPDEN£ROAD, 19237, WARWICKAV£NU£, 192390,MONTALBERTROAD, 1924.516M, MO/>.7ALBERTROAD, 1924-59, ROOfEST£R ROAD, 1924-6

322·394, CAMBERlNELL ROAD, 192412. MONTALBERTROAD. 192410,FmCERALD STREET, 19241.'11,ALMA ROAD. 19l5(?)

269, Ll1\70NROAD, 1915-&10,DONNA 8UANC STREET, 19252, M4.RTINROAD,19254, Sf. ANDRIES STREET, 19251, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925931, TOORAK ROAD,1925118, y.,.jHTLE VALLEY ROAD,191555,BATH ROAD, I92Scn. CREnHORNE ROAD, 1925f1, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 19.!5,359, YllHITEHORSE ROAD,192.5f513, YllHITEHORSE ROAD,1925f146,YARRBAT AVE1'<l1E, I915c

External IntegrityAn addition to the west side and possible glazingin of the sleepout porch in the roof dormer.

StreetscapePred~minantly Bungalow period housing, manyindividually notable examples extending fromThome Street to the east.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an unusual and successivelydesigned house in the Bungalow manner withdistinctive details such as the roof forms, fence andporch also a contributing part of a strongBungalow-era streetscape: of regional importance.

Nazareth House,16 Cornell Street.

Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1933-4..First Owner: Catholic Church

HistoryIn 1929 the Archbishop of Melbourne invited theSisters of Nazareth to establish a home inMelbourne for aged persons and orphanedchildren1 The Sisters purchased Allotment 46 and47 from William Gallus, a gardener2 The combinedallotments gave the, Sisters a property ofapproximately 18 acres and a six roomedweatherboard cottage'', A weatherboard buildingof nineteen rooms was added to the property, nownamed Nazareth House, as a temporary home forinfirm men and women, while the sisters dwelt inthe cottage". Reverend Mother Henrietta Greenand the Sisters erected a fence, planted a cypress~~~g:r;~~d established a small farm on the

The Archbishop of Melbourne blessed and laid thefoundation sto~e of a new building on 5thNovember 1933. Estimated to cost £40,000 thenew building was part of a buildinr plan entailingan intended expenditure of £90,000 . W.P. Conollydesigned and Messrs. Massey & Sons Pty. Ltd.

~~~re~~~o~=at ~:~:~:;~1~~st~o~~,1x)(lrickOn April 4th, 1948 Archbishop Mannix laid andblessed the foundation stone of an addition toNazareth House. The addition was to be achildren's wing for 150 immigrant (British)children9

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The Advocate, 9.1 Lt933, p.lO~?i92S~26,lS380.1S381;RB 1928-29,17040,17041

RB 1929-30, 17117; 17,. Advocate, 9. I 1.1933ibid.ibid.ibid.igl~:; The Advocate, 8.4.1948. p.S


DescriptionSet in period landscape, comprised of palms andcypress, the red and clinker brick three storeybuilding adopts a typical E-plan with typicalforward wings taking on aspects of the earlierEdwardian Baroque (ox-bow or centredsegment-arch form parapet). Fenestration ofsecondary wings is regular and the generaltreatment austere, with cement string moulds andbanded brickwork marking off the storeys.However, the centre wing provides thearchitectural focus with its segment-arched arcadeand Norman-like centre bell-tower.Another tower marks the end of the chapel whichtakes on a traditional pier-buttressed form facing tothe west of the complex.

Comparative ExamplesA contrasting catholic complex is Siena convent inRiversdale Road (q.v.) which is in a Byzantinerevival style and very unlike this design althoughnear contemporary. Another slightly earliercatholic complex is at Rosanna Road\ Rosanna(1929), which is in a Tudor revival form . Anotheris the Box Hill St. Paschal's seminary and college(1934-6) which also takes on some Byzantinecharacteristics. This example is distinct amongcomparable contemporary complexes.

ExternalIntegrityGenerally original in the street view with onlyminor additions visible.

Streetscape ContributionA major element in a contemporary residentialdomain which dominates by its scale and maturelandscape.

SignificanceHistorically, of interest for its association with theimmigration scheme and its long quasi-publicbuilding status in the area.Architecturally, a large and well-preservedadaptation of traditional forms to currentarchitectural styles, set in a related and notablelandscape. Also a dominant streetscape presence ina low-scale residential area: of regional interest.

Kareela,2 Craig Avenue.

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 27.02Streetscape: 1Construction Date: 1903FirstOwner: Wasley, [osiah StephenBuilder: Rolfe, Alfred

HistoryIn 1903 Josiah Stephen Wasley, a barrister,commissioned Alfred Rolfe to build a two-storeyeddwelling on land he owned in Prospect Hill Roa1(before the construction of Craig Avenue).Named Kareela, the 9-roomed brick dwelling hadan area of 2509 square fee~ and was estimated tocost £1406, without fencing. Josiah Wasle~ ownedand occupied Kareela until the early 194Os.After four decades under one owner, Kareela had anumber of owners over the next two decades.These included Charles Dawson in 1950, M.L.Walters in the late 1950s, and Mrs. B. Robinson inthe late 1960s5 By 1%8 the property had beensubdivided into three lots."Judge J9siah Stephen Wasley was born in Ballaratin 1865. He was educated at the Mt. Pleasant StateSchool, Grenville College, Ballarat, and theMelbourne University8 A brilliant scholar, hecompleted the Bachelor of Arts course at the age of18 and then studied law, qualifying fW his LL.B.degree before he reached 21 years. He wasadmitted to the Bar when he was 21 yead's old andpractised mainly in the County Court1 He wasappointed to the Victorian County Bench in 1912

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Butler, Heidelberg Conservation stud):: part 1.site 122RBI90I-2. 690; RBI903-4, 716; RBI903, 338ibid.01910; 01920; 01930; 0194001950; ORP48I72ibid.Argus. 19/5/53, p.7ibid.ibid.ibid.


Study Grading: BPrecinct: ROO Streetscape: 2

House,44 Currajong Avenue.

8, FITZGERALD STREET, 1915·20.:ll7, Vv1NMALEE ROAD, 1915·1Ot:27A, AL\-!AROAD, 191576, ATHELSTM' ROAD, 1925347-349, lNHITEHORSE ROAD, 1915..

353, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c250,It\JNMALE£ROAD, 1915c

QueenRoyal

the importantstreetscape in

Streetscape.Contributing part ofAnne/Edwardian styleCrescent.

SignificanceHistorically, significant for the long residence ofJudge Josiah Stephen Warley, a figure ofregional/local importance.Architecturally, the design is a fine example of astyle associated across the State with Camberwelland addresses well its former corner site withpicturesque room bays and roof dormers. Itpossesses distinctive detailing in the form ofshingling and ogee roof brackets, while the displayof natural materials (shingles, terra-cotta, cementand brick) are consistent with the style and thephilosophies of the period. It is also a contributingpart of an important Queen Anne villa precinct: ofhigh regional importance.

External Integrity

The original picket fence has been replaced by ahigh brick wall, obscuring a view to the house andthe north face of the house has been altered, withnew windows and additions. What would havebeen the garden presumably, on the south side, hasnow been developed in an unrelated fashion.

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and was an Acting Justice of the Supreme Courtfrom 1927 to 1934.1

Judge Wasley retired from practice in 1940 anddied on July 181953, at the age of 88 years.2

Description

This is a Queen Anne styled two-coloured brickhouse with shingling and half-timbering in thegables. There are terra- cotta Marseilles patterntiles to the roof and a return segment- archedverandah supported on timber posts. Chimneyshave ribs running up the shafts to cement cornicesand ornamented terra- cotta pots at top. The mainroof form is typically hipped with the gabled baysterminating the verandah's extent. Leaded glass isalso used. The dormer windows have shingledwalls and possibly the north-facing bay may havebeen added to but the dormers retain symmetry ofplacement.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may comparedwith this site.69,BROAVi'\Z.o\Y, 1900-120, BRYSON STREET. 1900608,RIVERSDALE ROAD, 1900I, SAUSBURYSTREET, 19005, VICTORIA ROAD, 290021,LUENA ROAD, 19QOc41.BRYSON STREET; 1.90258, CA,'·.7ERBURYROAD, 1901

6, 1(Jt,'TORE STREET, 190223, ROy...\L CRESCENT, 190135,BROADWAY, 190239, PROSPECTHill ROAD, 1902169, CAN7ERBURY ROAD, 1903-46, LOGAN STREET, 1903142. MOl\7 ALBERTROAD, 19047, MAN"CARRA ROAD, 1905-6

24,. CHAUCER CRESCENT, 1905633,RlVERSDALE ROAD,19Q6..827, BALYvTh' ROAD, 190658, BROADWAY, 1906

65, MONTALBERT ROAD, 1906

rs-rs, BROADWAY, 190731, CHAUCER CR£SC£NT, 190717, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 190718,PEPPINSTREET, 1907(138, CANTERBURY ROAD, 1908--94-1, INGLESEI' ROAD, 1908-910,SEFTON PLACE, 190841,INGLESBy ROAD, 1909·10n BROADWAY, 190973, BROADWAY, 1909

3L CM'TERBURY ROAD, 2909206,CANTERBURY ROAD, 290922,. VICTORIA ROAD, 29091293, TOORAKROAD, 191G-8, ST. GEORGES CRESCE1I.'T, 1910

z.CLArrON STREET, 1910.:199,YVH1TEHORSEROAD, 1910.:l4, ALBION STREET, 191127-19,BROADWAY, 291196-98, UNION ROAD, 192124, KENT ROAD, 1912·1354, BROADWAY, 191235, MATLOCK STREET, 1922648, BURKE ROAD, 1913-18

6, KITCHEJ-.:ER STREET, 1913

21 ibid.• Herald 26/6/1931. p.8

Argus.cp.cit.


Construction Date: 1919-20First Owner: Storie, John F clerk

HistoryIn 1919 John Francis Storie, a clerk, purchasedAllotment 71 from Amelia Tallis who resided inProspect Hill Rrad, Camberwell, with GeorgeTallis, a manager. Storie had 2brick, five roomedhouse built on the property . John and Iris J.Storie lived here until the early 1%05 3.

DescriptionThis is a well-preserved typically formed,medium-sized clinker and red-brick CalifornianBungalow which is greatly enhanced by a Japanesereturn pergola-verandah, with related details andeaves strutting. Otherwise there is texturedstucco, shingling and boarding in the gables,Marseilles pattern tiles, and the gable vent. Thecolours and fence are empathetic and the gardensetting has original elements.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19, THE RiDGE, 1916rz HUl-.7ER ROAD, 1918

9,SEFTONPLACE, 1919·206, CHRlSTOYVEL STREET, 1919

718,RIVERSDAL£ ROAD, 191933,BROADlA<i\Y, 1920158, MONT ALBERT ROAD, 192011, PRETORIASTREET, 192013, SW.'/I.'YSIDE AVEI,mE, 1920286,ta...70N ROAD, 192044, CURRAJONC AVEl\'l1E, 1921k6,IRAMoa STREET, 1920..17,THREADNEEDLE STREET,192Q(65, YARRBAT Ai'ElI.'UE,192fk

42, SPENCERSTREET, 1921-3899,TOORAKROAD, 1921930,BURKEROAD, 1921210, YVH1TEHORSEROAD, 1912

16,ALMA ROAD, 1913648, BURKE ROAD, 192321,CA1I;7ERBURYROAD,19133LDEEPDENEROAD, 19137,WARWICKAVEl\'U& 191390,MONT ALBERTROAD, 1924-5168A,MOt>.7 ALBERTROAD, 1924-59, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1924-6

63().(j38, BURKE RO.'\D, 1924

322-394, CAMBERV\'ELL ROAD, 192412,MONTALBERTROAD, 1924

10,mZGERALD STREET, 1924<1I,ALMA ROAD, 1925(?)

269, UNION ROAD. 19zs..6c10,DONNA BUANG STREET, 19252. MARTINROAD. 19254, ST,ANDRIES STREET. 19251, THREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925931.TOORAKROAD, 1925118,WATTLEVALLEYROAD, 192555, BATH ROAD, 192,5(

77,CREI7HORNE ROAD, 19&

I ER 1912;RB [9[7-[8,605; RB [919-20,689; D[9192 RB 1924~25.21398;D192S3 D194O; D[950; D196O; D19744 LP75965 RB[92J.4, 240[; RB[925-6, 2[45; RB1926-7,2440

1, THRfADNEEDLE STREET, 1925(

359,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925(513, IJV1f1TEHORSEROAD, 19.25c146,YARRBATAVE1\.'UE. 1925(


StreetscapeContributory part of an important Bungalow-erasuburb, (Sunnyside Estate).4

SignificanceArchitecturally, a well-preserved CalifornianBungalow example in a notable Bungalow estate:of regional interest.

Mallow,33 Deepdene Road

Study Grading: BConstruction Date: 1923First Owner: Browne, Charles Foster

HistoryCharles Foster Browne, alternatively described as abanker or a manufacturer was the firstowner-occu?ier of Mallow, then a twelve roombrick house .Browne began his career in 1905 by acquiring theMount Hope grazing property at Barfold, with hisbrother A.V. Browne. This company purchasedDelmo Brothers (formerly Macaroni manufacturersat Ringwood) in 1906-7 and created T.W. CottonPty. Ltd. (ventilating engineers), in association withits namesake, during 1918. Charles Brownebecame managing director of Delmo Bros. thenbroadened to Cereal Food Manufacturers(macaroni) and the Australian Heel Company Pty.


IIILtd., after partnering A.c. Farrow in the formationof the company in 1920. His grazing interestscontinued into the 1930's at Mayfield Station nearAlbury'.Browne typifies a certain Melbourne business typeof the later nineteenth century. His careercommenced with a large rural holding which helinked to processing industries in food and metalwork. His move to this suburban addressapparently came after his urban business interestsflourished, yet he maintained an interest inpastoralism. The building has historical interest asrepresenting the domestic style of an entrepreneurof the early twentieth century, with a foot in bothurban and rural holdings; his home makes a clearcontrast with the rural homesteads of an earliergeneration of pastoralists and investors. His houseillustrates Camberwell's role in providing a hometo members of this later group of urban and ruralentrepreneurs.

Description

Hip-roofed and symmetrically arranged, the househas the contemporary Californian Bungalow'smassiveness but possesses none of its gabled roofand verandahed character. Instead the IndianBungalow has been the inspiration, drawing fromthe tea planters' colonial Bungalow forms ratherthan the Japanese. However, the Japanese/Chineseinspired gate, glazing patterns and the Chinesearch used at the porch show further stylisticsources; the suburban Bungalow having alsodrawn from these inspirations in the evolution ofits popular prototypes.Unpainted stucco and a sympathetic garden settingenhance the house's period expression.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.19,THE RIDGE,191612. HUNTERROAD, 19189, SEFTON PLACE,1919-206, CHRlSroMLSTREET, 1919718,RIVERSDAU ROAD, 19193J, BROADWAY, 19.20

158,MONT ALBERTROAD, 192011. PRETORIA STREET, 192023, SllNNYSIDEAVENUE.1920286,UNION ROAD, 192044. CURRAJONCAVE1I.'UE, 191Ot:6,!RAMaa STREET, 1920(17,THREADNEEDLESTREET,1920<:65, YARRBAT AVEh-'tIE,1920c42.SPENCERSTREET,1921·3899, TOORAKROAD,1921930, BURKEROAD, 1922210,WHITEHORSE ROAD, 192216,ALMA ROAD, 1923648, BURKE ROAD,192311, CANTERBURY ROAD, 19237,WARJlVICKAVENUE, 1923

1929 Who's Who. p.896

90,,',,101';7ALBERT ROAD, 1924-516M. MONT ALBERTROAD, 1924-59, ROCHESTER ROAD, 1924-6630-638,BURKEROAD, 1924311·394, CAMBERMLLROAD, 192~1Z, MONT ALBERTROAD, 192410,FITZCERALDSTREET, 192·k1I, AL.MAROAD, 1925(1)269, Ul\10N ROAD, 19.25-6cZO, DONNA BUA1'<"C STREET, 19152, MAR.1TN ROAD, 1915~,ST, ANDRIESSTREET, 19151, THREADNEEDLESTREET, 1915931,TOORAKROAD, 1925lIB, WAITLE VALLEYROAD, 192555,BATH ROAD, 1925c77,CREYrHORNE ROAD, 1925f1, TIiREADNEEDLE STREET, 1925c359,VVHITEHORSE RO..'\D, 1925.513,y\lHITEHORSE ROAD, 1925c146,YARRBATA\'E~l1E, 1925r


Streetscape ContributionMajor element in a similar era of housing.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an intact and impressive exampleof the Indian Bungalow form in a similarly agedresidential area.Historically, built for and lived in by a prominentbusinessman, Charles Browne, who typifies thosewith rural and urban interests who chose the nowsuburbanized Camberwell for a city residence.

Xanadu, House,119 Doncaster Road.

Study Grading: BPrecinct: 2.00 Streetscape: 2Construction Date: 1948First Owner: Lockwood, RArchitect: Pretty, ArthurBuilder: Prentice Builders


if latedesign,

intact: of

HistoryIn 1941 R. Lockwood commissioned Arthur E.Pretty to design a residence'. Pretty designed aseven roomed, timber dwelling that was estimatedto cost £1,950". However the building applicationwas canceled in Jhe same year, 1941, possiblybecause of the war .By 1948 the allotment had been acquired by Dr.Alexander F. Roche who resided at the time atYaneacoona, Healsville4

• Prentice Builders builtthe two storey, brick hou~ of seven rooms thatwas estimated to cost £5,400 .Dr. Alexander Roche was a medical practitionerwho lectured at the Melbourne University MedicalSchool. In 1%2 he was appointed reader ofanatomy in the school 6

Description

Xanadu is a two-storey, cream brick Georgianrevival villa, set facing on to Sunburst Avenue.Wit~ its cement balustrading and scrolledpediment over the porch, the house has the typicalnear symmetrical hipped-roof elevation of the type.Fine wrought- iron balconelles adorn upperwmdows and terra-colla shingling to the roofprovides subtlety of finish and detail. Otherelements include the stylized mutules at the eaves,keystone motifs over each upper window andwhat may be an original timber picket fence alongSunburst Avenue.


The following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.106,YVHlTEHORSE ROAD, 194()..Z1, MONTANA STREET, 1940

1297,TOORAKROAD, 19409I, ,\1AUD STREET,1940f133, }MUD STREET, 1940c56, RIVERSIDEAVE1I.l1E, 1940<:

15,WALBUNDRYAVEl\11E,1940r417_, YVHffEHORSEROAD, 1940c113, YARRBAT AVENUE, 1941k123,MONT ALBERTROAD, 1~1·12, BEATRICE STREET, 19116,BULLEEl>.' ROAD,1~1171,DONCASTERROAD, 19414, MAYSIA STREET,194146, THE BOULEVARD,19411,KELBASTREET, 194Ic666,RIVERSDALEROAD, 19+6-7119,DONCASTER ROAD. 19481, KAWNGA ROAD, I94&:166, WHITEHORSE ROAD, 1951·22.TAURUS STREET, 1951c32, URSA STREET, 1951c6, CARRlGAL STREET,1952

43,KlREEPROAD, 19521, lI1ADDEN STREET, 19522, CARRlGAL STREET, 1954

16, CARRlGALSTREET, 1954119,-wINA.{ALEE ROAD, 1954lot ORlON STREET, 1950k32. BALVVYl\' ROAD, 1955.:45A,NARRAK ROAD, 1955..

External IntegrityGenerally original, except for the conversion of thebasemrnt in cl%2 and erection of a garage incl953.

StreetscapeContributory to a similar period residentialprecinct and prominently sited at the comer.

SignificanceArchitecturally, an accomplishedmedium-scale Georgian revivalprominently sited and near externallyregional interest.Historically, built for a medical practitioner andacademic noted for his work in a majormetropolitan educational institution: of Regionalimportance.


Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1941First Owner: Cameron, Alex sawmillerArchitect: Adam, L,J.Builder: Adam, L.J.

I BA 1941. 146082 ibid.3 ibid.4 BA 1948. 1173; MMBW DPA 2414935 BA 1948 117367

Russell, K.F. TheMelbourneMedicalSchool1862-1962 p 187BAs 12360.30617 •.


•HistoryL.J. Adam, a builder from Abbotsford, built thistwo storey eight-room brick house for AlexanderCameron, a sawmiller, in 1941 1. Alexander andDonna Cameron lived at this address well into the1950s 2.

DescriptionA cream brick Modeme style house with a hippedand tiled roof and Corinthian-column porch. Theporch is the basis for an upper level terrace withscrolled wrought-iron balustrading. It is set withina garden and fence of the period.

Comparative ExamplesThe following Camberwell sites may be comparedwith this site.106,~TE1fORSE ROAD, 1940-11,MOlo;TANASTREET, 19401297,rOORAK ROAD, 194091,MAUDSTREET, 1940c133,MAUDSTREET, 194&56, RlVERSIDEAVEl'.'UE, 194Q(15,WALBUNDRYAVEIt.UE, 1940c417., VVHITEHORSE ROAD, 194&113,YARRBATAVElI.'UE,194(1(123, MOl\7 ALBERT ROAD, 19U-Z2, BEATRICE STREET, 19416, BULLEENROAD, 19UIn.DONCASTERROAD, 19414, MAYSIA STREET, 1.94146, THE BOULEVARD, 19411, KELBASTREET, 1941,;-666, RlVERSDALE ROAD, 19#.7119,DONCASTER ROAD, 19481, KA.LONCA ROAD, 1-'~48c

166,Y-IHITEHORSE ROAD- 1951-2:2, TAURUS STREET, 1951c32 URSA STREET,19SZ,;6, CARRlCALSTREfT, 1952

43, I<1REEP ROAD, 19521, MADDENSTREET, 19522, C4RRICAL STREET, 195416,CARRIGALSTREET, 1954129,WINMALEE ROAD, 195414,ORION STREET. 1954c31, BALWY1'.' ROAD, 1955c·45A.NARRAKROAD, 195.'5c


Streelscape ContributionOne of a number of large 192()..4()s houses set onthe north side of Doncaster Road, withincontemporary estates (see 177,119).

SignificanceArchitecturally, a typical well-preservedmedium-sized Modeme style house, in its periodsetting, and as such one of a minori ty style of theperiod: of regional interest.


Study Grading: CConstruction Date: 1929First Owner: Cox, Stephen

HistoryA brick house of twelve rooms was built on thissite in 1929 and remained vacant for a time3

Stephen Cox occupied the property from 1930 until1933 whin Mrs. Adeline Cox was given as theoccupant. The property was occupied by GeorgeC. Dummetl, a man~facturer, in 1934 but wasagain vacant in 1935. Albert V. Renowden, amanager, had become the owner-oc~upier by 1937and remained there until after 1940. By 1942 theproperty had been purchased by ~. LillianMargaret Murdoch and L. French. LillianMurdoch occupied the property until after 19528

Later owners were G.F. Carbo09' in the early 1%0sand the Marist Brothers by 1974 .

DescriptionA two storey textured stucco (unpainted) housecomposed in a hipped-roof Indian Bungalow formwith a massive two storey porch cum sleep-outbalcony c8ntred on the main elevation. The mainbox-type' windows are paired while simplerwindows open to the side. The tiles are cement, the

1 ER 1945; BA 13946; MMBW DPA2236442 ER 1945;01944-45; 019523 01929; BAC4 01930-335 Dl934; 019356 01937-40;ER19387 MMBWOPA 229298; 019428 019529 01962' 01974lO prot:rUding windows. as if a shallow glazed box had beenplanted on the wall


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