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3 Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme (Scotch College Heritage Overlay) - Decision to Adopt Amendment

Abstract Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme seeks to introduce a Heritage Overlay to 12 buildings within a 10m curtilage at Scotch College. The amendment was exhibited from 16 October to 21 November 2014. A total of two submissions were received, including one supporting letter and one partial objection made by Scotch College. On 19 October 2015, the Urban Planning Special Committee (UPSC) considered the submissions and resolved to refer the amendment and the submissions to an independent Planning Panel. The Panel hearing was held on 18 and 19 April 2016. The Panel Report (Attachment 1) was issued on 20 May 2016 which outlined the Panel’s recommendations. Overall, the Panel considers that a Heritage Overlay should be applied to the site and the identified heritage buildings. However, the Panel was concerned that the landscape settings of the school would not be adequately protected by the proposed 10m curtilage around the heritage buildings. The Panel did not accept the school’s argument that the heritage overlay should be applied to the building footprint only as this further ignores any consideration of context and setting. The Panel has recommended further assessment of the landscape settings at the school in order to apply the Heritage Overlay to the entire site or significant parts of the site with an Incorporated Plan. The Panel recommended that the proposed Heritage Overlay under Amendment C183 be applied on an interim basis whilst the further assessment is undertaken. A new planning scheme amendment would need to be initiated to implement these controls following the approval of Amendment C183. On 18 July 2016, the UPSC considered the Panel’s recommendations and officers’ response. Officers recommended that the proposed Heritage Overlay should be introduced on a permanent basis whilst further assessment is undertaken as recommended by the Panel. The UPSC endorsed the officers’ response and resolved to refer the revised citation for Scotch College (Attachment 2) and the revised amendment documentation (Attachment 3) to a subsequent Ordinary meeting of Council for adoption. The UPSC also noted a number of proposed actions with regards to the Panel’s recommendations on further heritage assessment of the landscape settings within the school. In accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987, Council may now adopt the revised Amendment C183 and submit it to the Minister for Planning for approval. Officers also seek Council’s resolution to update two reference documents to the Boroondara Planning Scheme following the Minister’s approval of Amendment C183, including the Boroondara Schedule of Gradings Map to reflect the subject buildings’ heritage gradings and the Boroondara Heritage Property Database to include the heritage citation.

City of Boroondara Amendment C183 of 141


Officers' recommendation That Council resolve to: 1. Adopt the revised heritage citation for Scotch College (Attachment 2, as

annexed to the minutes). 2. In accordance with Section 29 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, adopt

Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme (Attachment 3, as annexed to the minutes).

3. Submit the adopted Amendment C183 to the Minister for Planning for approval. 4. Following the Minister’s approval of Amendment C183, update two reference

documents to the Boroondara Planning Scheme, including the Boroondara Schedule of Gradings Map to reflect the subject buildings’ heritage gradings and the Boroondara Heritage Property Database to include the heritage citation.

5. Authorise the Director City Planning to undertake minor administrative changes

to the amendment that do not change the intent of the controls. Document information



Responsible director: John Luppino

City Planning ___________________________________________________________________ 1. Purpose

The purpose of this report is to seek Council’s resolution to adopt the revised Planning Scheme Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme and the revised heritage citation for Scotch College.

2. Policy implications and relevance to council plan

Council Plan 2013-17 The amendment implements Council's commitment to 'engage with our community in striving for protection and enhancement of the natural and built environment' in order to achieve the objective "the character of our neighbourhoods is protected and improved" (Theme 3, Strategy 10). Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2013-17 The amendment implements Strategic Objective 2 of the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2013-17, to ‘enhance and develop our neighbourhoods to support health and wellbeing’ by including places of heritage significance in the Heritage Overlay. In particular this amendment implements Strategy 2.2: to support practices that assist Council and the community maintain and enhance our natural environment for future generations. Boroondara Planning Scheme The amendment is consistent with the State Planning Policy Framework and Council's Heritage Policy (Clause 22.05) objectives to protect and conserve places of heritage significance by introducing heritage controls to identified heritage precincts and places.

3. Background Following extensive preliminary consultation with Scotch College, on 18 August 2014 the UPSC resolved to prepare Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme to introduce a Heritage Overlay to 12 buildings within a 10m curtilage at Scotch College. Public exhibition of the amendment was carried out from 16 October to 21 November 2014. A total of two submissions were received, including one supporting letter and one partial objection made by Scotch College, which objected to the inclusion of the TDP building in the proposed Heritage Overlay and the 10m curtilage around building footprints. Further discussions and meetings were carried out with Scotch College’s representatives following the exhibition. However, the objection remained unresolved. Subsequently, the UPSC resolved on 19 October 2015 to refer the amendment and the submissions to an independent Planning Panel.



The Panel held a public hearing on 18 and 19 April 2016. Scotch College continued to contest the proposed 10m curtilage but withdrew its objection to the inclusion of the TDP Building in the proposed Heritage Overlay. The Panel issued its report (Attachment 1) on 20 May 2016. Overall, the Panel considered that a Heritage Overlay should be applied to the site and the identified heritage buildings. However, the Panel was concerned that the landscape settings of the school would not be adequately protected by the proposed 10m curtilage around the heritage buildings. The Panel did not accept the school’s argument that the heritage overlay should be applied to the building footprint only as this further ignores any consideration of context and setting. The Panel has recommended further assessment of the landscape settings at the school in order to apply the Heritage Overlay to the entire site or significant parts of the site with an Incorporated Plan. The Panel recommended that the proposed Heritage Overlay under Amendment C183 be applied on an interim basis whilst the further assessment is undertaken. On 18 July 2016, the UPSC considered the Panel’s recommendations and officers’ response. Officers recommended that the proposed Heritage Overlay should be introduced on a permanent basis whilst further assessment is undertaken as recommended by the Panel. The UPSC resolved to endorse and refer the revised citation for Scotch College (Attachment 2) and the revised amendment documentation (Attachment 3) to a subsequent Ordinary meeting of Council for adoption. The UPSC also noted a number of proposed actions with regards to the Panel’s recommendations on further heritage assessment of the landscape settings within the school.

4. Outline of key issues/options

It is acknowledged that further work could be carried out to identify and protect significant landscape and plantings within the school. However, it is important to note that Amendment C183 has been prepared to prioritise the protection of heritage buildings. The identified heritage buildings’ significance is not contested. This approach may not be ‘optimal’ as suggested by the Panel, but is consistent with the Heritage Overlay Practice Note and ensures timely protection of the most valued built assets within the school. Further, there is a high level of uncertainty regarding the timeframe within which the further heritage assessment and new heritage controls could be prepared and implemented. Introducing the proposed Heritage Overlay on an interim basis as recommended by the Panel would only result in unnecessary administrative burdens for Council. It could also potentially result in the buildings being unprotected when the interim Heritage Overlay expires. Therefore, the proposed Heritage Overlay should be applied on a permanent basis whilst further work is carried out for a broader Heritage Overlay to be applied to the site, as recommended by the Panel. On 18 July 2016, the UPSC endorsed the officers’ response to the Panel report. In accordance with the UPSC’s resolution on 18 July 2016, officers now present the revised heritage citation for Scotch College (Attachment 2) and the revised amendment documentation (Attachment 3) for Council’s adoption.



The revised amendment documentation reflects the UPSC’s endorsement to rectify a mapping anomaly of the Heritage Overlay polygon around the Callantina Lodge and Gates, i.e. the polygon has been extended to the north-east corner of the site to encompass the eastern gate post and associated brick fence. The exhibited Clause 43.01s to the Boroondara Planning Scheme (Schedule to the Heritage Overlay) has also been updated using the current version of the clause in the Boroondara Planning Scheme. The revised heritage citation reflects the changes endorsed by the UPSC in relation to the heritage significance of a group of trees known as the ‘Barrett Copse’, as well as the mapping change in relation to the Callantina Lodge and Gates. In accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987, Council may now adopt the revised Amendment C183 and submit it to the Minister for Planning for approval. Officers also seek Council’s resolution to update two reference documents to the Boroondara Planning Scheme following the Minister’s approval of Amendment C183, including the Boroondara Schedule of Gradings Map to reflect the subject buildings’ heritage gradings and the Boroondara Heritage Property Database to include the heritage citation. Officers will also initiate discussions with Scotch College regarding the further assessment of the landscape elements and the Incorporated Plan in accordance with the UPSC’s resolution on 18 July 2016.

5. Consultation/communication

Extensive consultation has been undertaken with Scotch College on the proposed Heritage Overlay over the last two years. Officers and various representatives of Scotch College have had discussions on many occasions with the intention to resolve the school’s concerns expressed through both preliminary consultation and public exhibition of the amendment. Council’s heritage consultant was engaged on numerous occasions to prepare and refine the heritage assessment, respond to submissions and negotiate potential alternatives for the application of the Heritage Overlay on the subject site. Officers have also discussed the amendment with the Statutory Planning Department and Heritage Victoria. Public exhibition of Amendment C183 was carried out from 16 October 2014 to 21 November 2014. Notices of the amendment were sent to owners and occupiers of the affected and adjoining properties and prescribed Ministers. The notice was also published in The Progress Leader and Government Gazette. The heritage citations were also available on Council’s website and at Council’s planning counter. A total of two submissions were received, including a letter of support and a letter of partial objection. The Panel report was made available on Council’s website and at Council’s Planning Counter on 20 June 2016 in accordance with the requirements of the Planning and Environment Act 1987. Both submitters, including Scotch College, were notified of the release of the Panel Report.



Owners and occupiers of the affected and adjoining properties, as well as submitters were notified of the UPSC meeting on 18 July 2016 and this Council meeting.

6. Financial and resource implications

Resources to progress and finalise Amendment C183 have been sourced from the Strategic Planning Department budget. Additional resources from the 2016/17 or future budget will need to be called upon should further heritage assessments of Scotch College occur and/or a new planning scheme amendment be initiated in the future. Availability of funds or the need for a Priority Project budget bid will be determined prior to initiating the further assessment.

7. Governance issues

The implications of this report have been assessed and are not considered likely to breach or infringe upon the human rights contained in the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006. The officers responsible for this report have no direct or indirect interests requiring disclosure.

8. Social and environmental issues

The proposed heritage controls will provide positive social and environmental benefits by contributing to the continual protection and management of the City’s heritage.

9. Conclusion

Amendment C183 has been prepared to prioritise the protection of heritage buildings. The identified heritage buildings’ significance is not contested. The use of a 10m curtilage around buildings where the Heritage Overlay should apply may not be the ‘optimal’ approach as suggested by the Panel but is consistent with the Heritage Overlay Practice Note and ensures timely protection of the most valued built assets within the school. Therefore, it is considered appropriate to apply the proposed Heritage Overlay on a permanent basis whilst further work as recommended by the Panel is carried out for a broader Heritage Overlay to be applied to the site. It is recommended that Council adopt the revised heritage citation and amendment documentation. The amendment will then be submitted to the Minister for Planning for approval.

Manager: Zoran Jovanovski, Strategic Planning Report officer: Jo Liu, Senior Strategic Planner, Strategic Planning


Planning and Environment Act 1987

Panel Report

Boroondara Planning Scheme Amendment C183

20 May 2016

Council Meeting Agenda 22/08/16______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________City of Boroondara Amendment C183 of 141


Panel Report pursuant to Section 25 of the Act

Boroondara Planning Scheme Amendment C183

20 May 2016

Ray Tonkin, Chair



Boroondara Planning Scheme Amendment C183 Panel Report 20 May 2016

ContentsPage

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................1

1 Introduction................................................................................................................21.1 Panel process........................................................................................................... 21.2 The proposal............................................................................................................ 21.3 Background to the proposal .................................................................................... 31.4 Issues dealt with in this report ................................................................................ 5

2 Planning context .........................................................................................................62.1 Policy framework..................................................................................................... 62.2 Planning scheme provisions .................................................................................... 62.3 Ministerial Directions and Practice Notes............................................................... 72.4 Discussion ................................................................................................................ 8

3 The heritage significance of the place .........................................................................93.1 The issue.................................................................................................................. 93.2 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 123.3 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 153.4 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 16

4 Extent of the Heritage Overlay..................................................................................174.1 The issue................................................................................................................ 174.2 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 174.3 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 214.4 Conclusions............................................................................................................ 224.5 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 23

5 The usefulness of the Development Plan Overlay (DPO) in the management ofheritage places..........................................................................................................245.1 The issue................................................................................................................ 245.2 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 245.3 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 275.4 Conclusions............................................................................................................ 27




List of TablesPage

Table 1 Parties to the Panel Hearing.................................................................................... 2

List of FiguresPage

Figure 1 Scotch College showing extent of proposed Heritage Overlay............................... 2

Figure 2 Proposed Planning Scheme Map............................................................................. 3




List of Abbreviations

DELWP Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

DPO Development Plan Overlay

DTPLI Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure (former)

GRZ General Residential Zone

HO Heritage Overlay

LPPF Local Planning Policy Framework

MSS Municipal Strategic Statement

NRZ Neighbourhood Residential Zone

SPPF State Planning Policy Framework

VPP Victoria Planning Provisions




Overview

Amendment Summary

The Amendment Boroondara Planning Scheme Amendment C183

Subject Site Scotch College, 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Planning Authority City of Boroondara

Authorisation A02894 authorised on 12 September 2014

Exhibition 16 October to 21 November 2014

Submissions 2 Submissions:Scotch College partially opposedMr Alan Chuck, supported

Panel Process

The Panel Ray Tonkin, Chair

Directions Hearing 3 February, 2016, Boroondara Council Offices

Panel Hearing 18 and 19 April, 2016, Planning Panels Victoria

Site Inspections Accompanied, 7 April, 2016

Appearances See Table 1

Date of this Report 20 May 2016




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Executive Summary(i) Summary

Boroondara Planning Scheme Amendment C183 (the Amendment) seeks to apply a HeritageOverlay to the Scotch College site at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn.

The Panel was appointed to consider two submissions along with those of the Council. Themain submission being presented by Scotch College.

There are three main issues dealt with in the report:The heritage significance of the placeExtent of the Heritage OverlayThe usefulness of the Development Plan Overlay (DPO) in the management ofheritage places.

The Panel has considered detailed written and verbal submissions on behalf of the City ofBoroondara and Scotch College along with a brief written submission Mr Chuck. The Panelalso considered submissions from four expert witnesses.

The Panel concludes that the amendment is founded on acceptable practices, and theidentification of heritage buildings on the Scotch College site is generally agreed by allparties. The Panel finds that a Heritage Overlay should be applied to the site and theindividual elements of significance as currently identified should be included in the HO.

However, the Panel also concludes that the extent of the heritage identification on the site isincomplete and further work should be carried out to identify the setting, landscape andplantings of the college site.

The Panel also concludes that the method of identification proposed by Council is notappropriate, and that the alternative proposed by Scotch College is equally unsatisfactory.The Panel therefore believes that a permanent Heritage Overlay should be applied acrossthe whole, or the most significant portion, of the site with an associated Incorporated Planto assist ongoing management by both the Responsible Authority and the school.

(ii) Recommendations

The Panel recommends that:

The City of Boroondara seek the approval of the Minister for Planning for an1.Interim Heritage Overlay in the form of Amendment C183 (this should include thesuggested amendment to the curtilage of the Callantina Lodge and Gates).

2. The City of Boroondara and Scotch College work together to better acknowledgethe important landscape elements and setting of the campus.

The City of Boroondara and Scotch College co operate in preparing an3.Incorporated Plan to sit alongside a revised Heritage Overlay.

The City of Boroondara exhibit a new Planning Scheme amendment which applies4.a Heritage Overlay over all (or significant parts) of the Scotch College site with anaccompanying Incorporated Plan.




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1 Introduction1.1 Panel process

Table 1 Parties to the Panel Hearing

Submitter Represented by

City of Boroondara Ms Adeline Lane of Maddocks Lawyers who called the following expertwitnesses:

Ms Natica Schmeder of Context Pty LtdMr Jim Gard’ner of GJM Heritage

Scotch College Mr Stuart Morris of Counsel, briefed by Mr Tom Callander of RigbyCooke Lawyers who called the following expert witnesses:

Mr Bryce Raworth, Heritage ArchitectMr Michel Barlow of URBIS Pty Ltd

1.2 The proposalThe proposal is to apply a Heritage Overlay (HO608) over a series of buildings and curtilageson the land owned by Scotch College. The subject area is illustrated in the aerial photographat Figure 1 below and the copy of the Planning Scheme Map at Figure 2.

(i) The subject area

Figure 1 Scotch College showing extent of proposed Heritage Overlay




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Figure 2 Proposed Planning Scheme Map

1.3 Background to the proposalScotch College was previously identified in the Hawthorn Heritage Study 1993 as "anoutstanding example of a large school complex built in the first half of the 20th century ..."and "an important local landmark".

Council’s heritage consultant Context Pty Ltd (Context) carried out an initial heritageassessment of the school in May 2013. The initial assessment was conducted in response toan observation of the lack of heritage protection to a number of buildings within the school.

The assessment by Context identified the school as the oldest surviving independent schoolin Victoria with historical, architectural, associational and social significance to the City ofBoroondara, and potentially to the State of Victoria. It recommended that the entire subjectsite be included in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay in the Boroondara Planning Scheme.It also recommended that “internal alteration controls” should be applied to the LittlejohnChapel and the War Memorial Hall.

A subsequent Council Urban Planning Special Committee (UPSC) meeting (7 October 2013)deferred consideration of the matter to a future meeting to allow Scotch College to respondto the proposed heritage controls (through preliminary consultation.




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Subsequently, Scotch College submitted a heritage assessment report prepared by BryceRaworth Heritage Consultant (Raworth Report) in March 2014 as a response to the proposedheritage controls.

The Raworth Report largely concurred with Context’s assessment in regard to the school’sheritage significance. However, it recommended that the Health Centre/Residences buildingbe regraded from ‘contributory’ to ‘significant’.

Following a review of the Raworth report, Context concurred with this recommendation byMr Raworth. The initial heritage citation was consequently revised to include ten significantbuildings and two contributory buildings.

The Raworth Report contested Context’s recommendation to introduce ‘internal alterationcontrols’ to the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel and the War Memorial Hall and whilstrecognising the significance of the interior of these buildings recommended that interiorcontrols not be applied. The Raworth Report observed that it has not been the practice ofthe Council to apply internal alteration controls and there is no basis upon which to vary thispractice in relation to Scotch College.

Following a review of the Raworth Report, it was confirmed that there are currently nointernal alteration controls applied to any building listed in the Schedule to the HeritageOverlay in the Boroondara Planning Scheme. Council’s current practice of not applying suchcontrols, especially to privately owned properties, is mainly in consideration of not beingoverly restrictive, i.e. allowing for internal works without the need for a planning permit, aswell as the difficulty to enforce such controls on alterations inside a private property.

In this review it was noted that the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel and the War Memorial Hallwere good candidates for internal alteration controls. However, based on Council’s previouspractice, it was considered acceptable not to introduce internal controls. The initial heritagecitation was revised accordingly.

The Raworth Report also recognised the Technology and Design Practice (TDP) building as a‘contributory’ building. However, it did not recommend it for inclusion in the HO. Itsuggested that the TDP building is “not of the same high quality as the school’s other HenryKemp designed buildings”, and that “the significance of the building has been diminished byunsympathetic alterations and additions”.

On the basis that a place should be assessed and given heritage protection if it meets theappropriate threshold and criteria for inclusion in the HO, all ‘significant’ and ‘contributory’buildings within Scotch College were proposed for inclusion in the HO, including the TDPbuilding.

The Raworth Report further supported Context’s findings that the application of a HO toScotch College was entirely appropriate. However, it suggested that the extent of the HOshould only be applied to the building envelopes or mapped as circles, rather than aprecisely mapped curtilage.

Subsequent discussions between the Council and Scotch College’s representatives indicatedthat the College’s main concerns in relation to the extent of the HO were in relation to thepermit requirement for buildings and works on non heritage buildings within the HO.




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Given that a large proportion of the subject site does include features of no heritage value,such as the southern part of the school where the sports ovals are located the Councilconsidered acceptable to reduce the extent of the proposed HO to the identified heritagebuildings with a 10m curtilage around the building envelopes so as to provide appropriateprotection to the setting and context of the heritage buildings.

The 10m curtilage was considered important in providing Council discretion to assessdevelopment proposals against Council’s Heritage Policy when they are adjacent to theheritage buildings, to prevent any important heritage facade being inappropriatelyconcealed by new development.

The preliminary consultation outcomes and officers’ response (including the revised citation)were tabled for Council’s consideration at its UPSC meeting on 18 August 2014. Councilresolved to adopt the revised heritage citation and seek Ministerial authorisation to prepareand exhibit the Amendment in its current form.

A copy of the adopted (and exhibited) heritage citation, titled Scotch College HeritageCitation (Context Pty. Ltd, May 2014) was provided to the Panel as part of the exhibitedAmendment documents.

1.4 Issues dealt with in this reportThe Panel considered all written submissions, as well as submissions presented to it duringthe Hearing. In addressing the issues raised in those submissions, the Panel has beenassisted by the information provided to it as well as its observations from inspections ofspecific sites.

This report deals with the issues under the following headings:Planning contextThe heritage significance of the placeExtent of the Heritage OverlayThe usefulness of the Development Plan Overlay (DPO) in the management of heritageplaces.




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2 Planning contextCouncil provided a response to the Strategic Assessment Guidelines as part of theExplanatory Report.

The Panel has reviewed the policy context of the Amendment and made a brief appraisal ofthe relevant zone and overlay controls and other relevant planning strategies.

2.1 Policy framework

(i) State Planning Policy Framework

Council submitted that the Amendment is supported by Clause 15.03 (Heritage) in the SPPF.It implements the policy by including buildings of local heritage significance in the Scheduleto the Heritage Overlay.

(ii) Local Planning Policy Framework

Council submitted that the Amendment supports the following local planning objectives:Clause 21.05 (Heritage, Landscapes and Urban Character)Clause 22.05 (Heritage Policy).

These policies seek to identify, protect and enhance the heritage significance of placeswithin the municipality.

2.2 Planning scheme provisions

(i) Heritage Overlay

Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay contains the following purposes:To implement the State Planning Policy Framework and the Local PlanningPolicy Framework, including the Municipal Strategic Statement and localplanning policies.To conserve and enhance heritage places of natural or cultural significance.To conserve and enhance those elements which contribute to thesignificance of heritage places.To ensure that development does not adversely affect the significance ofheritage places.To conserve specifically identified heritage places by allowing a use thatwould otherwise be prohibited if this will demonstrably assist with theconservation of the significance of the heritage place.

Under the HO a planning permit is required to undertake demolition, subdivision, buildingsand works. The HO contains the provision for an Incorporated Plan, its schedule which mayexempt particular buildings and works and other changes from requiring a planning permitunder the HO.




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(ii) Development Plan Overlay

Clause 43.04 Development Plan Overlay contains the following purposes:To implement the State Planning Policy Framework and the Local PlanningPolicy Framework, including the Municipal Strategic Statement and localplanning policies.To identify areas which require the form and conditions of future use anddevelopment to be shown on a development plan before a permit can begranted to use or develop the land.To exempt an application from notice and review if it is generally inaccordance with a development plan.

Under the DPO a permit must not be granted to use or subdivide land, construct a buildingor construct or carry out works until a development plan has been prepared to thesatisfaction of the responsible authority (This does not apply if a schedule to this overlayspecifically states that a permit may be granted before a development plan has beenprepared to the satisfaction of the responsible authority).

A permit granted must:Be generally in accordance with the development plan.Include any conditions or requirements specified in a schedule to this overlay.

(iii) Particular provisions

(iv) General provisions

Clause 62 Uses, Buildings, Works, Subdivisions and Demolition not requiring a permit

Clauses 62.01 1 and 62.01 2 schedule a number of buildings and works that can occurwithout a permit, or without a permit unless specifically required by a planning permit.

2.3 Ministerial Directions and Practice Notes

(i) Ministerial Directions

Council submitted that the Amendment meets the relevant requirements of the followingMinisterial Directions:

MD9 Metropolitan Strategy

In particular Initiative 4.7.1 of Plan Melbourne: Metropolitan Planning Strategy Valueheritage when managing growth and change.

MD11 Strategic Assessment of Amendments

The Amendment is consistent with Ministerial Direction 11 (Strategic Assessment ofAmendments).

The Form and Content of Planning Schemes (s7(5))

The Amendment is consistent with the Ministerial Direction on the Form and Content ofPlanning Schemes under Section 7(5) of the Act.




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(ii) Planning Practice Notes

Planning Practice Note PPN01 – Applying the Heritage Overlay

The Amendment has been guided by the Practice Note on Applying the Heritage Overlay(PPN01).

2.4 DiscussionThe Panel concludes that the Amendment is supported by, and implements, the relevantsections of the State and Local Planning Policy Framework.




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3 The heritage significance of the place3.1 The issueThe Planning Authority (Council) proposed that the following Statement of Significanceshould apply to the place. The Panel has examined whether the Amendment appropriatelyresponds to the Statement:

What is Significant?

Scotch College, at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, is significant. The schoolwas founded in 1851 by the Free Church of Australia Felix (the ScottishPresbyterian Church). Its first home was in the city of Melbourne, but it movedto a site in East Melbourne in 1854, before outgrowing it and beginning agradual move to Hawthorn in 1915 under the leadership of Principal WilliamLittlejohn.

In Hawthorn the school first occupied the 1875 mansion 'Glen House', before awhole suite of purpose built classroom, assembly, dining, and residentialbuildings were constructed between 1917 and 1926. They were all designed ina picturesque Queen Anne style, by architect Henry Hardie Kemp, who wassynonymous in Victoria with this style.

A second major stage of development took place during the 1930s, beginningwith an architectural competition for a chapel commemorating PrincipalLittlejohn. The competition was won by architect John Scarborough. With hispractice, Scarborough, Robertson and Love, he went on to design a suite ofdistinctive buildings in a style which combined the Moderne with the ScottishBaronial throughout the 1930s, with a final one in the 1950s. A number ofKemp's buildings were remodelled in this period by Scarborough to match hisother works. It is thought that Scarborough was influenced by the work ofSwedish architect Ostberg, particularly, the design and brickwork of StockholmTown Hall of 1907.

Scotch College buildings which are of individual significance, including views totheir principle elevations, are:

• Junior School (former Preparatory School), 1917

• Callantina Lodge and Gates, 1917

• Senior School and quadrangle, 1920 26

• War Memorial Hall, 1920 26

• School House and McMeckan House, 1925

• Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, 1934 36

• Health Centre and Residences, 1935 36

• John Monash Gates and Lodge, 1936

• Arthur Robinson House, 1937 38




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• Shergold Building (former Sub Primary Building), 1956

Buildings which are contributory, including views to their principle elevations,are:

• Laundry (former rear wing of 'Glen House'), 1875

• TDP (former Gymnasium), 1920 26

The Hawthorn site is a large, undulating piece of land comprising a hilltop,which was occupied by 'Glen House', with views over Gardiner’s Creek andYarra River flats. The grounds of the new school were laid out by groundsmanBob Horne the Elder, who had been with Scotch College since 1895. Schoolbuildings ring the flat hilltop, allowing mutual views between them. Theintensive building programme in the 1930s was accompanied by an equallyambitious tree planting programme led by leading interwar landscapegardener and Superintendent of the State Parks and Gardens, Hugh Linaker.This included the creation of an elm avenue along Monash Drive, andreplacement of the pines on the slopes of the hill with mostly native treeschosen for their attractive foliage.

How is it significant?

Scotch College is of historical, architectural and aesthetic, associational andsocial significance to the City of Boroondara and potentially to the State ofVictoria.

Why is it significant?

Scotch College is of historical significance as the oldest surviving independentschool in Victoria, founded in Melbourne in 1851. Upon its move to Hawthornfrom 1915, it joined other prestigious denominational colleges thatcharacterise the area, particularly Kew. The impact Scotch College has had onVictoria and Australia as a whole is seen in the list of its illustrious graduates,including Sir John Monash, a prime minister, three governors general, aVictorian governor and seven premiers, as well as nationally recognised namesin the arts and sports. The War Memorial Hall and the tiled honour boardwithin it is of particular historical significance for its association with thecontribution of Scotch College graduates who served in the armed forcesduring World War I. (Criteria A & B)

Architecturally, the buildings of Scotch College are distinguished for theirthematic and stylistic coherence over the interwar and early post war period.Architect Henry Kemp's buildings are all in his signature picturesque QueenAnne style, and the use of materials red brick, roughcast render and halftimbering and decorative detailing such as curved timber brackets andincised quatrefoils are applied to the whole suite of buildings, creating asense of visual unity, despite their different massing and sizes. The MemorialHall (and the east elevation of the Junior School in its original form) clearlyexpressed the Scottish roots of the school, with its crow stepped gable endsand crenelation to the parapets. Architect John Scarborough also drew upon




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medieval inspiration and massing for his buildings, with their distinctive highhipped roofs and round tower motif, combined with clear expression of theschool's Scottish roots in details such as the thistle reliefs on the LittlejohnMemorial Chapel. All of Scarborough's work here is also unified by theconsistent use of apricot tone 'Rippletex' tapestry brick.

Aesthetically, Scotch College is significant as a cohesive visual entity,picturesquely sited on the banks of Gardiner’s Creek and the Yarra River, withplaying fields on the river flats and a collection of significant and contributorybuildings sensitively sited on and around the heavily treed hill at the northeast corner of the site. Trees include the elm avenue along Monash Drive, theBarrett copse, and other mature exotic and native plantings, particularly in thenorth east quadrant of the site. The trees have been introduced as part ofdeliberate planting programmes, designed to complement the topography andbuilt form of the site. The lower, flat areas of the site allow mutual viewsbetween other significant buildings, particularly the two memorial chapelswhich stand on either side of the Main Oval (Criterion E).

The Littlejohn Memorial Chapel is considered an exemplar in the State ofVictoria of the restrained Gothic that was popular for seminary and collegechapels during the 1930s. It was highly acclaimed at the time of itsconstruction, and is still appreciated for its striking massing and stripped backinterpretation of Albi Cathedral in France. The Chapel, as well as all of theother Scarborough designed buildings, displays extraordinarily high qualitybrickwork, in its complexity, design and execution (Criterion F).

Scotch College is of associational significance for its links to the three peoplethat were most instrumental in shaping the Hawthorn campus:

• Architect Henry Hardie Kemp (1859 1946), a distinguished architect whosename is synonymous with the Queen Anne style. Many of his finest works,including those as part of the practice Ussher and Kemp, are in the City ofBoroondara. The suite of buildings he designed for Scotch College is someof his last work before his retirement in 1929, and can be seen as asummation of his oeuvre.

• Architect John Scarborough (1901 73), undertook many commissions forthe Presbyterian Church during the interwar period, but only came toprominence upon winning the design competition for the LittlejohnMemorial Chapel.

• William Littlejohn, principal of Scotch College 1904 33, was instrumental increating the Hawthorn campus, and helped shape the vision for its form.His crucial role is commemorated by the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, whosesite he chose shortly before his death in 1933 (Criterion H).

Scotch College and its buildings are of social significance for the strongassociations the school's alumni, or old boys, hold (Criterion G).




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3.2 Submissions and evidence

(i) Significance

In its original submission Scotch College had agreed that all the buildings other than the TDP(former Gymnasium) building were significant.

It initially disputed the proposed contributory status of the TDP building, but at thebeginning of the Hearing Mr Morris (for Scotch College) confirmed that following the receiptof expert advice the college no longer wished to dispute the significance of this building.

However, the issue of the setting of the college and these important buildings was thesubject of some discussion.

Mr Chuck indicated:

For some time, I have been concerned at the lack of heritage protection forsignificant buildings on the Scotch College campus, particularly the LittlejohnMemorial Chapel.

I still believe that the Chapel and certain other buildings should be heritagelisted, but a general heritage overlay is a good first step.

Mr Chuck had chosen not to discuss the extent of the significance, the setting, curtilages orany of the other detail that was presented at the Hearing.

(ii) Setting

Council had the following to say about the issue:

Initial advice provided by Ms Schmeder to Council recommended theapplication of a HO to the entire Scotch College campus. However, inrecognition of the administrative burden which could arise from such anapproach to the mapping of the HO, and in consideration of the guidance ofthe Practice Note, Council has prepared the Amendment so that a curtilage of10 metres would apply to each of the identified heritage places forming theheritage place the subject of this Amendment

Council’s expert, Ms Schmeder made the following comments:

As I concluded my assessment that Scotch College is of local heritagesignificance, I recommended that it be included in the Schedule to the HeritageOverlay of the Boroondara Planning Scheme as an individually significantplace. This recommendation has not changed.

Tree Controls

I did not recommend Tree Controls in my initial June 2013 citation. This wasbecause only a few trees had been identified by species and age during thehistorical research (the 1936 Elm avenue leading from the Monash Gates andthe 1920s Weeping Scottish Elm in the Quadrangle). I did not wish toinadvertently exclude the many other plantings and landscape elements ofheritage significance that had not been identified as yet.




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Going on to discuss the process by which the trees and landscape became referenced in theStatement of Significance she said:

I added an assessment of the tree plantings to my assessment againstCriterion E (aesthetic significance), and found that the purposeful programs ofplantings form an important part of the site’s character and heritagesignificance. On this basis I recommended Tree Controls for the ‘mature exoticand native trees’ on the site. I also highlighted the importance of the viewsbetween the major buildings on the site in the assessment and Statement ofSignificance.

Her ultimate statement about the setting and landscape was:

The landscape and trees of Scotch College are significant as a cohesive visualentity, picturesquely sited on the banks of Gardiner’s Creek and the YarraRiver, with playing fields on the river flats and a collection of significant andcontributory buildings sensitively sited on and around the heavily treed hill atthe north east corner of the site. Trees include the elm avenue along MonashDrive, the Barrett copse, and other mature exotic and native plantings,particularly in the north east quadrant of the site. The trees have beenintroduced as part of deliberate planting programmes, designed tocomplement the topography and built form of the site. The lower, flat areas ofthe site allow mutual views between other significant buildings, particularlythe two memorial chapels which stand on either side of the Main Oval(Criterion E).

Mr Gard’ner made the following comments:

It is my view that the amendment is incomplete in the following respects:

The Heritage Citation (Context, May 2014), including the Assessment againstCriteria and the Statement of Significance makes reference to the importanceof the mature exotic and native plantings at Scotch College, most notably theWeeping Scottish Elm in the centre of the Quadrangle, the Elm Avenue alongMonash Drive, and the Barrett Copse. The exclusion of some of theselandscape elements from the proposed extent of the Heritage Overlay and –where they are included (i.e. the Weeping Scottish Elm), the absence of apermit trigger for tree controls – is inconsistent with the identified heritagesignificance of the place. Further heritage analysis of the trees, avenues andother plantings for potential inclusion in the Heritage Overlay would appear tobe warranted.

Under cross examination he was asked what he believed was significant. His response wassimply “Scotch College” and then went on to indicate that only some of the significantbuildings could be seen to have recognisable curtilage boundaries, but there should be useof aerial photos along with “ground proofing”.

Mr Morris made the following submissions:

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setting of a building may be relevant to its heritage significance. Thecontroversy is about how the setting of these buildings ought to be protected.

One way of protecting the setting would be to include the whole school in aHeritage Overlay. However, without a detailed Incorporated Plan, this wouldnot achieve an appropriate balance between competing planningconsiderations; and would not be acceptable. The preparation of anappropriate Incorporated Plan would be a complex and lengthy task, thatwould involve both the school and the planning authority. The outcome islikely to be consistent with, and replicate, the school’s proposed developmentplan.

Another way of protecting the setting would be to rely upon other planningcontrols already in the scheme (with or without further modification). Theobvious control is the Development Plan Overlay. This method could achievean appropriate balance between competing planning considerations; and isacceptable.

The Amendment uses a method that fails to give effect to what is a “setting”.By reference to both common sense and the Heritage Overlay Practice Note,the method is exposed as an artificial – indeed a silly method.

He went on in his verbal presentation to make the point that the setting for the collegewasn’t the same for each building, that a formulaic approach wasn’t the appropriate way ofdetermining setting.

Mr Raworth (for Scotch College) generally agreed with the assessment of significancecompleted for the Council, but made the following comments:

Finally, and further to the comment within the statement of significance that:

‘Aesthetically, Scotch College is significant as a cohesive visual entity,picturesquely sited on the banks of Gardiner’s Creek and the Yarra River, withplaying fields on the river flats and a collection of significant and contributorybuildings sensitively sited on and around the heavily treed hill at the northeast corner of the site’,

…

it might be said that this is no longer correct. The College does not have afrontage to the banks of Gardiner’s Creek, and instead has a visually bleakinterface with the elevated Monash Freeway. While this may seem a minorissue, it is a matter that might be addressed in a revised statement ofsignificance.

The Panel received a letter from Rigby Cooke Lawyers, acting for Scotch College dated 5 Maywhich in essence stated that there are only two remaining elm trees from the planting onceknown as the Barrett Copse. It went on to say:

… the reference to that copse in the Statement of Significance is anachronisticand either should be deleted or should be given further consideration by theplanning authority.




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Maddocks Lawyers, acting for the Council responded on 12 May with the following:

… we do not consider the matter raised in the letter of 5 May 2016 to be ofmaterial significance to the Amendment. The form of Amendment before thePanel does not propose the application of a Heritage Overlay to specific trees,nor is the proposed heritage overlay to be applied in the vicinity of the BarrettCopse.

3.3 DiscussionGiven the concession with respect to the TDP building the Panel indicated that it would notbe making any recommendations with respect to the significance of the buildings on the site.

However, the question of the setting and in particular the landscape and plantings came upa number of times and was clearly an issue of some importance.

The Burra Charter has the following to say about identifying setting:

Article 8 Setting Conservation requires the retention of an appropriate setting.This includes retention of the visual and sensory setting, as well as theretention of spiritual and other cultural relationships that contribute to thecultural significance of the place.

The Planning Practice Note PPN01 has the following to say about settings:

The Heritage Overlay applies to both the listed heritage item and itsassociated land. It is usually important to include land surrounding a building,structure, tree or feature of importance to ensure that any development,including subdivision, does not adversely affect the setting, context orsignificance of the heritage item.

It seems to the Panel that, as a consequence, the heritage identification of the place shoulddescribe and appropriately delineate the important aspects of the landscape and whilst thisisn’t a matter of direct concern to the Panel (ie; it was not a matter that was the subject ofthe exhibited amendment) it seems appropriate that the Panel make some comments.

As indicated by the quote from the Burra Charter, conservation is about more than theretention of important buildings, but also the retention of an appropriate setting. Whilst theevidence provided by Ms Schmeder, Mr Gard’ner and Mr Raworth suggested that there wassignificance attached to the landscape setting and plantings on the site, this Amendmentmakes no attempt to acknowledge this significance.

It was also obvious to the Panel at the time of the site inspection that the setting andplantings of the college were a very important part of the place. For example, Mr Morrisexpressed the view that the view across the oval to the south was, in itself, an importantaspect of the college’s presence and presentation.

The post hearing representations by Rigby Cooke and Maddocks simply reinforce the Panel’sview that the setting and landscape of the college has not been treated adequately in theconstruction of this Amendment, and therefore this Panel believes that there should befurther work to appropriately identify the landscape setting and plantings on the site.




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3.4 RecommendationsThe Panel recommends:

That the City of Boroondara and Scotch College work together to better identify theimportant landscape elements and setting of the campus.




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4 Extent of the Heritage Overlay4.1 The issueThe fundamental question put to the Panel was whether the curtilages of the significant andcontributory buildings on the site were appropriate. This is in part discussed in Chapter 3above, but at this point the specific issue of curtilage as put to the Panel is considered. Thatis, is the proposed 10m curtilage around each significant and contributory building anappropriate way of dealing with the heritage significance of those buildings or should thecurtilage be simply the footprint of the buildings as proposed by Scotch College.

4.2 Submissions and evidenceCouncil was clear in its submissions that the original advice provided to it by its heritageconsultants, Context Pty Ltd was that the whole of the Scotch College site should be coveredby a Heritage Overlay. However, in negotiating the amendment with the College andconsidering its options the Council decided to exhibit an amendment which identifiedindividual buildings with a nominal 10m curtilage around each one. This resulted in anoverlay as shown in Figure 2 above.

Ms Lane dealt with the issue of minimising the need for heritage permits in the followingterms:

Council has already properly arrived at a view that a reduction in mappingbelow the whole of the Scotch College property is appropriate, given the lessersignificance of the areas beyond the 10 metre curtilage. It is not the case thatit is necessary for Council to justify creating a permit trigger which may giverise to the need for (at best) a small number of permit applications for workspresently exempt under clause 62.02 2 to 'non heritage buildings'.

Council acknowledges that the HO introduces an administrative burden forproperty owners. Council concedes that a planning control which importsadditional permit triggers and considerations makes the planning controls fora property more substantial than would otherwise be the case without a HO.

However, in Council’s submission, the administrative burden is necessary toensure that those places with the requisite level of heritage value arerecognised and appropriately managed. The fact that particular controls mayresult in an administrative burden or delay with respect to some propertiesdoes not undermine the net community benefit of heritage protection which isdelivered for all residents of the Municipality.

Her submission went to some length to provide other examples of places that have imposeda Heritage Overlay over a curtilage of land associated with buildings. These examplesincluded; Camberwell Grammar School, 43 65 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury (HO394 andHO395); Erasmus, 45 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn (HO86 and part of HO492); Fintona GirlsSchool, 79 Balwyn Road, Balwyn (HO169); Genazzano FCJ College, 301 Cotham Road, Kew(HO252); Methodist Ladies College, 207 Barkers Road, Kew (HO204, HO271 and part ofHO150); Sacred Heart Primary, 116 Cotham Road, Kew (Part of HO150); St Paul's College, 14




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Studley Park Road, Kew (Part of HO143); and Xavier College, 2 Nolan Avenue, Kew (HO101,HO219 and part of HO158).

Her submission concluded this issue with the following:

Ultimately, examples may be a helpful guide to the Panel in this case, but inCouncil's submission there is limited need in the course of determiningquestions of the appropriateness of the extent of the HO proposed in theAmendment (in particular the 10 metre curtilages) to look outside theguidance offered in the Practice Note.

Ms Schmeder in explaining her position on the curtilages offered the following:

I was asked by Boroondara’s Strategic Planning Department to review theRaworth Report when they received it in March 2014. Among other things, Iwas asked to comment on the suitability of mapping only the footprint ofbuildings with heritage significance. I advised at the time that an acceptablecompromise would be to draw a tighter (single) HO boundary around thesignificant and contributory buildings, trees and landscape elements, ensuringthat that there was a buffer zone at the perimeter to prevent works thatdetract from heritage significance. This approach would also preserve viewsbetween heritage elements.

Ultimately the Council decided to proceed with the 10m curtilage option.

Ms Schmeder also pointed out that the curtilage currently proposed for Callantina Lodge andGates should be revised before this Amendment is approved:

Revision of the HO boundary around the Callantina Lodge and Gates, at thenorth east corner of the site, so that the eastern gate post and associatedbrick fence are encompassed within the polygon.

Under cross examination Ms Schmeder accepted that an Incorporated Plan would assist inmanaging development on the site.

Under re examination she indicated that, in her view the VPP Practice Note was not toospecific on the way in which curtilages should be established.

Mr Gard’ner directed the Panel to the Planning Practice Note PPN01 and a number ofPlanning Panel reports along with the 2007 report of the Advisory Committee for theHeritage Provisions Review and in doing so came to the following conclusions:

Having regard to PPN1 – and in particular the ‘suggested steps in establishinga curtilage and polygon’ – along with various Panel / Advisory Committeerecommendations, in my view two approaches for applying the HeritageOverlay to Scotch College can be strategically justified:

1. Application of the Heritage Overlay to the whole of the Scotch Collegesite (excluding those properties north of Morrison Street) along with anaccompanying Incorporated Plan to permit exempt works anddevelopment to non contributory buildings and areas.




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2. Application of the Heritage Overlay to only those elements of identifiedsignificance – along with a surrounding curtilage – using an approachakin to serial or group listing.

The latter is what is proposed by the Council.

However, in his verbal evidence Mr Gard’ner indicated that the approach adopted by theCouncil was, in his mind the third best option, with the best option being the application ofthe HO to the whole site with an accompanying Incorporated Plan. The second best wouldbe the inclusion of buildings with curtilages established through a view analysis andregardless an analysis of the key views should be undertaken. He indicated that in his viewthe worst approach was simply to identify the footprints of the significant and contributorybuildings.

Mr Morris made the following statement in his written submission:

One way of protecting the setting would be to include the whole school in aHeritage Overlay. However, without a detailed Incorporated Plan, this wouldnot achieve an appropriate balance between competing planningconsiderations; and would not be acceptable. The preparation of anappropriate Incorporated Plan would be a complex and lengthy task, thatwould involve both the school and the planning authority. The outcome islikely to be consistent with, and replicate, the school’s proposed developmentplan.

However, when it was suggested by the Panel that this was what the college was seeking hestrongly denied this indicating that the preference of Scotch College was to restrict thecurtilage to the footprint of the buildings and use the approved Development Plan and theDevelopment Plan Overlay as a mechanism to protect the heritage values of the place:

Another way of protecting the setting would be to rely upon other planningcontrols already in the scheme (with or without further modification). Theobvious control is the Development Plan Overlay. This method could achievean appropriate balance between competing planning considerations; and isacceptable.

Mr Raworth made the following comments:

While it is useful in many circumstances for the heritage overlay to include acurtilage of land around the significant building(s) in order to regulatedevelopment and maintain an historic setting, in the case of Scotch Collegethis approach is rendered unnecessary by the Development Plan for theCollege. The Development Plan, operating in conjunction with the heritageoverlays (without curtilages), safeguards against insensitive development andprovides certainty of outcomes in terms of the protection of heritage fabric.Importantly, the Development Plan does not contemplate forms ofdevelopment that would be detrimental to the setting or context of thesignificant buildings.

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This would not be appropriate, or necessary, having regard for the fact thatthe school occupies a large site with many buildings and areas of land that areclearly of little or no significance. The buildings that are of significance aredispersed about the site and often visually separated from one another bynon contributory elements and do not form a physically unified group thatcould be logically mapped as a precinct. It is also the case that much of theschool’s land is occupied by sports fields with no identifiable built formheritage character.

Having regard for this, it is recommended that a limited listing of individuallysignificant elements be considered, as opposed to the current proposal for aheritage overlay to the entire site. This would allow the ongoing legibility ofthe complex as an early school site through the retention of key or iconicelements while providing opportunities for the ongoing adaptation of theplace in a manner that will safeguard its historically significant role. Thecapacity for ongoing change is likely to be essential requirement of the longterm operation of the school.

As with other witnesses Mr Raworth discussed various other examples of complexes thathad Heritage Overlays applied to them. In particular, he used the example of the Universityof Melbourne which displays a variety of approaches to heritage protection within the onelarger site.

Ms Lane, in her cross examination, tested Mr Raworth’s views on the variable approach toHOs on the university site and he indicated that regardless of the curtilage there are notdifferent outcomes.

In his written evidence, Mr Barlow stated:

The application of a proposed 10 metre curtilage around each of the specifiedbuildings and extending the detailed heritage controls to this curtilage isconsidered to be both excessive and unnecessary. The application of theheritage control in this manner will introduce additional or duplicatedevelopment controls for matters such as permanent play equipment, aboveground service infrastructure, bike paths, fencing etc.

There is a risk that the imposition of the curtilage will also create additionaland possibly unintended future ‘interpretations’ as to the purpose of thecontrol. For example if a curtilage is imposed it could over time becomeconstrued as a form of ‘exclusion zone’ – that is the area around the building isa no go zone for new development or is used as a means of keeping certain‘unspecified’ views open to particular buildings based on earlier developmenthistory (i.e. there was no building in that location at the time the originalschool was developed).

Responding to a question from the Panel Chair, Mr Barlow agreed that the curtilages foreach building could be better defined and referred to the Practice Note (PPN01) which callsfor uncomplicated boundaries.




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He also believed that a schedule of works requiring /not requiring permit applications couldbe established and whilst agreeing that a reduction in permit applications wasn’t a reasonfor reducing curtilages he felt that it was a useful outcome of a reduction.

In her cross examination, Ms Lane set out to challenge the examples provided by Mr Barlowas likely excessive applications of the heritage controls.

Mr Barlow reinforced a concern that minor works that would normally be exempt from theneed to obtain permits would be caught as a result of the application of the HO to the 10mcurtilage. He agreed that there were two ways of dealing with these permit complications;by reducing the curtilage or applying an Incorporated Plan.

4.3 DiscussionMr Morris described the proposed application of the 10m curtilage as “silly”.

The Panel does not accept this description, but does believe that the approach applied inthis Amendment is not the optimum way of dealing with the issue.

The Panel was directed to many examples of the way in which Heritage Overlays have beenapplied to complex sites. For example, Mr Raworth directed us to the case of the Universityof Melbourne and Ms Lane spent some time countering (through submissions and crossexamination) the validity of that example.

Equally Mr Morris spent some time referring the Panel to the approach taken for threeeducational institutions (MLC, Camberwell Grammar and Swinburne University), all locatedin the City of Boroondara.

Through these examples the Panel could only come to the conclusion that the application ofHeritage Overlays on complex institutional sites is in no way consistent and seems to havedepended on things like the different timing of the application of the overlays, themechanisms used to apply them (for example, the translation of Victorian Heritage Register(VHR) sites into the scheme) or the advice provided by different consultants to differentcouncils.

This situation is not a reason to proceed to apply a different approach at Scotch College.Whilst this might point to the consistency of using the footprint of buildings (as atCamberwell Grammar or parts of MLC) to delineate elements of significance on the site, itseems to the Panel that this is not an optimal approach.

In the final analysis both Mr Morris and Ms Lane agreed that the various precedentexamples presented to the Panel didn’t necessarily assist in coming to a correct conclusionas to how this matter should be dealt with.

Mr Gard’ner summed up the preferred approach as being the application of the HeritageOverlay to the whole site along with an Incorporated Plan. Of course, the identification ofthe whole site was the advice originally provided to the Council by Context Pty Ltd.

Mr Morris suggested that the preparation of an Incorporated Plan would be a complex andlengthy task. Given the existence of a detailed and approved Development Plan (along witha new Draft Plan) it is difficult to accept that this approach should be dismissed so easily.




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The Panel is aware of the Institutional Places Policy at Clause 22.16 provides a policy forInstitutional Uses. The objectives of that policy are:

To recognise the positive and significant contribution made by theinstitutional uses located within Boroondara.

To accommodate, wherever possible, the future development needs ofBoroondara’s institutions while limiting the impact that such uses mayhave on surrounding residential areas.

To limit the demolition of dwellings for institutional uses and the loss ofresidential land use.

To develop and maintain a relationship between Council, thecommunity and the institution, which is wholly co operative on thosematters which have an effect on the interface between the institutionaluse and the surrounding residential area.

To actively encourage the development of Institutional Masterplans forall institutions within Boroondara.

This policy points to the use of Master Plans for institutions like schools (this is currentlydone and scheduled under the provisions of the Development Plan Overlay). The option ofthese plans becoming Incorporated Plans within the scheme must be available in the sameway that it has been used in the Stonnington Planning Scheme. For example Schedule 1 tothe Incorporated Plan Overlay in the Stonnington Planning Scheme points to such a plan forLoreto Mandeville Hall.

4.4 ConclusionsThe Panel believes that the approach taken by the exhibited Amendment is not the best wayof recognising the heritage significance of Scotch College. Equally the alternative proposalput by the College is not appropriate.

The Panel concludes that the best approach for Scotch College would be for the HeritageOverlay to be applied to all or a significant part of the campus and an Incorporated Plan beprepared to identify the elements of significance (including the landscape, plantings anddescriptions of setting) along with provisions for handling approvals for minor matters.

It may be that the proposed revised Development Plan could form the basis of this, but itwould need to better identify the items of significance and describe the heritage matters tobe taken into account in determining permits for the site.

The Panel also believes that there is a need for clearer and more specific guidance on theapplication of the HO in cases such as this. The multiplicity of approaches across variousplanning schemes hardly provides Responsible Authorities or owners and managers withdesirable clarity.




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4.5 RecommendationsThe Panel recommends:

That the City of Boroondara seek the approval of the Minister for Planning for anInterim Heritage Overlay in the form of Amendment C183 (this should include thesuggested amendment to the curtilage of the Callantina Lodge and Gates).

That the City of Boroondara and Scotch College co operate in preparing an IncorporatedPlan to sit alongside a revised Heritage Overlay.

That the City of Boroondara exhibit a new Planning Scheme amendment which appliesa Heritage Overlay over all (or significant parts) of the Scotch College site with anaccompanying Incorporated Plan.




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5 The usefulness of the Development Plan Overlay(DPO) in the management of heritage places

5.1 The issueScotch College proposed that the DPO and its approved Development Plan could be madeworkable as an instrument to provide planning controls for heritage places at the college.The issue is whether or not the DPO is an appropriate tool to identify and manage heritagevalues in the planning scheme.

5.2 Submissions and evidence

(i) Integrated Planning

Mr Morris made submissions on the obligation of Council as Planning Authority (and thePlanning Panel appointed to review submissions) to ensure that it addresses the provisionsof Clause 10; (Operation of the State Planning Policy Framework) of the Boroondara PlanningScheme, Section 12(2)(c) of the Planning and Environment Act, Clauses 62 and 65 of theBoroondara Planning Scheme.

He summarised his submission in the following terms:

In making an amendment to a planning scheme under the Planning andEnvironment Act 1987, a planning authority (and a panel reporting onsubmissions to the amendment) must seek to integrate all relevant planningconsiderations, and must not adopt a “silo” approach.

In the case of Amendment C183, this means that a balance needs to be struckbetween protecting buildings of heritage significance and enabling the schoolto be agile in its physical response to changing circumstances.

In her Right of Reply Ms Lane pointed out that the provisions of Section 12 of the schemedon’t look for a perfect outcome, but rather a balanced outcome. She submitted that therewas no argument that the Amendment is totally wrong.

(ii) The Development Plan

Ms Lane rejected the idea that the existence of an approved (or even a draft) DevelopmentPlan was any sort of guarantee that the heritage significance of the place would be takeninto account in development proposals into the future. She pointed to the succession ofplans (1987 masterplan, 1996 and 1997 masterplans, 2001 masterplan and the 2003development plan, the 2011 review of masterplan and 2012 development plan and theupdated development plan currently before Council) already prepared, submitted andapproved for the site. She felt that this pointed to the likelihood that there will be futureiterations of these plans and unlike the Heritage Overlay would not guarantee ongoingheritage identification and protection of the place.




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She went on to point out the objectives of the DPO as:To implement the State Planning Policy Framework and the Local PlanningPolicy Framework, including the Municipal Strategic Statement and localplanning policies.To identify areas which require the form and conditions of future use anddevelopment to be shown on a development plan before a permit can begranted to use or develop the land.To exempt an application from notice and review if it is generally inaccordance with a development plan.

Ms Lane also listed the specific requirements for a development plan and pointed out that:

Nowhere in this relatively expansive list of matters which must be addressed ina development plan is there a mention of heritage significance .

This is unlike the DPO provisions in other schemes. Ms Lane also pointed out:

The Development Plan Overlay, by contrast, has no specific decision guidelinesfor the decision maker to apply. Therefore, in considering a permit applicationfor a new building in the vicinity of the quadrangle, the decision maker mustlook only to the decision guidelines of clause 65, with no specific considerationof heritage issues open to a decision maker in assessing a proposal.

Mr Gard’ner made the following comments:

Although the Development Plan contains design principles for the identifiedheritage buildings and notes that these are to be taken into considerationwhen assessing permit applications, these principles relate only to alterationsand additions to the identified buildings and not new built form constructed inthe near vicinity, but not attached to the existing buildings. In addition, theseconsiderations are one of a number of matters to be taken into account in thepermit assessment process. In my view, the Development Plan on its ownprovides insufficient certainty that the identified heritage values of the placewill be appropriately managed. It would have been desirable for Mr Raworth’s‘Guidelines for Future Development’ – with some minor amendments – to beincorporated into the Development Plan or to have at least guided thedetermination of appropriate new building envelopes for the College.

In his verbal submissions on behalf of Scotch College, Mr Morris suggested that the currentproposed Development Plan could be amended to better accommodate the need toconsider heritage issues. For example:

Schedule 2 to the DPO could be amended to require reference to heritageplaces on the siteThe wording in the draft Development Plan could be changed so that theconsideration of change must take into account more than architecturalvaluesThe wording of the DPO could be changed to cover new buildings as well asalterations and additions.




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He was also anxious to point out that regardless of the planning instruments put in placeScotch College was a proud custodian of its history and heritage.

Mr Raworth pointed to other examples of places that had seemingly used DPOs to manageheritage places within a broader site and in the context of development. He, in particularpointed to the former Janefield Training Centre at Bundoora.

Ms Lane, in her written submission, dealt with this evidence by pointing out that theWhittlesea Planning Scheme (Schedule 10 – Janefield Precinct Development Plan) includesan express requirement that the development plan must show:

Sites of conservation, heritage and archaeological significance and the meansby which they will be managed;

Mr Barlow made the following comments:

In summary, the existence of the Development Plan Overlay control with avery detailed and comprehensive Development Plan together with individuallyidentified heritage buildings (without a curtilage):

Properly identifies the heritage buildings and provides specific developmentcontrols for these buildings going forward.Provides clarity as to the important heritage elements within the schoolcampus.Enables future planning and development of the school to take place inrecognition of these heritage buildings.Will appropriately control development and modification of the heritagebuildings.Will enable other minor works (e.g. fences, disabled access) that are notdirectly involving a heritage building to proceed without the need to obtainunnecessary approvals under a heritage control.

Ms Lane’s written response to this evidence states:

In Council’s submission, however, there is no guarantee that the ‘hybridapproach’ supported by Mr Barlow and Mr Raworth would direct or evenallow any consideration of heritage issues for a proposal which does notinvolve development or works within the limited area encompassed by thebuilding envelope of a heritage building.

The DPO2, as it applies to the Subject Land, does not direct or allow a decisionmaker to consider the impacts of a proposed building or works on any place ofheritage significance, let alone an adjoining heritage place.

In addition, the ‘hybrid approach’ does not require Scotch College to take intoaccount heritage places in preparing a development plan pursuant to theDPO2, nor does it allow the Responsible Authority to refuse to endorse adevelopment plan on the grounds that it fails to address heritage matters.

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5.3 DiscussionThe submissions and evidence put to the Panel appear to unanimously agree that a DPO onits own, particularly in the context of Schedule 2 to the DPO in the Boroondara PlanningScheme cannot adequately manage the heritage significance of the place.

The debate simply returns to the issue of whether an approved Development Plan with theexhibited HO curtilages or the curtilages proposed by Scotch College would be the best wayforward.

It is also clear that should the Scotch College approach go forward, that Council would havevery limited control over how heritage matters beyond the fabric of the identified buildingswould be managed. The Panel has considered this issue in Chapters 4 and 5 where it wasconcluded that neither approach (the exhibited amendment or the Scotch College proposal)was an adequate response.

This leaves the need to address Mr Morris’ submissions on the obligations of the PlanningAuthority (and by implication the Planning Panel) that in making an amendment to aplanning scheme under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 must seek to integrate allrelevant planning considerations, and must not adopt a “silo” approach.

The Panel believes that Council has gone to some lengths to deal with Scotch College’sdevelopment ambitions (via the various approved Development and Master Plans) as well asidentify the heritage significance of the place. There is no evidence that Council has ignoredany consideration or given one consideration preference over another. Perhaps, at somefuture stage, Scotch College may have reason to lead such an argument at VCAT. This woulddepend on it taking the view that Council had failed to consider all issues in a planningapproval matter.

5.4 ConclusionsThe Panel concludes that a DPO on its own cannot adequately deal with the identificationand management of heritage significance on its own. The structure of the VPP provides forPlanning Authorities to use Heritage Overlays to identify and manage places of heritagesignificance. It is anticipated that they will use all of these provisions to best effect.

The Panel concludes that Council has attempted to do that, but in line with the conclusionsat Chapters 4 and 5, has fallen short. Rather than falling back on the DPO provisions toremedy the short fall Council should ensure that the heritage significance of the place isproperly identified and that Scotch College should have access to an Incorporated Planwhich sits alongside an approved Development Plan and provides it with a degree ofcertainty as to what it can or cannot do with or without planning permits.



Scotch College Heritage Citation

(Context Pty. Ltd, May 2014, revised June 20161)

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Historical Context ........................................................................................................1

History ...........................................................................................................................2

Description & Integrity ..............................................................................................20

Comparative Analysis ...............................................................................................32

Assessment Against Criteria ...................................................................................34

Statement of Significance ........................................................................................37

Grading and Recommendations .............................................................................40

References .................................................................................................................40

1 Revisions made in June 2016 include:Updating information regarding the tree plantings known as Barrett Copse.Updating Figure 31 (Heritage Buildings within Scotch College) to ensure that the Heritage Overlaypolygon around the Callantina Lodge and Gates encompasses the eastern gate post and associatedbrick fence.



SCOTCH COLLEGE

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Address: 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Name: Scotch College Survey Date: 30 May 2013

Place Type: Education Architect: Henry Kemp (1917-26); Scarborough, Robinson & Love (1933-56)

Grading: Individually Significant Builder: TK & L Cockram (1930s)

Extent of Overlay: All Significant and Contributory buildings with a 10-metre curtilage around each building envelope

Construction Date: 1875, 1917-56

Historical ContextDrawn from the Boroondara Thematic Environmental History (Built Heritage, 2012:178-9):

[The City of Boroondara] (and notably its eastern half) has become strongly associated with larger church based colleges that were intended to serve larger catchments across the eastern suburbs, or even the entire metropolitan area. The earliest of these was Xavier College at Kew, which was founded in 1872 by a group of Jesuit priests whose original school, St Patrick's in East Melbourne, was not suitable for boarders. ... A decade later, another Roman Catholic order based in the inner city, the Faithful Companions of Jesus, followed the Jesuit lead and proposed to open a private girls' school at Kew. Known as Genazzano College, this developed on a 20-acre site at the corner of Cotham

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Road and Mont Victor Road, where the foundation stone for a combined convent and school building was laid on 9 March 1890.

The first protestant counterpart was the Methodist Ladies College, also in Kew, which was established on its present site in Barkers Road in 1882. As Vaughan records, this subsequently expanded (through a series of generous bequests by people such as Alfred Nicholas) to the point that it was, at one time, believed to be the largest denominational girls' school in the world. A close rival for that title – later to be described as “one of the large girls' schools in the metropolis” – was Fintona Presbyterian Girls' Grammar School. Founded in 1896 by Miss Annie Hughston and her brother, William, this school was originally based in a mansion in Mayston Street, Hawthorn, before moving in 1898 to larger premises at the corner of Burke and Victoria roads, and thence, in 1936, to a larger site at Balwyn, where it remains today. More modest in scale (at least initially) was the school founded by the local Anglican congregation, Holy Trinity, which commenced in 1903 in the church’s own Parish Hall. Three years later, Trinity Grammar School (as it was known) transferred to a large Victorian mansion, Roxeth in Charles Street, Kew, which expanded in 1907 with additional classrooms and a hall. A notable addition to the growing number of denominational colleges in the study area – and one of the first established outside the apparent epicentre of the City of Kew – was Scotch College, a Presbyterian school that opened at Hawthorn in 1916. In contrast to those schools mentioned so far, this was hardly a new venture, but, rather, a long-established institution was merely moving from the site in East Melbourne that it had occupied since 1854. The campus expanded rapidly during the inter-war period...

The inter-war period saw the ongoing expansion of existing denominational colleges, as well as the appearance of new ones. Xavier College, for example, acquired a Victorian mansion on Studley Park Road in 1920, which was adapted for use as a preparatory school, Burke Hall. That same year, St Mark's Girls' Grammar School commenced operation in the hall attached to the Anglican church of that name in Canterbury Road, Camberwell. In 1927, the school relocated to a large mansion, Torrington, in Woodstock Street, Canterbury. In the 1930s, it was renamed Camberwell Girls' Grammar School (not to be confused with the secular private school of the same name, which existed in the 1920s), the school eventually took over the entire block bounded by Burke Road, Woodstock and Torrington streets. The early 1920s also saw the foundation of Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew, which commenced classes in another Victorian residence, Urangeline, at the corner of Barkers Road and Wrixon Street, in 1922. Thistradition of establishing private schools in existing residences continued into the post-war period, when, in 1946, the Marist Brothers purchased Ardmara at 21 Canterbury Road, Camberwell, which opened, four years later, as a secondary boys' school, Marcellin College. When a new and larger campus was established at nearby Bulleen in 1963, the original site at Camberwell became the junior school. Following the relocation of the junior school to Bulleen in 1992, the property in Canterbury Road was developed by the Baptist Church as a retirement home complex, with the original mansion, Ardmara,retained.

HistoryFoundation of Scotch CollegeReverend James Forbes is considered the founder of Scotch College. He was instrumental in creating the Free Church of Australia Felix, and established a parish and school. In 1850, Forbes asked the Free Church of Scotland to send a teacher to Melbourne, to take charge of an Academy for instruction in the higher branches of science and literature. The Church sent Robert Lawson, who first taught from his home at 198 Stephen Street, Melbourne. In October 1851, the school moved to a bluestone cottage (destroyed by fire in 1943), in Spring Street between Little Lonsdale and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, before moving to 61 Spring Street on the corner of Spring

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and Collins streets (Mitchell 2001:2-4). In 1853, two acres on Eastern Hill (Lansdowne Street, East Melbourne) were granted to the Free Church for a grammar school, which was held by trustees nominated by the church. The school opened in 1854 with a newly erected building, and remained at the site until 1925 (Mitchell 2001:4-6; Scotch College website).

The move to HawthornDue to expansion of the school under William S Littlejohn, who served as the principal from 1904 to 1933, a new site for the school was necessary. In 1915, the Hawthorn Glen Estate (totalling 64 acres) was purchased and between 1916 and 1926, Scotch College gradually moved to Hawthorn (Mitchell 2001:119-20). The site was bound by the Yarra River, Kooyong-Koot (Gardiner’s) Creek, Glenferrie Road and Callantina Road (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.).

Soon after purchasing the site, work on the grounds began, including the creation of the Main Oval and junior school oval. It is suggested that the first building was probably a groundsman’s shed (demolished), moved from the Yarra Park cricket ground (Mitchell 2001:120-128).

The first students who moved to Hawthorn occupied ‘Glen House’, a Gothic Revival mansion built 1874-5 (SLV picture collection) which was adapted to serve as the Preparatory School (SCHC 1926:73). It was demolished in 1942 (Mitchell 2001:130). Part of a rear wing survives, now a laundry, and has the same crow-stepped gables as the facade of Glen House did (as many of the interwar school buildings do as well).

Figure 1. 'Hawthorn Glen' or 'Glen House', the Gothic Revival on the site of Scotch College, 1875. (State Library of Victoria)

When they first occupied the site, the school benefited from the extensive plantings of exotic trees around the elevated ‘Glen House’, as seen in early photos (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920, np).

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Figure 2. A c1920 view showing the area which is now to the west of School House. Note the mature and semi-mature trees, including a number of araucarias. (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920, np)

Figure 3. An aerial of the grounds of ‘New Scotch College’ in 1921, looking north-east, with extensive mature plantings around ‘Glen House’. (Gertsman & Mitchell, 2007, p24)

In fundraising for the construction of new buildings, the new school was presented as a War Memorial by the school Committee (Mitchell 2001:120-128). In the Committee’s fundraising publication Scotch College and its War Memorial (c1920), they listed the 1,228 ‘Old Boys’ who enlisted for active service during World War I and the necessity to ‘raise to them a fitting tribute, a lasting memorial of their imperishable glory, one that

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would be worthy of those who have conferred immortality on the School.’ The newbuildings proposed were ‘class-rooms of modern design, with all masters’ rooms, studies, conveniences, &c.’ for 750 students and the Memorial Hall to fit 1,000 people (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.). The ‘memorial’ buildings are known as the Assembly (or Memorial) Hall, the ‘Main (or Senior) School’ quadrangle, and the Gymnasium. The publication showed the planned layout for the school, with the proposed residential buildings grouped around ‘Glen House’ on the hill, and the proposed ‘memorial’ school buildings on the flat land below it. As the diagram shows, much of the site is flood-prone, so sports ovals and fields were naturally relegated to the low-lying areas.

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Figure 4. Plan for the new Scotch College site, prepared by architect Henry Kemp, c1920. It shows the grouping of residential buildings and the Preparatory School on the hill, the War Memorial Hall, Main School and Gym on Morrison Road, and the low-lying, floor-prone land set aside for sports fields and boat sheds. (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920, np)

A number of former students went on to become prominent Australian figures, including Sir John Monash, a former dux of Scotch College (Scotch College and its War Memorial,

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c1920:n.p.). Other ‘Old Boys' included: Prime Minister George Reid; governors-general Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir Ninian Stephen (also a High Court justice) and Peter Hollingworth; Victorian Governor Sir Henry Winneke; seven Premiers including John Cain, Jeff Kennett and Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon; High Court Chief Justice Sir John Latham and justices Sir Hayden Starke and Kenneth Hayne; poet WJ Turner; songwriter John Williamson; Olympian Drew Ginn; and Brownlow Medalist Bill Morris (eMelbourne).

The first building campaign at Hawthorn began in 1917, under architect Henry Kemp. The earliest buildings constructed at Hawthorn were the Junior School, the Senior School quadrangle, and School and McMeckan houses (Mitchell 2001:139).

These buildings were designed in red brick with multi-pane windows, roughcast and half-timbering to upper storeys, gable ends and steeply pitched roofs, typical of Kemp's picturesque domestic designs. Mitchell (2001:139) suggests that it alluded to the cardinal red in the school’s colours.

Junior School (former Preparatory School, 1917) The Junior School was built in 1917 (NT) and was the first building to be erected on the site, while the main campus remained in East Melbourne (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.). An extra room was added to the south-west corner in 1918 (SCHC 1926:73). The building was extended with a nearly identical wing on the west side c1989.

Figure 5. Early photo of the original Preparatory School, east elevation. (http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/)

Located in the Junior School is the John Monash Bennett memorial drinking fountain, installed in 1929 and refurbished in 2011 (Great Scot, Jan 2013)

Callantina Lodge and gates (1917)The Callantina Lodge and gates date to 1917 and are located at the north-east corner of the school, on Callantina Road. The name derived from ‘Callantina’ or ‘Callentina Farm’,the name of the run in the 1850s and 1860s, which is now occupied by Scotch College (MMDB, record no.5343).

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Figure 6. Callantina Lodge (right) and gates, with views to McMeckan House and the dining hall (demolished), c1920s (State Library of Victoria).

Senior School and quadrangle (1920-1926)The foundation stone for the Senior School was laid by Sir John Monash on 5 March 1920. It was built in honour of those who had served in the Great War. Forming the main school, Kemp designed the senior school and quadrangle as a ‘coherent, cloistered, inward-focused set of classrooms’ (Mitchell 2001:125-6).

A weeping Scottish Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Pendula') was planted in the centre of thequadrangle, and appears to date from the 1920s. The quadrangle also contains drinking fountains, including a larger fountain in the middle of the west wall, which is a memorial to Lionel Robinson (1881). A circular bench was later erected around the tree, gifted by class of 1996, offering one of few seats on the grounds (Mitchell 2007).

War Memorial Hall (1920-1926) Located on the east side of the quadrangle is the Memorial Hall, also referred to as the Great Hall in its early days (Mitchell 2001:128), built between 1920 and 1926 (NT). The hall was proposed as a ‘testimony to the skill and intrepidity of all who went from the College to the war’ (Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.). The foundation stone was laid on 5 March 1920, in honour of those who served in World War I, by Sir John Monash (foundation stone).

The spire required repairs in 1920 due to being struck by lightning. In the interior, chairs were replaced by benches in 1948, which were built by Messrs Thear and Sons, who also built the pews in the chapel and Mackie Hall (Mitchell 2001:127). A gallery was added to the Memorial Hall in 1954, financed by the World War II Memorial Fund. In 2001, the interior remained mostly unchanged (Mitchell 2001:128).

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Figure 7. View of the War Memorial Hall from the east, c1929. Note the east elevation of the Quadrangle, prior to remodelling in the 1930s, and the Science Block at the far left-hand side (demolished c1990) (State Library of Victoria).

Hill, Norman and Beard Pipe OrganThe Memorial Hall houses the choir organ, made by William Hill & Son of London, and Norman & Beard of Melbourne, in 1929-30. The organ was given to the college in 1999, by Presbyterian Assembly, NSW, but was dismantled and placed in storage in Prospect, NSW at this date. The organ was restored in 2001 and installed in the Hall in 2003-4(NT).

TDP (former Gymnasium) (1920-1926) The TDP building (facilities of the Design and Technology Department and appears to also be referred to as the Koen-Cohen building) is evident on c1920 plans as the proposed gym (Great Scot, Sep 1998; Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.). At first, the building served as an assembly hall, before becoming a Gymnasium. It is also suggested to have served as an armoury at one point. In 1998 the building was refurbished with a mezzanine level along with other internal alterations at this date, including a doubling of downstairs accomodation (Great Scot, Sep 1998). The Gymnasium building is evident in a 1927 aerial of the College (Urbis 2013:2).

Kemp’s original design proposed a swimming bath to the rear (west) of the quadrangle, along with the gym, as evident on c1920 plans (Mitchell 2001:124; Scotch College and its War Memorial, c1920:n.p.). The swimming bath, or pool, was reported to have been nearing completion in 1926 (SCHC 1926:81).

School House and McMeckan House (1925)The School Council expended a large sum to accommodate boarders at Hawthorn. Two new houses were built in 1925, School House and McMeckan House (SCHC 1926:80). The money for McMeckan House was donated by the Mackie family, in memory of their uncle, Captain James McMeckan (Mitchell 2001:125; NT).

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Figure 8. McMeckan House (left) and School House (right), early 1940s. The buildings in the foreground are the old dining hall and Glen House (both demolished, apart from the gabled section to the left-hand rear wing of Glen House, now the Laundry) (Detail of C Pratt photo, State Library of Victoria).

These stand side-by-side on the curved road, not far from the north-east gate and appear to be externally identical in appearance. Each was designed with three sleep-out balconies (since enclosed by glazing) (Mitchell 2001:125). Former students remember getting 'chillblained hands and also thighs' in the winter (Gertsman & Mitchell, 2007:123). The sleepouts were used until at least the 1940s, but have since been enclosed with windows.

Senior Science Block (1920-1926)Designed by Kemp, the Senior Science Block was built between 1920 and 1926, but was demolished c1990. It stood on the south side of the Quadrangle, where the Glenn Centre is today.

HH Kemp, architectHenry Hardie Kemp (1859-1946) was born in Manchester, England, though his parents were from Scotland. He first studied at Victoria University, Manchester, before moving to London where he worked for a number of architectural firms while attending to Royal Academy. Some of his student drawings survive to indicate his early interest in the half-timbered vernacular of Cheshire and Manchester, Gothic style, and a developing interest in the contemporary work of English architects Nesfield and Shaw (North Park VHR citation).

Kemp moved to Melbourne in 1886 and was appointed Chief Assistant with architectural practice Terry & Oakden, and one year later became a partner in Oakden, Addison & Kemp, which dissolved in 1896 after Kemp moved to Sydney. During this period Kemp’s work included the Gothic Revival styled Building 1 (1887), the former Trades Building for the Working Men’s College, Melbourne (1893), as well as the innovative 12-storey Australian Property & Investment Company building on Elizabeth Street, Melbourne (187, demolished). In the Queen Anne/ Arts and Crafts style, Kemp designed ‘North Park’ in Essendon (1888) and ‘Balnagowan’ on Lake Colac, Victoria (1891) (Edquist 2012:380).

Returning to Melbourne, Kemp partnered with Beverley Ussher, forming Ussher & Kemp in 1899. Ussher was known as a proponent of the Queen Anne style. They became renowned for their ‘large, picturesque, multi-gabled, red brick suburban villas that were sophisticated elaborations of the eclectic Queen Anne style’ that remained sympathetic to the Arts & Crafts movement. Kemp often used gables as the dominant stylistic feature. The pair evolved a distinctive house type, repeating such elements as gables, bays, fenestrations, timber bracket details and interior elements. Prime examples of their work included ‘Dalswraith’ at 99 Studley Park Road, Kew (1903), ‘Dalvui’ in Noorat, Vic (1903),

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the former ‘Eildon house’ in Hamilton, Vic (1904), and additions to ‘Murndal’ in Merino, Vic (1906) (Edquist 2012:380).

Following Ussher’s death in 1908, Kemp partnered briefly with George Inskip between 1911 and 1913. During this period, Kemp designed his own house ‘Herald Lawn’, Kew (1913), and ‘Harelands’ in Willsmere Road, Kew (c1912). These designs were noted as being less adventurous than previous designs, with the latter looking back to turn-of-the-century villas. In 1914, Kemp designed the Assembly Hall for the Presbyterian Church in Collins Street, Melbourne. Between 1917 and 1926 Kemp designed buildings for ScotchCollege, Hawthorn. Kemp retired from practice in 1929 (Edquist 2012:380).

Apart from 'Dalswraith', many more houses were built in the City of Boroondara to Kemp's designs while at Oakden, Addison & Kemp, Ussher & Kemp, Inskip & Kemp, and in his own practice, including: 1 Fellows Street, Kew (1889, Significant in HO143), 98 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn (1899, HO179), 104 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn (1899), 2 Studley Avenue, Kew (1899, Significant in HO143); Cnr Molesworth & Barry Street (27 or 29 Barry St), Kew (1900, both Significant in HO143), Halsey house, Broadway, Kew (1902), Walsh house, Fellows Street, Kew (1902), Collis house, Stawell Street, Kew (1902), 5 Willsmere Road, Kew (1903, HO139), 169 Armstrong Street, Canterbury (1903), 178 Barkers Road, Hawthorn (1907, Significant in HO152), 7 Adeney Avenue, Kew (1908, Significant in HO142), 51 Walpole Street, Kew (1905, HO351), 31 Canterbury Road, Camberwell (1909, HO172), Heald Lawn (Kemp's own house), 5 Adeney Avenue, Kew (1912, Significant in HO142) (Inskip and Kemp), The Syme residence, 168 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury (1922) (Kemp) (source: North Park VHR citation).

Expansion, 1933-1939The second group of buildings, built between 1933 and 1939, marked a new era in the school’s architectural style. Designed by architect John Scarborough, of Scarborough, Robertson and Love, they were built in an apricot-colour Rippletex tapestry brick and combined medieval and Moderne details in what can be stylistically described as Scottish Baronial Moderne (NT; Mitchell 2001:139).

This building campaign followed the death of much loved Headmaster, Dr W J Littlejohn in 1933. Littlejohn left behind a school which had become the biggest in the British Empire and whose boys were making their mark on Australian society (NT; Scotch College website).

Littlejohn Memorial Chapel (1934-36)Shortly before his death in 1933, William Littlejohn chose the site for the chapel, which would commemorate him. His ashes rest under the foundation stone (Gould 1992; Scotch College website).

In 1934, an OSCA (Old Scotch Collegians Association) competition was held for the design of the chapel, judged by Melbourne architect Percy Meldrum (Gould 1992; Mitchell 2001:140; RVIAJ, Jan 1937:199). The competition rules specified a ‘gothic’ style, and Scarborough won the completion with his designs that was based on Albi Cathedral, a fifteenth-century Gothic building in southern France (‘Great Scot’, Jan 2013; Mitchell 2001:140; NT file). Scarborough chose to construct the chapel using apricot-tone‘Rippletex’ bricks from the Eureka Brick and Terra Cotta Tile Company in Ballarat East (‘Great Scot’, Jan 2013). The chapel was built from 30,000 ordinary bricks and 120,000 handmade bricks in 200 different shapes. Fundraising for building consisted of donors donating five shillings per brick (Mitchell 2001:141). By January 1935, only half the estimated cost had been raised, and costs were still not completely covered when the tender was let to builders TR & L Cockram Pty Ltd (Mitchell 2001:141). The memorial

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stone was laid on 12 October 1935 and the dedication service was held on 18 October 1936 (Gould, 1992). This indicates that the Chapel was built in 1934-36.

The Cockrams were also the builders of other 1930s buildings at Scotch College, the boatshed, the hospital, Monash Lodge, the Arthur Robinson House, and Mackie Hall (demolished) (Gerstman & Mitchell, 2007:53). The highly complex brickwork was carried out under bricklayer and foreman Charlie Macmillan. He was praised by supervising architect Kirkland Robertson as having 'built a memorial to himself' (Gerstman & Mitchel, 2007:57).

The interior includes timber fittings and stained glass by Christian Waller and D Taylor Kellock (Gould, 1992). Christian Waller (1894-1954) was a stained-glass designer and maker, painter and illustrator. She studied at the School of Mines in both Castlemaine and Bendigo and began to exhibit her work from 1909. From 1910 she studied at the National Gallery Schools, under Frederick McCubbin and Bernard Hall. From an early age she won student prizes and illustrated publications. Her work reflected Classical,Medieval, Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau influences. From c1928, Waller designed stained-glass windows and created windows for a number of churches, particularly churches designed by Louis Williams. She was recognised as one of Australia’s leading stained-glass artists, and completed more than 50 windows by 1948 (Thomas, ADB 2002).

Health Centre and ‘Residences’ (former Hospital and female staff quarters, 1935-36)The School Council approved the building of the hospital in 1934, designed by Scarborough (Mitchell 2001:130, 139). A newspaper article reported in 1935 that construction of the hospital was to begin shortly (Argus 7 Dec 1935:2). The 1939 School Council ‘Plan of Ultimate Layout’ indicates that it was built by this date, with a wing to the east for ‘residences’ (Mitchell 2001:251).

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Figure 9. Entrance porch to the Hospital (left) and the link to and tower of the Residence (right). (State Library of Victoria, 1946).

John Monash Gates and Lodge (1936)Designed by Scarborough, the Monash Lodge is located at the lower Glenferrie Road entrance, originally the site of a groundsman’s hut (moved from the site of the current Health Centre). The Lodge was occupied by the caretaker, then by boarding-house masters (Mitchell 2001:139, 143).

The OSCA also erected the iron Monash Gates in 1936, which are adorned with symbols illustrating aspects of Monash’s career (Mitchell 2001:143). In the same year, an avenue of elms was planted along Monash Drive (previously known as ‘the Chapel roadway’, as it leads from the Monash Gates to the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel) (Mitchell 2007:197).

Arthur Robinson House (1937-38)Arthur Robinson House is located on the hill, just west of Callantina Lodge, and was built in 1937-38, also designed by Scarborough as a halls of residence (NT; Scotch College campus map; Mitchell 2001:139). It was named in honour of Sir Arthur Robinson, who was the Chairman of the Scotch College Council, 1934-45, and who laid the foundation stone of the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel in 1935. (Gerstman & Mitchel, 2007:53).

1930s remodellings Later buildings at the school would follow the design of Scarborough’s Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, using the same brick. The ‘Rippletex’ tapestry brick was also used to reface some existing buildings, also to conform to the design of the new chapel (Mitchell 2001:142).

The 1930s veneer was proposed for a number of Kemp’s buildings, but financial constraints restricted it. Buildings that were refaced include the eastern (exterior)

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elevations of the quadrangle, either side of the chapel, and in 1936 the science building (since demolished) (Mitchell 2001:142).

Figure 10. The Memorial Hall and Quadrangle, with the Gymnasium at the rear, and the remodelled Senior Science Block (demolished) at the left, early 1940s. Note the modification of the east Quadrangle elevations and roofs (Detail of C Pratt photo, State Library of Victoria).

This conformity of design continued to at least 1999, when a smooth red brick was used for a new administrative building. However, the tapestry brick returned again in the Forbes building (Mitchell 2001:142-3).

Shergold Building (former Sub-Primary building)Scarborough also designed the Sub-Primary building, now called the Shergold Building. Located south of the Arthur Robinson building, it was built in 1956 (Mitchell 2001:139, 175). While later than Scarborough's other buildings on the site, it was designed in the same style and clad in the same Rippletex bricks as the 1930s buildings.

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Figure 11. Shergold Building, south-east elevation, 1957. (State Library of Victoria)

John Scarborough, architect John Francis Deighton Scarborough (1901-73) was born in Canterbury, Victoria. He was articled with C Ernest Wright and later worked for Percy Oakley of Oakley & Parkes before travelling to work in London and New York, after which he returned to Melbourne. Scarborough partnered with John Robertson and Allan Love to design the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel at Scotch College. After winning the competition, the men subsequently formed a partnership, Scarborough, Robertson & Love, which operated until the start of World War II (Murphy & Raworth 2012:616). During this period, Scarborough was the President of the Institute of Architects (Atkins & Axtens).

The partnership designed a range of institutional, residential and religious buildings in both modern and period revival styles. The firm designed the two-storey house ‘Shangri’ in Kalorama (Vic), which was a prime example of the modern expression within the firm. Robin Boyd praised the house as belonging to the ‘Victorian Type’ (Murphy & Raworth 2012:616). It was featured in Australia Home Beautiful in 1943, as was their Pettigrew House in Kew the year before.

Scarborough undertook many commissions for the Presbyterian Church during the interwar period, including churches at Sandringham (1929), Strathmore (1936), Elwood (1938) and East Kew (1939) (Hermes no. 29741). Further to this were St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Anzac Avenue, Seymour (1938) (Hermes no.111408), and North Essendon Uniting Church (former Presbyterian) at 132 Keilor Road (1937), both in an inter-war Gothic idiom (Hermes no. 29741). It is suggested that Scarborough was influenced by the work of Swedish architect Ostberg, particularly, the design and brickwork of Stockholm Town Hall (Staughton 1982).

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After the partnership was disbanded, Scarborough practiced as John FD Scarborough & Associates, during which time his firm’s work consisted of a number of libraries, including the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne in 1959, and the RG Menzies building at the Australian National University in 1963. He continued to design Presbyterian churches in the 1950s and 60s, including those at Bentleigh (1958) and Strathmore (1962) (Hermes no. 29741). He served as the RAIA president (1942-5) and lectured at the University of Melbourne Architectural Atelier in the mid-1940s (Murphy & Raworth 2012:616).

Memorial Cairn (1936-1938)John Gardiner, John Hepburn and Joseph Hawdon led the first overland trek of cattle from New South Wales to Port Phillip, which crossed near the current site of the College. Subsequently, in 1837, Gardiner established a cattle run (the first of its kind in Victoria) with a homestead that is believed to have been located where Scotch College now stands (Built Heritage 2012:31,77).

A memorial cairn was erected in 1936 to mark the approximate site of Gardiner’s original homestead. A second plaque was added to the cairn in 1938, to commemorate the cattletrek of 1836 (Built Heritage 2012:77).

BoathouseThe existing boathouse replaced an earlier one (of 1922) (SCHC 1926:77) that was washed away by floodwaters in 1934. Sir Clive Steele, Chairman (as well as a former student and Captain of Boats) (Mitchell 2001:179; Bennett, ADB 2002), designed the current one of reinforced concrete with curved corners to resist floodwaters, as Scotch College was located on a flood plain and was affected by the overflow of the nearby Yarra River and Gardiner’s Creek (Built Heritage 2012:220; Mitchell 2001:132, 423). It was designed by engineer Clive Steele and built by TR & L Cockram in the mid-1930s (Gerstman & Mitchell, 2007:124, 53).

Figure 12. Aerial view of the concrete boathouse of c1935. (State Library of Victoria, early 1940s)

GrandstandA simple timber grandstand was constructed on the west side of the Main Oval in 1943, as a 'temporary measure'. It was built by the army as they had commandeered the nearby Wesley College campus, and built temporary classrooms on Morrison Street and

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the grandstand, with changing rooms below it, to accommodate the influx of students (Gerstman & Mitchell, 2007:181).

Grounds In 1917 the new Hawthorn grounds offered open pastures and the prominent pine-clad ‘Glen Hill’ at the north-east corner, while the banks of the Yarra River and Gardiner’s Creek were lined with mature River Red Gums (Mitchell 2001:120). An inventory of the riverbank and floodplain vegetation within the school grounds in 2006 recorded the location of nine remnant mature River Red Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) near and along both watercourses, which form the south and west boundaries of the school. Otherlocally threatened (and rare) indigenous plant species are located near the south boundary, including Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani and Callistemon sieberi(Boroondara CC 2006:188).

A majority of the pines and araucarias that surrounded ‘Glen House’ (Figure 3) appear to have been removed during successive building phases, as photos and aerials dating to the 1940s show few remnant pines (Figure 14 and Figure 17). Shortly after the construction of the quadrangle in the 1920s, a weeping Scottish Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Pendula') was planted in its centre (Figure 13). Bob Horne the Elder was the groundsman from 1895, and is credited with laying out the early grounds at Hawthorn (Mitchell 2001:123).

Figure 13. The weeping Scotch elm in bloom in the centre of the quadrangle, in 1976. (Mitchell 2007)

In 1936, during the expansion of the school under architect Scarborough, trees began to be planted on the school grounds. Following an inspection of the school grounds in 1936, the Chief Justice of Victoria Sir Frederick Mann, wrote a report on the planting of trees in appropriate places for the College Council. Subsequently, the Finance Committee engaged Hugh Linaker, Superintendent of the State Parks and Gardens, who prepared a plan for a tree planting programme for the entire school grounds, with detailed recommendations in terms of the suitable locations for particular varieties (Nicholson 1952:230). Linaker was ‘regarded by experts as probably the leading landscape gardener in Victoria’ at the time, having designed the Shrine of Remembrance landscape (1935)and Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden at the King’s Domain (1934). Linaker worked for the Department of Mental Hygiene (Lunacy Department) until 1937, and as head gardener is reported to have ‘designed the grounds and gardens of every asylum in the state’. Linaker is also known to have planned landscapes along Yarra Boulevard and Yarra Bend National Park and was engaged by Sir John Monash (as chairman of the

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State Electricity Commission) to advise on the planning of the model township at Yallourn (Argus, 11 Oct 1938:2; Monk, Museum Victoria).

Planting began with the avenue of elms along Monash Drive in 1936 (Figure 16). Thedrive was known as ‘the Chapel roadway’ until at least the 1940s, as it linked the new chapel to Glenferrie Road. It was later renamed to reflect the Monash gates at the entrance (Mitchell 2007:197).

Figure 14. Monash Drive and the avenue of elms in 1995, which were planted in 1936. (Mitchell 2007)

Following the avenue, the early pines on the hill slope were replaced with trees with ‘attractive foliage’, most of which were natives, ‘in the hope that an appreciation of the merits and beauties of some of the best Australian trees may be developed in many of the boys’ (Figure 15) (Mitchell 2001:123). It is suggested that the smell of eucalypts became part of Scotch. The native trees attracted many species of birds. By 1953, the grounds were home to more than 65 species, including the Fuscous Honeyeater, Yellow-Tufted Honeyeater, Nightjar, Native Hen, White-Winged Triller and Blue-Wined Parrot (Mitchell 2001:123).

The 1936 planting scheme was funded by a number of sources, including the profits of the Dramatic Society and funds from the Old Scotch Collegians Association, which had planned a Coronation Avenue. Some of the Old Boys presented select trees or donated five shillings for the purchase of a tree and its guard. A Radio-Telephone Bridge evening also raised further funds (Mitchell 2001:123; Nicholson 1952:230).

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Figure 15. The school grounds in 1940, looking north towards the hill and Littlejohn Memorial Chapel. Remnant mature pines are visible on the hill slope, as well as newly planted native trees. (Gertsman & Mitchell, 2007, p24)

The Barrett copse of exotic trees, located on the levee bank, was completed in 1945. The bank was planted with willows, poplars and binding grasses in an endeavour to ‘form a delightful balance to the preponderantly native trees’ planted in other parts of the grounds. A notice was erected, recording the generosity of Mr AO Barret, an ‘Old Melburnian’. The copse was reduced in size with the expansion of the New Oval, but remained in 2001 as one of the wildest parts of the grounds (Mitchell 2001:123). By2016, however, the Barrett Copse no longer existed as such after serious decline sincethe late 1990s. The sustained drought (which peaked in 2007) also led to further decline and the death of many of the trees. A number of trees were removed after that time and only two elm trees remained of the former copse (Pers. Comm., RS Congleton, Bursar Scotch College, 2016).

By 1945, the layout of the grounds was much as it is today, with a number of ovals and sports fields ringing the southern half of the site. One of these ovals to the south of Gardiner’s Creek, has since been cut off from the school by the Monash Freeway. The first ovals developed were the Main, Meares, Lower and Junior School ovals, followed by the Hockey Oval in 1956 (Mitchell 2001:121). In 1967 Hec Ingram paid to erect seats around the Main Oval, which came from the demolished Grey Smith Stand of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (Mitchell 2007:124).

Groundsman Hugh Aitken is accredited with developing the work of earlier groundsman, Bob Horne the Elder. Aitken’s cricket pitches were reportedly amongst the best in the world. In the 1950s he steadily planted trees and shrubs, replacing those that were old or diseased (mainly wattles) (Mitchell 2001:123-4).

The school celebrated its foundation centenary in 1951 with a number of events and services. At the conclusion of a symbolic ‘Torch of Learning’ relay, two New Zealand Kowhai trees were planted in honour of Headmaster Colin Gilray (of New Zealand heritage), and a Karaka tree in honour of Mrs Gilray. Also part of the celebrations, sixty-two trees were planted to represent the ‘sixty-two members of the teaching staff and the districts in which they were born … in a special Centenary Garden beyond the pavilion’ (Gertsman & Mitchell 2007:329 & 332).

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As Mitchell (2007:124) notes with various remarks throughout the school’s history:

The grounds are a joy. Their spaciousness allows a variety of different environments ‘including the river and creek frontage, the levee bank and the copse. These areas gave space away from the building at recess and lunch times’ (1967) and ‘room to grow, room to be with friends … room to be alone’(1939).

Figure 16. A recent image of the Chapel surrounded by the mature exotic and native trees that continue up the hill slope (Mitchell 2007:198).

Description & IntegritySetting - Scotch College occupies a site of some 27 hectares at the corner of Glenferrie and Callantina roads. Glenferrie Road drops steeply in this area, from a height of 45 metres above sea level at South Street, to just 2 metres above sea level at Gardener’s Creek. The north-eastern quadrant of Scotch College sits on a hill that rises above the playing fields located on the flats of Gardiner’s Creek and the Yarra River. School buildings - most of them for boarders - ring the hilltop, including Calantina Gate Lodge,McMeckan House, School House, the Shergold Building, the Arthur Robinson House, and the Health Centre, allowing mutual views between them where allowed by tree cover. Their arrangement reflects, in part, the former location of the original building on this part of the site: ‘Glen House’. There are dense plantings of exotic and native trees on the hilltop and particularly on the steep west and south slopes. These trees provide a backdrop to the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, which sits at the base of the hill, at the west end of the elm avenue along Monash Drive. The Main Oval in front of the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel allows clear views to this landmark school building, and allows significant mutual views between it and the War Memorial Hall to its north-west. The War Memorial Hall, and adjoining Quadrangle and Gym (TDP Building), sit on the lower part of the site, which is on the same level as the adjoining residential Morrison Street. There are also clear views from the public domain to the Junior School and the north wing of the Arthur Robinson House, which sit at street level along Callantina Road. This is in contrast to the Glenferrie Road frontage, where the hill sits well above the street level, up a steep embankment, creating a sense of separation and privacy.

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Figure 17. Scotch College School and Ovals, c1945. The hilltop and embankment to Glenferrie Road are visible, as are a few mature trees and newer plantings on the hilltop, the new elm avenue along Monash Drive, and mature trees (River Red Gums?)along the edges of the far ovals. (C Pratt photo, State Library of Victoria)

The topography of the site has dictated the distribution of uses since the school was established. The first school buildings (Preparatory School and ‘Glen House’) and the residential buildings were located on the well-ventilated and healthy high ground, with successive school buildings occupying the flat area along Morrison Street. The presence of two waterways to the south and west of the site guaranteed that large areas of open space were retained for recreation to the present day.

Laundry - The Laundry is the only surviving part of the mansion 'Glen House' of 1874-75. An aerial of the early 1940s indicates that it is part of the southern rear wing of the house. Like the front of the mansion, it has a slate-clad roof, a crow-stepped gable on the east elevation, in keeping with the Scottish Baronial or Gothic style. It also retains detailing such as an incised quatrefoil at the peak of the gable, the bases of urns, and finely chamfered edges to a window opening. It appears that a small gabled addition has been made to the south side.

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Figure 18. The Laundry, formerly part of a rear wing of 'Glen House' of 1874-75, 2013.

Figure 19. Aerial view of the rear (east side) of 'Glen House', c1945. The gabled wing that survives is visible on the left-hand side. (Detail of C Pratt photo, State Library of Victoria)

Henry Kemp's buildings dating to the foundation period in 1917-26 are the following:

Callantina Lodge and gates - The gate lodge is a small building that stands at the north-east corner of the campus, at the intersection of Glenferrie and Callantina roads. It is set behind a vehicular gateway with red brick, octagonal gate posts on either side. They have decorative cement-render pepper-pot tops above recessed Gothic tracery panels. On the east side, the gate pillar is attached to a short length of matching red brick fence

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with a rendered copping, bracketed by a third pillar at the other end. A postcard of c1920 (Rose Series, SLV) shows that there was an iron palisade fence to the west side and wrought iron vehicular gates and a pedestrian gate. A central post has also been removed, to merge the vehicular and pedestrian gateways.

Figure 20. Callantina Lodge, east elevation, 2013.

The gate lodge is a small attic-storey building in the Queen Anne style. The base of the wall is of red brick with roughcast render above, and the very steeply pitched gabled roof is covered with terracotta shingles. The main gable runs north-south with smaller gablesprojecting from the east and west sides in an asymmetrical and picturesque composition.There is a tall, red-brick chimney at the junction of the gables, which is expressed as three circular stacks. The gables are filed with half timbering and small casement windows, and are jettied (projecting) over the ground floor on large curved timber brackets. The ground-floor windows are banks of leadlight casements and highlights, demonstrating the adoption of this Tudor form in Queen Anne architecture.

The building appears to be highly intact externally, apart from a small rear lean-to on the west elevation, clad to match the ground floor.

Original Preparatory School (original section of Junior School) - This is a larger Queen Anne-style building. It is primarily single storey, with attic rooms to the east wing, and a lower ground floor on the west side where the ground level falls away. Walls have a red-brick plinth below roughcast rendered walls and simple half-timbered gables with louvered vents. All of the roof forms are steeply pitched gabled, as are the dormers, and are covered in Marseille terracotta tiles (renewed). The building retains tall rendered chimneys with incised quatrefoil and chamfering details. Along the ridges are round metal vents, a typical feature for public buildings during the interwar period. Windows are also typical of early 20th-century schools, with multiple panes, and large banks of windows in the gable ends where classrooms would have been.

The original facade faced east, but has been replaced by an intrusive single-storey addition. An early photo shows that the centre of this facade had a strong Scottish Baronial style and Tudor influence, including a crenelated parapet, a crow-stepped gable

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to the central entrance, and label moulds to the windows and doorway, but none of this survives. The medieval theme was continued by the use of buttressing to the corners of all projecting gables, a feature also seen in the Quadrangle building.

Figure 21. The original Preparatory School, north elevation, 2013.

Apart from the addition to the east elevation, the building is linked on the west side to a two-storey replica of it of c1989. All details, down to the metal roof ventilators have been copied, providing some confusion as to the sequence of construction.

Main Quadrangle - The Main Quadrangle comprises a two-storey, U-shaped building of classrooms set around a square courtyard. Instead of internal corridors, a two-storey cloister is set around the four sides of the quadrangle. It is of red brick with render dressings and Gothic pointed arches at ground level, divided by narrow buttresses, and trabeated (rectangular) openings to the first floor. The roofs are primarily gabled, and covered with Marseilles terracotta tiles. There are decorative ventilators at regular intervals along the ridgelines.

Figure 22. Main Quadrangle building, north elevation, 2013. Note the apricot brick section, right.

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There is a Weeping Elm in the centre of the Quadrangle.

The external elevations of the Quadrangle express the two early building phases of Scotch College. Henry Kemp's design was like a two-storey version of the original Preparatory School, with red-brick walls to the ground floor, roughcast render to the first floor and simple half-timbering to the projecting gables. It also has similar buttresses - here used between groups of four windows - and tall, multi-paned sash windows.

The two east ends of the 'U', and the base of the 'U' (the west elevation and corners), were remodelled in the 1930s to match the new buildings by Scarborough, Robertson &Love. The roof was changed from a complex gable to a complex hip, and the walls were entirely clad in textured apricot brick. Visual interest is created by projecting bands of bricks beneath the ground and first-floor windows, and by projecting headers in a simple diaper pattern in small gables which project above the eaves.

A small, single-storey extension has been constructed onto the east elevation of the southern end of the 'U'. It has a parapet concealing the roof, but otherwise continues the use of the same multi-pane sash windows and banded apricot brick. It is not visible in the early 1940s view of the campus, but appears to have been constructed shortly after (1950s at the latest).

Figure 23. Quadrangle and Memorial Hall, looking west, showing the 1930s facade to the Quadrangle, 2013.

War Memorial Hall - The War Memorial Hall (assembly hall) stands at the east end of the Quadrangle. It is a red-brick building with cream bricks around the windows and limestone dressings. It was designed to resemble a Gothic chapel with Scottish Baronial elements. In keeping with the chapel form, it is a gabled building with a fleche near the east end of the ridgeline. The roof is clad in terracotta tiles. At the east end is a five sided projecting apse. The windows are typical Gothic with pointed arches and quatrefoil stone

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tracery, with stained glass in the apse and to the rose window at the west end. Between the windows are engaged buttresses. The Scottish Baronial influence is seen in the crenelated parapets to the apse and north and south elevations, and the crow-stepped parapets to the gable ends. A discrete addition was made to two bays on the south elevation to house the organ installed in 2004.

The interior retains two-tone Blackwood wainscoting below facebrick walls and a timber panelled ceiling. Timber honour boards, recording the names of duxes and those who received academic honours over the years, are set within crenelated timber frames below the windows. The apse is host to a beautiful honour board, listing the names of Scotch College old boys who served in WWI, made of glazed ceramic tiles which imitate pietre dure (inlaid semi-precious stone) work.

The open space afforded by the Main Oval in front of the War Memorial Hall and the Main Quadrangle provides one of the most dramatic views to the high-set Littlejohn Memorial Chapel.

Gymnasium (TDP) - The small gymnasium building was planned as part of the war memorial complex, including the assembly hall, and the classrooms around the quadrangle. It stands on the west side of the Quadrangle, separated by a small open area. It is a small, red-brick building with half-timbered gables and louvered vents. The roof is covered with Marseille terracotta tiles. The eaves rest of curved timber bracketswith incised trefoils, much like those at Callantina Lodge. The building is one-and-a-half storeys high, to allow for the gymnasium space in the main volume. To the north and south sides are single-storey, hipped-roof pavilions that housed the changing rooms. The windows are tall sashes and highlights with multiple panes, similar to those at the original Preparatory School. There are fixed clerestory windows along the north and south elevations, set above the level of the side pavilions.

Figure 24. Former Gymnasium, north-east corner, 2013.

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There are modern openings and a glass door at the base of the east facade, as well as a simple verandah. An opening has been created on the north elevation for the tuckshop.

School House & McMeckan House - These two buildings are virtually identical. They are both long, two-storey buildings with a steeply pitched hipped roof with three projecting gables defining the facades. The roof is covered with Marseilles terracotta tiles. The walls are of tuckpointed red brick up to the window sills at first-floor level and roughcast render above that. The gabled breakfronts have half-timbering in the gables, in a decorative pattern, and small dormers between them, echoing their form. Both the breakfront gables and the dormers have decorative curved timber brackets (with a pierced trefoil to the breakfronts). Between the breakfronts is a cloister-like element, referencing the Quadrangle. As at the Quadrangle, there are arcades of pointed-arch openings at the ground floor and trabeated openings above (since infilled with windows). Windows at the ground-floor level are banks of three casements with segmentally arched highlights and simple square-pane leadlights. Above are single and paired sash windows with highlights.

Figure 25. McMeckan House, north-west elevation, 2013.

In recent years, the two buildings have been linked by a sympathetic brick structure (PrepRoom) which continues a simplified Gothic arcade.

Littlejohn Memorial Chapel - The chapel sits on a plateau, facing west, linked to the grounds by a series of terraces and steps. It was constructed of apricot-tone tapestry brick of many shapes and sizes, including narrow half-bricks used for reveals, and convex and concave curved and chamfered bricks. This palette is integrated with the slightly lighter and variegated salt-glazed paving tiles to the large front terrace. A darker tile is used on the steps. The raised-seam metal roof is concealed behind low parapets.

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Figure 26. Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, 2013.

The building relies on a sculptural modelling of forms for its effect, seen particularly in the undulating effect lent to the side elevations by the simplified buttresses, which encroached into the windows, leaving the low pointed brick arches set above narrow slits of tracery windows. The slim octagonal tower on the south side of the facade provides a visual anchor, to prevent the building from looking like it would slide down its sloping site. This tower is echoed by a brick pulpit on a semi-circular corbelled base, projecting from the terrace retaining wall.

The facade has a low pitched gabled parapet above a band of decorative brickwork and a massive tracery window above the entrance. Ornamentation is restricted to the fine brickwork, stone tracery to the windows, the intricately carved stone surround to the main entrance, wrought-iron hinges to the heavy timber doors, cast-iron reliefs of thistles inset on either side of the south entrance, and terracotta reliefs above it.

The south entry porch sits beneath its own copper-clad hipped roof. It is mirrored on the north elevation by a low bell cote. At the rear of the south side elevation is a projecting single-storey octagonal room with a pointed copper-clad roof.

Internally, the chapel has limed oak wainscoting, with plastered walls above. The stone window reveals are left exposed. The ceiling is open to the dark stained timber roof trusses with gold-leaf accents. Gothic-inspired lanterns hang from the ceiling. The chapel has three large stained glass windows in the apse, another in the baptistery, and a huge one over the east entry. The floor of the entry porch and a corridor that runs along the south side has the same variegated salt-glazed tiles as the external terrace.

Hospital & Residences - The former Hospital (Health Centre) building is a two-storey, T-shaped building linked to the long, two-storey Residences by a narrow brick corridor.While separate, the two buildings share many design features and function as a

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picturesque whole. This includes the same apricot-tone tapestry brick used for all of Scarborough's designs at the college, the very high-pitched, terracotta tile clad roofs which alternate between hipped and parapeted gable ends (gabled ends face west). The windows include in vertical and horizontal formats, also seen at the Arthur Robinson House. Another feature shared with it is the large round tower with a pointed roof at the west end of the Residence. The Hospital entrance at the south end is a parapeted gable porch projecting from the very low hipped roof. A simple diaper pattern is created in the gable with projecting brick headers.

Figure 27. Front entrance of the Health Centre, 2013.

John Monash Lodge and gates - The gatehouse, or Lodge, at the John Monash entrance gates is a small, two-storey building which displays extensive decorative brickwork details, executed in the same apricot tapestry brick favoured by Scarborough. Brick details include a corbelled balcony base, a ribbed frieze, the use of half-brick headers to the dormer gablets, and an octagonal, buttressed corner chimney stack.

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Figure 28. John Monash Lodge and gates, 2013.

The building has a high hipped roof clad in brown terracotta shingles. The entrance porch is a single-storey semi-circular 'tower' with a pointed roof - linking it to Scarborough's Arthur Robinson House and the Hospital and Residence. The doorway is fitted with a heavy decorative metal door. Windows are multi-paned casements in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, creating a picturesque effect. The eaves are interrupted by gablets above arched first-floor windows on the west and south elevations.

A single-storey addition has been made to the rear (west) elevation in a slightly darker brick.

The Monash Gate piers project from the entrance 'tower' and were built in the same brick, with cast-concrete coats of arms at their tops. The metal gates themselves are of highly decorative cast iron, with pictorial shields across the top. There is a plaquecommemorating John Monash on the south pier. The gates provide access to Monash Drive, which leads to the Main Oval.

Arthur Robinson House - Arthur Robinson House is the third hall of residences to be built, standing just behind Callantina Lodge near Mitchell Street. Like the other designs of Scarborough, it is clad in apricot-tone tapestry brick with a high hipped roof clad in terracotta tiles, punctuated by parapeted gables projecting through the eaves at the north end.

It has an L-shaped plan which hinges on a large, two-storey round tower with a pointed roof. A gabled entry porch sits at its base. The west end has picturesque massing with a variety of forms stepping down from the high hipped roof, including a jerkin-head roof, an octagonal chimney stack, and a single-storey room with a high hipped roof grafted on to the elevation, all designed to give the impression of a building that was added to over the centuries.

The ground-floor windows are narrow double-hung sashes with horizontal glazing bars, typical of 1930s Moderne styling. These contrast with the large, horizontal-format windows of the first floor (recently replaced with aluminium units with a similar format to the originals). Due to the sloping site, the west elevation has an additional, lower ground, floor, with the same narrow windows as the ground floor.

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Figure 29. Arthur Robinson House, looking west, 2013.

Shergold Building - The Shergold Building is constructed in the same apricot-tone tapestry brick, and shares many other features with the rest of Scarborough's designs, including a very high hipped roof clad in terracotta tiles, small gables projecting above the eaves line, a parapeted gable entrance porch, and intricately detailed brickwork. The brickwork here is particularly fine with a round-arched colonnade to the ground-floor facade with curved reveals, and perfectly round brick columns to the trabeated arcade above.

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Figure 30. The Shergold Building, viewed from the east, 2013.

Comparative AnalysisWithin the City of Boroondara, Scotch College should be compared with other private schools, particularly those housed in purpose-built buildings. These include:

Genezzano FCJ College, 285-315 Cotham Road, Kew (VHR H1902) - This large, multi-wing building was built as a combined convent, school and dormitories in 1890-91 by outstanding architect William Wardell in a French Gothic style. It is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria.Xavier College, 135 Barkers Road, Kew (VHR H893) - Four large and imposing structures at the college are considered to be of State significance. They datefrom the 1870s to the 1930s, and were all purpose built for the school. The first was the Victorian South Wing (1872, architects Kelly, Dennehy and Tappin), then the Classical West Wing (1889) and the Great Hall (1890). A very grand Baroque chapel was constructed 1927-34 to the design of architects Schrieber and Jorgensen. Xavier College is of historic and architectural significance to the State of Victoria. Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), 207 Barkers Road, Kew (HO204) - Four buildings within the college are protected under the Heritage Overlay; they range in date from the 1880s to the 1970s. The Main Building, of 1882-85, designed by prominent architects Crouch and Wilson is considered one of the most commanding and successfully designed educational buildings of 19th-century Melbourne. It is Gothic in style with a large centre tower. The Nurses Memorial Hall was designed in the 1950s by Harry Norris. The Chapel, completed in 1959 to a design by FC Armstrong, is a modern interpretation of a traditional Tuscan church with a campanile. The Resource Centre, or Woodgate Centre, dates to the mid-1970s and is an early, successful example of the use of off-form concrete.

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Siena Convent and College, 815 Riversdale Road, Camberwell - The main building (recommended for a Heritage Overlay by the Camberwell Conservation Study, 1991), is a Byzantine chapel and classroom wing of 1939-40, designed by architects Agabiti and Millane. They form two sides surrounding a quadrangle, with a cloister arcade. Modern classroom buildings enclose the other two sides; the remaining buildings of the college are also recent in date. The building is believed to have architectural and historical significance.

Fintona Presbyterian Girls' Grammar School, Balwyn, and Ruyton College and Junior School, Kew, were not included in this list as the heritage buildings on their campuses were erected as private dwellings, then sold to the colleges in the interwar period. No listings of separate grammar schools in Boroondara could be found on the Heritage Overlay (or Victorian Heritage Register), though many colleges (such as Ruyton) have associated junior schools on the same campus.

Like the other colleges, such as Genezzano, Xavier and MLC, the first buildings at Scotch College was designed by an eminent architect, in this case Henry Kemp, whose name is synonymous with the Queen Anne style in Victoria. The high level of architectural quality was maintained in the second phase of building by choosing the designer of the Littlejohn Chapel via an open architectural competition. The winner, John Scarborough, went on to design a whole suite of buildings that are coherent in style and materials.

Scotch College is distinguished among the other colleges by the stylistically cohesive and particularly large group of purpose-built buildings on the campus. While the others have between one and four buildings recognised for their architectural and historical significance at a State or municipal level, Scotch College boasts a surviving sevenbuildings designed by Kemp and another five by Scarborough.

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Assessment Against Criteria

Criteria referred to in Practice Note 1: Applying the Heritage Overlay, Department of Planning and Community Development, September 2012, modified for the local context.

CRITERION A: Importance to the course, or pattern, of the City of Boroondara's cultural or natural history (historical significance).

Scotch College is one of a number of prestigious denominational colleges in the City of Boroondara. The municipality has become strongly associated with larger church based colleges that were intended to serve larger catchments across the eastern suburbs, or even the entire metropolitan area. It was one of the first to be established outside of Kew, which is their main location. (Fintona Presbyterian Girls College was established in Hawthorn in 1892, but moved to Camberwell in 1898, and then Balwyn in 1936.) While many of the colleges in Kew, including Xavier, Genezzano and MLC, were founded in the late 19th century, there was a continued period of expansion and establishment in the interwar period, as seen at Scotch College.

While it only moved to Hawthorn in the 1910s, Scotch College is the oldest surviving independent school in Victoria. It was founded in 1851 in the city by the Free Church of Australia Felix (the Scottish Presbyterian Church). It moved to a site in East Melbourne in 1854, before outgrowing it and beginning a gradual move to Hawthorn in 1915, where they first occupied the 1870s mansion 'Glen House'.

A number of former students went on to become prominent Australian figures, including Sir John Monash, a former dux of Scotch College; Prime Minister George Reid; governors-general Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir Ninian Stephen (also a High Court justice) and Peter Hollingworth; Victorian Governor Sir Henry Winneke; seven Premiers including John Cain, Jeff Kennett and Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon; High Court Chief Justice Sir John Latham and justices Sir Hayden Starke and Kenneth Hayne; poet WJ Turner;songwriter John Williamson; Olympian Drew Ginn; and Brownlow Medalist Bill Morris.

CRITERION B: Possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the City of Boroondara's cultural or natural history (rarity).

Founded in 1851, Scotch College is the oldest surviving independent school in Victoria.

CRITERION C: Potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the City of Boroondara's cultural or natural history (research potential).

Not applicable

CRITERION D: Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places or environments (representativeness).

Scotch College is representative of a wealthy independent school, developed primarily in the interwar period. Like Genezzano and MLC, Medieval-derived styles were seen as a way to lend gravitas and a feeling of permanence akin to schools in the old country.

CRITERION E: Importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics (aesthetic significance).

The buildings of Scotch College are distinguished for their thematic and stylistic coherence over the interwar and early post-war period. HH Kemp's buildings are all in his signature picturesque Queen Anne style, and the use of materials - red brick, roughcast

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render and half-timbering - and decorative detailing - such as curved timber brackets and incised quatrefoils - are applied to the whole suite of buildings, creating a sense of visual unity, despite their different massing and sizes. The Memorial Hall (and the east elevation of the Junior School in its original form) clearly expressed the Scottish roots of the school, with its crow-stepped gable ends and crenelation to the parapets.

John Scarborough took the Scottish associations even further, with a round tower motif seen on many of his buildings, and decorative details on the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel such as cast-iron thistle screens. All of Scarborough's work here is also unified by the consistent use of apricot-tone 'Rippletex' tapestry brick.

Scotch College is picturesquely sited on the banks of Gardiner’s Creek and the Yarra River, with playing fields on the river flats and a collection of significant and contributory buildings sensitively sited on and around the heavily treed hill at the north-east corner of the site. The lower, flat areas of the site allow mutual views between other significant buildings, particularly the two memorial chapels which stand on either side of the Main Oval. After the purchase of ‘Glen House’, groundsman Bob Horne the Elder was responsible for establishing the school layout.

Tree plantings have been an important feature of the site, beginning with the remnant trees planted around ‘Glen House’ and the Red River Gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)along the waterways. One of the early plantings was the weeping Scottish Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Pendula') at the centre of the quadrangle. The intensive building programme in the 1930s was accompanied by an equally ambitious tree-planting programme prepared by leading landscape gardener and Superintendent of the State Parks and Gardens, Hugh Linaker. This included the creation of an elm avenue along Monash Drive, and replacement of the pines on the slopes of the hill with mostly native trees chosen for their attractive foliage.

CRITERION F: Importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period (technical significance).

The Littlejohn Memorial Chapel is considered an exemplar in the State of Victoria of the restrained Gothic that was popular for seminary and college chapels during the 1930s. It was highly acclaimed at the time of its construction, and is still appreciated for its striking massing and stripped-back interpretation of Albi Cathedral in France. The Chapel, as well as all of the other Scarborough-designed buildings, also demonstrate a high degree of technical skill in their brickwork. The Chapel, for example, was constructed of 30,000 ordinary bricks and 120,000 handmade bricks in 200 different shapes, under foreman bricklayer Charlie Macmillan.

CRITERION G: Strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. This includes the significance of a place to Indigenous peoples as part of their continuing and developing cultural traditions (social significance).

The alumni, 'old' boys', of Scotch College have a strong association with their alma mater.

CRITERION H: Special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in the City of Boroondara's history (associative significance).

Scotch College has strong associations with a number of people, including:

Architect Henry Hardie Kemp (1859-1946), a distinguished architect whose name is synonymous with the Queen Anne style. Many of his finest works, including those as part

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of the practice Ussher and Kemp, are in the City of Boroondara. The suite of buildings he designed for Scotch College is some of his last work before his retirement in 1929, and can be seen as a summation of his style.

Architect John Scarborough (1901-73), undertook many commissions for the Presbyterian Church during the interwar period, but only came to prominence upon winning the design competition for the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel. It is thought that Scarborough was influenced by the work of Swedish architect Ostberg, particularly, the design and brickwork of Stockholm Town Hall of 1907.

William Littlejohn, principal of Scotch College 1904-33, was instrumental in creating the Hawthorn campus, and helped shape the vision for its form. His crucial role is commemorated by the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, whose site he chose shortly before his death in 1933.

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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?Scotch College, at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, is significant. The school was founded in 1851 by the Free Church of Australia Felix (the Scottish Presbyterian Church). Its first home was in the city of Melbourne, but it moved to a site in East Melbourne in 1854, before outgrowing it and beginning a gradual move to Hawthorn in 1915 under the leadership of Principal William Littlejohn.

In Hawthorn the school first occupied the 1875 mansion 'Glen House', before a whole suite of purpose-built classroom, assembly, dining, and residential buildings were constructed between 1917 and 1926. They were all designed in a picturesque Queen Anne style, by architect Henry Hardie Kemp, who was synonymous in Victoria with this style.

A second major stage of development took place during the 1930s, beginning with an architectural competition for a chapel commemorating Principal Littlejohn. The competition was won by architect John Scarborough. With his practice, Scarborough, Robertson and Love, he went on to design a suite of distinctive buildings in a style which combined the Moderne with the Scottish Baronial throughout the 1930s, with a final one in the 1950s. A number of Kemp's buildings were remodelled in this period by Scarborough to match his other works. It is thought that Scarborough was influenced by the work of Swedish architect Ostberg, particularly, the design and brickwork of Stockholm Town Hall of 1907.

Scotch College buildings which are of individual significance, including views to their principle elevations, are:

Junior School (former Preparatory School), 1917 Callantina Lodge and Gates, 1917 Senior School and quadrangle, 1920-26War Memorial Hall, 1920-26 School House and McMeckan House, 1925 Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, 1934-36 Health Centre and Residences, 1935-36John Monash Gates and Lodge, 1936 Arthur Robinson House, 1937-38 Shergold Building (former Sub-Primary Building), 1956

Buildings which are contributory, including views to their principle elevations, are:

Laundry (former rear wing of 'Glen House'), 1875 TDP (former Gymnasium), 1920-26

The Hawthorn site is a large, undulating piece of land comprising a hilltop, which was occupied 'Glen House', with views over Gardiner’s Creek and Yarra River flats. The grounds of the new school were laid out by groundsman Bob Horne the Elder, who had been with Scotch College since 1895. School buildings ring the flat hilltop, allowing mutual views between them. The intensive building programme in the 1930s was accompanied by an equally ambitious tree-planting programme led by leading interwar landscape gardener and Superintendent of the State Parks and Gardens, Hugh Linaker. This included the creation of an elm avenue along Monash Drive, and replacement of the pines on the slopes of the hill with mostly native trees chosen for their attractive foliage.

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Figure 31. Heritage buildings within Scotch College.

How is it significant?Scotch College is of historical, architectural and aesthetic, associational and social significance to the City of Boroondara and potentially to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant? Scotch College is of historical significance as the oldest surviving independent school in Victoria, founded in Melbourne in 1851. Upon its move to Hawthorn from 1915, it joined other prestigious denominational colleges that characterise the area, particularly Kew. The impact Scotch College has had on Victoria and Australia as a whole is seen in the list of its illustrious graduates, including Sir John Monash, a prime minister, three governors-general, a Victorian governor and seven premiers, as well as nationally recognised names in the arts and sports. The War Memorial Hall and the tiled honour board within it is of particular historical significance for its association with the contribution of Scotch College graduates who served in the armed forces during World War I. (Criteria A & B)

Architecturally, the buildings of Scotch College are distinguished for their thematic and stylistic coherence over the interwar and early post-war period. Architect Henry Kemp's buildings are all in his signature picturesque Queen Anne style, and the use of materials - red brick, roughcast render and half-timbering - and decorative detailing - such as curved timber brackets and incised quatrefoils - are applied to the whole suite of buildings, creating a sense of visual unity, despite their different massing and sizes. The Memorial Hall (and the east elevation of the Junior School in its original form) clearly expressed the Scottish roots of the school, with its crow-stepped gable ends and crenelation to the parapets. Architect John Scarborough also drew upon medieval inspiration and massing for his buildings, with their distinctive high hipped roofs and round tower motif, combined

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with clear expression of the school's Scottish roots in details such as the thistle reliefs on the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel. All of Scarborough's work here is also unified by the consistent use of apricot-tone 'Rippletex' tapestry brick.

Aesthetically, Scotch College is significant as a cohesive visual entity, picturesquely sited on the banks of Gardiner’s Creek and the Yarra River, with playing fields on the river flats and a collection of significant and contributory buildings sensitively sited on and around the heavily treed hill at the north-east corner of the site. Trees include the elm avenue along Monash Drive, and other mature exotic and native plantings, particularly in the north-east quadrant of the site. The trees have been introduced as part of deliberate planting programmes, designed to complement the topography and built form of the site.The lower, flat areas of the site allow mutual views between other significant buildings, particularly the two memorial chapels which stand on either side of the Main Oval.(Criterion E)

The Littlejohn Memorial Chapel is considered an exemplar in the State of Victoria of the restrained Gothic that was popular for seminary and college chapels during the 1930s. It was highly acclaimed at the time of its construction, and is still appreciated for its striking massing and stripped-back interpretation of Albi Cathedral in France. The Chapel, as well as all of the other Scarborough-designed buildings, displays extraordinarily high-quality brickwork, in its complexity, design and execution. (Criterion F)

Scotch College is of associational significance for its links to the three people that were most instrumental in shaping the Hawthorn campus: Architect Henry Hardie Kemp (1859-1946), a distinguished architect whose name is synonymous with the Queen Anne style. Many of his finest works, including those as part of the practice Ussher and Kemp, are in the City of Boroondara. The suite of buildings he designed for Scotch College is some of his last work before his retirement in 1929, and can be seen as a summation of his oeuvre.Architect John Scarborough (1901-73), undertook many commissions for the Presbyterian Church during the interwar period, but only came to prominence upon winning the design competition for the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel. William Littlejohn, principal of Scotch College 1904-33, was instrumental in creating theHawthorn campus, and helped shape the vision for its form. His crucial role is commemorated by the Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, whose site he chose shortly before his death in 1933. (Criterion H)

Scotch College and its buildings are of social significance for the strong associations the school's alumni, or old boys, hold. (Criterion G)

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Grading and Recommendations

Recommended for inclusion in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay of the Boroondara Planning Scheme as an Individually Significant place.

Recommendations for the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay (Clause 43.01) in the Boroondara Planning Scheme:

External Paint Colours Is a permit required to paint an already painted surface?

No

Internal Alteration Controls Is a permit required for internal alterations?

No

Tree Controls Is a permit required to remove a tree?

No

Victorian Heritage RegisterIs the place included on the Victorian Heritage Register?

No

Incorporated Plan Does an Incorporated Plan apply to the site?

No

Outbuildings and fences exemptions Are there outbuildings and fences which are not exempt from notice and review?

No

Prohibited uses may be permitted Can a permit be granted to use the place for a use which would otherwise be prohibited?

No

Aboriginal Heritage PlaceIs the place an Aboriginal heritage place which is subject to the requirements of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006?

No

Identified ByM Gould, Hawthorn Heritage Study, 1992.

ReferencesAtkins, Ken & Barry Axtens, ‘University of Melbourne Baillieu Library – Architect’s Story’, http://baillieu50.unimelb.edu.au/history/architects_story, viewed 21 May 2013.

Bennett, Darryl (2002), ‘Sir Clive Selwyn Steele (1892-1955)’, entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), http://adb.anu.edu.au/, viewed 21 May 2013.

Boroondara City Council (2006), ‘Site 17. Scotch College’ in Inventory and Assessment of Indigenous Flora and Fauna in Boroondara, accessed via http://boroondara.vic.gov.au/, viewed 6 Feb 2014.

Built Heritage (2012), ‘City of Boroondara Thematic Environmental History’, prepared for the City of Boroondara.

Edquist, Harriet, ‘Henry Hardie Kemp’ in Philip Goad and Julie Willis’ (eds.) (2012), The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Port Melbourne.

eMelbourne, ‘Scotch College’, http://www.emelbourne.net.au/, viewed May 2013.

Gertsman, Stuart & James Mitchell (2007), Visions of Boyhood: Scotch College in Pictures, Prahran [Vic].

Gould, Meredith (1992), Place identification forms for ‘Scotch College, 491 Glenferrie Road’ & ‘Fairview Park, Fairview Street, Hawthorn’, of ‘Hawthorn Heritage Study’.

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Hermes no. 111408: Mitchell Shire Council citation for ‘St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,’ Seymour.

Hermes no. 29741: Moonee Valley City Council citation for ‘North Essendon Uniting Church,’ North Essendon.

Peel, Victoria, Deborah Zion and Jane Yule (1993), A History of Hawthorn, Melbourne.

McWilliam, Gwen (April 1997), ‘A Memorable Memorial’, in Victorian History Journal,LXVIII, pp 115-133, cited in Miles Lewis’ Melbourne Mansions Database, record no. 5343.

Melbourne Mansions Database (MMDB), Miles Lewis, http://fmpro.abp.unimelb.edu.au/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=mmdb&-loadframes, accessed May 2013.

Mitchell, Jim (2001), A deepening roar: Scotch College, Melbourne.

Murphy, Guy & Bryce Raworth, ‘JFD Scarborough’, in Philip Goad and Julie Willis’ (eds.) (2012), The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, Port Melbourne.

Monk, Dr Lee-Ann, ‘Farms & gardens in Victorian Mental Health Institutions’, via the Museum Victoria website, http://museumvictoria.com.au/, accessed 6 February 2014.

National Trust (NT) place file no.B5181, viewed at National Trust office.

National Trust (NT) citations for ‘Hill, Norman and Beard Pipe Organ, Scotch College’ (B7233,2989), and ‘Scotch College’ (B5181).

Nicholson, G Harvey (Ed) & DH Alexander (Assistant Ed.) (1952), First hundred years of Scotch College Melbourne, 1851 – 1951, Melbourne.

RVIAJ, Jan 1937, ‘Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, Scotch College’, article viewed in NT file no. B5181.

Scotch College’s publication ‘Great Scot’, January 2013, http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/,viewed 16 May 2013.

Scotch College Fundraising Committee, ‘Scotch College and its War Memorial’, (c1920).

State Library of Victoria (SLV) picture collection, ‘Hawthorn Glen, the residence of Mr WH Glen’, published 1875 in The Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers.

Staughton, Peter (26/5/1982), notes regarding Littlejohn memorial chapel in NT file no. B5181.

The Argus.

Thomas, David (2002), ‘Christian Marjory Emily Carlyle Waller (1894-1954)’, entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB), http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/, viewed Mary 2013.

Urbis (2013), ‘Background to Scotch College’ in the ‘DDO31 Submission to Council’, on behalf of Scotch College.

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BOROONDARA PLANNING SCHEME

AMENDMENT C183

EXPLANATORY REPORT

Who is the planning authority?

This amendment has been prepared by the City of Boroondara, which is the planning authority for this amendment.

The amendment has been made at the request of Boroondara City Council.

Land affected by the amendment

The amendment affects land at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn (Scotch College).

What the amendment does

The amendment seeks to amend the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay at Clause 43.01 of the Boroondara Planning Scheme and the Planning Scheme Map No. 11HO by applying aHeritage Overlay (HO608) to the following buildings (with a 10 metre curtilage) within Scotch College at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn:

Junior School (former Preparatory School), 1917

Callantina Lodge and Gates, 1917

Senior School and quadrangle, 1920-26

War Memorial Hall, 1920-26

School House and McMeckan House, 1925

Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, 1934-36

Health Centre and Residences, 1935-36

John Monash Gates and Lodge, 1936

Arthur Robinson House, 1937-38

Shergold Building (former Sub-Primary Building), 1956

Laundry (former rear wing of 'Glen House'), 1875

TDP (former Gymnasium), 1920-26

Strategic assessment of the amendment

Why is the amendment required?

The above listed buildings at 491 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn (Scotch College) have been identified as having local heritage significance to the City of Boroondara. At the Urban Planning Special Committee (UPSC) Meeting on 18 August 2014, the UPSC resolved to adopt the heritage citation for Scotch College and request Ministerial authorisation to prepare and exhibit Amendment C183 to the Boroondara Planning Scheme to introduce a Heritage Overlay to these buildings.

The amendment is required to introduce the Heritage Overlay to the above listed buildings at Scotch College. Given that the buildings share a common history and heritage significance



of the College, it is proposed that the buildings (with a 10 metre curtilage around each building envelope) are included in a single Heritage Overlay (serial listing).

How does the amendment implement the objectives of planning in Victoria?

The amendment is consistent with the objectives of planning in Victoria by implementing the objective detailed at Section 4 (1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 which states:

“to conserve and enhance those buildings, areas or other places which are of scientific, aesthetic, architectural or historical interest, or otherwise of special cultural value.”

The heritage values associated with Scotch College and its buildings proposed for protection are outlined in the heritage citation.

How does the amendment address any environmental, social and economic effects?

The amendment is expected to have a positive social effect by protecting buildings of localheritage significance in the City.

The amendment is not expected to have any adverse environmental or economic effects.

Does the amendment address relevant bushfire risk?

Not relevant.

Does the amendment comply with the requirements of any Minister’s Direction applicable to the amendment?

The amendment is consistent with the Ministerial Direction on the form and content of Planning Schemes as identified at Section 7 (5) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

The amendment complies with Ministerial Direction No. 9 Metropolitan Planning Strategywhich requires amendments to have regard to Plan Melbourne: Metropolitan Planning Strategy. The amendment is consistent with Initiative 4.7.1 Value Heritage when managing growth and change, where it states “Plan Melbourne aims to protect the city’s heritage and improve heritage management processes within the Victorian planning system.”

The amendment is not considered to compromise the implementation of the Metropolitan Planning Strategy.

The amendment also addresses the requirements of Ministerial Direction No. 11 - Strategic Assessment of Amendments.

How does the amendment support or implement the State Planning Policy Framework and any adopted State policy?

The amendment is consistent with the State Planning Policy Framework, in particular Clause 15.03 (Heritage). It implements the policy by including buildings of local heritage significance in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay.

How does the amendment support or implement the Local Planning Policy Framework, and specifically the Municipal Strategic Statement?

The amendment is consistent with the Local Planning Policy Framework, particularly Clauses 21.05 (Heritage, Landscapes and Urban Character) and 22.05 (Heritage Policy), which relate specifically to the cultural heritage significance of places within the City of Boroondara. These policies seek to identify, protect and enhance the heritage significance of places within the municipality.



Does the amendment make proper use of the Victoria Planning Provisions?

The Heritage Overlay is the most appropriate mechanism for recognising and protecting the heritage significance of the identified buildings within Scotch College.

How does the amendment address the views of any relevant agency?

The views of relevant agencies will be sought through the public exhibition phase of the amendment.

Does the amendment address relevant requirements of the Transport Integration Act 2010?

The amendment is not expected to have any significant impact on the transport system.

Resource and administrative costs

What impact will the new planning provisions have on the resource and administrative costs of the responsible authority?

It is not expected that the new planning provisions will have any significant impact on the resource and administrative costs of the responsible authority.

Where you may inspect this Amendment

The amendment is available for public inspection, free of charge, during office hours at the following place:

Boroondara City CouncilPlanning CounterLevel 1, 8 Inglesby Road, Camberwell

The amendment can also be inspected free of charge at the Department of Transport, Planning, and Local Infrastructure website at http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/publicinspection.





AMENDMENT C183

INSTRUCTION SHEET

The planning authority for this amendment is Boroondara City Council.

The Boroondara Planning Scheme is amended as follows:

Planning Scheme Maps

The Planning Scheme Maps are amended by a total 1 attached map.

Overlay Maps

1. Amend Planning Scheme Map No. 11HO in the manner shown on the 1 attached map marked “Boroondara Planning Scheme, Amendment C183”.

Planning Scheme Ordinance

The Planning Scheme Ordinance is amended as follows:

2. In Overlays – Clause 43.01, replace the Schedule with a new Schedule in the form of the attached document.

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Included on the Victorian HeritageRegister under the Heritage Act 1995?

Prohibiteduses may bepermitted?

Name of Incorporated Plan under Clause 43.01-2

Aboriginal heritageplace?

HO1 Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

Includes Camberwell Rd (part), Christowel St (part), Fairmont Ave (part), Finsbury Way, Lansell Cres,Lyric Grove, Maple Cres,Marlborough Ave, Murdoch St (part), Orrong Cres, Tyrone St (part).

No No No No No No - No

HO2 House

19 Anderson Road, Hawthorn East


HO3 Ercildoune

424 Auburn Road, Hawthorn

Yes No No No No Yes - No

HO4 Xavier College

135 Barkers Road, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H893

Yes - No

HO5 House

62 Barkers Road, Hawthorn


HO6 Preshil Junior School



Yes - No

HO7 House

492 Barkers Road, Hawthorn East


HO8 Werona



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HO9 St Ouen



HO10 Turinville

53 Barnard Grove, Kew


HO11 D’estaville

7 Barry Street, Kew


Yes - No

HO12 Marathon

1 Beaconsfield Road, Hawthorn East


HO13 House

10 Beaconsfield Rd, Hawthorn East


HO14 House

12 Beaconsfield Rd, Hawthorn East


HO15 Avondale

22 Berkeley Street, Hawthorn


HO16 House (formerly Wakato)



HO17 Broughton Hall (formerly Tara)

2 Berwick Street, Camberwell

- - - - YesRef No H1176

Yes - No

HO18 Former ES&A Bank

472-476 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn East


Yes - No

HO19 Nachemo

997 Burke Road, Hawthorn East






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HO21 House



HO22 Ultima



HO23 Former Invergowrie Lodge

8 Palmer Place, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO24 Manresa Peoples Centre (Former ES&A Bank)

343 Burwood Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO25 House

759 Burwood Road, Hawthorn East


HO26 Kardinia

8 Calvin Street, Hawthorn


HO28 Camberwell Court House and Police Station

311-317 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell

- - - - YesRef No H1194

Yes - No

HO29 Canterbury Mansions

208 Canterbury Road and 126 Maling Road, Canterbury


Yes - No

HO30 Grace Park House

19 Chrystobel Crescent, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO31 Huntingtower

106 Church Street, Hawthorn






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HO32 Former Bridge Hotel

155 Church Street, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO33 House

27 Constance Street, Hawthorn East


HO34 Second Church of Christ Scientist

41 Cookson Street, Camberwell

- - - - YesRef No H1196

Yes - No

HO36 Invergowrie

21 Coppin Grove, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO37 Wimba

235 Cotham Road, Kew


HO38 Ross House (formerly Charleville)



Yes - No

HO39 The Hawthorns

5 Creswick Street, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO40 Mackillop House (Sisters of St Joseph)

13 Havelock Road, Hawthorn


HO41 Riverton

22 Elm Street, Hawthorn


HO42 Hawthorn Railway Station Complex


- - - - YesRef No H1566

Yes - No

HO43 House

10 Faircroft Avenue, Glen Iris






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HO44 Toxtern

4 Fordholm Road, Hawthorn


HO45 Konsley

7 Fordholm Road, Hawthorn


HO46 Glenferrie Railway Station Complex

668 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

- - - - YesRef No H1671

Yes - No

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HO48 Hawthorn Presbyterian Church

580-582 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn


HO50 Cottingley

16 Glenroy Road, Hawthorn


HO51 Oxbridge House

12 Grandview Grove, Hawthorn East


HO52 Alloarrno

5 Grattan Street, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO53 House

15 Grattan Street, Hawthorn


HO54 Rotha

29 Harcourt Street, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO55 House

27 Havelock Road, Hawthorn East






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HO56 House

27A Havelock Road, Hawthorn East


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HO58 House



HO59 House



HO60 House



HO61 House



HO62 House



HO63 House

3 Henrietta Street, Hawthorn


HO64 Boroondara General Cemetery,Springthorpe Memorial & Cussen Memorial

430-440 High Street, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H49 & Ref No H522 & Ref No H2036

Yes - No

HO67 National Australia Bank

185 High Street, Kew






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HO68 Former Kew Post Office



Yes - No

HO69 Police Station and former Court House



Yes - No

HO70 Holy Trinity Church and Vicarage



HO71 Waverley

7 Higham Road, Hawthorn East


HO72 House

3/2 Hodgson Street, Kew


HO73 Wandara

5 Hollingsworth Avenue, Hawthorn


HO74 Oxford

21 Isabella Grove, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO75 House

96 Kilby Road, Kew


HO76 Colinetta

9 Kildare Street, Hawthorn East


HO77 Shenton, also known as Immigration Reception Centre

41 Kinkora Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No





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HO78 Talandoon

10-12 Kooyongkoot Road, Hawthorn


HO79 Crossakiel

26 Kooyongkoot Road, Hawthorn


HO80 House

45 Liddiard Street, Hawthorn


HO81 House



HO82 House



HO83 Glenferrie Oval Grandstand

34 Linda Crescent, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO84 Maroondah

22 Lisson Grove, Hawthorn


HO85 Cintra



HO86 Formerly Austral



HO87 Kinvoir



HO88 Valetta







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HO89 Formerly Roslyn



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HO91 House

12 MacDonald Street, Glen Iris


HO92 Ivy Grange

3 Malmsbury Street, Kew


HO93 House

11 Manningtree Road, Hawthorn


HO94 House

81 Manningtree Road, Hawthorn


HO95 Glenferrie Primary School No. 1508

78-98 Manningtree Road, Hawthorn

- - - - YesRef No H1630

Yes - No

HO96 Carrigal

18-20 Mason Street, Hawthorn


HO97 Craignethorn

24-26 Mason Street, Hawthorn


HO98 Eyre Court

2 Molesworth Street, Canterbury


Yes - No

HO99 Frognall

54 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury


Yes - No





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HO100 Former Dairy

2 Neave Street, Hawthorn East

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HO101 Xavier Preparatory School (formerly Studley House, also known as Wren House)

2 Nolan Avenue, Kew

- - - - Yes Ref No H789

Yes - No

HO102 Formerly Goldthorns

86 Normanby Road, Kew


HO103 Formerly Ramornie

24 Pakington Street, Kew


HO104 Formerly Roseneath

62 Peel Street, Kew


HO105 Parlington

46 Parlington Street, Canterbury


Yes - No

HO106 Booroke

131 Power Street, Hawthorn


HO107 Manor Court Lodge



HO108 House



HO109 Formerly Willsmere Hospital

1-258 Wiltshire Drive, Kew


Yes - No





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HO110 Auburn Primary School No. 2948

51 Rathmines Road, Hawthorn East

- - - - YesRef No H1707

No - No

HO111 Eyrecourt

11 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn


HO112 House



HO113 Summerlea

7 Summerlea Grove, Hawthorn (Alsoknown as 76 Riversdale Road)


HO114 House



HO115 House



H0116 Former Robyn Boyd House

664-666 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell


No - No

HO117 McCartney House

19 Rockingham Close, Kew


HO118 Ennis Mount

5 Rosslyn Street, Hawthorn East


HO119 Cullymont

4 Selwyn Street , Canterbury


Yes - No

HO120 'The Haven' homes for women

2 Station Street, Hawthorn East






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4 Station Street, Hawthorn East



4A Station Street, Hawthorn East


HO125 House

77 St Helens Road, Hawthorn East


HO126 Boatsheds and Boat House, Studley Park

Studley Park


HO127 Kanes footbridge, Studley Park

114 Studley Park Road, Kew


HO128 Raheen



Yes - No

HO129 House Swinton

23 Swinton Avenue, Kew


HO130 Kawarau

405 Tooronga Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO131 House

12 Tower Place, Hawthorn East


HO132 Auburn Railway Station Complex

99 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East

- - - - YesRef No H1559

Yes - No





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HO133 Former Hawthorn Tramways Trust Depot

8 Wallen Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO134 Villa Alba

44 Walmer Street, Kew


No - No

HO135 Otira

73 Walpole Street, Kew


HO136 Jefferies House

7 Warwick Avenue, Surrey Hills


Yes - No

HO137 House

44 Wattle Road, Hawthorn


HO138 House



HO139 Harelands

5 Willsmere Road, Kew


HO140 House and stable

1-1A Wiseman St, Hawthorn East


HO141 Zetland

16 Yarra Street, Hawthorn


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HO142 Barrington Avenue Precinct, Kew

Includes Adeney Ave (part), Barrington Ave, Belmont Ave (part), Glenferrie Rd (part), Hillcrest Ave (part), Kent St, Marshall Ave, Park Hill Rd (part), Ridgeway Ave, Uvadale Gve.


HO143 Barry Street Precinct, Kew

Includes A’Beckett St (part), Barry St, Cameron Ct, Fellows St (part), Fernhurst Gve (part), Holroyd St (part), Molesworth St (part), Princess St (part), Sir William St (part), Stawell St (part), Studley Ave (part), Wills St (part).


HO144 Burke Road Precinct, Hawthorn East

Includes Burke Rd (part).


HO145 Maling Road Shopping Centre and Residential Environs, Canterbury

Includes Bryson St, Canterbury Rd (part), Church St, Claremont Cres, Cross St, Golding St, Highfield Rd (part), Leeds St, Logan St, Maling Rd (part), Margaret St, Matlock St (part), McGregor St, Milton St (part), Molesworth St, Prospect Hill Rd (part), Scott St, Short St, Selwyn St, Theatre Pl, Warburton Rd (part), Wattle Valley Rd (part), Wilandra Ave






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HO146 Central Gardens Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Allen St, Falmouth St, Henry St (part), Selbourne St (part), William St (part).


HO147 Corsewall Close Precinct, Hawthorn East

Includes Corsewall Close


HO148 Fairview Park Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Fairview St (part), Riversdale Ct (part), Riversdale Rd (part), Wallen Rd (part).


HO149 Glenferrie Hill Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Callantina Rd (part) and Glenferrie Rd (part).


HO150 Glenferrie Road Precinct, Kew

Includes Barkers Rd (part), Byron St, Charles St (part), Coleridge St, College Pde, College Pl, Cotham Rd (part), Doona Ave, Edgevale Rd, Gordon Ave, Glenferrie Rd (part), Highbury Gve, Lofts Ave (part), Rossfield Ave (part), Scott St, Selbourne Rd, St Johns Pde, Stirling St, Union St (part), Wellington St (part)






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HO151 Harcourt Street Precinct

Includes Auburn Rd (part), Barkers Rd (part), Bayview Ave, Harcourt St (part), Higham Rd (part), Kildare St (part), Molesworth St, Rathmines Rd (part)


HO152 Grace Park and Hawthorn Grove Precincts, Hawthorn

Includes Barkers Rd (part), Charles St, Chrystobel Cr, Clovelly Crt, Denham St (part), Elgin St (part), Eric St, Grove Rd (part), Hawthorn Gve, Hilda Cr, Lennox St (part), Kinkora Rd, Linda Cres (part), Mary St, Moore St, Power St (part), Ruby St.


HO154 Lower Burke Road Precinct, Glen Iris

Includes Burke Road (part).


HO155 Lyndhurst Crescent Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Lyndhurst Cres (part).


HO156 Morang Road Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Evansdale Rd (part), Morang Rd (part), Rosney Street (part) Railway Place (part)


HO157 Oswin Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Glass St (part), Irymple Ave, Namur St, Oswin St.






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HO158 Walmer Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Ettrick St (part), Hodgson St (part), Nolan Ave (part), Studley Park Rd (part), Walmer St.


HO159 Prospect Hill Road Precinct, Camberwell

Avoca St, Berwick St, Brinsley Rd, Broadway, Cookson St (part), Craig Ave, Derby St, Fermanagh Rd, Holly St, Kasouka Rd, Kingsley St, Kintore St, Loch St, Lorne Gve, Moorehouse St, Palmerston St, Prospect Hill Rd (part), Riversdale Rd (part), Royal Cres, Russell St, Sefton Pl, Stanhope Gve, Thorn St, Trafalgar Rd, Victoria Rd, Wandin Rd, Waterloo St, East Camberwell Railway Station.


HO160 Rathmines Grove Precinct, Hawthorn East

Includes Rathmines Gve (part), Rathmines Rd (part).


HO161 Ryburne Ave Precinct, Hawthorn East

Includes Harcourt St (part), Kildare St (part), Rathmines Rd (part), Ryburne Ave.


HO162 Sackville Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Sackville Street (part), Wrixon Street (part).






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HO163 St James Park Estate, Hawthorn

Includes Burwood Rd (part), Coppin Gve, Isabella Gve, Shakespeare Gve, Wyuna Ave, Yarra St (part).


HO164 Leslie Street Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Leslie Street

Urquhart Estate, Hawthorn: includes The Boulevard (part), Elmie St (part), Goodall St (part), Lyall St (part), Swinburne Ave (part), Urquhart St.

Oxley Road Precinct, Hawthorn:includes Burwood Rd (part), Camden Rd, Dean Ave, Edlington St (part), Elmie St (part), Goodall St (part), Hepburn St, Kent St, Launder St, Lyall St (part), Minona St, Oxley Rd, Paterson St, St Columbs St, Auburn Rd (part).

No No No No No No, except for vicarage building of St Columbs Church at 448 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

- No

HO165 Wanganella (formerly St Johns Wood)

8 Aird Street, Camberwell


HO166 House

39 Avenue Athol, Canterbury


HO168 House

27 Balwyn Road, Canterbury






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HO169 Fintona Girls School (formerly Tourmont)

79 Balwyn Road, Balwyn

Front area ‘Tourmont’, i.e. driveway, 10 metres from northern edge of building, 3.5 metres setback west side of building, and 2 metres setback from the south boundary of building.


HO170 House

6 Bulleen Road, Balwyn North


HO171 Formerly Linda House

19 Canterbury Road, Canterbury

Strip of land width 15 metres, from Canterbury Road to ‘Linda’ centred on building, 2.5 metres setback from north and west of building and 15 metres setback from east of building.


HO172 House



HO174 House

10 Donna Buang Street, Camberwell


HO175 Wiora

21 Irilbarra Road, Canterbury

Yes No No No No Yes Yes

HO176 House

3 Kalonga Road, Balwyn North






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HO177 House

43 Kireep Road, Balwyn


HO178 Residence, formerly Colinton


- - - - YesRef No H1399

Yes - No

HO179 Alzheimer Society of Victoria (House)



HO180 House

16 Muswell Hill, Glen Iris


HO182 Travencore (formerly Stanmore)

608 Riversdale Road, Camberwell


HO183 Astolat



HO184 Flats

7 Rochester Road, Canterbury


HO185 House

9 Rochester Road, Canterbury


HO187 House

23 Sunnyside Avenue, Camberwell


HO188 Stargazer House

1/2 Taurus Street, Balwyn North

Yes No No No No Yes No

HO189 House

15 Walbundry Avenue, Balwyn North

Yes No No Yes No Yes - No





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HO190 Medlow

42 Warrigal Road, Surrey Hills


HO191 Hassett’s Estate, Camberwell

Includes Alta St, Catherine St, Cooba St, Dorothea St, Elphin Gve (part), Hassett Ave, Griotte St, Quantock St, Maysia St, Prospect Hill Rd (part), Riversdale Rd (part).


HO192 Reid Estate, Balwyn

Includes Barnsbury Rd (part), Belmont Ave (part), Bowley Ave, Chatfield Ave, Crest Ave, Highton Gve, Lydia St (part), Maleela Ave (part), Myambert Ave, Oakdale Ave, Palm Gve, Parkside Ave (part), Pelham Pl (part), Ruhbank Ave, Salisbury St (part), Walsh St (part).


HO193 Campion College (formerly Dalswaith)



HO194 Neville

46 Fellows Street, Kew


HO195 House

1 Fellows Street, Kew and 99 Princess Street, Kew


HO196 Mynda

5 Molesworth Street, Kew






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HO198 House

33 Uvadale Grove, Kew


HO200 RSL (formerly Wilton)

63 Cotham Road, Kew


HO201 Butleigh Wootton

867 Glenferrie Road, Kew


HO202 Formerly Melrose



HO203 Comaques



HO204 Methodist Ladies College (Main Block, Assembly Hall, Resource Centre)



HO205 Formerly Mount View

12 Selbourne Road, Kew (part)


HO206 Formerly Tarring

12 Selbourne Road, Kew (part)


HO207 Evangeline

15 Hawthorn Grove, Hawthorn


HO208 House

38 Hawthorn Grove, Hawthorn






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HO209 Auburn Uniting Church Complex

79A-91 Oxley Road, Hawthorn

- - - - YesRef No H2034

No - No

HO210 Terrick Terricks

11 Paterson Street, Hawthorn


HO211 Auburn House (formerly Malling Grove)

4 Goodall Street, Hawthorn


HO212 Former Augustine Congregational Church

492-500 Burwood Road, Hawthorn


HO213 Tay Creggan (Strathcona Baptist Girls School)


- - - - YesRef No H2210

Yes - No

HO214 Monda

52 Prospect Hill Road, Canterbury


HO215 Fairholme

35 Prospect Hill Road, Canterbury


HO216 Beechfield

21 Trafalgar Road, Camberwell


HO217 Baldene

10 Sefton Place, Camberwell


HO218 House







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HO219 Xavier Preparatory School (formerly Waverley)

2 Nolan Avenue, Kew (part)


HO220 West Hawthorn Precinct

Includes Barkers Rd, Barton St, Brook St (part), Burwood Rd (part), Church St (part), College St, Colvin Gve, Connell St, Creswick St (part), Denham St (part), Edgerton St, Elgin St (part), Fashoda St, Grove Rd (part), Hill St, Honour Ave, Lennox St (part), Lion St, Mason St (part), Melville St, Simpson Pl, Smart St, Spencer St, Randolph St, Wood St.


HO221 Uniting Church and Uniting Church Hall

21-25 Highbury Grove, Kew


HO222 Former Hawthorn Fire Station

66-68 William Street, Hawthorn

- - - - YesRef No H1327

No - No

HO223 Villa Maria



HO224 Coorinyah



HO225 Fairview Avenue Precinct, Burwood

Fairview Avenue






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HO226 Goodwin Street and Somerset Road Precinct, Glen Iris

Goodwin Street (part), Somerset Road (part), Glen Iris.


HO227 Great Glen Iris Railway Junction Estate and Environs, Ashburton

Includes Dent St (part), Highgate Gve, Lexia St, Ward St.


HO228 Holyrood Estate and Environs, Camberwell

Includes Dominic St, Highfield Rd (part), Holyrood St, Hunter Rd (part), Riversdale Rd (part), Wattle Valley Rd (part).


HO229 Ross Street Precinct, Surrey Hills

Ross Street, Surrey Hills


HO230 Toorak Estate and Environs, Glen Iris

Includes Burke Rd (part), Howitt St, Nepean St (part), Turner St (part).


HO231 Riverside Estate and Environs, Balwyn North

Includes Bulleen Rd (part), Burke Rd (part), Cascade St (part), Doncaster Rd (part), Inverness Way, Kyora Pde, Riverside Ave (part), The Boulevard (part), Walbundry Ave.


HO232 House

57 Cotham Road, Kew






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HO233 Westella

39 Kinkora Road, Hawthorn


HO234 Formerly Pomeroy

43 Sackville Street, Kew


HO235 Carn Brae

5 Harcourt Street, Hawthorn East


HO236 Wembden



HO237 House



HO238 Ensignton



HO239 House

37 Mary Street, Hawthorn


HO240 Alverno

53-55 Mary Street, Hawthorn


HO241 House

8 Moore Street, Hawthorn


HO242 Cestria


- - - - Yes

Ref No H1924

Yes - No

HO243 Hawthorn House (formerly Richmond House)

1 Shakespeare Grove, Hawthorn






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HO244 Avon Court



HO245 House



HO246 Glucksburg



HO247 Talana

1 Harcourt Street, Hawthorn East (also known as 27 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn)


HO248 Murtoa (formerly Lexinton)

7 Harcourt Street, Hawthorn East


HO249 Kyverdale

186-190 Auburn Road, Hawthorn


HO251 Clemson House

24 Milfay Avenue, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H2006

No - No

HO252 Genazzano FCJ College

285-315 Cotham Road, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H1902

No - No

HO255 168A Mont Albert Road, Canterbury No No Yes No No No - No





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HO257 Mountfield

4-6 Mont Albert Rd and 35 Parlington Street, Canterbury

No No Yes No No No “Mountfield” Estate Incorporated Plan, March 2005 (updated September 2011)

No

HO258 Shrublands Residence

16 Balwyn Road, Canterbury

- - - - YesRef. No.H2037

Yes - No

HO260 Auburn Village Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes 96-152 and 87-137 Auburn Road, 549-669 and 574-608 Burwood Road, Hawthorn


HO261 The Undertaker; Former Masonic Hall

329 and 331 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

No No No No No - No

HO262 Hawthorn Catholic Parish Office; Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception

345 Burwood Road, Hawthorn and 347 Burwood Road, Hawthorn

No No No No No - No

H0263 Camberwell Railway Station

2R Cookson Street, Camberwell

No No Yes No No No Camberwell Railway Station Incorporated Plan 2007

No

HO264 Balwyn Road Residential Precinct No No No No No No - No





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HO271 House



HO272 Former Carn Brae, Glenwood, Wrixon House



HO273 Eurobin



HO274 Former Kew Fire Station

35-37 Belford Road, Kew East

No No No No No Yes - No

HO277 House

1 Bradford Avenue, Kew


HO278 House

1199 Burke Road, Kew


HO279 House



HO280 Gosmont



HO281 Carbethon



HO282 E A Watts House



HO283 House

46 Clyde Street, East Kew






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HO284 House



HO285 House



HO287 Sheringham Flats



HO288 Tanfield Lee Flats



HO289 Elsfield



HO290 El Paso



HO291 Cotham



HO293 House

2 Daracombe Avenue, Kew


HO297 Former Mount Ephraim, Edgecombe, Mount Edgecombe

26 Edgecombe Street, Kew


HO298 House

9 Eglinton Street, Kew


HO299 Ashcapby

162 Eglinton Street, Kew






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HO300 House

20 Fernhurst Grove, Kew


HO303 House

2 Gellibrand Street, Kew


HO304 House

6 Gellibrand Street, Kew


HO307 House

77 Gladstone Street, Kew


HO308 House

12 Grange Road, Kew


HO309 House

53 Harp Road, East Kew


HO314 House

2 Howard Street, Kew


HO315 House



HO317 House



HO318 Hermon

2 John Street, Kew


HO319 House

16 John Street, Kew






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HO320 Lodge House

24 Lister Street, East Kew


HO321 Darley

2 Merrion Grove, Kew


HO325 Townhouses



HO326 Former R Haughton James House



HO327 House

17 O’Shaughnessy Street, Kew


HO328 Kloa, Formerly Castleman



HO329 Terrace Houses

66-68 Pakington Street, Kew


HO330 Glen Rose



HO331 Allathorn



HO332 Waverley



HO333 Itzehoe

72 Peel Street, Kew






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HO334 Stawell and Princess

33-35 Princess Street, Kew


HO336 Inverkelty, later Kiora and Baroona

11 Redmond Street, Kew


HO337 Howard Pettigrew House

21 Redmond Street, Kew


HO338 St Hilary’s Church of England Vicarage

34 Rowland Street, Kew


HO339 House

3 Second Avenue, Kew


HO340 Monte Cristo, Charleton, Charlstan

12 Stevenson Street, Kew


HO341 House

34 Stevenson Street, Kew


HO342 R G Lawrence House and Flats

13 Studley Avenue, Kew


HO343 Krongold House



HO344 House



HO345 House







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HO346 House



HO347 House



HO348 House

12 Tara Avenue, Kew


HO349 House and Shop

1 Tennyson Street, Kew


HO350 Myrtle Hill

14 Vista Avenue, Kew


HO351 Ormonde



HO352 Birralie



HO353 House



HO354 Alice Bale House



HO355 House



HO356 Braeside







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HO357 House



HO362 Bramber

47 Wills Street, Kew


HO363 Rab-Nov-Jea

10 Wimba Avenue, Kew


HO364 Thule Croft

24 Albion Street, Surrey Hills


HO365 Elderslie

15 Alma Road, Camberwell


HO366 Thomas Gaggin House

25 Alma Road, Camberwell


HO367 House

33-35 Alma Road, Camberwell


HO368 Glenholm, Ngarwee

36-38 Alma Road, Camberwell


HO369 Rathmore, Rokeby

78 Athelstan Road, Camberwell


HO370 House

2 Beatrice Street, Glen Iris


HO371 House

87-87A Bowen Street, Camberwell






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HO372 House

930-932 Burke Road, Deepdene


HO373 House

458 Camberwell Road, Camberwell


HO374 Coolattie

29 Canterbury Road, Camberwell


HO375 Ericstane



HO376 House



HO377 House and Surgery



HO380 Ospringe

24 Chaucer Crescent, Canterbury


HO381 House

44 Currajong Avenue, Camberwell


HO382 Mallow

33 Deepdene Road, Balwyn


HO383 Xanadu

119 Doncaster Road, North Balwyn


HO384 Ingoda

10 Fitzgerald Street, Balwyn






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HO385 House

177 Glen Iris Road, Glen Iris


HO386 House

32 Hortense Street, Glen Iris


HO387 House

30 Howard Street, Glen Iris


HO388 Westrailia

27 Inglesby Road, Camberwell


HO389 House

6 Kitchener Street, Balwyn


HO390 Colongulac

11 Luena Road, North Balwyn


HO391 Shenley Croft

7-9 Mangarra Road, Canterbury


HO392 House

91 Maud Street, North Balwyn


HO393 House

1 Montana Street, Glen Iris


HO394 Roystead



HO395 Highton







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HO396 Haselmere



HO397 House



HO398 House

7 Muriel Street, Glen Iris


HO400 House



HO401 Warrawee

626-628 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell


HO402 House



HO403 Kinnoul

11-15 The Avenue, Surrey Hills


HO404 House

899 Toorak Road, Camberwell


HO405 House



HO406 House



HO407 House







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HO408 House

1/1297 Toorak Road, Camberwell


HO409 Kirklands

89 Union Road, Surrey Hills


HO411 Gooloowan

7 Victoria Avenue, Canterbury


HO412 Tarawara/Tarawera



HO413 House (formerly Surrey College, Norton)

12 Vincent Street, Surrey Hills


HO414 Guilford (Monserrat)

26A Wandsworth Road, Surrey Hills


HO415 The Knoll

50 Wandsworth Road, Surrey Hills


HO416 House

294 Warrigal Road, Glen Iris


HO417 House

452 Warrigal Road, Ashburton


HO418 Warranbine

125 Wattle Valley Road, Camberwell


HO419 House

136 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn






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HO420 Pontefract House

2 Hardwicke St, Balwyn (sometimes known as 199 Whitehorse Road)


HO421 House

127 Winmalee Road, Balwyn


HO422 Banff

150 Winmalee Road, Balwyn


HO423 Idlewylde, Mary’s Mount

41-45 Yarrbat Avenue, Balwyn


HO424 Streamshall (or Stramshall)



HO425 House

7 Elphin Grove, Hawthorn


HO426 Struan



HO427 Warrowitur

1 Neave Street, Hawthorn East


HO428 Rathgar

149 Victoria Road, Hawthorn East


HO429 Knottywood, Morley



HO430 Avenel, later Tower House

27 Anderson Road, Hawthorn East






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HO431 House

4 Ardene Court, Hawthorn


HO432 Norwood

14 Auburn Grove, Hawthorn East


HO433 House



HO434 House

191A and 191B Auburn Rd, Hawthorn


HO435 House



HO436 Mount Gambier



HO437 Houses

238-244 Barkers Road, Hawthorn


HO439 Devonia



HO440 House



HO441 Euroma



HO442 Victoria







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HO443 The Gables



HO444 Springfield



HO445 Berniston



HO446 House



HO447 Coolagong, Kimbolton

6 Brook Street, Hawthorn


HO450 Berwyn Flats

7 Glenroy Road, Hawthorn


HO452 House

15 Hastings Road, Hawthorn East


HO453 Frederick House

27 Illawarra Road, Hawthorn


HO454 Wexham, Inverary



HO455 Glenagh, Brockley



HO456 House







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HO457 Lennox Court, Park Court

11 Lennox Street, Hawthorn


HO458 House



HO459 Prospect House



HO460 Hallbower



HO461 House

17 Mason Street, Hawthorn


HO462 White Lodge

27 Mason Street, Hawthorn


HO463 St Andrews, Edradour

37 Mayston Street, Hawthorn East


HO464 Alvah, Illawarra, Berwick



HO465 Essington House



HO466 Tasma

7 Muir Street, Hawthorn


HO467 Stanmore

19 Oak Street, Hawthorn






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HO468 Rosedale, Fairmount Park

25 Oak Street, Hawthorn


HO469 Hirschell, Ilfracombe, Cora Lynn



HO470 House

20 Rae Street, Hawthorn


HO471 Leongatha



HO472 House



HO473 Wanbuno



HO474 Glendale, Cleverdon House

106 and 108 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn


HO475 Spreydon, Westley House



HO476 House

6 Summerlea Grove, Hawthorn


HO477 Noorat

534 Tooronga Road, Hawthorn East


HO478 Norrac

23 View Street, Hawthorn






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HO479 Surrey and Loyola

73 and 75 Wattle Road, Hawthorn


HO480 Victoria Bridge

Barkers Road, Kew


Yes - No

HO481 Hawthorn Bridge

Burwood Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO482 Rivoli Theatre

200 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East

- - - - YesRef No H1524

Yes - No

HO483 St Marks Anglican Church

1 Canterbury Road, Camberwell

- - - - YesRef No H2158

Yes - No

HO484 Tram Verandah Shelter

Cotham Road, Kew


Yes - No

HO485 Former Kew Cottages (Kew Residential Services)

Princess Street, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H2073

Yes - No

HO486 Maternal and Child Health Centre

21 Strathalbyn Street, Kew East


Yes - No

HO487 Wallen Road Bridge

Wallen Road, Hawthorn


Yes - No

HO488 Dights Mill Site

Off Yarra Boulevard, Kew

- - - - YesRef No H1522

Yes - No

HO489 Burwood Road Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Burwood Road (part)






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HO490 Swinburne Technical College, former Administrative Building

John Street, Hawthorn


HO491 Glenferrie Road Commercial Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Glenferrie Road (part), Burwood Road (part) and Lynch Street (part), 1 Alfred Street, 2A Bowen Street, 2 Liddiard Street, Wakefield Street (part).


HO492 Lisson Grove Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Lisson Grove (part)


HO493 Manningtree Road Precinct, Hawthorn

Includes Manningtree Road (part)


HO494 West Hawthorn Village Precinct

Includes Burwood Road (part)


HO497 Camberwell Melbourne & Metropolitan Tram Board (MMTB) Depot

160-170 Camberwell Road and 12-14 Council Street, Hawthorn East


HO498 Charing Cross Buildings

202-210 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East

Yes No No No No No - No





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HO499 Pepperell’s Buildings

217-223 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East


HO500 Simpson’s Buildings

222-232 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn East (also 481-491 Riversdale Road)


HO502 Baptist Church

432 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn East


HO503 Dillon’s Building

493-503 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell (also numbered 554-564 Burke Road)


HO505 Burke Road North Commercial and Transport Precinct, Camberwell

Includes Auburn Parade (part), Burke Road (part), Cookson Street (part).

Yes No No Yes No No - No

HO506 Camberwell Civic and Community Precinct


HO516 420 Camberwell Road, Camberwell

Sports ground including 1920s and 1930s grandstands

No No No No No No No No

HO520 Kew Junction Commercial Heritage Precinct

Includes properties (in part) with frontages to High Street, Cotham Road and Fenton Way.






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HO522 14-16 Princess Street, Kew Yes No No No No No No No

HO523 Alexandra Gardens

70 Cotham Road, Kew


HO525 Clutha Estate Precinct, Kew

Includes Edgecombe Steet (part), Carson Street (part), Stevenson Street (part), Studley Park Road (part), Mackie Court, Younger Court


HO526 Denmark Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Barkers Road (part), Denmark Street (part), Foley Street (part), O’Shaughnessy Street (part)


HO527 High Street South Residential Precinct, Kew

Includes High Street (part), Barkers Road (part), Bowen Street (part), Henry Street, Miller Grove


HO528 Howard Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Howard Street (part)


HO529 Queen Street Precinct, Kew

Includes Fenton Avenue (part), Gellibrand Street (part), Queen Street (part), Wellington Street (part)






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HO530 Yarra Boulevard Precinct, Kew

Includes Belvedere, Cameron Court, Carnsworth Avenue, Milfay Avenue, White Lodge Court, Yarra Street, Dunlop Avenue, Fenwick Street (part), Holroyd Street (part), Molesworth Street (part), Stawell Street (part), Studley Avenue (part), Yarravale Road (part), of Hume Street (part)


HO532 Union Road Commercial Heritage Precinct


HO539 Masonic Centre

12 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell

Yes No No No No Yes No No

HO561 Emulation Hall

3 Rochester Road Canterbury

- - - - YesRef No H2298

Yes - No

HO570 Former Hawthorn Motor Garage

735 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn

- - - - YesRef No H2296

Yes - No

HO571 St Faiths Anglican Church

8 Charles Street Glen Iris

- - - - Yes Ref No H2254

Yes - No

HO572 Kew War Memorial

High Street and Cotham Road Kew

- - - - YesRef No H2035

Yes - No

HO580 Robert Cochrane Kindergarten

2A Minona Street, Hawthorn

No No No No Yes Ref No H2309

No - No

HO534 Union Road Residential Precinct

Part of Union Road, Surrey Hills






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HO535 Surrey Hills North Residential Precinct

Part of Chatham, Croydon, Empress, Guildford, Junction, Kingston, Mont Albert, Sir Garnet and West roads; part of Sunbury Crescent, in Surrey Hills and Canterbury


HO536 Canterbury Hill Estate Precinct

Part of Albert, Bristol, Compton, Hocknell and Queen streets; part of Highfield, Prospect Hill, Riversdale and Wattle Valley roads, in Surrey Hills, Canterbury and Camberwell


HO541 Former Hawthorn Post Office


Yes No No No No No No No

HO542 Former Hawthorn Returned Sailors and Soldiers Club



HO543 Shops



HO544 Dental Surgery



HO546 House



HO547 Kew Tram Depot

55-75 Barkers Road, Kew






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HO552 Shop

2 High Street, Kew


HO553 House

50 High Street, Kew


HO554 House



HO555 House



HO556 House

110 Princess Street, Kew


HO559 Kew Jewish Centre (Bet Nachman Synagogue)



HO563 House

52 Fellows Street, Kew

Yes No Yes No No No No No

HO588 27 Canterbury Road, Camberwell No No No No No No No No

HO589 Former State Savings Bank andResidence

1395 Toorak Rd, Camberwell


HO590 Grange Avenue Residential Precinct

2-10 Grange Avenue, Canterbury






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HO592 Former Canterbury Brickworks housing

52-58 Rochester Road, Canterbury


HO594 Former Astolat Ladies’ College

59 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East

Yes No No No No Yes No No

HO595 Riversdale Hotel

277 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn (footprint of three-storey hotel and two-storey addition to east end Riversdale Road frontage, i.e. 1888 extent of property)


HO596 Former butcher's shop and residence

287-289 Auburn Road, Hawthorn


HO597 Gallery House

23 Morang Road, Hawthorn


HO598 Makin House

45 Morang Road, Hawthorn


HO599 Tower Hotel

686-690 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn East


HO601 Herborn House

88 Pleasant Road, Hawthorn East

Yes (due to retention of limewash; when repainting limewash should be used oncement/concrete surfaces)

No No No No No No No





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HO602 5 Eamon Court, Kew No No No No No No No No

HO603 Timber Shop



HO604 Austin Bramwell Smith House

8 Orford Avenue, Kew


HO607 1363 Burke Road, Kew No No No No No No No No

HO605 House

15 Deepdene Road, Deepdene


HO614 House



HO616 House

300 Balwyn Road, Balwyn North


HO617 House

23-25 and part of 27 (TP 129339) Canterbury Road, Camberwell


HO619 Houses

29 & 31 Parkhill Road, Kew


HO620 House

7 Leura Grove, Hawthorn East


HO633*

Expiry Date: 31/08/2016

House

64 Durham Road, Surrey Hills






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HO635*


House



HO649*


House



HO652*

Expiry Date:31/03/2017

House

25A Mason Street, Hawthorn

No No No Yes – original fences

No No No No





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HO608 Scotch College

491 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn

Significant buildings with a 10 metre curtilage around each building envelope, including:

Junior School (former Preparatory School), 1917 Callantina Lodge and Gates, 1917 Senior School and quadrangle, 1920-26War Memorial Hall, 1920-26School House and McMeckan House, 1925 Littlejohn Memorial Chapel, 1934-36Health Centre and Residences, 1935-36John Monash Gates and Lodge, 1936Arthur Robinson House, 1937-38Shergold Building (former Sub-Primary Building), 1956

Contributory buildings with a 10 metre curtilage around each building envelope, including:

Laundry (former rear wing of 'Glen House'), 1875 TDP (former Gymnasium), 1920-26





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