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City of Glen Eira Post-War & Hidden Gems Heritage CITY OF GLEN EIRA POST-WAR & HIDDEN GEMS HERITAGE REVIEW 2020 STAGE TWO: CITATIONS Prepared for The City of Glen Eira DRAFT as at 11 February 2020 P O B o x 2 2 2 E m e r a l d 3 7 8 2 w w w . b u i l t h e r i t a g e . c o m . a u p h o n e 9 0 1 8 9 3 1 1 CONTENTS A: INTRODUCTION 5 A1 Background and Brief 5 A2 Authorship 5 A3 Acknowledgements 5 B: METHODOLOGY 7 B1 Stage One 7 B2 Stage Two 11 C: CITATIONS FOR PRE-WW2 PLACES (“HIDDEN GEMS”) 17 Duplex, 325/325a Bambra Road, Caulfield South 19 House, 380 Dandenong Road Caulfield North 23 Flats, 440 Dandenong Road, Caulfield North 27 Shops (group), 158-166 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North 31 Houses (pair), 195-197 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North 37 Flats, 575 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North 41 House, 35 Labassa Grove, Caulfield North 45 Flats, 1 Lockerbie Court, St Kilda East 49 House, 475 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena 53 House, 58 Norwood Road, Caulfield North 57 Flats, 213 Orrong Road, St Kilda East 63 Flats, 273 Orrong Road, St Kilda East 67 House, 15 Rockbrook Road, St Kilda East 73 House, 133 Tucker Road, Bentleigh 77 D: CITATIONS FOR POST-WW2 PLACES (“POST WAR”) 81 House, 335 Alma Road, Caulfield North 83 House, 386 Alma Road, Caulfield North 87 House, 27 Aroona Road, Caulfield North 91 House, 30 Aroona Road, Caulfield North 95 Flats, 53 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North 99 House, 64 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North 103 Flats, 124 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North 107 Office building, 219-221 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North 111 House, 16 Cantala Avenue, Caulfield North 115 St John’s Church, 624 Centre Road, Bentleigh East 119 House, 780 Centre Road, Bentleigh East 125 House, 14-16 Clee Street, McKinnon 131 C I T Y O F G L E N E I R A H E R I T A G E R E V I E W 2 0 2 0 DRAFT AS AT 11/02/2020 3 House, 2 Edinburgh Road, Caulfield 135 House, 23 Edinburgh Road, Caulfield 139 House and flats, 61-63 Gordon Street, Elsternwick 143 House, 30 Griffiths Street, Caulfield South 147 St Margaret’s Church, 106 Hotham Street, St Kilda East 151 Caulfield Synagogue, 572 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North 157 House, 6 Keeron Street, Caulfield South 163 House and flats, 218 Kooyong Road, Caulfield 167 House, 6 Labassa Grove, Caulfield North 171 House, 30 Loch Avenue, St Kilda East 175 House, 40 Lumeah Road, Caulfield North 179 House, 58 Lumeah Road, Caulfield North 185 House 82 Lumeah Road, Caulfield North 189 Murrumbeena Baptist Church, 44 Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena 193 Flats, 70 Orrong Crescent, Caulfield North 199 House, 49 Rosemont Avenue, Caulfield North 203 Kadimah Cultural Centre, 7 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick 207 E: CITATIONS FOR PRECINCTS 213 Aroona Road Modernist Precinct, Caulfield North 215 Wimbledon Estate Precinct, Bickham and Wimbledon Courts, St Kilda East 223 Findon Avenue Precinct, Caulfield North 233 Grimwade Court Precinct, Caulfield North 243 Murrumbeena Village Precinct, Neerim and Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena 251 4 DRAFT AS AT 11/02/2020 C I T Y O F G L E N E I R A H E R I T A G E R E V I E W 2 0 2 0 A: INTRODUCTION A1 BACKGROUND & BRIEF In early 2019, the City of Glen Eira commissioned a major heritage review, to be made up of three stand-alone components. The second of these, designated as Project Two but informally known as the Post-War and Hidden Gems Review, was further divided into two separate tasks: To compile a list of post-WW2 place of potential heritage significance, relying principally on desktop research, as well as places nominated by others (including council staff, the Glen Eira Historical Society, and member of the public) To review an existing list of pre-WW2 places of potential heritage significance, nicknamed the “Hidden Gems”, which had been nominated by Council staff, the Glen Eira Historical Society and members of the public The places on these respective lists were to be subject to basic fieldwork, coupled with preliminary historical research and comparative analysis, to establish which represented the most worthy candidates for further and more rigorous assessment, with a view to applying a heritage overlay. The budget for Stage One of the project allowed for a brief preliminary datasheet (referred to as an Outline Citation) to be prepared for the top fifty post-WW2 places, and the top fifty “Hidden Gems”. From this combined total of one hundred places, fifty were to be selected for more rigorous assessment in the form of full-length heritage citations. These full-length citations, with a complete history, description, comparative analysis and Statement of Significance, would be completed as Stage Two of the project. A2 AUTHORSHIP This review was undertaken by Simon Reeves, director and principal of Built Heritage Pty Ltd. A3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The consultants would like to thank the following for their assistance with this project: Ms Felicity Watson Advocacy Manager, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Mr Tony Lee Founding Executive Director, Robin Boyd Foundation Ms Barbara Hoad President, Glen Eira Historical Society, Inc Ms Anne Kirkpatrick Vice President, Glen Eira Historical Society, Inc Mr Robin Grow President, Art Deco & Modernism Society, Inc Professor Alan Pert Director, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne We would also like to thank architects Leon Fink and Tony Styant-Browne for generously sharing their recollections of architectural projects that they undertook so many years ago. C I T Y O F G L E N E I R A H E R I T A G E R E V I E W 2 0 2 0 DRAFT AS AT 11/02/2020 5 6 DRAFT AS AT 11/02/2020 C I T Y O F G L E N E I R A H E R I T A G E R E V I E W 2 0 2 0 B: METHODOLOGY B1 STAGE ONE PRE-WW2 PLACES (“HIDDEN GEMS”) “Hidden Gems” was the term adopted by the City of Glen Eira to refer to a working list of places of potential heritage significance erected prior to 1945, which had variously been nominated by Council staff, the Glen Eira Historical Society, property owners, and members of the public. Some of the Hidden Gems had been previously been identified in Andrew Ward’s City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan (1996), either with an existing citation that did not result in a heritage overlay being applied, or as a C-graded place for which a citation has not yet been prepared. The original Hidden Gems document consisted of 53 places (or groups of places) as follows. They are listed here in the original order (ie, alphabetical by suburb rather than street name), with the dates that were provided. House, 14 Atkinson Street, Bentleigh (1890) House, 133 Tucker Road, Bentleigh (1885) Houses, 195-197 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield (1939) House (Oak Tree House) and oak tree, 258 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield (no date) Shops, 969-985 Glenhuntly Road, (no date) House, 438 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield (1928) House, 488 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield (1914) House, 1 Lockhart Street, Caulfield (1930) House, 176 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North (1933) House, 83 Lumeah Road, Caulfield North (1933) Flats, 561-575 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North (no date) House, 576 Inkerman Road, Caulfield North (1880) House, 91 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North (1923) House, 19 Waiora Road, Caulfield North (1915) House, 4 Findon Avenue, Caulfield North (1941) House, 284 Orrong Road, Caulfield North (1917) Houses (group), Grimwade Court, Caulfield North (1930s) House and tree, 80 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North (1914) House, 58 Norwood Road, Caulfield North (1900) Flats, 273 Orrong Road, St Kilda East (1934) Flats, 213 Orrong Road, St Kilda East (1926) House, 259 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North (1918) House, 380 Dandenong Road, Caulfield North (1914) Flats, 440 Dandenong Road, Caulfield North (1940) Shops, 158-160 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North (1936) Shops, 162-166 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield North (1930) House, 69 Howitt Road, Caulfield North (1919) House, 11 Labassa Grove, Caulfield North (1917) House, 35 Labassa Grove, Caulfield North (1917) Duplexes, 5-7 Linlithgow Avenue, Caulfield North (1938) House, 44 Narong Road, Caulfield North (1908) C I T Y O F G L E N E I R A H E R I T A G E R E V I E W 2 0 2 0 DRAFT AS AT 11/02/2020 7 Houses (group), Calista Court, Elsternwick (1930s) House, 48 Hartigan Street, Elsternwick (1895) House, 54 Hartigan Street, Elsternwick (1895) House, 24 Parkside Street, Elsternwick (1915) House, 2 Malacca Street, McKinnon (1928) House, 475 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (1880) Houses (group), 1-18 Wahroonga Crescent, Murrumbeena (1920s/30s) House, 23 Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena (1918) House, 29 Murrumbeena Road, Murrumbeena (1918) House, 526 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (1915) House, 532 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (1910) Shop, 430-432 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (no date) House, 23 Weeroona Road, Murrumbeena (1927) House, 533 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (1935) House, 30 Carlyon Street, Ormond (1890) House, 51 Carlyon Street, Ormond (1890) House, 261 Grange Road, Ormond (1900) Caulfield Grammar School (St Kilda East Campus), 217 Glen Eira Road, St Kilda East (no date) Flats, 78 Hotham Street, St Kilda East (1910) Flats, 1-7 Lockerbie Court, St Kilda East (1936-37) House, 219 Orrong Road, St Kilda East (1922) House, 15 Rockbrook Road, St Kilda East (1923) The original list of 53 properties subsequently increased with three further nominations: Duplex, 325/325A Bambra Road, Caulfield South – assumed post WW2 but since dated as 1940 Shops, 476-486 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (no date) Shop (Wardrop’s Building), 77-79 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena (1921) As the first stage in the filtering process, this list of 56 places was reviewed to eliminate those places for which, at face value, there appeared to be no compelling basis for local significance.
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