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BOROONDARA PLANNING SCHEME

This document is an incorporated document in the Boroondara Planning Scheme pursuant to section 6(2)(j) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987

William Carey Chapel Statement of Significance

Heritage Place:

349 Barkers Road (part) Kew

PS ref no: HO808

What is significant?

‘The William Carey Chapel’ and its immediate grounds, 349 Barkers Road (off Daniell Place), Kew are significant to the City of Boroondara. The chapel is a post-war example of ecclesiastical building at a denominational school dedicated to the memory of alumnus lost to war. Designed by architects Cecil R. and Graham F. Lyons Pty Ltd, it possesses a high level of architectural integrity. The William Carey Memorial, a bronze bas relief image mounted on a boulder to commemorate the school’s namesake is a contributory landscape element. How is it significant?

‘The William Carey Chapel’ is of local historical, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Boroondara. Why is it significant?



‘The William Carey Chapel’ (1969-71) is of historical significance as it is representative of an established pattern of construction of architect-designed memorial chapels at denominational schools, immediately following both World Wars, and the associated losses inflicted upon those school communities by such conflicts in the City of Boroondara. (Criterion A) ‘The William Carey Chapel’ is a significant example of ecclesiastical architecture that is representative of the design ethos, optimism and architectural modernisation expressed in post-war period. The design features honesty of structure and material, clean lines and an overall sense of innovation in design characteristic of this period. The entire chapel complex is of aesthetic significance as a complete example of largely intact building, complete with memorial sculpture. (Criteria D & E) ‘The William Carey Chapel’ is of social significance for its associations with the memory of former school alumni, known as ‘Old Grammarians’, lost in World War II and ongoing connections with the wider Carey Baptist Grammar School community. The site on which the chapel is constructed, and the chapel itself, have remained in the continuous occupation of Carey Baptist Grammar School, since the construction of the chapel in 1969-71, and these strong associations continue today. (Criterion G) Primary source

City of Boroondara Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 4: Kew



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Urangeline (former Edzell, Mildura) Statement of Significance

Heritage Place:

349 Barkers Road (part) Kew

PS ref no: HO807


‘Urangeline’, originally known as ‘Edzell’ and later as ‘Mildura’, at 349 Barkers Road, Kew, is significant to the extent of its original fabric. The house was designed in 1883 by architectural practice Reed, Henderson & Smart for Scottish-born solicitor James C Stewart, and erected in 1884. The house was later owned by grazier Alexander McEdward, who renamed it ‘Mildura’ (1888-99), and then pastoralist Thomas Rand (1899-1922) who gave it its present name. The property was then purchased by the Baptist Union of Victoria to serve as the home for the newly established Carey Baptist Grammar School. The later alterations and additions associated with its institutional use are not significant. How is it significant?

‘Urangeline’ is of local historical, aesthetic, technical (creative), social and associative significance to the City of Boroondara, and potentially to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant?

‘Urangeline’ is of historical significance for its association with Carey Baptist Grammar School since 1922. The Baptist Union of Victoria acquired the property that year to serve as the home of its new denominational school, which officially opened in February the following year. It has been



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associated with the school since that time. It is also of social significance to Carey Baptist Grammar School students and alumni who hold strong associations with ‘Urangeline’. (Criteria A & H) ‘Urangeline’ is of creative significance as one of the very first, and the oldest surviving, example of the new Queen Anne style in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The style was strongly influenced by the English Domestic Revival designs by English architects Richard Norman Shaw and William Eden Nesfield, which in turn drew inspiration from picturesque English rural buildings and Tudor architecture. In Australia, the style was a reaction against what was considered ‘sham’ Victorian architecture, with cement render finishes and ornament singled out for special condemnation. Reed, Henderson & Smart were responsible not only for introducing the Queen Anne style to Melbourne, but they also led the revival in the use of red face brick, of which ‘Urangeline’ is also a very early example. ‘Urangeline’ is of associative significance as a demonstration of the practice’s seminal role during this period. (Criteria F & H) ‘Urangeline’ exhibits a number of features that would come to characterise the Australian version of the Queen Anne style, which became so popular in the late 1890s and early 1900s. These include picturesque asymmetrical massing, the combining of medieval motifs (such as the gable above the entrance) with classical ones (such as the segmentally arched windows with keystones, and triangular pediment to the entrance tower), tuckpointed red face brick walls and chimneys, turned timber verandah posts, and the decorative margin glazing to the sash windows. (Criterion E) Primary source

City of Boroondara Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 4: Kew



Bradford Estate Precinct Statement of Significance

Heritage Place:

Bradford Estate Precinct PS ref no: HO798


The Bradford Estate Precinct, which comprises 7-15 and 2-18 Bradford Avenue, Kew, is significant. The Bradford Estate was subdivided in 1916. The Precinct comprises a collection of gracious interwar houses of high-quality design, on generous allotments on the east side. A block of cream brick flats built by 1941 to an unusual design occupies 2 Bradford Avenue. The houses were all built between 1917 and 1928. Places of Contributory significance are listed in the attached schedule. Original front fences at 2, 10, and 18 Bradford Avenue are contributory. The original garages at 2 Bradford Avenue are also contributory. Non-original alterations and additions to the houses are not significant, including the second storey additions, non-original garages and carports, and high



brick front fences. Some of the front fences are sympathetic to the architectural style of the houses, but are not significant. How is it significant?

The Bradford Estate Precinct is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Boroondara. Why is it significant?

Historically, the Bradford Estate Precinct is significant for the evidence it provides of the pattern of settlement in this part of Kew during the early interwar period, which comprised subdivisions on the grounds of larger estates. The scale and high quality design of the houses and the flat building, and the ‘respectability’ epitomised by their architectural styles and associated elements, remain as important evidence of the strength of Kew’s development during the interwar period. (Criterion A) Architecturally, the Bradford Estate Precinct, Kew is significant for its concentration of gracious houses on generous allotments of high quality design and with a high level of integrity, comparable to other Precincts in Kew. Subdivided in 1916 and built largely during the 1920s, the Precinct features predominantly interwar building stock, with houses designed in styles that were fashionable during this time, including the Federation Arts and Crafts architectural style, which continued its popularity into the interwar period, and the interwar Mediterranean and Bungalow styles. The high quality design of many of the other houses in the precinct suggests architects or designer-builders may also have built them. (Criterion D) The architectural significance of the Precinct is enhanced by the architectural quality and integrity of many of the contributory places. Many of the houses retain original built features, including early and original front fences (at 2, 10, and 18 Bradford Avenue) and original garages at 2 Bradford Avenue which were an integral component of the original design for the flats. (Criterion D)



Primary source

City of Boroondara Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 4: Kew PRECINCT GRADINGS SCHEDULE Name Number Street Grading Built Date 7 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1917 9 Bradford Avenue Non-contributory 11 Bradford Avenue Non-contributory 13 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1921 15 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1918 Bradford Court 2 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1941 4 Bradford Avenue Contributory 1926 Rosemary Cottage

6 Bradford Avenue Contributory 1924

8 Bradford Avenue Contributory c.1926 10 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1928 14 Bradford Avenue Contributory c.1926 18 Bradford Avenue Contributory

1923



Goldthorns Hill & Environs Precinct Statement of Significance

Heritage Place:

Goldthorns Hill & Environs Precinct

PS ref no: HO803


The Goldthorns Hill and Environs Precinct comprises 60 Campbell Street; 1-25 and 2-26 Goldthorns Avenue; 1-11 Lady Lochs Drive; 47-97 and 52-88 Argyle Road; 66-74 Normanby Road; 31-37 Heather Grove; and 20 Victor Avenue, Kew. The Precinct is comprised of several subdivisions: the Monterey Estate (1888), the Normanby Heights Estate (1919), the Goldthorns Hill Estate (1925), the Goldthorns House Estate (c.1925-40), the Argyle Hill Estate (c.1936), and a subdivision of land in Argyle Road and Royston Court (c.1939). It includes a range of large to smaller family homes built in the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s in a mix of interwar domestic architectural styles. The first houses in the precinct were built in the mid-1920s in the fashionable California Bungalow idiom. The majority of the houses in the Precinct were however built during



the 1930s, many in the popular but conservative Old English, Georgian and Mediterranean revival styles, while many others were built in the more daring Moderne style. Places of individual significance within the Precinct are 97 Argyle Road, and 20 and 26 Goldthorns Avenue. Original front fences at 59, 61, and 88 Argyle Road, 60 Campbell Street, 7, 9, 10, 15, 20, and 26 Goldthorns Avenue, 11 Lady Lochs Drive, and 66 and 70 Normanby Road are contributory. Original garages at 59 Argyle Road, 7, 19, 22, 24 and 26 Goldthorns Avenue, and 33 Heather Grove are also contributory. Non-original alterations and additions to the houses are not significant. How is it significant?

The Goldthorns Hill and Environs Precinct, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Boroondara. Why is it significant?

The Goldthorns Hill and Environs precinct is historically significant for the evidence it provides of the pattern of settlement in this part of Kew during the interwar period, which were subdivided from the grounds of larger estates with grand mansions. The subject precinct is comprised of several subdivisions: the Monterey Estate, the Goldthorns Hill Estate, the Normanby Heights Estate, Goldthorns Estate, the Argyle Hill Estate, and a subdivision of land in Argyle Road and Royston Court. Not all the subdivisions resulted in immediate land sales until the interwar period, in particular the 1888 Monterey Estate. (Criterion A) Other precincts in Kew tell the story of the evolution of Kew as a residential suburb, but only the Goldthorns Hill and Environs Precinct, through its concentration of interwar housing stock in an eclectic range of house designs, has the ability to demonstrate the interwar part of the story of Kew’s suburban growth and development so comprehensively. The scale of many of the houses, and the ‘respectability’ epitomised by their architectural styles and associated elements, remain as important evidence of these historical processes and themes in the growth and development of Kew. (Criterion A) There are houses of individual significance within the Precinct, for their particularly high architectural quality and as fine and uncommon examples of their architectural style, some of which are particularly notable for the high level of intactness and integrity of the property as a whole. (Criterion D) 20 and 26 Goldthorns Avenue are individually significant as fine examples of their interwar architectural styles Moderne, and Old English, respectively. The high level of intactness of these properties includes their front fences, landscaping, and garages, which were included as their original design for 26 Goldthorns Avenue, and appear to also have been part of the original designs for 20 Goldthorns Avenue. ‘Argyle’ (formerly ‘Skye’) at 97 Argyle Road, built by 1930, comprises a single-storey brick and roughcast render Bungalow distinguished by unusual and visually arresting detailing on two brick bays with decorative parapets. The parapets are distinguished by their striking brick and render patchwork pattern, accentuated by the contrasting colours of the cream-painted render and rich red-brown brick. The house has been extended substantially, but its core form appears to include red brick foundations, roughcast rendered walls, with a glazed terracotta



tile hip roof, and timber sash windows with multi-paned upper sashes, and its distinguishing features remain legible in views from the street. (Criterion D) The architectural significance of the Precinct is enhanced by the architectural quality and integrity of many of the contributory places. Many of the houses retain original associated built features, including some original garages that were integral components of the original house designs (at 59 Argyle Road, 7, 19, 22, 24, and 26 Goldthorns Avenue, and 33 Heather Grove), and early and original front fences (at 59, and 88 Argyle Road, 60 Campbell Street, 7, 9, 10, 15, 20, and 26 Goldthorns Avenue, 11 Lady Lochs Drive; and 66 and 70 Normanby Road. (Criterion D). Primary source

City of Boroondara Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 4: Kew PRECINCT GRADINGS SCHEDULE Name Number Street Grading Built Date 52 Argyle Road Non-contributory 54-56, Argyle Road Contributory c.1925-30 58 Argyle Road Non-contributory 60-64 Argyle Road Contributory c.1925-30 78 Argyle Road Non-contributory 80, 82, 86 Argyle Road Contributory c.1930 Lyndon 88 Argyle Road Contributory c.1930 47 Argyle Road Contributory 1953 Leicester 49 Argyle Road Contributory c.1925-30 51 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1942 53 Argyle Road Contributory c.1925-30 55 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1942,

altered 57 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1935,

altered 59 Argyle Road Contributory c.1935 61 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1950s 65 Argyle Road Contributory c.1942 67 Argyle Road Non-contributory 69 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1935 71 Argyle Road Contributory c.1926-27 73 Argyle Road Non-contributory c.1935

(demolished) 75 Argyle Road Non-contributory Argyle (formerly Skye)

97 Argyle Road Significant c.1930

60 Campbell Street Contributory c.1935-37 1, 3, 7, 19 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1938 5, 15, 17, 25 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1942 9 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1942



Name Number Street Grading Built Date 11 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory c.1942 Lael 23 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1942 13 Goldthorns Av Contributory 1951 21 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory 2 Goldthorns Av Contributory 1952 4 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory 1947 6-8 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory 10 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1942 12 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory 1957 14 Goldthorns Av Non-contributory c.1938,

altered 16 Goldthorns Av Contributory 1938 18 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1938 20 Goldthorns Av Significant 1941 22 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1938 Berridale 24 Goldthorns Av Contributory c.1938 26 Goldthorns Av Significant 1938 31 Heather Grove Contributory c.1942 33, 35, 37 Heather Grove Contributory By 1945 1 Lady Lochs

Drive Non-contributory 1946

3 Lady Lochs Drive

Non-contributory After 1942

3a Lady Lochs Drive

Contributory 1952

5, 7 Lady Lochs Drive

Contributory 1935-38

9 Lady Lochs Drive

Non-contributory 1935-38

11 Lady Lochs Drive

Contributory c.1942

66-74 Normanby Road Contributory c.1925-30 20 Victor Avenue Contributory Post 1945

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