appian way conservation area - Burwood Council

1.1 Description of the Conservation Area
Burwood Consolidated DCP Pt 4 - Appian Way Conservation Area
The original Hoskins’ Estate dating from the early 1900’s consisted of 39 allotments, with 36
houses fronting Burwood Road, Appian Way and Liverpool Road plus a recreation reserve.
The properties are large, ranging from a quarter acre to three-quarters of an acre, (0.1ha to
0.3ha). They are irregularly shaped.
Figure 2: Aerial View of Appian Way taken in the late 1930s.
The Conservation Area currently comprises 41 houses, 31 of which are reasonably intact, a
recreation area consisting of three lawn tennis courts with a weatherboard pavilion, and
landscape elements such as street trees and picket fences. Five (5) houses (nos. 70-78
Liverpool Road, southern side) within the Conservation Area are not in the Hoskins Estate
but in the Austinlee Estate and three (3) houses of the original estate fronting Liverpool Road
are not in the Conservation Area.
1.2 Existing Heritage Recognition
The decision to prepare a draft LEP was based on:
A “Classified” listing by the National Trust of Australia, (NSW) for the “Appian Way
Precinct” (September, 1977), (as covered by the draft LEP); and “the Appian Way
Urban Conservation Area” (covering a larger area and including properties along
Burwood Road and Wyatt Avenue, Burwood) (March, 1981);
Listing on the Australian Heritage Commission’s Register of the National Estate of
“The Appian Way Precinct”;
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