Camberwell Conservation Study 1991 Vol 3 - City of Boroondara

Significance
Although mixed in period, the housing stock is visually
complementary (particularly the high growth eras of
Edwardian and Bungalow housing) and the street form is
representative of earlier housing estates, some of which
survive within the precinct as clear indicators of the
Victorian-era mansions which once prevailed here. The
estate isvaluable as a visual resource as wellas historically
indicative of previous development eras now no longer
obvious in the rest of the city.
This area has historic significance because it reveals
clearlythe process of subdivision and house-building over
several decades. The subdivision of the grounds around
Parlington, while the house itself survived amidst smaller
and newer homes, was a typical process now evident in
few other areas but expressed clearly here. Hence the
significance of this precinct. The area has added significance
in the experimental designs of Basil Hayler; his
designs for this area were forerunners of several private
town planning ventures in Camberwell. This precinct
demonstrates more clearly than elsewhere in the suburb
the several critical turning points in the history of subdivision
and house building and the distinctive estate layouts
typical of Camberwell.
Camberwell Conservation Study 1991 - Significant Areas