Camberwell Conservation Study 1991 Vol 3 - City of Boroondara

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Camberwell Conservation Study 1991- Significant Areas Precinct 17, Avenue Athol Street period expression of sites (expressed as,a percentage of the whole street) from the era 1916-40 is 62% (or History The Avenue Athol did not existin the MMBW 1904plan. 76% of identified sites only) with those from theVictorian & Edwardian Era (pre 1915) are 18% (23% identified Mangarra Road fell short of Mont Albert Road and only sites only)", The percentage of identified sites from the Rubens Grove ran the full distance between Canterbury and Mont Albert Roads. Largely vacant land ran between. core development era (1900-1930)is 92%. l Local resident surveyor-architect, Henry Parsons, surveyed Avenue Athol through this gap in 1906. Description 2 AvenueAthol Parsons, himself, lived in Kintore Street. 3 The street contains mainly Edwardian houses, many of Subsequent development was dominantly from the uncharacteristic (for Camberwell) timber construction, Edwardian era for the south end, near the East with some brick. There is also intrusive modem devel Camberwell Railway Station, while 1930s housing predominated at the other end of the street. opment, No. 7 being an example. Visually compatible 4 with this Edwardian housing is the Bungalow develop One notable resident, at the north end, was Brigadier ment which occurs further to the north on the commence Alwyn R. Garrett, who lived at 30 Avenue Athol in the ment of the concrete roadway. Here the Bungalow 1940s. 5 character becomes quite dominant. This character includes late 1920sIndian Bungalow and some Italian Villa AVENUEATHOL· CONCRETE ROAD, PATHWAYS ANDKERBS, OF THE BUNGALOWSECTION OF THE STREET 1 MMBWRP70 2 LP474l; DI900. Henry Parsons of George Parsons & Son 3 ibid. 4 see Site Schedule 5 WWA 1944;D1944-5 6 from 1986site schedule analysis
style houses, with many fences and gardens empathetic to the period. Significance Comprised of houses from the city's two main development periods (Edwardian and Bungalow eras), the designs are visually complementary and representative of major historical eras in the city's history. Camberwell Conservation Study 1991 - Significant Areas
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