Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club
132 Lower Heidelberg Road IVANHOE, BANYULE CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Ivanhoe Park Croquet club established in 1913 and containing a clubhouse and two croquet greens is significant. The Croquet club is set within the larger area of Ivanhoe Park and is fenced to the title boundaries.
How is it significant?
The Ivanhoe Park Croquet club is historically and socially significant to the City of Banyule. The Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club house and associated facilities are historically, socially and aesthetically significant to the City of Banyule.
Why is it significant?
The Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club is historically and socially significant as one of the earliest croquet clubs established in Victoria, as a reminder of the popularity of the sport of croquet during the early part of the 20th cerntury and because, for over 80 years, it has provided an important recreational space for local residents. (Criteria A, B, G & H)
The Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club house is historically significant as a reminder of the popularity of the sport of croquet during the early part of the 20th century and because, for over 80 years, it has provided an important recreational space for local residents (Criteria A, G & H).
It is aesthetically significant as the oldest section of the Croquet club, (which was one of the earliest croquet clubs established in Melbourne) and as an example of an early 20th century recreational club room. (Criteria A, B & E)
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Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club - Physical Description 1
The Ivanhoe Park Croquet Club at Ivanhoe Park has a single storey clubhouse building andon the south side there are two croquet greens. The oldest part of the clubhouse building, at the east end, is a weatherboard single room structure with a gabled corrugated iron roof, to which has been added a larger pressed metal gabled building with a timber-framed verandah. The older building has been converted for use as a kitchen, and the 1930s building is the meeting and locker room. A doorway and servery connects the two buildings. A skillion has also been added to the north and east sides of the older section for toilet and storage facilities. The building is set within a part of Ivanhoe Park near the corner of Lower Heidelberg Road and The Boulevard. Adjacent to the croquet club are tennis courts and a small area of parkland is located on the corner.Heritage Study and Grading
Banyule - Banyule Heritage Review
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2009
Grading: Local
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RAVENSWOODVictorian Heritage Register H0199
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HEIDELBERG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H2077
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MOUNT EAGLE ESTATEVictorian Heritage Register H2104
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