Tram Verandah Shelter
Corner Balaclava and Orrong Roads CAULFIELD, Glen Eira City
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Statement of Significance
L.J. Flanagan, chief architect for the Trust, is presumed to have been responsible for its design. It is historically, aesthetically and socially significant.
It is historically significant, (Criterion A) as one of a group of three similar structures on the former Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust system recalling not only the existence of this authority as a tramway operator prior to the formation of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board in 1919 but also the earliest days in the provision of electric tramway services in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a rare structure of its type, comparing with the Arts and Crafts influenced timber shelters of later date and surviving today as the only cast iron posted street verandah in the Municipality, the cast iron frieze and ornamental columns and spandrels being representative of their period and complemented by the timber seat also characteristic of pre Second World War practice. It is socially significant (Criterion G) for its capacity to demonstrate an aspect of the early history of Melbourne's electric tramway system which has become a symbol of this City and valued by its citizens.
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Tram Verandah Shelter - Physical Description 1
An early cast iron and timber posted rest verandah having cast iron column supports at the kerb line, timber posts at the rear and a shallow lean-to roof. There is a cast iron lace frieze above the iron columns, angle iron roof frame and ripple iron rear wall lining with recent timber seats which are replicas of the surviving seats at the similar shelter in Cotham Road, Kew.
Tram Verandah Shelter - Physical Description 2
Condition: Good
Tram Verandah Shelter - Physical Description 3
Integrity: good
Tram Verandah Shelter - Historical Australian Themes
Public Services: Caulfield electric tramways
Heritage Study and Grading
Glen Eira - Caulfield Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
Year: 1994
Grading:
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GLENFERNVictorian Heritage Register H0136
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LABASSAVictorian Heritage Register H0135
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TRAM VERANDAH SHELTERVictorian Heritage Register H0174
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