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CAMBERWELL COURT HOUSE AND POLICE STATION
311-317 CAMBERWELL ROAD CAMBERWELL, BOROONDARA CITY

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CAMBERWELL COURT HOUSE AND POLICE STATION SOHE 2008

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Statement of Significance

The Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex was designed by Public Works Department architect, Percy Everett; the complex was built by WA Medbury between 1938-39. The complex is in the Moderne style and is set on a diagonal axis. The buildings are constructed of red, brown and manganese bricks and contain Everett's trademark pattern detailing. The complex still retains a law enforcement function, as the court house is now used for tribunal work.

The Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex is of architectural importance to the State of Victoria.

The Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex is of architectural significance as an exceptionally fine and intact example of a building complex designed by notable architect, Percy Everett. Everett, the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department at the time, was influential in the design and evolution of Moderne style buildings in Victoria and the Camberwell Police Station and Court House Complex is an early and outstanding example of the style. The Camberwell Complex was influential in the development of style in Victoria and later examples of Moderne style buildings by Everett include the Shepparton Court House, the Sandringham Court House, the William Angliss School and Public Offices in Ballarat, all of which employ similar stylistic elements to those utilised by the Camberwell complex.

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Record Details

Place ID
1681
Location
311-317 CAMBERWELL ROAD CAMBERWELL, BOROONDARA CITY
Municipality
BOROONDARA CITY
Heritage Listing
Victorian Heritage Register
Level of significance
Registered
Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H1194

Heritage Overlay Numbers
HO28
Extent of Registration

AMENDMENT OF THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER
Heritage Register Number 1194:
Camberwell Police Station, Residence, Lock-Up and Court House
311-317 Camberwell Road
Camberwell
City of Boroondara
Heritage Place Category.
To the extent of:
1. To the extent of all of the building known as the Camberwell Police Station, Residence, Lock-Up and Court House marked B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-4 on Plan 600694 endorsed by the Chair, Historic Buildings Council and held by the Director, Historic Buildings Council.
2. All of the land marked L-1 on Plan 600694 endorsed by the Chair, Historic Buildings Council and held by the Director, Historic Buildings Council which is part of Portion 114 of Section 4 of Camberwell, Parish of Boroondara, County of Bourke, as gazetted in the Government Gazette No. 134, 8 June 1938.
[Victoria Government Gazette No. G29 25 July 1996 p.1922]
Year Construction Started
1938
VHR Registration
July 25, 1996
Architectural Style
Interwar Period (c.1919-c.1940) Moderne
Architect
Everett, Percy
Heritage Act Categories
Registered place
Category

Law Enforcement