Charing Cross Buildings
204-210 Camberwell Road HAWTHORN EAST, BOROONDARA CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant
The Charing Cross Buildings are significant to the extent of their Camberwell Road facade and to a depth of one room behind that facade.
How is it Significant
The Charing Cross Buildings are historically and aesthetically significant to the City of Boroondara.
Why is it Significant
The Charing Cross Buildings are important as a product of the late Victorian boom period of development in the area as associated with the expansion and growth of Hawthorn and the Junction. They are an important streetscape element and of aesthetic distinction for their architectural modelling and the use of originally exposed brick with rendered ornament, albeit now all painted out.
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Charing Cross Buildings - Physical Conditions
This two storey row of shops was built for H Hutchins in c1889-90. This was a period of rapid population expansion, stimulated by the activities of building societies and land subdividers, facilitated by the extension of the suburban railway network.1 The first entry for the building in the Sands & McDougall Directory in 1891 lists the occupants as a dairy produce shop, draper, china dealer and butcher. The depression years saw vacancies in the building increase to as many as three out of the five tenancies in the late 1890s, returning to full occupancy by 1905. Originally numbered 168-176 Camberwell Road, the building was re-numbered around 1915.2
(R Elphinstone, Camberwell Junction Heritage Study, 1991, additional research by Lovell Chen, 2008)
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Camberwell Junction Heritage Study
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2012
Grading:
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FORMER ES&A BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0534
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CAMBERWELL COURT HOUSE AND POLICE STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1194
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SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTISTVictorian Heritage Register H1196
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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