Hassets Estate Precinct Extension
693-721B Riversdale Road and 704-724 Riversdale Road and 1D Cooloongatta Road and 2A Elphin Grove CAMBERWELL, BOROONDARA CITY
Hassett's Estate, Camberwell
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Statement of Significance
Hassett's Estate with its range of 1920s-30s house styles, concrete roads, roadway plantations, and custom-made lighting, was one of the outstanding subdivisions of 1920s Camberwell and inspired much of the later building form, subdivision and street design for the suburb. Historically the estate exemplifies the high-quality estates of the eastern suburbs, many of which were designed around the new transport facilities provided by electric tramways.
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Hassets Estate Precinct Extension - Physical Description 1
Elphin Grove
The street has concrete roads, Camphor Laurel trees, and Bungalow era housing, some of brick and stucco, some altered.
Byron Street
This street has a collection of Bungalows at the south end, mainly brick, and then Edwardian villas in timber extending along the east side. Patchy quality, not considered part of precinct. Of note is Number 19, with original stained shingling in the Californian Bungalow manner and part original fence.
Catherine Street
The street has a concrete roadway, Bungalow era housing of brick and stucco, with original fences, rockeries and some gardens. Stylistically, the range is from Indian Bungalow to Californian Bungalow with some Italian villa styles and Old English, specifically Number 20. Number 20 is individually notable for its picturesque massing.
Quantock Street
The street has Californian Bungalows, such as Number 7, but these are intermixed with newer development, unrelated visually.
Alta Street
The street has a concrete roadway, Camphor Laurel street trees and a strong character towards the east end of the street with Mediterranean villas, Spanish villas and Bungalows. Later housing in the estate uses Old English pattern, with tapestry brickwork and stucco and some masonry fences.
Burnside Avenue
The street has Indian Bungalow style stucco brick houses and some of the Old English style but with later development particularly dominant at the north end. There are some original fences.
Griotte Street
The street has a concrete roadway and Indian Bungalow style houses such as Number 19, in brick and stucco, also Old English style, as in Number 11.
Maysia Street
The street has a concrete roadway and stucco and masonry villas in Italian villa and Bungalow style. Individually notable houses include 25 in an Old English style and the house, Bon View, at the Hassett Avenue corner, Number 23. Housing west of Quantock Street is of a later period in general, with some earlier examples but without the strong character of other parts of the estate.
Riversdale Road (the Environs)
The shopping strip between Quantock Street and Hassett Avenue is not included, leaving residential areas to the east and west as well as adjacent corner shops. An area of similar interwar housing and corner store on the south side has also been included. These areas includes mainly stuccoed Moderne and Old English style houses with clinker brick intermixed, many of them semi-detached pairs. There is also some Italian villa style. Most houses are complete with masonry fences and some gardens. Shops range in style from Edwardian Free Style and Arts & Crafts to Moderne.Cooba Street
The street has a concrete roadway, Indian Bungalows, Californian Bungalows with some later Moderne style houses.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study: Vol. 2 Camberwell
Author: Context
Year: 2018
Grading: Local
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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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'NORWAY'Boroondara City
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1 Mitchell StreetYarra City
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