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Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct
THE HIGHWAY (ALL) AND 519-521 CENTRE ROAD BENTLEIGH, GLEN EIRA CITY
Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct
THE HIGHWAY (ALL) AND 519-521 CENTRE ROAD BENTLEIGH, GLEN EIRA CITY
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Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct extends along both sides of The Highway and includes the adjoining houses to Centre Road.
The following features contribute to the significance of the precinct:
• Intact dwellings dating to the late Interwar period in a range of styles,
• Intact roof forms (hipped and/or gabled) and tiling (glazed terracotta and concrete),
• Original chimneys,
• Intact walls of face brick (red, clinker, cream, tapestry) and/or rendered (roughcast and smooth finishes),
• Original brickwork detailing (primarily banding),
• Original porches,
• Intact timber windows and doors. Two houses have decorative glass – lead lighting and/or stained glass,
• Original low front brick fences,
• Original garages,
• Original concrete driveways, especially those with a central grass island, and
• Original concrete crossovers, kerbing and guttering with exposed aggregate.
Contributory places:
• 519, 519A, 521 Centre Road
• 1A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 The Highway.
Non-contributory places:
• 2A, 19, 21 The Highway.
The following features contribute to the significance of the precinct:
• Intact dwellings dating to the late Interwar period in a range of styles,
• Intact roof forms (hipped and/or gabled) and tiling (glazed terracotta and concrete),
• Original chimneys,
• Intact walls of face brick (red, clinker, cream, tapestry) and/or rendered (roughcast and smooth finishes),
• Original brickwork detailing (primarily banding),
• Original porches,
• Intact timber windows and doors. Two houses have decorative glass – lead lighting and/or stained glass,
• Original low front brick fences,
• Original garages,
• Original concrete driveways, especially those with a central grass island, and
• Original concrete crossovers, kerbing and guttering with exposed aggregate.
Contributory places:
• 519, 519A, 521 Centre Road
• 1A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 The Highway.
Non-contributory places:
• 2A, 19, 21 The Highway.
How is it significant?
The Bentleigh Heights Estate Precinct is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Glen Eira.
Why is it significant?
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Heritage Study and Grading
Glen Eira Heritage Review of Bentleigh and Carnegie Structure Plan Areas (Residential)
Author: RBA Architects and Conservation Consultants
Year: 2019
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