The Rialto Precinct
The Rialto MALVERN EAST, Stonnington City
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Statement of Significance
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The Rialto Precinct - Physical Description 1
The Rialto area is situated on a ribbon of land located between Waverley Road and the Glen Waverley railway line adjacent to the East Malvern Station. The streets form a crescent which borders the railway station reserve to the east and wraps around a strip of undeveloped land around the former open drain. The result is a precinct in which the area of developed land is matched by an equal area of lightly wooded parkland producing a quiet, almost rural character that is rare in inner suburban Melbourne.
The streets in the area are paved in bitumen with modern concrete footpaths and crossings. Kerbs and gutters are generally constructed of modern materials although evidence of earlier bluestone kerbs is present on the site. Nature strips are modest by local standards but are sufficient to extend the open and spacious atmosphere generated in the reserves up to and beyond the largely unfenced property boundaries. Private gardens share the same combination of native and exotic trees found on the reserve and the same sense of informality.
With the exception of the predominantly interwar residences on Waverley Road, housing stock in the area dates exclusively from the period between the late 1940s and the late 1960s. Consequently, the prevailing building type is the post-war, cream brick double fronted villa with terra cotta roofs and inexpensive steel window framing. The presence of a small number of more modern villas constructed in brick or block with low raking roofs that would become the staple of builders thorugh metropolitan Melbourne during the 1960s and 1970s provides additional interest (10 Oravel Avenue, 3 and 15 The Rialto West).
The area is especially noteworthy for its consistently. Only one recent construction exists in the area (479 Waverley Road). Otherwise, every house present on the site dates from the original subdivision. Furthermore, only three cases of substantial additions were encountered during site inspections. Recent first floor additions and external rendering of 14 Oravel Avenue have created a residence which is at odds in both scale and materials with other buildings in the group. First floor and ground floor additions to 477 Waverley Road and 26 The Rialto, respectively, are less conspicuous and are consequently of only minor detriment to the integrity of the area. Building stock throughout the area is in good condition, consistent with its location in a desirable sections of East Malvern.
The Rialto Precinct - Local Historical Themes
8.2.3 'The City of Real homes' - the development of Malvern after World War 1
Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - City of Stonnington Heritage Overlay Report (Stages 1-5) 1998
Author: Bryce Raworth P/L
Year: 1998
Grading: VariousStonnington - City of Malvern Heritage Study
Author: Nigel Lewis and Richard Aitken P/L
Year: 1992
Grading: Various
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