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21 Coppin Grove

Other Names

Invergowrie , Burwood

Location

21 Coppin Grove HAWTHORN, Boroondara City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
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Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
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Hawthorn Heritage study 1992

Statement of Significance

Significance of Individual Property

1. Amongst the oldest surviving mansion houses in Melbourne.

2. Possibly the best example of the domestic use of the picturesque Gothic Revival.

3. Significant for its association with Palmer, and McPherson.

4. A pivotal building in the development of Hawthorn, which had a major influence in the eventual garden suburb character.

5. The centrepiece of the St. James Park Subdivision.

6. One of the largest private gardens in Melbourne.

Significance of Gardens at Individual Property

The garden of "Invergowrie" is of metropolitan significance:

1. For the retention of the original layout and some garden ornaments - statue, fountain base, sundial.

2. For its mature and exotic trees, and

3. For the Aboriginal scarred trunk of River Red Gum in the front lawn.

HO163 St James Park Estate, Hawthorn

The St. James Park Estate, Hawthorn, is an area of heritage significance for the following reasons:

- The place is a Victorian-era mansion estate, developed in the second half of the nineteenth century as Melbourne's wealthier residents sought accommodation away from industry and the cramped living conditions of the inner-city, in a more physically desirable location, but still close to the city. Several of the streets offer broad views of Richmond and Hawthorn East.

- The place contains an exceptional number of individual buildings of historical and architectural merit including Victorian-era mansions as well as large Federation and interwar-era dwellings. Individually significant buildings include Invergowrie and its gate lodge, the Glucksburg trio, Hawthorn House and Zetland.

-The place has important historical associations with Sir James Palmer who erected Burwood (now Invergowrie), and George Coppin who subdivided and sold the area in 1871-1982.

- The place is representative of the growth of Hawthorn as a Victorian garden suburb from the 1850s up until to the interwar period.

-Development in the area also reflected its proximity to rail links (from the early

1860s) and the development of the tram network (c. 1912-3).

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