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MONTCLAIR FLATS

Other Name

Conventional Flats, external stair

Location

321 DANDENONG ROAD,, PRAHRAN VIC 3181 - Property No 34887

Level

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430B Waverley Road, Malvern

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Montclair flats, 321 Dandenong Road, Prahran constructed in two stages by A.W. Richardson in 1921 and 1926, is significant. The significant attributes are the Arts & Crafts style form, materials and detailing of the flats and the low rendered brick fence to the front and side boundaries.

Later alterations and additions are not significant.

How is it significant?
Montclairflats areof local historic and architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
Historically, Montclair is one of the oldest residential flats in the City of Stonnington. As one of the first residential flats built on the north side of Dandenong Road it illustrates the first phase of development after World War I, which was concentrated along the electric tramway routes. (Criterion A)

It is historically and architectually significant as a building that illustrates the transition from external to internal stairs as a desirable feature of residential flats. Ordinarily residential flats have one or the other stair type and this building, built in two stages, is the only known example that combines the two arrangements thus illustrating the transition within a relatively short period. (Criterion A & D)

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