5 Burke Road MALVERN EAST

Reference - Row of Federation Houses, GJM Heritage/Purcell (June 2017, updated 31 July 2018).

What is significant?

The row of Federation houses at 3-21 Burke Road, Malvern East, built from 1911 to 1914.

Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):

. The houses' original external form, materials and detailing

. The houses' high level of integrity to their original design.

Later alterations and additions to each of the dwellings, are not significant.

How is it significant?

The row of houses at 3-21 Burke Road, Malvern East is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

The houses at 3-21 Burke Road, Malvern East form a consistent and highly intact row of detached, modest Federation houses. Together they strongly reflect the Queen Anne style of the later Federation period popular in Malvern East and across Melbourne more broadly. The compositions of the houses and the consistent use of red brick walls and chimneys; terracotta tiles, roof ridging and finials; projecting bay windows; roughcast render and half-timbered gable-ends, are typical of the style (Criterion D).

The houses at 3-21 Burke Road, Malvern East form a unified group of modest Federation Queen Anne houses. The consistency of materials, together with the variety of detailing, such as roof forms, chimneys, projecting gable-ends and window bays, presents a highly picturesque streetscape of Federation houses (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House