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Location927 Toorak Road CAMBERWELL, BOROONDARA CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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What is Significant?
The dwelling and fence of 927 Toorak Road, Camberwell is significant
to the City of Boroondara as an interwar dwelling constructed in 1925
for the Lum family.
How is it significant?
927 Toorak Road, Camberwell, is of historical, architectural and
aesthetic significance to the City of Boroondara.
Why is it significant?
927 Toorak Road is historically significant as it demonstrates the
growth and residential development of Camberwell during the interwar
period. (Criterion A) 927 Toorak Road is architecturally significant as an intact example
of a transitional interwar bungalow that successfully combines the
characteristics of the earlier Federation Queen Anne with the later
Californian Bungalow style to produce an interesting interwar dwelling
type. As an intact California Bungalow, the dwelling is an example of
the influence of aspects of American life and culture, mixed into the
Australian context. (Criterion D) The building is aesthetically significant for its adoption and
successful use of rocked-face concrete stonework, unusual to
Californian Bungalows within the municipality. (Criterion E)
Residential buildings (private)
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