Irving Estate Precinct

The Irving Estate Precinct, comprised of houses at 1-11 and 2-8 Bonar Avenue, 1-31 and 2-36 Bakers Parade, 22-26 Wales Street, and 9-29 and 2-12 McGregor Avenue, is significant. With respect to contributory properties, the facades, roof forms and setbacks of 1920s Bungalows dwellings are significant, as well as timber picket, stone and some earlier brick fences. Metal fences and some later brick fences the rear extensions are not significant.

Contributory properties include: 

Bakers Parade: 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16B, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35 and 36.

Bonar Avenue: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9.

McGregor Avenue: 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29.

Wales Street: 22, 24 and 26.

Non-contributory properties include: 

Bakers Parade: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22B, 24, 25, 27 and 28.

Bonar Avenue: 5, 8 and 11.

McGregor Avenue: 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, and 19.

The Irving Street Precinct is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

The Irving Estate Precinct is historically linked with the Irvine Estate subdivision, which was subdivided and progressively developed from 1913 through to 1945. This estate was created after the First World War, during a time of extensive housing development in West Brunswick with large areas taken up with timber bungalows and other interwar house styles. (Criterion A)

The Irving Estate Precinct demonstrates the principal characteristics of interwar period 1920s Bungalow style dwellings, with an array of features specific to the style including timber weatherboard, double fronted facing gable ends with timber panelling or shingles, low pitched roofs with Marseille terracotta tiles and tall face brick chimneys, rounded bay windows with timber shingles, sets of multiple timber windows grouped together with leadlight glass panes, and a brick or roughcast enclosed verandah with solid posts supporting a gable ended verandah roof. (Criterion D) The Irving Estate Precinct has aesthetic significance as a relatively intact and visually cohesive area of predominantly interwar period 1920s Bungalow style dwellings. These dwellings have a consistent scale, setback and materiality which creates a notable streetscape pattern, character and sense of cohesion. These qualities are enhanced by generally well-maintained front gardens. (Criterion E)