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Elsternwick Estate and Environs Precinct

Location

ACACIA STREET AND ALLISON ROAD AND BEAVIS STREET AND CARRE STREET AND CURRAL ROAD AND ELIZABETH STREET AND GLEN EIRA ROAD AND GORDON STREET AND HOTHAM STREET AND KING STREET AND LISCARD STREET AND LONG STREET AND MAY STREET AND MAYSBURY AVENUE AND ORRONG ROAD AND REGENT STREET AND ST GEORGES ROAD AND SANDHAM STREET AND SINCLAIR STREET AND STANILAND GROVE AND VILLIERS STREET ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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2

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Elsternwick Estate and Environs Precinct consists of an enclave of fine residential, other non-domestic buildings and original fences from the Victorian, Federation and Interwar periods.
Contributory places:
Acacia Street: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18
Allison Road: 1, 1A, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19A, 20
Beavis Street: 11, 15, 17, 19
Curral Road: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17
Curral Place: 14, 16
Elizabeth Street: 1, 1A, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58
Glen Eira Road: 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 202, 204, 206, 216
Gordon Street: 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, railway footbridge
Hotham Street: 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190,
King Street: 3, 6
Liscard Street: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Long Street: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24
Maysbury Ave: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A, 8, 10
Orrong Road: 39, 41, 43, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 65, 67, 71, 73, 77, 1/78, 79, 81, 82, 83, part 84-86, 85, 87, 88, 88A, 89, 91, 97, 101, 107, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129
Regent Street: 1-22, 24-33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54-66, 68-75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84
St Georges Rd: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 21, 23, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42-61, 63-80, 82, 83, 84
Sandham Street: 1, 2, 5, 7, 16, 18, part 19, 20, 21, 23
Sinclair Street: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 16-20, 22, 24
Staniland Grove: 1, 3, 5-5A, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 20A, 22
Villiers Street: 1-24

How is it significant?

The Elsternwick Estate and Environs Precinct is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Glen Eira.

Why is it significant?

The Elsternwick Estate and Environs Precinct is historically significant for its nineteenth and early twentieth century building stock and to the extent that it demonstrates a past way of life. The fabric of the Precinct demonstrates the following historic themes which contribute to its significance:

Mid nineteenth century formation of country residences for which Caulfield is noted;
Late nineteenth century “Boom” development of residential subdivisions;
The collapse of the Land Boom and of its land development schemes and deals which became the subject of criminal charges;
The provision of public services including pitched roads;
The Edwardian residential associated with the economic revival of that period;
The pattern of residential development over time leading to a diverse socio-economic profile expressed in the range of house sizes and types; and
The development of religious, recreational and social institutions throughout the history of the Area.
(Criterion A, D and E)