Somerville Road 20thCent Res Area

The Somerville Road 20th Century Residential Precinct is significant to the City of Maribyrnong because:
- it is one of the best preserved of the City's middle class inter-war residential enclaves and thus highly expressive of this era in the City's development as expressed by:
- decorative masonry and stucco walling,
- tiled roofing, hipped and gabled roof forms,
- low masonry front fences,
- detached siting set back in landscaped blocks,
- typical inter-war planting such as clipped evergreen shrubs and conifers,
- styles ranging from Tudor revival to Mediterranean villa,
- single 3m maximum width crossovers to garaging set at the back of the block accessed by side drives,
- concrete footpaths, kerb and channel, and - varying lot frontages, identical lot depths (Criterion A4);
- it contains individually historically significant places such as the Church of England and the former Stephen Stephens residence, the grounds of which once held the precinct (Criterion A4).

Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria

The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:

A.4 demonstrates well the course and pattern of history, important historic events

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct