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32 Queens Avenue

Location 32 Queens Avenue CAULFIELD EAST, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2] 32 Queens Avenue Caulfield [2/2] 32 Queens Avenue Caulfield

Statement of Significance

The house at no. 32 Queens Avenue, Carnegie, was built in 1888 and formed one of an identical pair since demolished. It was built for and formed part of a land development scheme undertaken by one of Sir Matthew Davies greup of speculative companies known as the Freehold Investment and Banking Company of Australia Ltd. It is historically and aesthetically important.

It is historically important (Criterion A) as a rare surviving (Criterion B) <building recalling the land development activities of the Freehold Investment and Banking Company of Australia Ltd. This Company was important not only on account of its successful schemes that shaped the urban landscape of suburban Melbourne but also for its connections with Sir Matthew Davies, M.L.A. and his network of similar companies that prospered during the late nineteenth century land boom and engaged in misleading financial practices for the purpose of gaining quick profits.

It is aesthetically important (Criterion E) as an unusual terraced building form in Glen Eira that stands apart from its neighbours which were built predominantly after the tum of the twentieth century and which is further distinguished by the cast cement ornamentation applied to the central porch.