631 Burke Road

1. Architecturally significant, as an example of; a large timber house in this predominantly brick area; as a rare surviving apparently oiled timber house.

2. Historically significant as an example of the landmark buildings constructed on the major Hawthorn boulevards.

The Burke Road Precinct, Camberwell/Hawthorn East, is an area of heritage significancefor the following reason:

- The stretch of residential development on Burke Road hill (south of Camberwell Junction) combines small numbers of Victorian and Federation houses with a series of interwar residences and flat blocks. These are interspersed with later developmentincluding undistinguished buildings of post-WWII period.

The area has retained a consistent residential scale, despite being adjacent to a major retailand business centre and on a major road.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House