653 Burke Road

1. Architecturally significant for the early use of Californian bungalow features and for the rare use of these features on a two storey mansion house design.

2. Significant for its illustration of the prominent construction on Hawthorn's major boulevard.

The Burke Road Precinct, Camberwell/Hawthorn East, is an area of heritage significance for 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 development including undistinguished buildings of post-WWII period.

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

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House