37 Ross Street

Location

37 Ross Street, Surrey Hills,Boroondara City

Level

Incl in HO area contributory

Statement of Significance

HO229 Ross Street Precinct, Surrey Hills

The Ross Street Precinct, Surrey Hills, is of heritage significance for the following reasons:

-The place is a notable example of a generally intact interwar timber bungalow precinct, albeit also containing some brick residences from the same period.

- The place is strongly representative of development in Camberwell during the interwar period. It is conspicuously predicated on a commuter workforce, being next to a tramline, and relatively close to the electrified railway and with uniform driveway provision for the car.

-The place strongly reflects the Camberwell municipal by-laws of the time which enforced consistency in lot size and house siting on the lot.

- Its largely timber character is in strong contrast to the brick residential estates in the rest of the former Camberwell municipality.

- The place is a predominantly intact interwar landscape containing concrete roads and footpath paving and mature street trees.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House