Old Warrandyte Road Heritage Precinct

The Old Warrandyte Road precinct, comprising the road reserve and private properties at 1-29 & 12-26 Old Warrandyte Road and 1-6 Cat Jump Road, Donvale.

How is it Significant?

The Old Warrandyte Road precinct is of local historic and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.

Why is it Significant?

The Old Warrandyte precinct has historic significance as evidence of the development of this area in the early part of the twentieth century for orchards, when trees such as pines were planted as windbreaks and for aesthetic effect. It has important associations with early landowners including the Zanders and Tully families, who were locally important orchardists and active within the community. (RNE A.4, D.2 and H.1)

The Old Warrandyte Road precinct has aesthetic significance as a most evocative cultural landscape, situated as it is within close proximity to suburban development. The rural character of the area is enhanced by remnant early fences and informal walking tracks. The now mature trees within the precinct are notable for their size and maturity, which collectively give the impression of being within a 'verdant canyon', which provides a powerful illustration of how the landscape in much of the study area would have appeared prior to suburban development and are an important contributory element within a broader cultural landscape that extends to Springvale Road in the east, Mitcham Road in the south and Wembley Gardens in the west. (RNE criterion E.1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House