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6 Kitchener Street
6 Kitchener Street BALWYN, Boroondara City

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Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell & Hawthorn
Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell & Hawthorn
Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell & Hawthorn
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Statement of Significance

Provisional only

The residence at 6 Kitchener Street, Camberwell, is of local historical, scientific (technological) and architectural significance as a relatively early surviving example of a concrete residence. While relatively conventional in terms of its form and architectural style, the building incorporates some unusual features (projecting King post and slender verandah posts) which appear possibly to be related to its concrete construction.

Further physical and historical investigation is required to confirm its significance in this context.

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    • Physical Description 1

      6 Kitchener Street - Physical Description 1

      6 Kitchener Street, Balwyn, is a single storey double-fronted Edwardian bungalow. The reported concrete construction of the house has not been confirmed and a more detailed physical inspection is required.[i] External walls have a textured rendered finish. The roof is a steep bellcast hipped roof clad with corrugated galvanised steel; this relatively common roof form is distinguished in this case by an unusual combination of a King post, which projects through the apex of the roof, flanked by dormer windows and slender brick chimneys with rendered corbelled caps. The return verandah has slender tapered concrete posts and concrete floor. The end bay of the verandah is infilled and clad with fibre cement. The windows generally contain timber-framed double-hung sashes with casement sashes to the dormers. The entrance contains a glazed timber door and the enclosed section of verandah is accessed via a panelled timber door.

      Extensive additions have been constructed at the rear of the property. While visible, these additions are set well into the site, to the rear of the original residence.

      The property has a non-original picket fence and lych gate.

      [i] Note however that Graeme Butler's inspection confirmed concrete construction. Camberwell Conservation Study, 1991, Volume Four, p. 154.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Boroondara - Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn

      Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
      Year: 2006
      Grading: B

      Boroondara - Camberwell Conservation Study

      Author: Graeme Butler
      Year: 1991
      Grading:


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