Vail Street Precinct

Vail Street PRAHRAN, Stonnington City

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Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Vail Street Precinct - Physical Description 1

    Vail Street comprises a series of detached and semi-detached Edwardian houses set relatively close to the street. The repetition of the projecting gables of the houses combined with the red brick and render detailing and generally low timber picket fencing creates a consistent scale and form for this streetscape. The houses are typical of their period with some variation in design.
    
    The street itself is a T-shaped subdivision. Vail Street runs from Irving Avenue eastwards and up the hill ending at the back fence of what remains of the Larnook property. The street detailing retains some of the character of the Edwardian period with the simple use of asphalt and bluestone although the bluestone has been reset at a later date with wide mortar joints. The parallel rows of Prunus trees are small and insignificant in the overall quality of the streetscape. The entry to the street is created by a group of houses of the same period along Irving Avenue.
    
    

    Local Historical Themes

    Vail Street Precinct - Local Historical Themes

    8.1.3 The end of an era - mansion estate subdivisions in the twentieth century

    8.2.1 Mansion estates and the high ground

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Stonnington - Conservation Review City of Prahran Volume 3: Urban Conservation Areas

    Author: Context Pty Ltd
    Year: 1993
    Grading: Various

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  • HO152 - Vail Street Precinct - [conservation study and map]
    
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