Balmoral Avenue & Bell Street

31-95 & 32-102 BALMORAL AVENUE, and 457-471 & 448-488 BELL STREET, PASCOE VALE SOUTH, MORELAND CITY

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  • Physical Description 1

    Balmoral Avenue & Bell Street - Physical Description 1

    Address: 1-102 Balmoral Avenue
    457-471, 448-496 Bell Street
    
    The Balmoral Avenue Precinct is a predominantly residential Precinct, comprising single-storey, double -fronted brick and timber bungalows and villas dating from the late inter-War and immediate post-War period.
    Most of the brick housing demonstrates variations on bichrome themes: combinations of red, clinker, red tapestry and cream tapestry brick are used variously for face brickwork, corbelled eaves, gable-ends and decorative string courses on facades and front fences. Glazed terracotta tiles are the most common roofing material, and there is a mixture of timber and steel-framed windows. Of architectural note is the Waratah, 79 Balmoral Avenue, a cream brick villa with a hipped tiled roof. On its original double block, Waratah retains its original Castlemaine slate and wrought iron fence, and an original, or traditionally planted, large garden.
    The housing stock in Bell Street is similar, with notable examples No. 464, a waterfall front cream brick villa with curved bay windows, and No. 471, a double storey red brick house with a single-storey parapeted Moderne facade in cream and manganese brick, with a Corinthian porch.
    The only non-residential building in the Precinct is the two-storey row of Moderne bichrome brick shops with residences above, at 490-496 Bell Street.
    Most houses retain original or traditional front gardens; small, neatly trimmed exotic shrubs and hedge plants, often variegated, are common. Most houses retain original front fences, most commonly of red and cream brick, sometimes with wrought iron infill. Earlier examples are of timber and woven wire.
    Street planting in the Precinct is restricted to Prunus and a number of small natives in Balmoral Avenue. Footpaths, kerbs and in both streets are concrete.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review. Additional Precincts

    Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
    Year: 2001
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