Historical information
Originally labelled "Beauville Estate, Established 1936, Still Thriving 65 years on, 10th March 2001", the Beauville Estate Album contains colour photographs of houses in the Estate. They were taken around the time of the Beauville Estate’s 65th Heritage Celebration held on 10/03/2001 and donated to the Caulfield Historical Society shortly afterwards. Photographer unknown.
Glen Eira’s Heritage Management Plan by Andrew Ward (1996) Vol 2 p78 states that by the end of 1934, the first 3 houses had been built in this housing estate.
Significance
City of Glen Eira’s Heritage Management Plan Vol 2 p79 (p84 of the pdf version) – HO12 Beauville Estate and environs, Murrumbeena:
The Beauville Historic Area is important at the State level as the first large housing estate undertaken by the AV Jennings Construction Co, later Jennings Group Limited, Victoria’s largest home builder. It is important also as a very early estate development incorporating a range of features other than houses and including made roads, shops and recreation facilities. In this respect it was the forerunner of the comprehensively planned housing estate of the post war era.
The estate is distinguished by its aesthetic values, as is the earlier and comparable Hillcrest Estate, which are formed by a combination of restrained diversity in house styles, with the exception of no. 30 in the emerging International style, and by a landscaped garden environment.
Physical description
Colour photographs of house exteriors, as well as parks and tennis courts on the Beauville Estate.
Subjects
- murrumbeena,
- houses,
- beauville avenue,
- architectural styles,
- 1930's,
- inter war style,
- a.v. jennings,
- av jennings,
- jennings,
- brick houses,
- beauville estate,
- murrumbeena road,
- lindsay avenue,
- gloucester court,
- dalny road,
- a v jennings construction co,
- beauville estate heritage area,
- glen eira city council,
- architectural features,
- plans,
- shops,
- residential development,
- tennis courts,
- housing estates,
- builders,
- building regulations,
- local government,
- commercial development,
- history,
- maps,
- photographs,
- commercial establishments,
- jennings group limited,
- land subdivision,
- gardens,
- beauville historic area,
- sir albert victor jennings
References
- Glen Eira’s Heritage Management Plan by Andrew Ward (1996) Vol 2 p78-81 Note: p78-81are at p83-86 of the pdf. HO12 Beauville Estate and environs, Murrumbeena