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.
MURRUMBEENA VIDEO)
Shops at 227 Murrumbeena Road (Bev Baxter CHEMIST MURRUMBEENA PHARMACY) and 225 Murrumbeena Road (MURRUMBEENA VIDEO) are not included in HO12.

Significance

City of Glen Eira’s Heritage Management Plan Vol 2 p79 (this is 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 photograph of a group of commercial properties with ground level shops and upper level two toned brown, unpainted brick residences. The photograph taken from across the road includes the footpath and Bev Baxter chemist, Murrumbeena milk bar, Blue Sea fish and chip, and Leovorno Pizza as well as a section of a video store.

Inscriptions & markings

231 Hair Creations, LEOVORNO PIZZA / BLUE SEA FISH & CHIP / MURREMBEENA (sic) MILK BAR / Bev Baxter CHEMIST MURRUMBEENA PHARMACY / MURRUMBEENA VIDEO