Urquhart Estate, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Surname/tag: Australia

The Urquhart Estate, of 12.5 ha, was established by surveyor William Swan Urquhart^[1][2], and was an area that extended between Glenferrie and Auburn Roads, Hawthorn^[3][4]. It is thought that the land was previously used as a Chinese market garden, and indeed a Chinese restaurant in Burwood Rd, backing onto the Urquhart Estate, operated a market garden ajacent to Kent St for many years. Several covenants originally applied to the Urquhart estate: houses had to be of a solid brick construction and have tiled roofs; and along the street that formed the Southern boundary, called 'The Boulevard' houses could only be built on one side of the road and a large cypress hedge was to maintained on the other side.^[5] These requirements seem to have been abandoned since about the 1990s, and no restrictions now seem to apply^[6], although the old estate is still seen as a heritage area within the suburb.

Croll-284 03:33, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography accessed 17 Sep 2020
2. ↑ Public Records Office of Victoria accessed 17 Sep 2020
3. ↑ The story of the Urquhart Estate accessed 17 Sep 2020
4. ↑ Essay on William Urquhart accessed 17 Sep 2020
5. ↑ Personal oral communication ICH Croll
6. ↑ Hawthorn Heritage Study 1993, Volume 1A: Main Report accessed 17 Sep 2020

The Urquhart Estate, of 12.5 ha, was established by surveyor William Swan Urquhart^[7][8], and was an area that extended between Glenferrie and Auburn Roads, Hawthorn^[9][10]. It is thought that the land was previously used as a Chinese market garden, and indeed a Chinese restaurant in Burwood Rd, backing onto the Urquhart Estate, operated a market garden ajacent to Kent St for many years. Several covenants originally applied to the Urquhart estate: houses had to be of a solid brick construction and have tiled roofs; and along the street that formed the Southern boundary, called 'The Boulevard' houses could only be built on one side of the road and a large cypress hedge was to maintained on the other side.^[11] These requirements seem to have been abandoned since about the 1990s, and no restrictions now seem to apply^[12], although the old estate is still seen as a heritage area within the suburb.

Sources

1. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography accessed 17 Sep 2020
2. ↑ Public Records Office of Victoria accessed 17 Sep 2020
3. ↑ The story of the Urquhart Estate accessed 17 Sep 2020
4. ↑ Essay on William Urquhart accessed 17 Sep 2020
5. ↑ Personal oral communication ICH Croll
6. ↑ Hawthorn Heritage Study 1993, Volume 1A: Main Report accessed 17 Sep 2020
7. ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography accessed 17 Sep 2020
8. ↑ Public Records Office of Victoria accessed 17 Sep 2020
9. ↑ The story of the Urquhart Estate accessed 17 Sep 2020
10. ↑ Essay on William Urquhart accessed 17 Sep 2020
11. ↑ Personal communication ICH Croll
12. ↑ Hawthorn Heritage Study 1993, Volume 1A: Main Report accessed 17 Sep 2020