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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

90yrs

Trees

30

Diameter

1m

Height - 30m

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Details

Common name
Common or European Beech
Botanical name
Fagus sylvatica
Type
Avenue
Condition
Good
Municipality
Yarra Ranges (VIC)
Location
Burnham Beeches 1 Sherbrooke Road Sherbrooke VIC 3789
Access
Restricted
Significances
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of germination
01 Jan 1935
Date of measurement
15 May 2013
Date of classification
03 Dec 2017

Statement of Significance

These two rows and two stands of 33 European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees is significant for aesthetic and historic reasons at Regional level. After these Beeches were planted in 1935, by gardener Joseph Wilson, the trees rapidly became an integral part of the Burnham Beeches estate and provide a fundamental contribution to the landscape design of that grand property. This planting of Beech trees has become a landmark in the Dandenong Ranges and along Sherbrooke Road, which is a key tourist route for local and international visitors.
This is the only known large planting European Beech trees in Victoria and complements Beech tree planting in the adjacent Burnham Beeches and Alfred Nicholas Gardens. Only four other individual Beech specimens are classified in Victoria.