Masterplan

SENIOR SCHOOL UPGRADE

The Preshil master plan was endorsed by the City of Boroondara in December 2006. As we move towards 2011 Preshil is embarking on an exciting period of physical development at the Senior School Campus to provide additional space and teaching resources. Preshil will undertake a programme of capital works that adds to the quality of Preshil education and increase the facilities available to students on both sites.

The master plan addresses a programme of works including:

• a design and technology facility
• a new E-library
• a multipurpose hall

Heritage Report and Review

Preshil’s distinguished learning environment at Arlington occupies a rare and significant place in the cultural heritage of Victoria. The original allotment dates to the earliest subdivisions of Hawthorn and Kew, and since Margaret (Greta) Lyttle purchased the 10 room brick residence ‘Arlington’ in 1937, eight new buildings have been carefully built in the old backyard. The synergy of buildings, gardens, trees and playground spaces which we see and experience today not only distinguishes the school’s vision, but also design collaborations between Preshil children and the Melbourne architect Kevin Borland (1926-2000) from 1959.

• In 1972, the totality of this achievement was recognised in Preshil receiving the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter Bronze Medal, that profession’s highest honour.

• In 2005, Preshil was included in the Victorian Heritage Register as a place of architectural, social and historical significance to the state of Victoria.

This year, following Margaret (Mug) Lyttle’s decision to vacate the house, the school commissioned a Preliminary Heritage Report to assist in the long-term care, maintenance and adaptation of the buildings and grounds. This report has now been completed and has provided a basis for stage two of the conservation strategy: the Conservation Management Plan.