Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

Conservation Management StrategyEnmore Park4. Main path from centre toEnmore RoadLikely to be the most heavily usedpath throughout the history of thepark, this brick path would haveoriginally been composed ofgravel, which was later surfacedin concrete c.late 1930s.It would have always been themain ‘collector’ path in the park,which fed people coming from theEnmore Road shopping area ontothe paths through the park’seastern half.It would appear that the pathwayhas been retained at its originalwidth.5. Path from center to south-westOne of the key paths in theoriginal design of the park, firstseen as a gravel path in a c.1912photograph near the centralrondel. The path also appears ona 1911 subdivision plan forFrankfort House and grounds.It provided access from the cornerof Enmore Rd and Victoria Rd tothe park’s centre. Its historicalrelevance is identifiable throughthe construction at its southernend of a stone entry archway inthe late 1930s (still existing).It has seemingly retained itsoriginal width although its likelyoriginal gravel surface has beenreplaced by bitumen.It is one of only a few paths (all inthe western portion of the park)along which avenue plantingswere attempted during the late1940s or early 1950s. Most ofthese specimens have survived.Likely re-asphalting in 1994.Rating: HighPath should be retained at itsexisting width. Brick surfaceand edging can be retained.Rating: Moderate to HighPath should be retained as itprovides an important and wellusedpedestrian access fromthe park’s centre to EnmoreRoad. Concrete kerb edgingand bitumen surface areappropriate to the period ofpath formalisation in the 1930sand 1940s and should bemaintained as existing.Mayne-Wilson & Associates21Conservation Landscape Architects