HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street
18-20 Unwin Street TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house, constructed in 1969, and garden at 18-20 Unwin Street, Templestowe.
How is it significant?
The house and garden at 18-20 Unwin Street, Templestowe are of local aesthetic significance to Manningham City.
Why is it significant?
Aesthetically, the house is significant as a superior example of post-war modernist design, which is very intact and is enhanced by the mature native garden setting. (RNE criterion E.1)
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HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
8.02 - Architects
HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Physical Description 1
18-20 Unwin Street, Templestowe is a low-lying modernist brown brick house with a flat roof and broad eaves. The timber trim elements (eaves, door and window frames) are painted an appropriate dark brown. A band of clerestory windows is continuous under the eaves, the fascia of which is clad in lining boards. Apart from the clerestory windows there are French doors, which are also used for the front door. The front entrance is reached via a short flight of stone steps flanked by low retaining walls of local stone. A large brick planter, part of the original design, is located next to the front entrance.
The house is set in a mature and well maintained native garden.
HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Physical Conditions
Condition Excellent
HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Integrity
Integrity Intact
HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Physical Description 2
Threats None apparent
HOUSE & GARDEN AT 18 - 20 Unwin Street - Physical Description 3
Key elements
Building
Garden
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading: Local
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