TAWARRI HOUSE & GARDEN
68 NAPOLEON CRESCENT, WHITE HILLS - PROPERTY NUMBER 183146, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
White Hills and Hamlet Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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TAWARRI HOUSE & GARDEN - Physical Description 1
Distinctive in Bendigo because of its corner steel-frame windows, angled siting, shallow-hip roof (replacing the original flat one) and cuboid massing, the house is two-storey, clad with painted brick and equipped with an upper-level terrace, a portholed porch and single-level garage. The house was reputedly inspired by an architect's design and differs markedly from contemporary Bendigo houses because of the Modernistic stylism chosen.
Distributed about a central stair hall, the rooms were arranged for maximum external three-dimensional effect: the upper level bedrooms were set well back, allowing u e of the lower level's roof as generous twin terraces, while the upper-level floor slab cantilevered out, acting as a porch for the entry. Unlike the static massing of Bendigo Moderne-style houses, such as Banyan in 17 Eaglehawk Road (q.v.), this house achieves its distinction by skilful placement of what appears as independent rectangular forms to achieve a dynamic composition.
TAWARRI HOUSE & GARDEN - Integrity
External - A bedroom and carport (single-level) were added to the south end during 1977 in a visually related manner to the original and a billiard room was placed behind the garage. The flat concrete roof was augmented with the present shallow hipped profile, again in a manner which was related to the original concept. Another room was added at the rear in the 1980s
TAWARRI HOUSE & GARDEN - Physical Description 2
Landscape - Mature garden much of it original including a particularly good weeping elm next to the garage and a cypress hedge.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: B*Greater Bendigo - White Hills & East Bendigo Heritage Study 2016
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2015
Grading: Local
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