CONCRETE HOUSE
70 HELLER STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 6972
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The concrete house, constructed by 1913, at 70 Heller Street, Brunswick West is significant. Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
How is it significant?
The concrete house at 70 Heller Street, Brunswick West is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
It is significant as an intact representative example of an early concrete house dating from prior to World War I. Many early concrete houses were in reasonably conservation or oldfashioned styles and this example is notable for its relatively progressive transitional bungalow form and detailing and high degree of intactness and integrity. Notable features include the simplified detailing, low-pitched gabled roof, whilst details such as the distinctive chimney apertures and the timber screen to the gable end show an Arts & Crafts influence. (Criterion A, D & E)
The significance of the house is enhanced by its rarity values as many of the other earlier examples of concrete houses have been demolished. Consequently, it has potential to provide further information about early concrete construction techniques. (Criteria B & C)
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CONCRETE HOUSE - Physical Description 1
1920s house
CONCRETE HOUSE - Physical Conditions
Good
CONCRETE HOUSE - Integrity
Minor Modifications
The house appears to be very intact and in good condition.
CONCRETE HOUSE - Physical Description 2
This Edwardian bungalow has rendered walls with ashlar coursing (that possibly indicate the original concrete block construction) and quoining at the wall corners. The low-pitched gable fronted roof extends to form a verandah along the east side and returns along the facade creating a 'floating' gable with timber fretwork facing the street. There is a smaller projecting gable on the east side. The facade has a pair of double hung sash windows equally spaced on either side of the chimney, which is centrally placed at the ridgeline and has small square side apertures. There are two other concrete chimneys, also with square or rectangular side apertures. The verandah has chamfered timber posts with an arched timber valance and a tessellated tile inlaid floor. The entrance, positioned at the side of the house adjacent to the projecting bay, features a panelled timber door with a high-waisted window flanked by leadlight window sidelights and toplights, and there is a porthole window in the adjacent wall of the projecting bay, and another small square window in the main side wall.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: LocalMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: Local
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