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Concrete House and Fence
Location383 Brunswick Road BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house and fence at 383 Brunswick Road, Brunswick is significant. The form and concrete construction technology of the house is significant, along with the associated original front boundary fence. The rear extension and garden is not significant.
How is it significant?
The house and fence is of historical significance and rarity value to the City of Moreland. It also demonstrates a high degree of technical achievement at the local level.
Why is it significant?
The house and fence have historical significance as evidence of early concrete house construction in Brunswick and Moreland more generally (Criterion A).
The place is rare as one of four (known) houses of concrete construction in Moreland, likely to be among the earliest known surviving examples in Victoria (Criterion B).
The place demonstrates a high degree of technical achievement through the use of concrete construction in the early twentieth century (Criterion F)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House