44 Eastgate Street PASCOE VALE SOUTH, MORELAND CITY
Level
Recommended for Heritage Overlay
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House and fence
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 44 Eastgate Street, Pascoe Vale South is significant. The triple fronted form of the postwar house is significant, along with key features including the hipped tile roof, corner windows and cream brick with dark brick accents. The garden and front fence are contributory elements. The carport and Colourbond fence are not significant.
How is it significant?
The house has local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
The house demonstrates principal characteristics of the postwar era 1950s suburban house, a characteristic recognised as quintessentially Australian and emblematic of the Australian suburbia. This is owing to its quadruple fronted built form with a hipped tile roof, corner windows and cream brick with dark brick accents. (Criterion D) The house is of aesthetic significance as an intact and well-kept postwar era house with notable features including the quadruple fronted built form, brick design and use of corner windows. The front fence and landscaping also contributes towards the overall aesthetic value of the place. (Criterion E)