House

The house and front landscaping at 28 McMahons Road, Coburg North is significant. The form of the postwar period Modern style building is significant, along with key features including the rounded face brickwork, curved glass windows, concrete 'eaves' and parapet. The terraced garden is also significant.

The house has local rarity value, as well as representative and aesthetic significance, to the City of Moreland. The landscaping has local aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

The postwar period Moderne style residence is a sophisticated example for the northern suburbs and, in this sense, is rare for the municipality of Moreland. (Criterion A)

The dwelling demonstrates the principal characteristics of the postwar period Moderne style, with features such as rounded brickwork, aluminium window frames and glass, and painted concrete 'eaves' which wraps around the building framing the high brick parapet. (Criterion D) The building has aesthetic significance as an excellent example of a brick residence in the postwar period Moderne style in Coburg. It makes a unique and positive contribution to the streetscape as a result of its unusual form, street presence and intact materiality of face brick and curved glass. The terraced landscaping framing the driveway also contributes towards this aesthetic significance with stone clad retaining walls (Criterion E)