Inter-war Duplexes

The fourteen duplex properties at 61 to 79 Ormond Road and 1 to 7 Pattison Street are significant as examples of late Inter-war houses in English Domestic Revival style, built by a single builder as a speculative venture to supply the growing population of Moonee Ponds. The significant features ofContributory elements of the precinct include:
Late Inter-war duplexes (ca.1938-1940):
• Single storey English Domestic Revival duplexes with some Art Deco styling. Most have roughcast render facades now painted, with contrasting bands of clinker brickwork around foundations, windows and doors. Built in window boxes are a feature at 65 to 73 Ormond Road.
• Hipped and gable roof forms clad with terracotta tiles; transverse gable forms with some jerkin head arrangements; prominent projecting gables some with jerkin head forms; detailing in gables, such as half-timbering and contrast herringbone brickwork.
• Simple, square roughcast chimneys with soldier course and pots; chimneys missing from 77 and 79 Ormond Road
• A diverse variety of porch detailing; under front roof in corner arrangement with either small gable or projecting parapet; three-sided porch in tile with sturdy roughcast verandah piers; gabled porch with arches and timber brackets and contrast brick patterns; flat roofed porch on columns with three-sided parapet above; 
• Half-glazed single doors some with opaque glass, most with small windows beside; some have leadlight in doors as well.
• Timber-framed tripartite double-hung sash windows, fixed centre pane with curved glazing bar; lead-lighting to window panes with Art Deco patterns; windows at 77 and 79 Ormond Road are non-original.
• Front fences constructed in low clinker brick with original wrought iron gates. Non-original fencing at 75 Ormond Road and 1 to 7 Pattison Street.
• Front garden settings with curved concrete paths to verandahs, some with low height internal fences, some with hedging. 
• Concrete driveways at 3 and 5 Pattison Street; properties along Ormond Road have rear access, and no off-street car parking in the front setback.

The Ormond Road and Pattison Street Precinct is of local historic and architectural (representative) significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

The Ormond Road and Pattison Street Precinct consists of duplexes at 61 to 79 Ormond Road and 1 to 7 Pattison Street, Moonee Ponds which are historically significant as late Inter-war duplexes constructed and designed by speculative builders the Shaw Brothers. The Shaw Brothers were well known local builders who specialised in quality brick buildings, at a time when residential demand was high for smaller two-bedroom dwellings. 
The dwellings are representative buildings of their type and reflect the new approach to faster, more efficient and standardised building designs in the inter-war period. The efforts to individualise each property with different entrance treatments and variations in roof form provides for limited originality within a cohesive overall design. The Shaw Brothers were known for the quality of their houses and their preference for English Domestic Revival styling. (Criterion A & D)
The dwellings have characteristic late Inter-war style and a high level of intactness, which includes some original fences and garden arrangements.  The consistency of materials and architectural detailing form a visually cohesive and highly distinctive group. (Criterion E)