HOUSE AT 50 Mahoney Street

The house, designed by John & Phyllis Murphy and constructed in 1952, and the surrounding garden and mature Eucalypts at 50 Mahoney Street, Templestowe.

How is it Significant?

The house and garden at 50 Mahoney Street, Templestowe is of local historic and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.

Why is it Significant?

The house at 50 Mahoney Street, Templestowe has historic significance as one of the first houses designed by the important architectural practice of John and Phyllis Murphy. It is one of the earliest examples of the post-war Modernist style in a residential building in the study area. (RNE criteria A.4, D.2 and H.1)

The house at 50 Mahoney Street, Templestowe has aesthetic (architectural) significance as a fine and very intact example of an early Modernist house, which is complemented by carefully landscaped grounds that feature some fine specimens of Eucalypts. The skill evident in the design of this house demonstrates the development of the Murphy practice when compared to the earlier Murphy house at 23 Rosa Street. (RNE criteria E.1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House