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ODYSSEY HOUSE

Other Name 28 Bonds Road, Lower Plenty Location 28 Bonds Road LOWER PLENTY, Banyule City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

SIGNIFICANCE: Odyssey House is of local historical and architectural significance.

Odyssey House is one of several Catholic Church seminary buildings erected principally in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne during the early to mid 20th century and now used for other purposes. Odyssey House is unusual for its retardataire Classical Revival style, reminiscent of institutional buildings from twenty years earlier than contemporary architectural movements of the 1950s. The building is substantially intact and, whilst conservative for the period, is a good example of the style. The building also gains distinction from its large scale, unusual for the period and in the municipality. Odyssey House is a local landmark, particularly in the adjoining municipality of Manningham.

The garden is a mature institutional landscape associated with a prominent local building. The cemetery is significant for the unusual wall, and reflects small cemeteries usually associated with much older landscapes.