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Westbourne Street
Other NameWar Service Homes Location1-17 & 2-24 WESTBOURNE STREET, and 1-17 & 2-18 HALL STREET, and 1-15 NEWMAN STREET, BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? How is it significant? Why is it significant? The Westbourne Street precinct is of local architectural significance as a mixture of private housing and substantially intact WSHC housing. Notable architectural features of WSHC housing include relatively austere bungalow designs, built in red brick with gabled terracotta tiled roofs, simple brick piers to front porches, and plain glazing. Intact examples of WSHC bungalows include 15, 16, 18, and 20 Westbourne Street and 6 Hall Street. As a whole the Westbourne Street Precinct is a representative example of 1920s residential development generally. Non-Contributory properties include:
The Westbourne Street Precinct, comprising houses at 1-17 and 2-20 Hall Street, 1-15 Newman Street, and 1-17 and 24 Westbourne Street.
The Westbourne Street Precinct is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Moreland.
The Westbourne Street Precinct is of local historical significance for the group of substantially intact modest brick bungalows built by and for the War Services Homes Commission (WSHC) in the 1920s which are representative of the means by which the WSHC met the housing needs of returned servicemen in a period of severe housing shortage.
Hall Street: 1A, 14 and 20.
Newman Street: 3.
Westbourne Street: 2/24.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct