CONCRETE HOUSE

Other Name

Concrete House

Location

1 SOUTH DALY STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 7634

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house, constructed by 1910, at 1 South Daly Street, Brunswick West is significant. Also significant is the tessellated tiled path and the remnants of an early front fence. Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 1 South Daly Street, Brunswick West is of local historic, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is significant as one of the early houses in this part of Brunswick West and provides evidence of the limited suburban development prior to World War I. (Criterion A)
It is significant as representative example of an early concrete house dating from prior to World War I and demonstrates how many adopted relatively conservative or old-fashioned architectural styles. Many of the other earlier examples of concrete houses have been demolished and this example is enhanced by its rarity values. Consequently, it has potential to provide further information about early concrete construction techniques. (Criteria B, C & D)
It is significant as an intact and well-detailed house that demonstrates the transition from the Victorian to Edwardian styles through details such as the paired eaves brackets and string course, the heavily corbelled chimneys with terracotta pots, the four panel front door with sidelights and coloured glass top light, the cast iron verandah with frieze and brackets and tessellated tile floor (with a matching tessellated tile path), the half-timbering to the gable end, and the incised decoration to the barge boards (that is repeated in the verandah fascia). It is complemented by a rare example of original tessellated tile path and the remnant of an over-scaled rendered front fence. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House