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Location92 & 94 WHITBY STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 13739 LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The houses, constructed c.1945, at 92 & 94 Whitby Street,
Brunswick West are significant. The front fences are significant.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
The houses at 92 & 94 Whitby Street, Brunswick West are of
local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of
Moreland.
They are significant as fine and intact examples of 'Waterfall
Front' houses, a vernacular interpretation of the interwar Streamlined
Moderne and International styles, which stand in contrast to the
traditional hipped roof bungalows found within this area. The pure
functional form of the sheer parapeted walls with square and round
corners and stripped of most details show the influence of the
International style, while the banded brickwork detail, continuous
cantilevered hoods, curved wall corners and windows, and the chimney
to no.92 are all characteristic of the 'Waterfall Front' style. The
houses are notable for the high degree of intactness and are
complemented by the original front fences and remnants of original
garden layouts and landscaping. (Criteria D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House