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Eltham South Preschool Centre

Other Name

Eltham South kindergarten

Location

35 Fordhams Road ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

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Eltham South Kindergarden
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Eltham South Kindergarden
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Eltham South Preschool Centre

Statement of Significance

ELTHAM STUDY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

Crowned by its large and unique roof-top sculpture; this building is a good example of The Eltham idiom of design during the 1960's, 1970's. Features of the refined design include the triangular floor plan, quite steeply pitched slate roof, eaves, open eastern end, timber windows and the use of second-hand bricks.

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria):

Eltham South Preschool Centre is significant to the Nillumbik Shire:

- as one of the best publicised examples of the Eltham Style as practiced by architects after WW2;

- as a good example of the Eltham Style, with its unusual plan and elevation, use of second hand materials, and integration of sculpture into the design;

- for its association with Charles Duncan a well known and prolific practitioner in the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural idiom;

- for its role as a public building over a long period, being one of the first of a group of organic styled post WW2 public and commercial buildings in the Nillumbik Shire.

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