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Other NameReview, New Location23 ROGERS STREET, PAKENHAM, CARDINIA SHIRE LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The house, constructed in 1951, at 23 Rogers Street, Pakenham is
significant. This is a triple-fronted post-war weatherboard bungalow.
The high hipped tiled roof has projecting hipped bays at either end,
which are connected by a flat roofed porch with deep eaves and visible
rafters. The porch issupported on Tuscan columns set on brick piers
with a brick balustrade, each featuring a band of soldier course
bricks. There are large timber framed windows, with those at the
corner featuring large fixed pane with double hung sash beside. The
window to the porch has a fixed central pane with double hung windows
either side. To the left of this window are the double entry doors,
which are slightly recessed. There are two rectangular brick chimneys
on the south wall. The house is very intact and is complemented by a
low brick front fence with piers with stepped tops framing the
driveway entry and at the north end. The concrete driveway strips and
curving path leading to the front door appear to be early or original.
The house at 23 Rogers Street, Pakenham is of local aesthetic
significance to Cardinia Shire.
It is significant as a fine example of a post-war bungalow made
distinctive by the broad, triple-fronted symmetrical form and the
unusual combination of Moderne style corner windows and bungalow-style
porch. It demonstrates how local builders freely borrowed from earlier
styles that were continued into the early post-war period,
particularly in country towns. It is notable for its high degree of
intactness and is complemented by a typical low brick front fence.
(Criteria D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House