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Casa Warrandyte

Location

33 KOORNONG CRESCENT NORTH WARRANDYTE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The original Carson House (1972) at 33 Koornang Crescent is significant. The broad bushland setting contributes to its significance. Additions after 1972 are not significant.
How is it significant?
Carson House is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
Carson house is historically significant for its association with the period of post-war growth and experimentation in the Shire that occurred as these later subdivisions were taken up and attracted Modernist architects and designers such as Alistair Knox to the area. It demonstrates the ‘environmental building’ style of Knox as part of this movement. (Criterion A) Carson house is of aesthetic and architectural significance to the Shire of Nillumbik as a modest design of Alistair Knox, the renowned architect. Located on a slope with its bushland setting, Carson House demonstrates Knox’s ideals on how a residence should be in harmony with its surroundings. With representative Knox architectural elements such as handmade brick, timber verandah, low sloping roof, clerestory windows, floor to ceiling windows, Carson House serves as a fine example of Knox’s mature design (Criterion E).