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Gumnuts

619 Nepean Highway,, FRANKSTON SOUTH VIC 3199 - Property No B2254

Gumnuts cottage is the best surviving example of the one-roomed houses designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin. It was constructed in 1922 and is believed to have been used by Griffin and his wife as a seaside retreat. Gumnuts is built in the knitlock concrete block wall and roof tile system that Griffin invented in 1917. The knitlock walls consist of interlocking grooved concrete tiles which join together to form the inner and outer wall faces. The thickness of the wall panels ... more

B2254

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