Bellevue Place (1910)

Location

8 Bellevue Place, Unley Park, South Australia

Construction Type

Hollow reinforced concrete walls

Background

Bellevue Place, built in 1910, represents the point in the development of Torode’s ideas from 34 Unley Road to Amphi-Cosma. It is the third in a series of houses that Torode built for his own use and is the first example of the application of his design ideas using details of American Octagonal and Craftsman houses and reinforced concrete technology in South Australian domestic architecture. He built a house that not only broke away from conventional floor planning but also from established construction methods. The structural prototype that Torode developed at Bellevue Place was seen by the South Australian Railways as being a very cost-effective way to construct low-cost housing for its employees. The innovative and entrepreneurial aspects of Bellevue Place set it apart from the other Torode houses entered in the SA Heritage Register.
SA Heritage Database