Location
corner of The Parade and Fullarton Rd, Norwood, SA
Construction Type
Monolyte method – cast in place concrete walls
History
Following his successful model houses in Balaklava, Samuel Marchant built several houses around the Adelaide suburbs of Torrensville and Prospect under the trade name ‘Monolyte’, including these two houses at the corner of Fullarton Rd and The Parade, Norwood in c.1914.
Subsequently his patented system was used experimentally for housing by the State Savings Bank of Victoria in 1924-25. Two of Marchant’s early houses survive at Balaklava, on the corner of Balaklava Rd and Higham Ave. Eleven of the state bank funded Victorian houses survive at the Concrete Housing Estate at Sunshine in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Map
Heritage Listings
Local heritage place NPSP Development Plan
Current Use
Offices
Concrete Houses of Australia 