GODSELL HOUSE, 2018
Beaumaris, Victoria

David Godsell and his wife Ursula ('Terry') Godsell purchased the 491 Balcombe Road site in November 1956. The David Godsell House is the realisation of a design for himself and his family upon this site and was documented by Godsell during the first half of 1960. The majority of the present-day house was constructed between mid-1960 and the early months of 1961. Small spaces also designed by David Godsell were added to the house during the Godsell family's occupation of the house in subsequent years - a home-office (studio) in c.1966, laundry adjacent to the kitchen in c.1970, and an additional upper-storey bathroom and bedroom in c.1972.

The David Godsell House is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria.

The David Godsell House is architecturally significant as a notable example of post-war Modern residential architecture in Victoria. It is a fine example of a Modern house designed and built in the 1960s - displaying a large range of design characteristics that are of higher quality than are typical of places in this class - and it displays these in a way that allows the class to be understood and appreciated. It is also highly intact, remaining largely unchanged from the periods of its conception and construction. It is thoughtfully designed and detailed, containing a skilful interplay of stepping horizontal roof and floor planes which integrate harmoniously with its sloping site. Simultaneously spatially rich and technologically lean, the house also exhibits a striking humility of scale. The David Godsell House has received critical recognition within many design and architectural print and online publications.