Heritage and Character Housing - Townsville City Council

worker's bungalow into a grand villa might look out of place in anarchitecturally uniform streetscape.When our older houses were built, materials were what they were.More recently, our materials are likely to be manufactured. Punchedmetal is made to look like timber lattice, plywood sheeting is madeto look like timber vj boarding and fibre cement and vinyl cladding ismade to look like timber. Be true to good conservation principlesand use authentic materials when you can.Skillion roofed carport out of character.Pitched roofed carport matches house.The portico, concrete staircase, cross balustrading and iron lacework additions,decorate an otherwise simple worker's bungalow.Heritage and Character Housing Information Guide 53