Carmel Court

‘Carmel Court’ flats were probably built in 1938, for its first appearance in Post Office Directories is in 1939. Morris Leiboff acquired twenty-four perches of land from Annie Hill in 1935 and subsequently took out a Bill of Mortgage on this property in 1936.

Behind this well modulated Art Deco frontage is a relatively plain structure. The front of the building reads quite separately until it stops abruptly at the corner. The front entry to the flats is symmetrical in Art Deco fashion with two curved stairs leading up to a door either side of the central doorway. This has its own stair that runs straight up from the footpath. Above this entry is a solid protruding balcony with a metal handrail, a pair of french doors are centred in the space behind this. Above the balcony on the parapet is the name Carmel Court in raised Art Deco lettering. Bands of render are delineated down each side of the entry to appear like masonry. To either side of the entry on both levels are bays of casement windows in groups of four. The delineated bands of render continue past those on the lower level and the parapet above those on the upper level steps down. After these windows the façade curves away adding depth to this entry piece, a trait common to the Art Deco style. The plinth and sills of the façade are all picked out in unstuccoed brickwork. The right hand side of the building has been brought forward in the manner of a square tower and has its own pyramidal roof. A small balcony is situated to the left of this on the upper level. To the left of the entry unstuccoed brickwork runs in bands with window openings. Behind the façade the majority of the building is covered with a simple hipped roof.