| House | $925,600  |
| Unit | $652,600  |
| Land | $1,138,300  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Essendon North | $1,248,300 |
| Keilor East | $1,010,600 |
| Strathmore | $1,485,600 |
| Strathmore Heights | $980,600 |
| Tullamarine | $713,500 |
| House | $588 |
| Unit | $481 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| What is significant? St Christopher's Church complex, 34 Roberts Road, Airport West, comprises a large brick church of distinctive wedge-shaped form, designed by architect Max Chester in 1969. It replaced the original brick church building, built in 1961 to the design of Smith & Tracey, which still remains in use as a Parish Hall. The site also includes a presbytery (1964) and later school buildings. How is it significant? St Christopher's Church complex is of historical, social, spiritual and architectural significance to the City of Moonee Valley. Why is it significant? Historically, the church complex is significant for its ability to provide evidence of the expansion of community services in Airport West during the 1960s, which was a period of particularly intensive development in that area. Socially and spiritually, the church has been and remains as an important focus for Roman Catholic activity in the Airport West area. Architecturally, the church is one of the earliest and more successful applications of the new liturgical planning principles that were put forward by the Second Vatican Council in 1965. These principles, which include such things as allowing the sanctuary to be visible to all members of the congregation, have resulted in a building of unusual form on a distinctive wedge-shaped plan. The church is also of interest as that first church designed by architect Max Chester, who went on to maintain a prolific association with the Catholic church in the 1970s and '80s. Of the three churches that Chester designed in the north-western suburbs, St Christopher's is the most intact and the most distinctive in design. |
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