Art Deco Metroland Maisonette in White - Preston
The facade of a pretty stylised white stuccoed brick Art Deco maisonette villa in the Melbourne suburb of Preston.
This cottage style with its low slung tile roof in a mixture of shades, white stucco work, picked out brown and red feature bricks in geometric patterns, stylised stepped edgeing beneath the eaves and the Mock Tudor mullioned windows were very popular amongst the newly moneyed middle-class who could finally afford to buy their own homes. Comfortable and cottage like in the Metroland style of interwar Art Deco architecture so popular in Australia during the late 1920s, this house and many others like it represented stability and respectability, without being showy.
This house has a beautiful garden with a family of tree ferns up against the vestibule entrance. The decorated brick edging around the portico can just be seen. There is also a topiaried camelia covered in blossoms in the middle of the well clipped lawn.
Art Deco Metroland Maisonette in White - Preston
The facade of a pretty stylised white stuccoed brick Art Deco maisonette villa in the Melbourne suburb of Preston.
This cottage style with its low slung tile roof in a mixture of shades, white stucco work, picked out brown and red feature bricks in geometric patterns, stylised stepped edgeing beneath the eaves and the Mock Tudor mullioned windows were very popular amongst the newly moneyed middle-class who could finally afford to buy their own homes. Comfortable and cottage like in the Metroland style of interwar Art Deco architecture so popular in Australia during the late 1920s, this house and many others like it represented stability and respectability, without being showy.
This house has a beautiful garden with a family of tree ferns up against the vestibule entrance. The decorated brick edging around the portico can just be seen. There is also a topiaried camelia covered in blossoms in the middle of the well clipped lawn.