Art Deco "Metroland" Villa in White - Thornbury
The facade of a pretty stylised white stuccoed brick Art Deco stand alone villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury.
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 and geometric leadlight 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. The pillars are Spanish Misson style, an architectural movement also popular in Australia during the interwar years.
This house has a newly furbished garden with a hibiscus, a palm and a jade plant (also known as a "money tree") which is so mature that it may have been planted when the house was built. Succulents such as jade plants and other exotics were very popular in Australian gardens in the 1920s and 30s.
Art Deco "Metroland" Villa in White - Thornbury
The facade of a pretty stylised white stuccoed brick Art Deco stand alone villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury.
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 and geometric leadlight 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. The pillars are Spanish Misson style, an architectural movement also popular in Australia during the interwar years.
This house has a newly furbished garden with a hibiscus, a palm and a jade plant (also known as a "money tree") which is so mature that it may have been planted when the house was built. Succulents such as jade plants and other exotics were very popular in Australian gardens in the 1920s and 30s.