A Metroland Art Deco Block of Flats - Travancore
After the Great War (1914 - 1918), higher costs of living and the "servant problem" made living in the grand mansions and villas built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras a far less practical and attractive option for both those looking for new housing, and those who lived in big houses. It was around this time, in answer to these problems, that flats and apartments began to replace some larger houses, and became fashionable to live in.
This stylish Art Deco block of two flats, featuring one dwelling above the other with an interconnecting staircase would have suited those of comfortable means who could afford to live in Trvancore (the suburb in which these flats are located), and dispense with the difficulties of keeping a large retinue of staff.
This cottage style block with its roof in a mixture of tiles in different shades, red brick walls with picked out brown feature bricks in geometric patterns, stylised stepped edgeing beneath the eaves, Streamline Moderne iron balustrade and "Mock Tudor" lamp above the stairs follow the less cluttered lines of Metroland Art Deco architecture that came out of England after the war.
Travancore is a bijou suburb named after a beautiful Victorian mansion erected in 1863. The mansion's grounds were subdivided in the late 1890s to form the new suburb, which consists only of only about five streets. With commanding views of Royal Park, the area was much sought after by aspiring middle and upper middle-class citizens.
A Metroland Art Deco Block of Flats - Travancore
After the Great War (1914 - 1918), higher costs of living and the "servant problem" made living in the grand mansions and villas built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras a far less practical and attractive option for both those looking for new housing, and those who lived in big houses. It was around this time, in answer to these problems, that flats and apartments began to replace some larger houses, and became fashionable to live in.
This stylish Art Deco block of two flats, featuring one dwelling above the other with an interconnecting staircase would have suited those of comfortable means who could afford to live in Trvancore (the suburb in which these flats are located), and dispense with the difficulties of keeping a large retinue of staff.
This cottage style block with its roof in a mixture of tiles in different shades, red brick walls with picked out brown feature bricks in geometric patterns, stylised stepped edgeing beneath the eaves, Streamline Moderne iron balustrade and "Mock Tudor" lamp above the stairs follow the less cluttered lines of Metroland Art Deco architecture that came out of England after the war.
Travancore is a bijou suburb named after a beautiful Victorian mansion erected in 1863. The mansion's grounds were subdivided in the late 1890s to form the new suburb, which consists only of only about five streets. With commanding views of Royal Park, the area was much sought after by aspiring middle and upper middle-class citizens.