A Primrose Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa - Travancore
This wonderfully stylised "Metroland" Art Deco villa in the Melbourne suburb of Travancore would have been home to a medium sized family when first built.
Well proportioned, this stand alone villa has primrose yellow painted stuccoed brick walls with picked out brown feature bricks in geometric patterns and speed lines around the width of the house and above and below the Streamline Moderne "waterfall windows". It also features rounded walls and a rounded chimney, also typical features of Streamline Moderne design.
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. This medium-sized residence was built on the lowest section of Travancore, which was the last portion of the suburb to be subdivided on what was formerly the mansion's old dairy. Its position and size would suggest it have been acquired by an aspiring middle-class family who wanted modernity. The mistress of this house would probably have kept it without any help from outside, but with the modern conveniences of her home, she would not have needed help.
A Primrose Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa - Travancore
This wonderfully stylised "Metroland" Art Deco villa in the Melbourne suburb of Travancore would have been home to a medium sized family when first built.
Well proportioned, this stand alone villa has primrose yellow painted stuccoed brick walls with picked out brown feature bricks in geometric patterns and speed lines around the width of the house and above and below the Streamline Moderne "waterfall windows". It also features rounded walls and a rounded chimney, also typical features of Streamline Moderne design.
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. This medium-sized residence was built on the lowest section of Travancore, which was the last portion of the suburb to be subdivided on what was formerly the mansion's old dairy. Its position and size would suggest it have been acquired by an aspiring middle-class family who wanted modernity. The mistress of this house would probably have kept it without any help from outside, but with the modern conveniences of her home, she would not have needed help.