Upper Window and Gable of the Former Queen Anne Style Dental Surgery of Dr. F. W. Kiel - Coburg
Built in 1905, this former ten room dental surgery and residence was erected for Dr. F. W. Kiel who set up his practice at the more affluent end of Sydney Road in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.
Between the 1890s and 1914, Federation Queen Anne style was a very popular architectural design in Melbourne, and this surgery and residence was built in just such a style. The red brick is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the shingling both above and below the upper bay window of Dr. Kiel's drawing room. So too is the half timbered bargeboard below the eave with its Mock Tudor latticework and rough cast stucco. The wonderful stained glass upper panes with stylised tulips in them are Art Nouveau influenced.
The Queen Anne style, was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style was most popular around the time of Federation. With complex roofline structures and undulating facades, many Queen Anne houses fell out of fashion at the beginning of the modern era, and were demolished.
Built next to the Coburg Anglican Church and opposite The Avenue, Coburg's most prestigious residential street, Dr. Kiel for many years gained the custom of some very wealthy upper and upper-middle class families and his business florished.
At the time of photographing, the former dental surgery and residence were for sale, which explains why geraniums choke the front garden almost to the point that the gate leading to the surgery is immobilised. The property has since been sold, and the new owners have given the geraniums a good trim!
Upper Window and Gable of the Former Queen Anne Style Dental Surgery of Dr. F. W. Kiel - Coburg
Built in 1905, this former ten room dental surgery and residence was erected for Dr. F. W. Kiel who set up his practice at the more affluent end of Sydney Road in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg.
Between the 1890s and 1914, Federation Queen Anne style was a very popular architectural design in Melbourne, and this surgery and residence was built in just such a style. The red brick is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the shingling both above and below the upper bay window of Dr. Kiel's drawing room. So too is the half timbered bargeboard below the eave with its Mock Tudor latticework and rough cast stucco. The wonderful stained glass upper panes with stylised tulips in them are Art Nouveau influenced.
The Queen Anne style, was mostly a residential style inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in England, but also encompassed some of the more stylised elements of Art Nouveau, which gave it an more decorative look. Queen Anne style was most popular around the time of Federation. With complex roofline structures and undulating facades, many Queen Anne houses fell out of fashion at the beginning of the modern era, and were demolished.
Built next to the Coburg Anglican Church and opposite The Avenue, Coburg's most prestigious residential street, Dr. Kiel for many years gained the custom of some very wealthy upper and upper-middle class families and his business florished.
At the time of photographing, the former dental surgery and residence were for sale, which explains why geraniums choke the front garden almost to the point that the gate leading to the surgery is immobilised. The property has since been sold, and the new owners have given the geraniums a good trim!