A Large Art Nouveau Villa - Moonee Ponds
This magnificent Art Nouveau style villa of grand proportions is situated in Sydenham Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Built in the years immediately following Australian Federation (1901), the choice of style is very bold in comparison to its more conservative Victorian neighbours. The house's pale painted stuccoed brick and Art Nouveau fretwork give it a wonderfully light feel. However, it is the villa's magnificent Art Nouveau stained glass windows of stylised roses that are its real feature.
Moonee Ponds, like its neighbouring boroughs of Ascot Vale and Essendon, was etablished in the late 1880s and early 1890s. However, unlike its neighbours, it was an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A villa such as this would have suited a well-to-do, large Edwardian family with aspirations, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Built on a large block with an extensive rear garden, the villa and its allotment has been saved from subdivision and redevelopment by being converted into the Sydenham Street Swimming School.
A Large Art Nouveau Villa - Moonee Ponds
This magnificent Art Nouveau style villa of grand proportions is situated in Sydenham Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Built in the years immediately following Australian Federation (1901), the choice of style is very bold in comparison to its more conservative Victorian neighbours. The house's pale painted stuccoed brick and Art Nouveau fretwork give it a wonderfully light feel. However, it is the villa's magnificent Art Nouveau stained glass windows of stylised roses that are its real feature.
Moonee Ponds, like its neighbouring boroughs of Ascot Vale and Essendon, was etablished in the late 1880s and early 1890s. However, unlike its neighbours, it was an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A villa such as this would have suited a well-to-do, large Edwardian family with aspirations, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Built on a large block with an extensive rear garden, the villa and its allotment has been saved from subdivision and redevelopment by being converted into the Sydenham Street Swimming School.