A Victorian Italianate Style Villa - Moonee Ponds
Standing proudly behind its white picket fence with capped newel posts, this large, asymmetrical Victorian villa constructed in the 1890s is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
This single storey residence built in Victorian Italianate style has many of its original features, including its splendid corrugated iron bull nosed front verandah with elegant cast iron lacework, slate tiled roof with metal capping and corniced chimneys. A large bay window with decorative mouldings in classical style in keeping with the Victorian Italianate theme offers spendid views of the street. It also features floral mouldings up under the eaves and the original wooden panelling around the front door.
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. Houses like these would have suited a large, wealthy Victorian family, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
A Victorian Italianate Style Villa - Moonee Ponds
Standing proudly behind its white picket fence with capped newel posts, this large, asymmetrical Victorian villa constructed in the 1890s is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
This single storey residence built in Victorian Italianate style has many of its original features, including its splendid corrugated iron bull nosed front verandah with elegant cast iron lacework, slate tiled roof with metal capping and corniced chimneys. A large bay window with decorative mouldings in classical style in keeping with the Victorian Italianate theme offers spendid views of the street. It also features floral mouldings up under the eaves and the original wooden panelling around the front door.
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. Houses like these would have suited a large, wealthy Victorian family, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.