A Queen Anne Style Mansion - Moonee Ponds
This beautiful and extremely ornate Queen Anne style mansion of grand proportions is situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
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. The red brick from which the mansion is built is in keeping with the Arts and Crafts movement, as is the terracotta tiled roof and the rough cast stuccoed brick panels that can be found under the eaves and on the half timbered gables. Yet the ornate terracotta capping along the different sections of roof and the patterns beneath the windows and the stained glass panels are all very Art Nouveau in design. Ornamental towers were very popular features of Australian Queen Anne residences, and this mansion features a very tall one in the most prominent place on the corner of the block where it may be seen to its full advantage.
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.
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. Built in the most affluent area of Moonee Ponds, this mansion would have suited a large, wealthy Edwardian family, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Today it is still mantained as a private residence.
A Queen Anne Style Mansion - Moonee Ponds
This beautiful and extremely ornate Queen Anne style mansion of grand proportions is situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
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. The red brick from which the mansion is built is in keeping with the Arts and Crafts movement, as is the terracotta tiled roof and the rough cast stuccoed brick panels that can be found under the eaves and on the half timbered gables. Yet the ornate terracotta capping along the different sections of roof and the patterns beneath the windows and the stained glass panels are all very Art Nouveau in design. Ornamental towers were very popular features of Australian Queen Anne residences, and this mansion features a very tall one in the most prominent place on the corner of the block where it may be seen to its full advantage.
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.
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. Built in the most affluent area of Moonee Ponds, this mansion would have suited a large, wealthy Edwardian family, and would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
Today it is still mantained as a private residence.