An Arts and Crafts Bungalow - Essendon
This neat Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon.
Built in the years just before the Great War (1914), you can just start to see the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s. The overall symmetrical design with its gabling is very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, decoration typical of the "Metroland" Art Deco period are starting to appear in the design: most notably in the feature brick detailing in geometric patterns around the portico entrance and the windows. Other features of this period include the low slung roofline, the striped black and white awings and the leadlight glass panes, which feature stylised geometric patterns more reminiscent of the Art Deco movement.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This house's floor plan appears to be more traditional than others, with a central hallway off which the principal rooms were located.
Essendon was etablished in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A more modest bungalow like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring middle-class family. The mistress of this bungalow would have required the assistance of a "daily" woman to help her maintain it.
An Arts and Crafts Bungalow - Essendon
This neat Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon.
Built in the years just before the Great War (1914), you can just start to see the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s. The overall symmetrical design with its gabling is very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, decoration typical of the "Metroland" Art Deco period are starting to appear in the design: most notably in the feature brick detailing in geometric patterns around the portico entrance and the windows. Other features of this period include the low slung roofline, the striped black and white awings and the leadlight glass panes, which feature stylised geometric patterns more reminiscent of the Art Deco movement.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This house's floor plan appears to be more traditional than others, with a central hallway off which the principal rooms were located.
Essendon was etablished in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A more modest bungalow like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring middle-class family. The mistress of this bungalow would have required the assistance of a "daily" woman to help her maintain it.