A Large Art Deco Villa - Essendon
The stylish Art Deco villa is situated in one of the finer areas of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon. Built on the crest of a hill, it affords splendid views from its bay and upper storey windows, across the inner nothern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne all the way to the Dandenongs on the far east horizon.
What makes this house especially striking is its style is so light, airy and out of place in comparison to its neighbours, which are both Queen Anne style. Its double bay windows and large front door allow the house to be filled with light, and its sleek lines of the 1920s and 1930s would have appealed to either an architecturally inspired family or the parvenu who may have built this villa in place of an older house more in keeping with its surrounds.
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 large villa like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring upper middle-class family of some means. This villa would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.
A Large Art Deco Villa - Essendon
The stylish Art Deco villa is situated in one of the finer areas of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon. Built on the crest of a hill, it affords splendid views from its bay and upper storey windows, across the inner nothern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne all the way to the Dandenongs on the far east horizon.
What makes this house especially striking is its style is so light, airy and out of place in comparison to its neighbours, which are both Queen Anne style. Its double bay windows and large front door allow the house to be filled with light, and its sleek lines of the 1920s and 1930s would have appealed to either an architecturally inspired family or the parvenu who may have built this villa in place of an older house more in keeping with its surrounds.
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 large villa like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring upper middle-class family of some means. This villa would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain.