A Mock Tudor Villa - Coonans Hill
Made of locally produced red, brown and clinker bricks this substantial Mock Tudor villa in the Melbourne suburb of Coonans Hill, would have been for a larger sized middle-class family.
This house with its high gabled roof line features wonderful brick detailing across its facade. The decorative nogging in the ornamental niche in the chimney breast, geometric designs around the windows and vents and the stepped design beneath the eaves all pay homage to the craftsman who built the villa. Even the chimneys feature ornamental lines around them.
The Mock Tudor or Tudorbethan style, was most popular between the two World Wars throughout Britain and her dominions, especially in the new garden suburbs and ribbon developments that appeared during this period.
This style of house would have appealed to the newly moneyed middle-classes who could finally afford to leave the inner city buy their own homes in the burgeoning suburbs. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
A Mock Tudor Villa - Coonans Hill
Made of locally produced red, brown and clinker bricks this substantial Mock Tudor villa in the Melbourne suburb of Coonans Hill, would have been for a larger sized middle-class family.
This house with its high gabled roof line features wonderful brick detailing across its facade. The decorative nogging in the ornamental niche in the chimney breast, geometric designs around the windows and vents and the stepped design beneath the eaves all pay homage to the craftsman who built the villa. Even the chimneys feature ornamental lines around them.
The Mock Tudor or Tudorbethan style, was most popular between the two World Wars throughout Britain and her dominions, especially in the new garden suburbs and ribbon developments that appeared during this period.
This style of house would have appealed to the newly moneyed middle-classes who could finally afford to leave the inner city buy their own homes in the burgeoning suburbs. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.