Arts and Crafts Style Villa - Ballarat
Standing well back from the street on a very large block behind its original fence, this impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful terracotta tiled roof is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of a plain rough cast stuccoed rendering on the walls with minimal detailing. Red and brown brick detailing fans out above the arched upper gable windows, highlight the curves in the chimney nook and appear in a thick band around the base of the house. The curving of the chimney is also reflected in the entrance pillar and and unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in large diamonds in the upper panes.
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 villa appears to be no exception to the rule, with the entrance to the house to the right hand side of the building.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
Arts and Crafts Style Villa - Ballarat
Standing well back from the street on a very large block behind its original fence, this impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful terracotta tiled roof is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of a plain rough cast stuccoed rendering on the walls with minimal detailing. Red and brown brick detailing fans out above the arched upper gable windows, highlight the curves in the chimney nook and appear in a thick band around the base of the house. The curving of the chimney is also reflected in the entrance pillar and and unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in large diamonds in the upper panes.
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 villa appears to be no exception to the rule, with the entrance to the house to the right hand side of the building.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.