An Arts and Crafts Style Bungalow - Ballarat
Surrounded by a well kept lawn and garden beds of roses, this sprawling Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow may be found in the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat.
Built in the years just before or after the Great War (1914 - 1918), the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular low slung Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s is more obvious than some of its neighbours. The large leadlight glass windows are very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement, as is the band of red bricks along the foundation of the property. However, the Art Deco era is starting to make its presence known by way of the rounded porch canopy, the geometric patterns on the flower boxes below the windows and the stuccoed wall treatment. The lack of decoration is a definate move away from the stylised and highly decorative Queen Anne style that preceded it.
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. However, this house's floor plan appears to be more traditional than others, with a central hallway off which the principal rooms were located.
An Arts and Crafts Style Bungalow - Ballarat
Surrounded by a well kept lawn and garden beds of roses, this sprawling Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow may be found in the provincial Victorian city of Ballarat.
Built in the years just before or after the Great War (1914 - 1918), the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular low slung Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s is more obvious than some of its neighbours. The large leadlight glass windows are very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement, as is the band of red bricks along the foundation of the property. However, the Art Deco era is starting to make its presence known by way of the rounded porch canopy, the geometric patterns on the flower boxes below the windows and the stuccoed wall treatment. The lack of decoration is a definate move away from the stylised and highly decorative Queen Anne style that preceded it.
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. However, this house's floor plan appears to be more traditional than others, with a central hallway off which the principal rooms were located.