Arts and Crafts Housing in Australia

Examples of Arts and Crafts style Houses in Australia

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Examples of Arts and Crafts style Houses in Australia

Amberwood, 10 Milford Street Randwick

Koreelah - Byron Bay

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• See also Federation Arts and Crafts
• See also Haberfield Arts & Crafts Style

The English Arts and Crafts movement had an influence on the architecture of Australia, from the late 1800s, where the style of building was adapted to the Australian landscape and conditions. 

• As its name implies, the style was concerned with the integration of art into everyday life through the medium of craftsmanship.
• There is a strong flavour of morality, with stress on the truthful use of materials and the honest expression of function.

  Koreelah, Byron Bay on 10 acres

• Arts and Crafts buildings are unpretentious and informal, evoking an atmosphere of comfortable familiarity.
• In Australia, Federation Arts and Crafts architecture exhibits qualities similar to those of the overseas models from which it drew inspiration.
• Buildings in this style are domestic in scale and make free use of traditional (usually English) vernacular motifs to achieve an unassuming, homely, well-established character.
• Designers aimed for informality in planning, massing, fenestration and landscaping.
• The roof is a dominant element, featuring gables (with barges or parapets) and/or hips of medium to steep pitch and prominent eaves. Tall, tapering chimneys, battered wall- buttresses and bay windows are characteristic elements of the style.
• Pebbledash stucco (roughcast) was commonly used as an exterior wall finish, together with other materials having earthy, ‘natural’ colours and textures.

  Amberwood Estate, central Randwick

• Interiors frequently display timber panelling and sturdy ceiling beams. Touches of Art Nouveau detail are common, both externally and internally. -http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/STYLES/STY-F11.htm
  

Amberwood, 10 Milford Street Randwick

• "Magnificent character home, ocean views"Auction: Monday 22nd October 2012 @ 6pm
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"One of Randwick's most impressive character homes, 'Amberwood' is a grand 1920s residence set on a vast 1377sqm parcel of land just footsteps from Randwick Junction. Capturing sweeping ocean views from its elevated vantage point, this classic home is blessed with abundant entertaining space, grand proportions, lovely traditional features and further potential.

• "STEP through the once-gilt driveway gates of the Amberwood Estate and prepare for a trip down memory lane.
• "Such is the grandeur and quality build of this 1921 Federation home, it seems like time has stood still.
• "As the footpath curves around the house to the triple-panelled timber and glass front doors, you get the first glimpses of its fine features that include a leadlight bay window set in striking blue brick."

• The entry hall is a testament to superior craftmanship and bevelled glass doors on two sides disappear into the hardwood joinery to reveal two rooms equally as impressive as each other.

• To the right is the enormous formal lounge with timber-panelled walls and built-in cabinetry.
• A bay seat framed by leadlight windows looks out to a postcard view of the ocean.
• On the other side of the hall is a grand games room, big enough to house a full size billiards table.

• Beyond the front hall frosted french doors open and the hallway continues.
• A formal dining room with open fireplace connects to the east-facing sunroom set with original sandstone walls and picture windows looking to the ocean.
• Further living space is found on the upper level where the striking timber-vaulted ceiling looms high and features four skylights.
• A matching wooden bar is perfect for serving after dinner drinks and a quirky touch comes via the model railway track that disappears behind the wall.
• A built-in study is tucked into the corner and a private bedroom with claw bath ensuite is off this big room.

• In the rear garden a separate two-storey building with ocean views is unrenovated but can be configured to suit tastes.
• The home sits on a 1377sqm block and includes an established front garden and rockery.
• A home built as structurally sound as this requires only minor modification.

• 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Bathrooms, 5 Parking
• Huge whole-floor master suite with study, WIR
• Grand lounge with gas fire, formal dining, sunroom

• Billiard room /home theatre, dine-in gas kitchen

• Partially completed guesthouse/office with views
• High ornate ceilings, leadlighting, timber panelling
• DLUG, driveway parking, sprawling grassed garden
  

Koreelah - Byron Bay

284 Skinners Shoot Road, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia
$5 million-plus when expressions of interest close October 31, 2012

"Historic Byron Bay farmhouse Koreelah, which was built in 1905, has been developed into a holiday retreat and is listed for sale.
"Commercial property investors James Dawson and Anthony Pangallo are selling Koreelah, their five-bedroom 1905 Byron Bay hinterland farmhouse."

• It's an original Arts and Crafts-style house nestled on the hill below St Helena at Skinners Shoot.

• All its rooms home featuring mahogany and teak floors and rosewood detailed ceilings open onto verandas.

• The location was first settled in 1890, with the 1905 house trading for the only time in 1998 when bought from the original owners, the Raywards, one of Byron’s oldest families .
  
  
• It had a sympathetic renovation to make it all quite luxurious.
  

"This magnificent home sits nestled on the hill below St Helena at Skinners Shoot and offers majestic views to the north over the surrounding countryside. Sitting on 10 acres of what used to be a 110 acre property (which could be incorporated into the sale), the land is very gently sloping and features an array of fruit trees, hoop pines and various established natives.

"Originally owned by Raywards, one of Byron’s oldest families, Koreelah has only ever had one other owner since. The home was originally built in 1905 and, whilst its original character has been maintained, it has been substantially renovated to allow for all of the necessary modern day conveniences.

"A large stone fireplace is the central feature of a spacious open plan living area that overlooks the entertaining decks, the pizza oven and the pool. The kitchen is an entertainer’s delight with stainless steel benchtops, ample storage & a large oven. Bi-fold windows connect it to the deck and the views over the countryside will instantly relax.

"Four good–sized bedrooms share a large modern bathroom with double shower & vanity and an outdoor bath. The fifth bedroom has a small kitchenette with an indoor & outdoor seating area and beside it is the second bathroom for the home.

'The home features Mahogany & Teak floors and Rosewood detailed ceilings as well as large stone pillars, window seats and wrap-around verandas. It has a wonderful feeling of space and is light-filled and instantly relaxing.

"Koreelah’s position allows it to take in the gentle sea breezes and the surrounding vegetation provides privacy and a wonderful country outlook. Located just 3 minutes drive, or a short bike ride from the main street of Byron Bay and its beautiful beaches this property combines the best of a hinterland setting right in the heart of Byron Bay."

• There's a pool in its two-hectare Skinners Shoot Road grounds.

• Its short stay rates are from $750 per night in the low season to $1,500 per night in the peak.

Haberfield Arts & Crafts Style

Haberfield Federation Arts and Crafts influences

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Haberfield Federation Arts and Crafts influences

Federation Arts and Crafts

1. Rough-cast walls

Rough-Cast in Haberfield:

2.Shingles

(Painted wooden) Shingles in Haberfield:

Roslare, 34 Ramsay Street heritage listing

3.Faceted Bay Windows

Faceted Bay Windows in Haberfield:

4. Stone bases

5.Tall Chimneys

Derrylyn, 16 Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, NSW 2045

6. A high pitched roof

7. Overhanging eaves

8. Windows and Doors

Dormer Windows

Feature Windows

Residence, Woodrow Vale Easton (C 1920); Waratah Rest Home (1941-61)

40 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, NSW 2045

Window and Door Openings

Federation Arts and Crafts

- From Wikipedia

• See also Haberfield Federation Pride

  Derrylyn, 16 Deakin Ave (heritage listed)

• See also Haberfield, the Garden Suburb
• See also Federation Arts and Crafts

The Arts and Crafts style came out of a movement to get away from mass-production and rediscover the human touch and the hand-made. 

The architectural style was widely used in Australia during the Federation period and was characterised by 

• pebble-dash or rough-cast walls,
• shingles,
• faceted bay windows,

  20 Ramsay Street

• stone bases and
• tall chimneys.

Add to this the Arts and Crafts roof:

• A pitched roof in a steep pitch, with
• overhanging eaves.
• Federation Style Arts and Crafts roofs will also show the rafters under the eaves.

Windows are typically cottage style, with multiple small panes of glazing set in side-hung casements.

34 Ramsay Street (Heritage listed)

• Dormer Windows
• Feature Windows

Arts and Crafts Doors

William Morris's 1859 Red House in London - The UK Arts & Crafts movement spanned over a period of around 30 years and spread across much of the UK, reaching its height in the early 20th century. The look is all about simple, traditional building forms

'Craignairn' in Wahroonga is an example of what is generally categorised as a “Federation Arts and Crafts” style house. Craignairn, named after a house in Scotland, is a major domestic architectural work by Howard Joseland. It was built in 1909

Haberfield developer Richard Stanton's own Arts and Crafts House, The Bunyas: (1906 – designed by John Spencer-Stansfield)

For Sale 2012, The Bunyas, one of Sydneys finest Federation properties, 5 Rogers Avenue, Haberfield NSW

Rear view of 'The Bunyas' 1-5 Rogers Avenue Haberfield, off Parramatta Road

8 Rogers Avenue Haberfield		11 Rogers Avenue Haberfield
12 Deakin Avenue Haberfield		3 Boomerang Street Haberfield

1. Rough-cast walls

Pebble dash is a form of rendering where pea shingle or stone chippings are thrown onto sand and cement base.  Roughcast is crushed stone mixed with cement and applied to walls. Arts & Crafts or Tudorbethan style homes used pebble dashing as a design feature. External walls were red brick at the lower end and pebble dashed above. The wall surface was often left unpainted. - http://www.freepedia.co.uk/DIRHomesPebbledash.php In Australia, the use of pebble-dash is minimal, but rough-cast is widespread

Rough-cast upper wall

Pebble dashing in 1920's English Houses

Arts & Craft Rough-cast

Rough-Cast in Haberfield:

19 Stanton Road

12 Denman Street

56 O'Connor Street

12 Deakin Avenue

51 Stanton Street

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2.Shingles

The wooden Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which disliked the highly ornamented patterns of Queen Anne architecture. 

• Many of the concepts of the Shingle style were adopted by Gustav Stickley, and adapted to the Craftsman American version of the Arts and Crafts Movement
• In England wall tiling was used, rather than shingles.

(Painted wooden) Shingles in Haberfield:

62 O'Connor Street awning

44 Dalhousie Street Awning

10 Denman Avenue Gable

57 Dalhousie Street Federation style California Bungalow (rare)

34 Ramsay Street (Heritage listed)

Roslare, 34 Ramsay Street heritage listing

Statement of significance:

A fine example of the Queen Anne style of architecture, probably designed by D Wormal, Richard Stanton s architect for the Haberfield Estate. It is an unusual design and exemplifies the high standard that Stanton prescribed for houses in the Estate. The property was also occupied by the one family for most of its life.

Description

Physical description: Arts and Crafts infludences are also clear: the rough-cast chimneys, faceted bay window, with rough-cast below 'cat-slide' roof, low eaves and shingle decoration above the bay window.

The competent design of this house suggests that it was the work of an architect, probably D Wormal, Stanton's architect for theHaberfield Property Company. It is a fine single-storeyed brick residence designed in the Federation Queen Anne style of architecture. The facade brickwork is tuckpointed. The hipped roof is slate, trimmed with terra cotta including crested ridges, and has exposed rafter feet. To one side a bay projects towards the street, with a roughcast base and an ample six-light bay window surmounted by a shingled gable having a decorative panel-and-batten apex. The windows have casement sashes and bullnose sills. The chimneys are roughcast with brick decoration. The unusual verandah has a skillion roof which continues down from the main roof plane. The verandah has elegant paired brackets and paired posts supported on piers rising from inverted-arch balustrade bays, and a tiled floor.

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3.Faceted Bay Windows

Faceted window: any window which has a number of ‘faces’, which are joined by silicon. For example, a bay window usually has three facets.

Faceted Bay Windows in Haberfield:

10 Denman Avenue

44 Dalhousie Street

19 Stanton Road

3 Boomerang Street

7 Boomerang Street

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4. Stone bases

The Red House, in Bexleyheath, London , designed for Morris in 1859 by architect Philip Webb, exemplified the early Arts and Crafts style, with its well-proportioned solid forms, wide porches, steep roof, pointed window arches, brick fireplaces and wooden fittings. Webb rejected the grand classical style and based the design on British vernacular architecture expressing the texture of ordinary materials, such as stone and tiles, with an asymmetrical and quaint building composition.
Note that the bricks used in 1859 would have been hand-made, with mass-production starting in the 1880's leading to a boom in brick housing.

• The Arts & Craft Movement was influenced by medieval craftsmanship: believing that one craftsman should make an item from start to finish and only using local materials.
• The principles of Arts and Crafts design would encourage houses to be erected (albeit in mass-produced brick) above a stone base using local sandstone:

2 Crescent Street

7 Boomerang Street Haberfield with Magnolia

8 Crescent Street

57 Boomerang Street

Spring arrives at 53 Dudley St

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5.Tall Chimneys

In English Arts and Crafts, asymmetry, dominant chimneys and high roof pitches with low eaves are the keys

• Arts and Craft housing chimneys were, for all their finery, merely smoke vents.
• Modern designed chimney-stacks are an alternative to power-hungry air-conditioning, being used for sustainable ventilation.

Derrylyn, 16 Deakin Ave

27 Stanton Road

71 Ramsay Street

10 Denman Avenue

3 Denman Avenue

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Derrylyn, 16 Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, NSW 2045

Statement of significance:

Derrylyn, built in 1910, is a large single storey federation cottage of two-tone bricks with a fine slate and terracotta roof punctuated by numerous tall roughcast chimneys. The building is prominently sited on the corner of Dalhousie Street and Deakin Avenue, Haberfield. It retains many of its original features. (Heritage Council Branch Managers Report 29 July 1983)

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Description

Physical description:

Derrylyn is a large single storey federation cottage of two-tone bricks with a fine slate and terracotta roof punctuated by Derrylyn, 16 Deakin Avenue, Haberfield, NSW 2045 numerous tall roughcast chimneys. Derrylyn was built in 1910. An Interim Conservation Order was placed on Derrylyn on 11 December 1981 at the request of the vendor who was concerned that future owners of the property may propose internal and external changes to the house. With the agreement of the new owner a Permanent Conservation Order was placed over the property on 2 December 1983. In 1983 through the Heritage Assistance program funding assistance was provided to erect a new picket fence. On 2 April 2000 the property was transferred to the State Heritage Register

6. A high pitched roof

A British modern thatched cottage

Right: Thatch is used occasionally on new UK dwellings and demands a roof pitch of at least 45°, and more likely 50°, to allow the rain to flow off quickly and prevent ingress. This steep pitch is also an essential ingredient of cottage style.

• With a pitched roof in a traditional house – especially if it is in Arts & Crafts style – it is essential to have a steep pitch.
• To underline this, many house designers quote Sir Edwin Lutyens— probably the most famous of British architects, revered for the quality of his country houses. Lutyens hated 45° pitches. He referred to 45° as “the ugly angle”. Most traditional architects today will avoid that pitch when designing houses, and if you ask them why, a good number will say it’s because it does not conform to the Golden Ratio. A slightly steeper pitch will achieve a much more satisfying result.
  
• “My favourite when designing an Arts & Crafts house is 51°,” says Richard Cutler. More often than not he has to use 48° in order to meet the demands of planners. “However, this is far better than 45° and my style is to sweep the roof down low over the eaves and reduce the height of the outer wall in the upper storey rooms,” he says. The effect of this is to emphasise the roof.
  from http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/design/design-guides/design-style/arts-crafts

131 Dalhousie Street

Arts and Craft 106 Kingston Street

27 Stanton Road

59 Ramsay Street

20 Ramsay Street

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7. Overhanging eaves

• The eaves should be low, typically reaching down to first floor level in many parts, often using a catslide roof for at least one elevation, adding to the asymmetry that is so characteristic of the style. - http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/design/design-guides/design-style/arts-crafts
  

34 Ramsay Street

4 Crescent Street

10 Crescent Street

61 Boomerang Street

7 Denman Avenue

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8. Windows and Doors

Small-paned casement windows

Dormer Window at 131 Dalhousie Street

Bullseye window at 20 Ramsay Street Haberfield

71 Ramsay with Arched Windows

Dormer Windows

• Dormer windows may be pitch roofed (gabled), or catslide roof (mono pitched). - choose small-paned casement windows.

Feature Windows

Bullseye at 36 Dalhousie Street

Arched window at 38 Dalhousie Street

Bullseye at 51 Stanton Road

• Unusual-shaped windows, or a series of small windows, may be used to add interest to an elevation.
• Examples include circular windows, trefoil or quatrefoil windows (three lights or four lights), heart-shaped windows (there is at least one in Sydney), or a series of three small square windows.
• Use Art Nouveau designs in leadlight windows
  

Beautiful arched window at 40 Dalhousie Street (heritage listed)

Residence, Woodrow Vale Easton (C 1920); Waratah Rest Home (1941-61)

40 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield, NSW 2045

Statement of significance:

A handsome and ample residence on a large site. It is a distinctive design in the Federation Arts and Crafts/Queen Anne style of architecture. It also has an interesting history and associations.

• Description

Physical description:

This substantial house is a single-storey brick building, an eclectic design in the Queen Anne/Arts and Crafts styles of architecture. Facing east to Dalhousie Street, its front is almost symmetrical, with two gable wings flanking a verandah and another at one end, and projecting from the main gabled roof. Each gable has a decorative apex panel. The roof has terra cotta tiling with crested ridges and gable terminals. The brickwork is tuckpointed and has roughcast render above door head height. A casement bay window is in each gable wing. A handsome four-light arched window faces the verandah, beside the front door. The verandah has a slightly lower-pitched roof, tiled floor and paired timber posts with decorative timber brackets. The chimneys are roughcast, the front one emphasising the verandah corner.

• Row casement windows at 106 Kingston Street

Window and Door Openings

• Windows are typically set back deep within their reveals, often by 100mm, creating depth and shadow to elevations.
• Plank doors are typical of Arts & Crafts houses. They could be in painted softwood, or quality timber such as oak, left natural or stained and oiled.
  • A wide front door with solid proportions suits the style well.
  • Black hand-forged ironmongery is an ideal choice.
  • Other options include traditional panelled doors, perhaps with some of the upper panels glazed.
  • Glazed French doors are a typical feature at the rear or sides, providing access onto a terrace or the garden.

Entrance Hall to The Bunyas, 1-5 Rogers Avenue Haberfield, showing feature leadlight casement windows in Art Nouveau style