Federation Details: October 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012

Abbotsford's Grand Federation Home

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The Sunrise motif in the gable dates this house to Federation period

Grand Victorian family home with sweeping bay views

With its exclusive peninsula address, private elevated setting and lush landscaped gardens, this beautiful Victorian home is sure to enchant.

Typical beautiful Federation garden style

Meticulously restored and revived interiors are rich in elegant period detailing while a view-swept upper level addition and stylish contemporary rear extension have been expertly designed in keeping with its architectural heritage.
Footsteps to the foreshore and ferry, it’s a short stroll to village life, boating clubs and waterfront parkland.
Five large beds, sunlit master suite with northerly water views, deep balcony & walk-in robe

Verandah has beautiful patterned tiling
Formal living & dining rooms, original marble fireplaces, sitting/music room with bay vista

Timber floor and fireplace are typical Federation style
Gourmet Corian-topped kitchen, European appliances, limewashed cabinetry & pantry
Family living/dining with tranquil garden outlook, bbq terrace & studio/kid’s cubby house
Three bathrooms, sep laundry with W.C., auto DLUG, cellar storage, reverse air, 690sqm block

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Gothic Style and Queen Anne Federation style[Previous post: Selling your Federation Home Next post: ]

Malbork Castle (formerly Mareinburg), Poland, begun before 1280

From Wikipedia on Gothic Revival Archictecture:
"The Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is anarchitectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-

American Victorian Gothic house

Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassicalstyles prevalent at the time."
By the late 1800s, the fanciful details of Gothic Revival architecture had waned in popularity. Gothic Revival ideas did not die out, but they they were most frequently reserved for churches and large public buildings.
Queen Anne became an architectural fashion in the 1880s and 1890s, when the industrial revolution was building up steam. Home builders were caught up in the excitement of new technologies which allowed cheap factory-made, pre-cut architectural parts, especially bricks and tiles. - Queen Anne Architecture in the USA

Other probable hand-made Gothic influences on the mass-produced Queen Anne style are:

West front of Notre Dame Cathedral, Reims, France

conical towers (not steeples)

American Queen Anne with Gothic features
front-facing gables
ridge ornaments and finials on roofs (pseudo gargoyles)
leadlight glass windows (replacing intricate stained glass) and
the sets of small coloured panes of glass above feature windows
bullseye window replaces grand rose window
ornate gable ornament (instead of ornamented barge boards)
gable ventilators (compare the top gable inserts in both pictures at RHS)
buttresses to support side chimneys
verandah valances and friezes as attractive ornamentation
arched window brickwork or arched entrance corridor

USA Romanesque Revival Architecture with arched doors and tower arcades

Haberfield Gothic

In 1901, Haberfield developer Richard Stanton, advertised some available house designs as being of 'domestic Gothic' style, which historian Vincent Crow describes as having a 'characteristic cone', usually on a verandah roof.^[1] These are also called 'turrets' and are usually round or pyramid-shaped towers. The tall narrow towers are amusingly known as 'candle-snuffers'.^[2]

8 Rogers Avenue

12 Deakin Avenue

14 Kingston Street

19 Stanton Road

20 Stanton Road

20 Dudley Street

42 Kingston Street

78 Kingston Road

37 Dudley Street

Examples listed by Vincent Crow therein are:

8 Rogers Avenue, Haberfield
11 Dickson Street, Haberfield
11 Forest Street, Haberfield
14 Kingston Street, Haberfield
118 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield
19 Stanton Road, Haberfield (classified by the National Trust)
20 Dudley Street, Haberfield
21 Turner Avenue, Haberfield
30 Kingston Street, Haberfield
37 Dudley Street, Haberfield (classified by the National Trust)

Burwood Gothic

Belvedere at 'Verona' 2A Appian Way Burwood

'Alba Longa' 4 Appian Way

'Vallambrosa' 19 Appian Way

Capri, 23 Appian Way

'Colonna' Burwood Appian Way

306 Burwood Road

'Olmora' 308 Burwood Rd Burwood

Belvedere at 74 Liverpool Road Burwood

Examples from the Appian Estate Area are:

'Verona' 2A Appian Way
'Alba Longa' 4 Appian Way
'Vallambrosa' 19 Appian Way
'Capri' 23 Appian Way
'Colonna' 304 Burwood Road
'Talopa' 306 Burwood Rd
'Olmora' 308 Burwood Rd
74 Liverpool Road Burwood

Other Sydney Examples of Gothic Queen Anne:

78 Liverpool Road Burwood Heights

'Alister Brae' - c1904 Pymble NSW

Carr Street Coogee

Leadlight and coloured 'lights'

42 Kingston Street, Haberfield, showing both leadlight glass windows and coloured glass fanlights above, finial on pyramidal tower roof
Ridge Ornaments and Finials at the apex

8 Rogers Avenue Haberfield, showing ridge ornaments and finials

Dudley Street Coogee showing finial and ridge decorations, arcades under gablets and decorated turret
Door and Window Arches

Arched windows and brick arched doorway at Verona, 2 Appian Way, Burwood

Alister Brae: Grand arched entrance hall showcasing spectacular stained glass

Interior window arch at 37 Dudley Street, Haberfield

^ 'Haberfield - The Development of its Character, by Vincent Crow, 1978, page 8
^ 'A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture', Appperly et al, page 134