Victorian Period. Style Description. Features. Materials. Western Australian House Styles Information Page

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1 Victorian Some houses were still built along Colonial lines, but this period saw a break from symmetry. In most cases, a section of the house was thrust forward to produce an L- shaped plan. Corrugated galvanised iron sheeting was introduced in the 1850s and larger windows were produced by new glass making techniques. Cement improved as a building material. Sudden wealth of gold enabled the use of these new technologies. Asymmetrical larger windows with larger panes wider use of building materials including decorative cast iron, corrugated roofing iron, plaster and timber weatherboards extensive use of verandahs and sun-screening devices bay windows often finials and cresting to the roof. Corrugated iron timber weatherboard cast iron decoration. Australian Housing Types Page 88 Topic 4

2 Federation s After the gold boom of the 1890s, Federation saw growth in prosperity and more freedom of style, incorporating practicality with elegance. The houses were greatly influenced by Art Nouveau and featured curved forms and floral motifs in plaster, leadlight, timber and wrought iron, enhancing doors, windows and verandahs. After 1910, the curved forms gave way to heavy and squared off timber details on verandahs and gables. Red brick, often tuck pointed (i.e. a ridge of white mortar ran along the joints between the bricks) dominant roof often broken by false gable and capped with terracotta frilled ridge tiles turned timber verandah posts supplemented by elaborate timber decoration bay windows smaller panes at the top and bottom of windows, often in coloured glass. Red brick, often tuck pointed terracotta frilled ridge tiles leadlight or coloured glass pressed metal ceilings. Topic 4 Page 89 Australian Housing Types

3 Californian Bungalow McCourt Street, Leederville Informal houses with low pitched roofs shaded external spaces and overhanging eaves. This style, imported from California, is influence by Indian Colonial and Japanese architecture. Low pitched hipped roofs gable ends with timber features exposed rafter and bracket ends entry porch under main roof featuring sloping column supports and brick walls additional strutted tiled awnings over windows. Brick and render, used in combination brick features to columns, low walls and chimneys timber windows and door frames with leaded glass contoured tiled roof, with feature ridges and finials exposed timber roof structure lower floor in rough limestone blocks. Australian Housing Types Page 90 Topic 4

4 Spanish Mission Spanish style housing that was adapted to suit the locally available materials called the Spanish Mission style because it emulated the style built by Spanish missionaries throughout the world. White painted rendered walls spiral columns corbelled brickwork to the eaves on gable ends arches, small courtyards and tiled floors. Tiled roof brick walls with concrete render finish concrete slab awning providing shading over windows internal floors tiled. Topic 4 Page 91 Australian Housing Types

5 Art Deco McCourt Street, Leederville Horizontal streamline design with emphasis on house entry. Horizontal window awnings and features horizontal window divisions decorative render details recessed lines (courses) of brick entry porch with feature columns or roof corner windows. Brick and render, used in combination rendered features cantilevered concrete awnings over windows painted timber windows tiled roof, at relatively low pitch. Australian Housing Types Page 92 Topic 4

6 International Influenced by the ideas of the Modern Movement the emphasis being on functional design with no ornamentation. These ideas, together with the rationing of building materials during the post World War II recovery period, combined to produce the austere forms that became known as International style. Functional planning using a modular grid flat or low pitched roof full height windows and doors carport attached to the house little or no decoration. Metal roof concrete block walls or brick with a concrete render finish steel framed roof aluminium/metal framed windows and doors. Topic 4 Page 93 Australian Housing Types

7 Triple Front This style of home was a result of the development of the project home builderõs market, providing standardised and inexpensive design and land packages to the public. This type of development became popular in order to deal with the great demand for housing and rapid expansion of suburbs in the 1960s (as a result of the mining boom in WA, at the time). The houses were designed to incorporate mass produced and standardised building products such as aluminium windows and sliding doors and internal metal door frames. This was done to keep the houses as cheap to build as possible. Floor plans on average where larger than previous styles with multiple living spaces and two bathrooms. Building shape was stepped at the front, hence the name triple fronted large windows and sliding doors often a feature panel of stonework cladding on an external wall near the front entry large roof over hang (eaves) to provide some sun protection to the walls enclosed garage, attached to the house pitched roof about 22¼, less steeply pitched than many of the housing styles built previously, to cut building costs. Tiled roof exposed brick walls with no paint or render finish aluminium windows and sliding doors internally, carpet on floors except the wet areas (bathroom, toilet, laundry). Australian Housing Types Page 94 Topic 4