An Arts and Crafts Bungalow - North Caulfield

            This stylish Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow is built in the Melbourne suburb of North Caulfield.  

Built between Federation (1901) and the years just after the Great War (1914 - 1918), the use of red brick and the prominent shingled bargeboard are very Arts and Crafts inspired as is are the elongated protruding windows featuring latticed glass and stylish framing.  The ornamental fretwork supporting the gable and the woodwork around the upper window also in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia, as is the rounded verandah.  The upper window with its Streamline Moderne metal frame is obviously a later addition.  Originally it would have been a shady balcony and open to the elements.  

The balcony was obviously convered to a room in the 1930s, possibly as a result of the Great Depression when many owners convered open veranadahs and balconies into rooms they could rent out cheaply for much needed income.  The cast-iron spiral staircase to the right of the balcony is also a later edition and would not have been original to the bungalow. 

As in London, there was a huge expansion in Melbourne after the Great War in 1918, with ribbon development estates with names like "Oakhill" and "Golf Links" popping up seemingly overnight along rail lines and tram lines.  These quickly became suburbs where the newly created and newly moneyed middle classes chose to settle, away from the crowded inner city with its dark Victorian houses and slums.  These suburbs gained the mocking title of "Metroland".

Representing modernity the inspiration of these "Metroland" houses were derived from the Reformist and Arts and Crafts movement in England as well as the more modern lines of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architectural styles that were in vogue in the 1920s and 1930s.

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Prahran East (show map)

Taken on: January 21, 2020

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/3.5, 1/500 sec, 9.7mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
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Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	9.7mm
ISO:	80
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
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