Archive for the ‘2 storey’ Category

Rockdale: 96 Punt Road, Windsor. Melbourne, Victoria

Rockdale is an attractive freestanding double storey former middle class home in the Italianate terrace style.  Like many of the grand homes along this stretch of Punt Road close to St Kilda Junction it is set back from the street.  Despite its obvious grandeur, Rockdale is unfortunately not afforded any heritage protection under the City of Stonnington planning scheme.

The terrace is highly decorated in rendered brick, however it has been significantly modified, the “modernisation” dating to sometime before the 1950s resulting in the removal of its cast iron lacework, replacement of its support column with concrete and enclosing its upper storey verandah in aluminium framed glass.  Read more... (384 words, 5 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Photo by Alastair Lamont. All rights reserved. Used with permission

Saltaire: 8 Thorn Street. Essendon, Victoria

Standing as a lone freestanding suburban terrace house overlooking Lincoln Park in Essendon is this landmark Victorian home in the Australian filigree style.

The polychrome brick terrace has many classical features to indicate its Italiante style, while its overall composition is distinctively eclectic.  Read more... (453 words, 5 images, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Terrace Houses: 22-28 Blackburn Street. Adelaide, South Australia

This unnamed row of four double storey ashlar bluestone terraces in the Regency style includes “Wisteria Terrace” which operates as a bed and breakfast.  The others remain used as houses.  They form an important terraced city streetscape and are very typical of those in Adelaide, however with some distinctive features.  Read more... (270 words, 4 images, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

Photo by: Sardaka licenced under (CC-SA)

Terrace Houses and Corner Shop: 27-33 Moncur Street, Woollahra. Sydney, New South Wales

This interesting row of three double storey terraces plus splayed corner shop.

The corner shop has been altered at some stage. At the time the photo was taken the original render had been stripped back to expose bare bricks, however this has since been replaced and painted over. While the bare brick treatment that was common in fashionable 1960s renovations looked quaint it exposed porous brick and grout which made them susceptible to water ingress. The regency style corner shop is notable for the large decorative urns which grace its parapet as well as the fine brackets on its cornice, Georgian style door and window mouldings and corner balconette.  Read more... (187 words, 5 images, estimated 45 secs reading time)

Freestanding Terrace: 34 Park Place, South Yarra. Melbourne, VIC

This freestanding boom style terrace in great condition was originally built in 1891 by Alfred Taylor and is part of a subdivision with direct frontage to beautiful Fawkner Park.

The terrace itself is an flamboyant composition with typical Melbourne features including a high parapet of classical entablature with a triangular pediment topping a festoon in moulded stucco and flanked by scrolls and a balustrade.  Urns on either side complete the Italianate silhouette.   The party walls are clearly defined and feature another pair of urns with lions heads on the upper storey and female heads on the lower storey staring out over the park with wide scrolls in between.  A bold cornice sits between the party walls and is propped up with dentils and a frieze of classically inspired mouldings including floral paterae.  Read more... (296 words, 5 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)