HOUSE

How is it significant?
The house and front fence at 23 Holmes Street, Brunswick East, is of local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is significant as a representative example of the transitional housing style known as the Federation Bungalow, which combined elements of the Federation-era 'Queen Anne' style and the Interwar 'Californian Bungalow style. The style emerged in the years immediately following World War I, prior to the emergence of the divergent styles of the interwar era. (Criterion D)

The brick dwelling at 23 Holmes Street, Brunswick East, combines characteristics typical of the Federation 'Queen Anne' style (a steeply pitched roof pyramidal roof form, tiled roof with terracotta finals and ridge capping, half timbering to the projecting gable, a curved bay window with leadlight to the casement windows, and casement windows with leadlight) with characteristics more typical of the Californian Bungalow style (generous enclosed verandah with broad arched openings, tapered rendered columns over heavy brick pillars, and a half brick wall across the front). Chevron pattern brick detailing is notable to the brick wall and the front fence. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House