11/29/2023 0 Comments Colonial window panes![]() More elaborate windows featured sashes with stained or coloured glass. The Queen Ann sash window with a single pane to the bottom sash and multi-panes to the upper sash is a classic design. Dark brick gables with tuck pointing, white-painted window frames and large verandas. This style typifies most peoples idea of a Federation building. Queen Anne style was a revived form of English Baroque architectural styles and is considered to span 1880–1900, although the popular style persisted for another decade. Federation Queen Anne ( Queen Anne revival) Fanlights and coloured glass became common features in sidelights and above doors. Double hung sash windows often incorporated a six over two glazing configuration. It was not uncommon to have casement window frames and double hung windows located in the same house. A popular style for the casement window was to be grouped into a bow window featuring a decorative Art Nouveau or Neo-Georgian lead-lights in the upper section. Federation style borrowed freely from the eras that preceded it, combining the best features of the Georgian and Victorian styles whilst incorporating the newer Filgree and Arts and Crafts influences.īy the early 1900’s, side hinged casement windows became increasingly popular. Whilst Federation architecture is very similar to the British Edwardian era, regional influences do set it apart. Since the late 60’s Australia has adopted the term ‘Federation Architecture’ to reference the late Victorian and Edwardian eras of architecture. ![]() Filigree also became a popular adornment for gates, veranda’s and doorways.ġ890 – 1915 Australian colonies collectively became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Many homes constructed during the 1870’s and the 1880’s were two storey Victorian Filigree terraces. Filigree / ItalianateĪ prominent feature of Australian architecture is the wrought iron filigree balcony often termed ‘iron-lace’. The bull-nose veranda roof started to appear, timber fretwork became common and sidelights were added beside front doors. Window styles from this period were simpler, typically featuring either single panes or two over two vertical split glazing pattern. The Industrial Revolution brought many technological advancements, including the manufacture of larger panes of glass. Graduating the size of windows from the ground upwards not only improved the perspective but also increased the amount of light to the lower rooms. Windows were often grouped into impressive bays, offset with ornate stone reveals. Victorian sash windows incorporated curved horns, arched heads, intricate mouldings, lead-lights and latticework adorned the sashes. Victorian Gothic architecture was lavished with ornamentation and decoration. The Gothic style became widespread in the 19th century, characterised by its ornate stone and brick structures. Sash windows, columns, bay windows, turrets, dormers, cornices, and gables are the common theme. With so many different styles arising during the reign of Queen Victoria, it may begin to seem as though these are all different architectural styles. Public buildings, across all the colonies, were routinely designed in Britain by prominent architects of the time.įirst appearing around 1830, the group of styles collectively referred to as Victorian architecture is a series of revival styles. Victorian Sash Windowsĭuring the reign of Queen Victoria British migration increased and settlers in the colonies were able to utilise the latest and most fashionable advancements in Victorian architecture. These are often referred to as ‘Colonial bars’ or ‘Georgian bars’.Īs the Australian economy developed and settlements became more established more elaborate buildings emerged in the Old Gothic and Regency styles. ![]() Using narrow astragal glazing bars, to connect the panes. Glazed windows were generally small with multiple panes of in a grid pattern. As glass manufacturing was still expensive, and limited to producing smaller panes of cylinder glass, often windows were only shuttered. Consequently the earliest Australian architectural style copied the Georgian styles from Britain and has become known as Colonial architecture.īuildings erected in the early years of Australian settlement were simple, plain and functional. Colonial WindowsĪ First Fleet of British ships arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788 to establish a penal colony in Sydney. Early examples of Australian Figured Rolled Glass can be found in our Pattern Glass ID Guide. See this article for information on the origin of sash windows in BritainĪll window glass was imported into Australia until a domestic sheet glass trade was established in the 1930s. ![]()
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