Friday, September 13, 2013

Gothic Queen Anne style

Gothic Style and Queen Anne Federation style

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Façade of Reims Cathedral, France
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The interior of the western end of Reims Cathedral

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Gothic Malbork Castle (formerly Mareinburg), Poland, begun before 1280
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American Victorian Gothic house
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American Queen Anne with Gothic features
Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedralsabbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castlespalacestown hallsguild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings.
Tthe Gothic style was expressed most powerfully in the great churches, cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings, its characteristics lending themselves to appeals to the emotions, whether springing from faith or from civic pride. 
  • From Wikipedia on Gothic Revival Archictecture:
    "The Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time."
  • By the late 1800s, the fanciful details of Gothic Revival architecture had waned in popularity. Gothic Revival ideas did not die out, but they they were most frequently reserved for churches and large public buildings.
  • Queen Anne became an architectural fashion in the 1880s and 1890s, when the industrial revolution was building up steam. Home builders were caught up in the excitement of new technologies which allowed cheap factory-made, pre-cut architectural parts, especially bricks and tiles. - Queen Anne Architecture in the U
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Rheinstein Castle, Germany 
showing fortress towers and castellation of the walls
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Basilica of the Assumption of Mary, Krakow, Poland
showing finials above towers
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The Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
showing castellation of roof line

Neo-Gothic buildings have many of these features:

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West front of Notre Dame Cathedral, Reims, France

  • Strong vertical lines and a sense of great height
  • Pointed windows with decorative tracery
  • Gargoyles and other carvings
  • Pinnacles

In the industrial revolution of the 19th Century, Gothic ornamentation jumped from requiring expensive hand-made detailing to much cheaper mass-produced effects. Homes could now have apparently Waning religious influence allowed homes to mirror larger Gothic churches, family homes becoming an ideal of the family Gothic castle.
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USA Romanesque Revival Architecture with arched doors and tower arcades


Probable Gothic influences on the mass-produced Queen Anne style are:
  • conical towers (replacing steeples)
  • front-facing gables
  • ridge ornaments replacing castellation
  • finials on roofs
  • leadlight glass windows (replacing intricate stained glass) and
  • the sets of small coloured panes of glass above feature windows (as coloured highlighting)
  • bullseye window replacing the grand rose window
  • ornate gable ornament (instead of ornamented galleries or frilly barge boards)
  • gable ventilators (compare the top gable inserts in both pictures at RHS)
  • bulky buttresses (to support side chimneys)
  • verandah valances and friezes as attractive pseudo-gothic ornamentation
  • arched window brickwork or arched entrance corridor

Haberfield Gothic

In 1901, Haberfield developer Richard Stanton, advertised some available house designs as being of 'domestic Gothic' style, which historian Vincent Crow describes as having a 'characteristic cone', usually on a verandah roof. [1]These are also called 'turrets' and are usually round or pyramid-shaped towers. The tall narrow towers are amusingly known as 'candle-snuffers'.[2]

8 Rogers Avenue
8 Rogers Avenue
12 Deakin Avenue
12 Deakin Avenue
14 Kingston Street
14 Kingston Street
19 Stanton Road
19 Stanton Road
19 Stanton Road
19 Stanton Road
20 Stanton Road
20 Stanton Road
20 Dudley Street
20 Dudley Street
42 Kingston Street
42 Kingston Street
78 Kingston Road
78 Kingston Road
37 Dudley Street
37 Dudley Street
Examples listed by Vincent Crow therein are:
  • 8 Rogers Avenue, Haberfield
  • 11 Dickson Street, Haberfield
  • 11 Forest Street, Haberfield
  • 14 Kingston Street, Haberfield
  • 118 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield
  • 19 Stanton Road, Haberfield (classified by the National Trust)
  • 20 Dudley Street, Haberfield
  • 21 Turner Avenue, Haberfield
  • 30 Kingston Street, Haberfield
  • 37 Dudley Street, Haberfield (classified by the National Trust)

Burwood Gothic

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Belvedere at 'Verona' 2A Appian Way Burwood
'Alba Longa' 4 Appian Way
'Alba Longa' 4 Appian Way
'Vallambrosa' 19 Appian Way
'Vallambrosa' 19 Appian Way
Capri, 23 Appian Way
Capri, 23 Appian Way
'Colonna' Burwood Appian Way
'Colonna' Burwood Appian Way
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306 Burwood Road
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'Olmora' 308 Burwood Rd Burwood
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Belvedere at 74 Liverpool Road Burwood
Examples from the Appian Estate Area are:
  • 'Verona' 2A Appian Way
  • 'Alba Longa' 4 Appian Way
  • 'Vallambrosa' 19 Appian Way
  • 'Capri' 23 Appian Way
  • 'Colonna' 304 Burwood Road
  • 'Talopa' 306 Burwood Rd
  • 'Olmora' 308 Burwood Rd
  • 74 Liverpool Road Burwood

Other Sydney Examples of Gothic Queen Anne:

78 Liverpool Road Burwood Heights
78 Liverpool Road Burwood Heights
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'Alister Brae' - c1904 Pymble NSW
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Carr Street Coogee
  • Leadlight and coloured 'lights'


    42 Kingston Street, Haberfield, showing both leadlight glass windows and coloured glass fanlights above, finial on pyramidal tower roof
    42 Kingston Street, Haberfield, showing both leadlight glass windows and coloured glass fanlights above, finial on pyramidal tower roof
  • Ridge Ornaments and Finials at the apex


    8 Rogers Avenue Haberfield, showing ridge ornaments and finials
    8 Rogers Avenue Haberfield, showing ridge ornaments and finials

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    Dudley Street Coogee showing finial and ridge decorations, arcades under gablets and decorated turret
  • Door and Window Arches
    Arched windows and brick arched doorway at Verona, 2 Appian Way, Burwood
    Arched windows and brick arched doorway at Verona, 2 Appian Way, Burwood
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Alister Brae: Grand arched entrance hall showcasing spectacular stained glass
  • Interior window arch at 37 Dudley Street, Haberfield
    Interior window arch at 37 Dudley Street, Haberfield

  1. ^ 'Haberfield - The Development of its Character, by Vincent Crow, 1978, page 8
  2. ^ 'A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture', Appperly et al, page 134

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