Sunday, February 7, 2010

A House on the Golf Links Estate, Camberwell

House, CamberwellThis house is on a large corner block on the Golf Links Estate in Camberwell. The property is surrounded by a low wall with regularly spaced piers topped with a simple stepped geometric form.

This house also demostrates an interesting feature of the Golf Links Estate with a narrow flowerbed between the wall and the footpath bringing the private garden outside the property to the public space. In some streets this etra garden space is well used while in others it is a bit hit and miss with some owners extending the width of the footpath to fill-in the flowerbed.

House, Camberwell

The house itself is rendered and painted in a cream colour with decoration provided through the use dark bricks in irregular patterns on the corners of the building and around the front entrance.

House, Camberwell

House, Camberwell

House, Camberwell

4 comments:

  1. Very cool! I love the border wall. And the turquoise accents the house very well.

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  2. I love the wall too. It is a pet hate of mine when beautiful houses (any residence really) have a added or altered wall or fence that doesn't match the style of the house. Imagine how different this house would look with a taller wall or a picket fence. I call it the 'Nice house, shame about the wall/fence' effect.

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  3. This is my house!! Nice to see that some people appreciate it for what it is. Cheers, Stephen Gough.

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  4. Thanks for dropping by Stephen. It's a wonderful house. I hope it is a lovely to live in as it looks.

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