Colonial Georgian (1788-1850)
FEATURES
• Usually brick or stone
• Hipped roof
• Symmetrical
• Verandah
• Windows with 12 or more small panes as glass only available in small sizes. “Crown Glass” was hand-blown giving it a rippled effect. Some had French door with louvered
timber shutters
• Doors with four or six panels usually in the centre with windows placed symmetrically on either side
• Fanlights over entrance doors
• Timber columns
• High pitched roofs of timber shingles, slate or imported flat iron tiles
• Walls often lime-washed
• Rear skillion roofed single-story structure for store rooms and less important bedrooms
• Separate kitchen building often connected by a covered walkway
• With second floor ground and first floor openings lined up
• Flooring usually wide, pit-sawn boards
• Timber ceiling joists and wall studs were lined with split timber laths and plastered in three coats of lime and cow hair plaster
• Moulded timber skirting boards, chimney pieces, door and window linings and architraves. Plaster cornices and ceiling roses were not common
• Colours were limited to natural pigments: white, cream, green, red, brown and black
• An ornamental garden at the front of the house often reflected the geometry of a brick-edged carriage loop and paths radiating away from the house
• Usually brick or stone
• Hipped roof
• Symmetrical
• Verandah
• Windows with 12 or more small panes as glass only available in small sizes. “Crown Glass” was hand-blown giving it a rippled effect. Some had French door with louvered
timber shutters
• Doors with four or six panels usually in the centre with windows placed symmetrically on either side
• Fanlights over entrance doors
• Timber columns
• High pitched roofs of timber shingles, slate or imported flat iron tiles
• Walls often lime-washed
• Rear skillion roofed single-story structure for store rooms and less important bedrooms
• Separate kitchen building often connected by a covered walkway
• With second floor ground and first floor openings lined up
• Flooring usually wide, pit-sawn boards
• Timber ceiling joists and wall studs were lined with split timber laths and plastered in three coats of lime and cow hair plaster
• Moulded timber skirting boards, chimney pieces, door and window linings and architraves. Plaster cornices and ceiling roses were not common
• Colours were limited to natural pigments: white, cream, green, red, brown and black
• An ornamental garden at the front of the house often reflected the geometry of a brick-edged carriage loop and paths radiating away from the house
Colonial Georgian cottages were influenced by the Georgian architecture popular at the time in Britain. Many were architect designed or based on imported plans. One of the main influences was said to be the bungalow developed in Colonial India. In Australia, the Georgian style was simplified and restrained, reflecting the social and environmental circumstances in which the settlers lived. The major change to the English Georgian style was the verandah for sun protection.
Experiment Farm Cottage, Sydney, built c1835 by Surgeon John Harris (National Trust)
