From Heritage House Tour 2019: "A Swiss chalet style Craftsman bungalow of 1910 designed by Gamble and Knapp, features river stone in the garden, leaded-glass windows, half-timbered gables, big brackets and eaves. "
From Heritage House Tour 2016: "variations of Craftsman bungalows include the side-gabled one with a prominent, asymmetrical porch bay such as House #1 at 1606 East 15th Avenue."
From City of Vancouver, VHF Files: "This home is listed in the ‘C’ category on the Vancouver Heritage Register. This one and a half story house constitutes part of a cluster of Craftsman-style homes built along Oxford Street in 1918, after Hastings townsite became amalgamated into the City of Vancouver during the war-years. Built by E.W. Barrett, and tightly placed on a small yard, the “C” classified building is a front-gabled sub-type of the Craftsman style so popular in Vancouver during the first two decades of the twentieth century. It features a low-pitched gable roof with a full-width porch sheltered under the main roof. A cornice with dentil banding separates the Tudor-inspired half-timbering on the gable end and the supporting sloped (battered) columns that sit atop of shingled piers. A wooden balustrade spans the space between the piers. It is a good example of the modest buildings erected after the 1913-1915 depression precipitated by World War One. In 1999, the house was repainted in heritage colours with the assistance of a VHF True Colours grant."
From Heritage House Tour 2019: "A Swiss chalet style Craftsman bungalow of 1910 designed by Gamble and Knapp, features river stone in the garden, leaded-glass windows, half-timbered gables, big brackets and eaves. "
From Heritage House Tour 2016: "variations of Craftsman bungalows include the side-gabled one with a prominent, asymmetrical porch bay such as House #1 at 1606 East 15th Avenue."
From City of Vancouver, VHF Files: "This home is listed in the ‘C’ category on the Vancouver Heritage Register. This one and a half story house constitutes part of a cluster of Craftsman-style homes built along Oxford Street in 1918, after Hastings townsite became amalgamated into the City of Vancouver during the war-years. Built by E.W. Barrett, and tightly placed on a small yard, the “C” classified building is a front-gabled sub-type of the Craftsman style so popular in Vancouver during the first two decades of the twentieth century. It features a low-pitched gable roof with a full-width porch sheltered under the main roof. A cornice with dentil banding separates the Tudor-inspired half-timbering on the gable end and the supporting sloped (battered) columns that sit atop of shingled piers. A wooden balustrade spans the space between the piers. It is a good example of the modest buildings erected after the 1913-1915 depression precipitated by World War One. In 1999, the house was repainted in heritage colours with the assistance of a VHF True Colours grant."
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Bargeboard
Also called a vergeboard, a board or other decorative woodwork fixed to the edges or projecting rafters of a gabled roof. When perforated or turned elaborately, also called gingerbread.
Cladding
Also referred to as siding, cladding is the outermost layer of the wall system, providing resistance to the natural elements and acting as a control device for drainage. Depending on the house style, various kinds of stucco, horizontal and vertical boards may be used as cladding. Types of cladding/siding: Board and Batten Clapboard Drop Lap Masonry Shakes Shingle Shiplap Stucco
Decorative Glazing
Stained, beveled, or leaded glass glazing that is separated by “cames” (slender grooved bars of lead) and which appears in windows and doors.
Front Stairs
Bridging the porch and street, the front stairs provide easy access to the home through the use of treads and risers. Staircases are found in a number of configurations on the façade in response to accessibility and style.
Gable Roof
A pitched roof that ends in a gable (the triangular portion of a wall defined by the sloping edges of the roof and a horizontal line between the eave line).
Mullion
A vertical post, frame, or double jamb dividing two window sashes or large panes of glass. Not to be confused with muntin.
Muntin Bars
Also known as glazing bars, the cross pieces dividing the panes of glass within a window sash. Not to be confused with mullion.
Pier
A square, sometimes tapered (as opposed to round) column.
Rafters
A sloping roof beam, the exposed ends of which are called rafter tails.
Form
Front-Gabled Single Storey Craftsman: “California Bungalow”
The purest Craftsman style, common in Kitsilano in particular, is a front-gabled bungalow with a low-pitched roof and integral porch, small attic window, clinker brick or stone porch piers with no middle post. They occasionally have a mock-Japanese flair in carved fascia boards and clinker-brick chimneys. On the eastern side of the city, Craftsman cottages often have a simple single gable with knee brackets, sometimes with a gabled bay, also bracketed, providing a half porch.
Details
- Low pitched front-gabled roof
- 1-1/2 storey
- Often wood detailing in top of front gable
- Full or half porch
- Small attic window
- Exposed soffits
- Large brackets under eaves
- Double-hung windows