L06 - History of NZ Residential Architecture

Question 1

True or False:
Wealth rather than class determined how people were housed

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Although the main roof of Victorian villa or cottage was a hip or gable the most utilitarian portion of the house at the rear typically featured a

Answer 2

Lean to

Question 3

A villa’s main roof tended to be hip or gable, while the utilitarian back of the house often had a “________roof”.

Answer 3

Lean to, shed, lean-to, single pitched

Question 4

Victorian villas and cottages are mainly characterised by:

Answer 4

Bays (typ. 1+ in various shaped and will almost always feature some kind of finial);
Central hallway from main entrance;
Highly ornate verandahs;
Finials (tall, narrow projection at the peak of gable roofs); and
Lack of dormers

Question 5

True or False:
Victorian Villas often featured ornamental wooden fretwork located under the fascia of the verandahs

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The most public portion of a villa/cottage was a __________

Answer 6

parlour

Question 7

True or False:
The rest of the house decreases in its privacy as you go back towards the rear of the house

Answer 7

False, it increases in privacy

Question 8

________ and _________ are common details at the verandah

Answer 8

Fretwork, ironwork

Question 9

What is fretwork made of?

Answer 9

wood and produced by a factory using a thin bladed saw

Question 10

What is ironwork made of?

Answer 10

typ. cast iron but sometimes wrought iron

Question 11

True or False:
The larger, more expensive homes had more fretwork/ironwork; simple Victorian cottages typ. had none at all

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Finials are derived from what style?

Answer 12

Gothic style

Question 13

The NZ state house was a combination of BUNGALOW and “____________________”

Answer 13

English cottage

Question 14

Early NZ houses featured ‘plain board’ weatherboards but in the 1880s ______________ became popular

Answer 14

rusticated weatherboard

Question 15

Original windows in Victorian Villa and Cottages tended to be ____ type

Answer 15

Double hung

Question 16

True or False:
English cottages were commonly single storey with low pitched roofs and deep overhangs

Answer 16

False

Question 17

True or False:
To reinforce the horizontal lines in Modern style houses, outside corners were often rounded.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The NZ Bungalow did not adopt all the characteristics of the Californian original. Kiwis were reluctant to entirely remove the formal, central ___.

Answer 18

hallway
(central hall/corridor)

Question 19

An ornamental ________ was commonly installed at the peak of most Victorian Villas’ gable-over bays

Answer 19

finial

Question 20

Victorian Villas often featured ornamental wooden ____________ located under the fascia of the verandah.

Answer 20

fretwork

Question 21

True or False:
Prior to 1900 roofs in Victorian Villas and Cottages tended to feature centre gutters which were notorious for causing leaks.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What NZ house style is strongly associated with eaves that have no fascia or soffit and feature exposed rafter endings?

Answer 22

bungalow, California bungalow, Californian bungalow, New Zealand bungalow

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a common feature of a Californian BUNGALOW?
Exposed rafter endings
Deep overhangs
All of these are common BUNGALOW features
Bow windows

Answer 23

All of these are common BUNGALOW features

Question 24

True or False:
Victorian Villas commonly feature boxed eaves and bay windows with finials above.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Exposed rafter endings and scalloped bargeboard endings are architectural feature of

Answer 25

Bungalows

Question 26

True or False:
Bungalows commonly feature boxed eaves and bay windows with finials above

Answer 26

False