Iggulden House
at 50 Wells Road,
Beaumaris, which is registered
(File No. B7364) by the Victorian
National Trust as being of State
significance, was commissioned as a
home and inspirational environment for its
owner, an aviation historian and
author. It occupies a prominent site on a hilltop
approximately 500 metres from Port Phillip
Bay. Designed by David Chancellor of
the firm Chancellor
and Patrick, and completed
in 1957-58, the brick pylon and
timber-framed house
exploits the full potential of views to the north
and south.
Two storeys of
living space are topped by a third storey
lookout and studio over which hovers
a projecting butterfly roof. An excellent
example of privately-commissioned domestic
architecture of the 1950s in suburban Melbourne,
its design is both functional and aesthetically
expressive.
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