Classification, at State level, of Iggulden House by National Trust of
Australia (Victoria) Home of
John and Helen Iggulden when John became the Inaugural President of the Port
Phillip
Conservation
Council: see National Trust Victorian News, May 2007
BUTTERFLY HOUSE
(STATE)
Iggulden
House at 50 Wells Road,
Beaumaris, 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.
