Hunter'sFlill TrustJotrrnal VolumeXl No. 2 luly,"1982 HENRYE. BUDDEN and FEDERATIONARCHITECTURE IN HUNTER'SHILL A major changein the revisededition of Old Buildingsof he decides to practice in England or the colonies" (ABCN, Hunter'sHill -- soon to be publishedby the Trust underthe Dec.29, 1894, 267). He did returnto "the colonies".In 1899 new name of Heritageof Hunter's Hill -- is the addition of he came back to Moocooboolah,Alexandra Street, and also Federationhouses. This term appliesto housesbuilt around becamea partnerin the firm of Kent & Budden.lt wasfrom the time of Australia'sFederation (1901) and up to about this time that he beganto designhouses in Hunter'sHill. 1914. lt was a period of great inventivenessin domestic architecture;many influences were abroad - QueenAnne, Art Around 1901,the yearof Federation,he designedsix houses Noveau,Edwardian, Shingle style, Arts andCrafts -- and these in the PrinceEdward Parade area-41 and43Woolwich Road combinedwith a genuineattempt to find a style suitedto and 1, 2,3, and 4 PrinceEdward Parade.The two most Australianconditions. Some of the bestexamples of Federation original today are 43 Woolwich Road and 4 PrinceEdward architecturein Hunter'sHill are housesdesigned by Henry E. Parade.These are in the QueenAnne style,a red brick style, Budden,a gifted and radicalyoung architectwho lived in quaint and picturesque,which was adaptedto Australian Hunter'sHill from 1892 to 1910 and was known locallvas conditionsduring the Federationperiod. Here we see the HarryBudden. red brick, terracottaMarseilles tiles and frilled ridges,painted woodwork offset by the brick, and verandahsdecorated with carvedwood. He wasborn in 1811 at Rockley,near Bathurst, and educated at the BathurstSuperior Public School and NewingtonCollege, On 18, 1902, Henry Buddenmarried girl Sydney.ln 1892 he cameto Hunter'sHill when his father, January the next door, Ella Thomas of Orroroo, AlexandraStreet; she was Arthur Budden,bought Moocooboolah (65 AlexandraStreet) also one of the early women to receivea B.A. from from SydneyS. Thomas.Mr. Thomashad built a new house the Uni- versity of Sydney.Their marriagewas reportedin the press next door, Orroroo (59 AlexandraStreet), and he and his and it was announcedthat the couple would settlein the familv moved into Orroroo when the Buddenstook over "beautiful modern villo residence" specially Moocooboolah.At that time, there was only a grasstennis designed by the groom. This was Morillah (54 WootwichRoad). Here court betweenthe two houses,which no doubt both families we see the beginningsof the Budden style a two-storey used.Miss Ada Buddenused the billiardroom of Orrorooas an - housewith anglesdesigned to take advantageof the northerly extraclassroom for her School; Henry Buddenwas later to aspectand the LaneCove Riverviews; the shapeis marryMiss Ella Thomas. bestseen from the LaneCove River side, not WoolwichRoad. ln 1894, while he was articledto Harry Kent of Sydney, About 1903 Budden designedKurrowah, the residenceof HenryBudden won a TravellingScholarship from the Sydney StephenH. Weedon,74 AlexarrdraStreet. Here his enthusiasm ArchitecturalAssociation, his prize drawingsbeing of the for asymmetryis pronounced,in the brokenroof linesand Universityof Sydneyand All Saints'Church, Hunter's Hill. multitudeof angles;this is connectedwith hisimaginative use The drawingswere reproducedin The AustralasianBuilder & of site.The house was reported and illustratedin the journalof Contractors'News (ABCN), March3,1894,107, and he was the New South Waleslnstitute of Architects "Mr. Weedon's describedas "a conscientiousand painstakingstudent". He house shows clever treqtment of a rather difficult problem in wentto London,studied at the RoyalAcademy, and travelled plonning, the building being so orranged that the best rooms on the continent. He regularlysent back progressreports to command the best views" (Art and Architecture, 2 [1905], Australiawith accompanyingdrawings which werepublished. 192-94). Todav we .can see Budden'sradical stvle if we These were considered "extremely clever, and the lorge compare Kurrowah with the Victorian houses opposite, number sent testify to the industry of Mr. Budden, whith 55 and 57 AlexandraStreet, which seemquite conservative should ensure him o prosperouscereer qs on orchitect, whether by comparison. In 1906 Buddendesigned Mornington (16 VernonStreet) for Chief War ChestCommissioner for Englandand France; he Arthur and Ada Muddle(the house derives its namefrom Mrs. wasalso awarded the C.B.E.ln 1917 he returnedto Australia Muddle'sfondness for the musicof Lord Mornington).This is and resumedhis professionof architecture.His firm operated perhapsBudden's finest house in Hunter'sHill. lt showsthe underthe namesof Budden& Greenwell(1919-22\, Henry E. tendency of Federationarchitecture to use a mixture of Budden(1922-31), Budden & Mackey(1931-39), Henry E. materials- brick, timber, shingles,rough-cast, slate, terracotta Budden(1939-41), and Budden& Nangle(1940-44). The firm ridging,and sandstone as a ruggedbase. lt alsoshows Budden's of Budden,Nangle, Michael & Hudsonis still in businessin predilictionfor angulargeometric shapes, with many baysand Sydney and retainsthe name of Budden for prestige.In verandahs; the present owners rightly observethat, from 1931 Buddenwas electedPresident of the New SouthWales above,it resemblesa bird with outstretchedwings. The house Instituteof Architects; this wasreported, together with some is designedto take fullest advantageof the LaneCove River biographicaldetails, in The Architecturaland BuildingJournal views and of the movementof the sun around the house of Queensland,Apr. 10, 1031, 21-23.He wasalso a Fellowof through the day. The two unusuallittle windowsat the top the RoyalBritish Institute of Architects.He diedon December were known locallyas "the eyesof the river" andwere clearly 25th,1944 - "one memorableChristmas doy" in the words of visiblefrom the ferry as it roundedthe peninsulatowards hisson Philip, one of hisseven children. MorningtonWharf (namedafter the house,as was Mornington Reserve).The interiorof the houseis wellplanned but unusual and asymmetrical.Characteristic of the period is the Art NOTE: I wouldlike to acknowledgethe helpfulinformation Noveaustained glass throughout and the plasterceiling of the offeredto me by Mr. PhilipBudden of Killara,also loungeroom with its patternof waratahsand flannelflowers. by the ownersof severalBudden houses in Hunter's Hill. I wouldbe grateful for any furtherinformation In 1910 Buddenmoved with his family to Killara.With the - does anyone know of other Budden houses? outbreak of World War I he beganwork with the War Chest Commission; he went to Gallipoliand Egypt and became BeverleySherry. t6>d9rer<?'t6>€rer<DtrF>d9rer<attr>{*rer6-.:*grcZcar'r-.XSre}i- rl6'-N)PJz<-Jt|6-.xJtpzailrNrezr<e00ry'@L<a00cNrerz<an HERITAGEOF HUNTER'SHILL The 1982edition of Old Buildingsof Hunter'sHill, to berenamed HERITAGE OF HUNTER'SHILL, will be readyfor Christmasgiving. The expandedbook includessocial history and area descriptions, as well as nearly four hundredbuilding and landscapeentries, photographs, and a new indexto notablepast residents. Some historicand colourillustrations augment the1982 photographs of Hunter'sHill. Federationhouses have been addedto the previouslisting of Colonialand Victorianbuildings, and more comprehensiveinformation is containedin the houseentries. Annual GeneralMeeting The Annual GeneralMeeting was held on May 25th. Guest This Trust focussed its concern on the provisions neededat the Speakerwas Maisy Stapleton, Curator of ElizabethBay House, public meeting in October 1981. Hunter's Hill Council has whoentertained her audiencewith slidesof Victoriandecora- now occeptedo motching gront from the Heritage Council for tionand furnishings.Mrs. Stapletontraced the elaborationof o Heritoge Study to be made and a Locol Environment Plan decorationand patternthrough to the dizzyingheights of the to be developedto protect the heritoge elements. late Victorian period, and she describedthe connection betweenlife-style, family patternsof room use,and fashion However, the Deputy Chairmon of the TownscopeAdvisory in interiordecorating. Committee, Ald. Kerry Wherry, was not oppointed to the Study group; Ald. Gambotto wos instead. Ken Latonq's The forthcomingbook on the heritageof Hunter'sHill was offer made in October to meet with oldermen ond exploin how discussed.The membersstrongly urged that the Hunter'sHill Council could attoin protective powers hos never been taken Trustbe the book's publisher.Donations were called for, and up or even acknowledged. With this sort of approoch by a pre-publicationorder systemwas one of severalsuggestions. Council, will we do ony better with Local Environment Plqn Minus Two? Will we hove anything os Hunter's Hill before The President'sReport summarisedthe year's events,and we ore amolgamated? excerptsare printed here: Our new edition of Old Buildingsof Hunter'sHill will provide "This hqs been q year of real achievementin spite of the some much of the information sought for the Heritoge Study. old problems. This hqs been on qctive ond productive year for the Trust, not Firstly, our appeal in lote 1980 resulted in the gazettol of leost in the fund roising of the House lnspection in April and obout 350 old buildings in July 1981 by the Heritoge Council. sales of publications. Another Wolk Guide was released in This means thot, in the absence of o town plan, there are ot March for Heritage Week. lost controls on demolition ond