The Gazebo
The gazebo was built at the Templestowe Cemetery in 1900 as a waiting room and shelter for people attending funerals.
In 1975 the Templestowe Cemetery Trust donated the gazebo to Schramm's Cottage where it was rebuilt by members of the Doncaster Rotary Club.
It now provides a charming accent among the trees on the north-east corner of the lawn.
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| Gazebo Schramm Cottage VHD-47149 |
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| The gazebo kiosk at the Templestowe cemetery in about 1974 before it was removed in about 1975. It was used by mourners waiting for a funeral and for ministers to put on their vestments. Near the kiosk is the grave of Mary Adelaide Bourke and Joseph Leslie Bourke. Members of the Doncaster and Templestowe Historical Society moved the building to the grounds of Schramm's Cottage at Doncaster where they restored the original trellis. It is now the gazebo in the grounds of Schramm's Cottage. The kiosk was originally built about 1901. DTHS-dp0526 |
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| Templestowe Cemetery Kiosk being rebuilt at Schramm's Cottage by members of Doncaster Rotary Club. These include Len Reid, Claude Symons, Doug White, Bruce Parker, Dick Phillip. DTHS-dp0568 |
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| Templestowe Cemetery Gazebo in Schramms Cottage after being moved from Templestowe Cemetery where it had stood from 1900 to 1975 before being dismantled to make way for a Cemetery office building. DTHS-dp0812. Photo: Kay Mack. 2004 |
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| Gazebo erected in the grounds of Templestowe Cemetery in 2003/2004 after the office building was demolished and the office incorporated in the new chapel complex |
The Gazebo from the Templestowe Cemetery
In 1900, at the suggestion of Mr. T Hunter, the Trustees of Templestowe Cemetery decided to build a pavilion. A hexagonal building was recommended with three sides weatherboards and the other three, lattice work with an asphalt floor. The building cost was 22 pounds 15 shillings and three pence.
At that time many cemeteries built hexagon buildings as shelters for visitors. Some of these were very elaborate with fretwork around openings and floors of decorative tiles.
Pavilions, kiosks, follies, summerhouses and gazebos were all names for variations of this kind of construction. Generally in Australia the word gazebo has been mostly used to identify buildings of this type.
In 1975, the Trustees planned a new cemetery office to replace the old pavilion which had been extensively altered to accommodate visiting clergy and for use as a storeroom. The Trustees presented the gazebo to Schramm's Cottage and the Rotary Club of Doncaster
rebuilt it in its original form on the North Lawn where it is today.
Source: 1999 09 DTHS Newsletter
The Gazebo
The Gazebo at the top of the north lawn at Schramm's Cottage was built in 1900 at the Templestowe Cemetery. At that time many Melbourne cemeteries built hexagon pavilions as shelters for visitors, frequently these were elaborate with decorative fretwork around openings, metal lattice and patterned tiles on the floors. The trustees at Templestowe planned a hexagon building constructed with three sides weather-boards and the other three, lattice work, the floor to be asphalt. The kiosk as they called it cost, 22 pounds 15 shillings and three pence.
This type of building is referred to by many names; pavilion, kiosk, summer house, folly or gazebo. The correct name is the Turkish word, "Kiosk". This name has come to have a different meaning and the best word that specifically identifies a building such as this in Australia, is the Spanish word, "Gazebo". A building to sit in and look around, or gaze about.
When Schramm's Cottage was being set up the Trustees of the Templestowe Cemetery offered their Kiosk to the Historical Society for Schramm's Cottage for they were planning to construct a cemetery office to replace the old pavilion. It had been changed for use as an office, store room and changing room for visiting clergy. The Trustees had previously removed the weather-boards and lattice, recovering the walls with fibro cement sheets and added a lockable door.
When Schramm's Cottage was being set up the Trustees of the Templestowe Cemetery offered their Kiosk to the Historical Society for Schramm's Cottage for they were planning to construct a cemetery office to replace the old pavilion. It had been changed for use as an office, store room and changing room for visiting clergy. The Trustees had previously removed the weather-boards and lattice, recovering the walls with fibro cement sheets and added a lockable door.
Volunteers from our Society dismantled the building and moved it to the cottage where it was stored.. In 1979 the Rotary Club of Doncaster re-erected the gazebo. They built the floor of concrete and replaced the walls with weather boards and lattice as it had been originality constructed.
Source: 1996 03 DTHS Newsletter
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