Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
8 Lilly St South Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1898
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 3 |
Level 3 |
House, 8 Lilly Street, is a typical single storey house dating from c 1898. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.
8 Lilly Street is a single storey, limestone, brick and iron house built c1898 with a symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone with red brick quoins. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron and features a dormer window with double casement windows. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door with fanlight and double hung sash windows. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof supported on timber posts with a simple timber balustrade. The house is elevated from street level. There are two corbelled chimneys evident. There is a masonry wall to the front boundary line.
Lilly Street is named after James Lilly, who was manager of the Adelaide Steamship Company from 1886 to 1889. Lilly was born in Tasmania in 1845 and died in Claremont in 1905. The majority of the houses in the street date from the 1890s and early 1900s.
House, 8 Lilly Street had been built by 1900. In that year, it was described in the rate book as a cottage owned and occupied by Albert Gilmore. Although Mr Gilmore died c. 1940, his wife Mary Anne continued to live in the house until c. 1964.
A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated c. 1910 shows a large stone residence with a full length front verandah with steps leading up to it. There were a number of weatherboard outbuildings along the northern boundary.
In 1982, House, 8 Lilly Street was owned by James and Margaret Whittington; it has had few owners since that time.
This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - RED -significant for contributing to the unique character of Fremantle.
High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability).
High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining.
(These statements based on street survey only).
Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Victorian Georgian |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | BRICK | Face Brick |
Wall | STONE | Limestone |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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