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HOUSE, 20 ASHBURTON TERRACE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22943
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Location

20 Ashburton Tce Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1928

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 3

Level 3

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Statement of Significance

House, 20 Ashburton Terrace, is a typical weatherboard and iron single storey house dating from c1920s. 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.

Physical Description

20 Ashburton Terrace is a single storey, weatherboard and iron house with a symmetrical facade designed in a style similar to the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with painted weatherboards. The roof is gabled and clad with corrugated iron. The facade is partially obscured by trees and bushes. The verandah has a continuous corrugated iron roof and is supported by square timber posts. There is a timber picket fence to the front boundary line.

History

The land on which house 20 Ashburton Street stands was vacant in 1924/25 and owned by William John Highman and Harry Norman Highman, who owned much of the surrounding area. In 1927/28 ownership transferred from the Highmans to John Balance Lutley In the following rate period of 1928/29 Lutley was the owner/occupier of a house. Lutley was still listed as the owner/occupier in 1939/40 and occupied the house until at least 1949.
20 Ashburton Street was formerly numbered 8 Ashburton Terrace; numbering changed in 1938/39. Prior to that the house was 2 Ashburton Terrace and earlier was located in Mary Street which existed where Ashburton Terrace and Bellevue Terrace are now located. This area of Fremantle changed significantly in the late 1920s with many roads being closed or extended.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Depression & boom

Creation Date

13 Dec 2006

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Feb 2020

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