HOUSE, 36 SOUTH STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 36 South Street, is a typical timber and iron single storey house dating from c1898. 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.

Physical Description

36 South Street is a single storey timber and iron house constructed in 1898 in the Victorian Georgian style of Architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with timber weatherboards. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah is under a separate corrugated iron roof supported by timber posts. The symmetrical front façade has a central front door flanked on either side by timber framed double hung sash windows. The house is situated at street level. There is a brick and timber picket fence to the front boundary line.

History

House, 36 South Street was built in 1898 for Henry Glaskin, a telephone employee. It was described as a weatherboard cottage of four rooms in the rate book for that year.

The Glaskins owned the cottage until 1913/14, although they had not lived there since c. 1905. The property was bought by the tenants, Elizabeth and David Pugh. Circa 1938, title passed to Lena Jones. Ms Jones changed her name to Lena Evans in the early 1950s and she was still the owner of the property in the 1980s.

A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated 1954 shows a weatherboard house of roughly square plan form with a full length front verandah. There was a narrow galvanised iron addition to the rear and separate weatherboard outbuilding behind the house and further back, a galvanised iron garage access from Carnac Lane. A rectangular fish pond was located to the rear side of the house (east).

This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - BROWN -significant for making a positive contribution to the built environment of Fremantle.

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).

Uses

Historic Themes

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