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HOUSE [DEMOLISHED], 2 MARTHA STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22995
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Location

2 Martha St South Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1940

Demolition Year

2006

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

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 YES 16 Feb 2009 South Fremantle Precinct

South Fremantle Precinct

Precinct Management - South Fremantle This place is located within the boundaries of the South Fremantle precinct which has been included on the City of Fremantle's Municipal Heritage Inventory. Any proposed development must be carried out in accordance with the heritage conservation policies adopted for the precinct. These include: Demolition Control All extant buildings and structures located in the precinct and identified on the MI or on any other heritage register should not be demolished. They should be conserved in accordance with the principles of the Burra Charter (The Australia ICOMOS for the conservation of places of cultural significance). Conservation of Significant Streetscapes The conservation of all individual places in the precinct should be considered in the context of the character of the surrounding heritage precinct and significant streetscapes should be conserved and protected. Original significant buildings which contribute to the streetscape should be retained and restored. New buildings should be sympathetic to the traditional street pattern in terms of form, scale and proportion. Conservation of Significant Buildings Significant buildings or places may be extended or adapted, however the original significant building or place should remain the dominant feature on the site when viewed from the street. Significant or original fabric should be retained and conserved wherever possible. In the event of a change of use, the new use should be appropriate to the significance of the place. Conservation of Significant Landscape Significant landscape areas or elements should be retained and conserved. Traditional gardens and trees should be retained wherever possible and new landscape elements should reinforce the traditional planting patterns of the area wherever possible. Where new development is permitted to occur, mature trees should be retained wherever possible.

Municipal Inventory YES 25 Jul 2019 Historical Record Only

Historical Record Only

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of historical interest. The information is retained in the database purely for historical record keeping.

Statement of Significance

This property has historical interest only as the location of a now demolished heritage place. The existing development on the site has little significance.

Physical Description

Historic building / structures demolished.

History

House, 2 Martha Street was built c. 1940. Prior to this, there had been a cottage on the lot for a few years (c. 1915).

From the 1940s until the 1980s, the house was owned by the Workers Home Board and then the State Housing Commission. David and Ronda Boland were the occupants during this time. It is likely that the house was built c. 1940 by the Workers Home Board.

In May 2006, the Department of Housing and Works submitted an application to the City of Fremantle to demolish the house at 2 Martha Street. An external heritage assessment was commissioned by the City of Fremantle, which recommended that both the demolition and replacement plans be approved. Three submissions were received by Council which generally opposed the removal of the cottage and the loss of its contribution to the streetscape character of the locality. The existing cottage was a 1940s timber framed fibro and weatherboard clad cottage with a full length front verandah.

Physical description when extant:
2 Martha Street, a typical timber and iron single storey house was constructed in c1940 in the Post War period. The walls are timber framed and clad with timber weatherboards and fibre cement sheeting. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron sheeting. There is a small gable over the central front door. The symetrical façade has a central front door flanked on either side by pairs of double hung sash windows. The front verandah is under a brokenback corrugated iron roof supported on pairs of timber posts. The balustrade is an infill of timber weatherboards. The is a brick chimney evident and a low face brick wall to the fronty boundary line.

Statement of Significance:
House, 2 Martha Street, is a timber and iron single storey house dating from c1940. 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.

During the 2019 Annual Update of the Municipal Inventory and Heritage List the heritage significance of this place was reviewed and it was found that the heritage listing referred to a building or structure that had legally been demolished in the past. It also found that the existing buildings and structures on the site do meet the threshold for inclusion on the Heritage List.
On 25 July 2019 Fremantle Council resolved to remove this place from the Heritage List and to change the Municipal Heritage Inventory category to Historic Record Only to record the earlier history of the site.

Archaeology

This property has been redeveloped since the heritage elements were demolished and it is unlikely that any significant undisturbed archaeological material remains on site.

Condition

DEMOLISHED- retained on MHI database for historical information purposes only.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Wall ASBESTOS Fibrous Cement, corrugated
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Government & politics
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

08 Jan 2007

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Aug 2021

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