House

Parent Place or Precinct

25394 Union and Redfern Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic significance as a particularly fine example of the architectural style typical of the area and period. It has historic significance reflecting the development and settlement of the area.

Physical Description

Weatherboard and iron dwelling with interesting use of weatherboard to the front porch simulating blockwork. There is an extensive verandah wrapping around the front and side elevations with the canopy supported on turned timber columns. The verandah canopy is in the skillion form and situated below eaves height. A simple timber frieze extends between the posts. The roof comprises a series of hipped forms. Windows are timber framed casements with small windows above.

History

In June 1903, Sydney accountants William James Douglas and Frank Dyson purchased PSL 254 and portion of PSL 253. The land was subdivided into 36 lots and in August 1903, the pair divided the ownership of the lots evenly. Each owned half of the properties facing Rawson Street, Hamersley Road and Heytesbury Road. The lots were sold from 1904 onwards and the first home on Rawson Street, the subject area, was built by 1904. From the available evidence Douglas and Dyson never visited the properties in Subiaco and the sale of the land was managed by local land agents, Ebenezer Allen & Co.

This was the first house to be constructed in the street and appears to have always been known as 11 Campbell Street although it is shown on the sewerage plan (1923) as 2 Rawson Street. The house was constructed in 1904 for Christopher Jobson an engineer and he named the home ‘Argyll’. Jobson died in 1914 and his wife Evangeline lived there until the early 1920s. The place was then sold to Albert Edward Strother, a former AIF serviceman and motor cycle mechanic. Strother married Ivy Windsor in 1935 and the couple lived in the home at least until 1949.
Occupants
1904-1914 Christopher and Evangaline Jobson
1915-1949 Albert Edward Strother

Integrity/Authenticity

This cottage was the first in the street and the use of timber for its construction is typical of much of the early settlement in Subiaco. The weatherboards on the front elevation which have been cut to resemble blockwork are an indication of the desirability of masonry over timber construction.

Condition

Good

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