House

Parent Place or Precinct

25394 Union and Redfern Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

For information on the significance of the Union and Redfern Heritage Area refer to the Local Planning Policy for the Heritage Area.

History

On 13 March 1883, the Western Australian government announced it would survey a section of the Perth Commonage into suburban lots and that these would be made available for private sale. Perth Suburban Lot 256 was purchased by the Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company Ltd of Sydney in August 1890. However, no development was undertaken at that time and, in June 1896 the whole of the property was transferred to James Thomas Peet and Austin Bastow of Melbourne, Estate Agents. By September of that year, Peet and Bastow had subdivided this land as Deposited Plan 938, with 42 residential allotments laid out along parts of Hensman Road, Hamersley Road, Beryl (later Redfern) Street and Heytesbury Road. Lots 37 to 42 of this subdivision were later developed as 116 to 122 Heytesbury Road.
The readily available information suggests that the original house at 118 Heytesbury Road was constructed in c.1901 and occupied by Philip Henry Vibert (a cabinet maker/builder) and his wife, Florence, by 1902. When the family moved to West Leederville in c.1923 and their Subiaco house was offered for rent and there were various occupants over the years, including the Vibert’s son, Victor, who lived here with his wife, Elma, from c.1927-1937.
A comparison of current and historical aerial photographs, together with the physical evidence, indicates that this house was demolished and replaced in 1977-85.

Condition

Based on a streetscape inspection the building appears to be in a good condition.

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