HOUSE, 10 NELSON STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 10 Nelson Street, is a typical timber and iron single storey house dating from 1898. 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

10 Nelson Street is a single storey timber weatherboard clad and iron house constructed by 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 bullnose roof supported by chamfered timber posts with decorative timber brackets and frieze. The symmetrical front façade has a central front door with fanlight flanked on either side by timber framed double hung sash windows. There is a rendered corbelled chimney evident.

History

This area of South Fremantle was subdivided by Henry Briggs in 1893. However, Nelson Street does not appear in Council records until 1898 and was not developed until c. 1900.

House, 10 Nelson Street was built c. 1898. In 1901, the cottage was owned and occupied by Standish O’Grady.

A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated 1908 shows House, 10 Nelson Street as a square weatherboard house well set back from the street. The house had a full length front verandah, and the rear verandah was enclosed at one end. A separate toilet and weatherboard building were located to the rear of the house.

John Polkingham was the owner and occupier in 1930/31. At this time, the house was numbered 22 Nelson Street. Edna & William Hudson owned the house in the 1940s and 1950s.

A Sewerage plan dated 1954 shows that the back of the house had been modified in the intervening years. At the back of the house, there was a weatherboard addition with a verandah linking the house to a separate weatherboard outbuilding set against the western boundary, just behind the house. There were also two connected paths at the front of the house – one leading to the door and the other leading down the side of the house, across the back and to an asbestos shed located in the backyard (on Silver Street).

Grace Doyle was the owner by the early 1960s. Ms Doyle still owned the property in 1981.

This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - RED -significant for contributing to the unique character 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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