HOUSE, 19 BURNS STREET

Parent Place or Precinct

01563 Twelve houses

Statement of Significance

House, 19 Burns Street, is a typical weatherboard and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1890s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area. The place is a very late simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 19 Burns Street is a single storey weatherboard and iron cottage with symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. Walls are timber framed clad with painted weatherboards. The roof is hipped corrugated iron with no eaves. The verandah is under a separate corrugated iron roof supported by square timber posts. The front elevation is symmetrical with two timber sash windows and a central front door. There is a face brick chimney with brick corbels. There is a face brick and timber picket fence to the front boundary.

History

Burns Street is a narrow residential street that bisects the triangle defined by Stirling Highway, Queen Victoria Street and the Swan River. The portion south of Tydeman Road was constructed in the 1990s and took its name from the existing road north of Tydeman Road. This section of Burns Street was originally part of a six-acre landholding (Lots 18 and 19) held by Mrs Andrew Burns in 1895. The land was subdivided for residential settlement in 1896 and Burns Road was gazetted the same year in honour of the original land owner. Although the street was still not constructed, buildings were present on the site in 1897. The street first appears on a map dated circa 1906.
Buildings constructed in Burns Street were single storey basic homes of brick, stone or weatherboard for people who worked in the vicinity. Many of the houses in Burns Street were investment properties leased to tenants. In 2004, Burns Street continues to be a residential street and the modest workers cottages are the dominant buildings in the street. At the north eastern end of Burns Street is the former ‘Weeties’ factory (which faces Harvest Road), a source of employment for local residents for many years.
The weatherboard and iron cottage at 19 Burns Street was between 1897 and 1913. It is possible that this cottage was one of the first in Burns Street as a plan drawn in 1897 shows a building on the approximate location of this cottage (although it could be Number 21). By 1921, the cottage was owned by Alice Malone and occupied by John Malone. This continued until approximately 1928 when Alice Malone is recorded as the occupier of the cottage. She continued to own and occupy the place until at least 1961.
In 1940, the place had verandahs at the front and back with a large weatherboard structure along the rear boundary. A tank stand was also located adjacent to the building. By 1979, the front verandah had been partially enclosed with fibro sheeting and a cyclone wire mesh fence marked the front boundary of the property.
This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Red: "Significantly contributing to the unique character of Fremantle") This place was also included in the 'North Fremantle Heritage Study' (1994) as a place contributing to the development and heritage of North Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, restored,reversible alterations).
High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining.
(These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Uses

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