65 John Street

Parent Place or Precinct

07954 Semi-detached cottages- 61-67 JOHN STREET

Statement of Significance

1. The place is of higher-order local cultural
heritage significance, being classified as
Category 2 in the Town’s Municipal
Inventory (MI).
2. In 2005 the Town undertook a review of
MI Category 2 places towards the
Heritage List for LPS3. The study
recommended that the property be
retained as Category 2.
3. The place contributes to the character
and amenity of the street, locality and
overall district.

Physical Description

1995 Comment: Edwardian rental semidetached
cottages. A rare group in
Cottesloe. BFG North owner.
Two pairs of gable-fronted semi-detatched
cottages on the railway end of John Street
make an interesting addition to the
streetscape. No’s 61-63 have their original
bi-colour brick facades almost intact. Quoins
of orangey bricks around windows doors and
niches of the dividing screen wall make an
interesting contrast. No’s 65-67 have been
painted. The tiny cottages have a front door
and single double-hung window. The gable
fronts have minimal gable friezes. The
chimneys are corbelled. The verandahs are
shaded by iron skillion roofs. The posts are
square section with iron lace brackets to
No’s 65-67. The dividing screen wall has an
ornate corbel and vermiculated detailing.

Creation Date

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