Residence

Statement of Significance

• The place has historic value for its association with the ongoing development of this portion of Maylands in the 1910s.

Physical Description

The original house cannot be viewed due to recent development. Views of the chimney and the original roof form suggest the original cottage has been retained in the recent development of the site.

History

This dwelling is situated in the 1899 Ferguson Estate that grew in response to the presence of Ferguson's foundry.

From the available evidence this cottage was constructed c1912 and the first occupant was railway employee John Arthur McDonald. John McDonald lived in different premises in Stuart Street during the 1910s and 1920s and his son John Arthur McDonald Jnr, a striker, also lived in the street and for some years in this cottage with W.H.C. Ashton. The McDonald family had a long occupancy of the house at 27 Stuart Street.

This information suggests the cottage was built as an investment and was leased to tenants, many of whom were tradesmen or associated with the railways.

In 2008, a strata plan was approved for the original lot which divided the lot in two. A new premises was constructed on the portion of the lot facing Stuart Street and the original house now has access from Sussex Street.

Aerial photographs indicate that the house was originally roofed in green corrugated iron which has been replaced with red Colorbond roofing. The form and extent of the original cottage can still be determined although the setting has been altered.

Condition

Good

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