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HOUSE, 8 HOLLAND STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22691

Location

8 Holland St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1917

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

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Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted Level 3

Level 3

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Physical Description

Single storey tuck pointed brick with two rendered bands and a Zincalume hipped roof. The roof has a brick chimney with corbelling and extends over the verandah which is supported by timber chamfered posts, brackets and balustrades.

History

Lot pt 995 is recorded as a vacant lot owned by James Simpson and Dora Lewis in 1900. They also owned lot 997 (now 2 and 4 Holland Street). A cottage is recorded on this lot by 1917/18 in Fremantle Rate Book records.
The post office directory lists the first occupant from 1918 as Francis Gent, who was still there in 1949 (when directory records cease).
The house was originally number 19, and became number 8 when the whole street was renumbered in 1937.

References

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Creation Date

28 Feb 2003

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Last Update

03 Jun 2021

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