House

Statement of Significance

House, 6 Molloy Street, a single storey brick and iron house house has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
the place is an example of the Federation Bungalow style of architecture;
the place has landmark qualities and contributes significantly to the streetscape and the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

House, 6 Molloy Street is a single storey brick and iron house with an asymmetrical facade designed in the Federation Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are rendered brick with face brick details to the corners. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad with corrugated iron. There are decorative timber elements to the gable end over the projecting front room. There is a verandah under a seperate corrugated iron roof supported by decorative plaster columns on square face brick piers. Windows are double hung sashes with rendered sills and surrounds. A brick and timber picket fence is situated on the front boundary line. Rendered and corbelled chimneys are evident.

History

Molloy Street is named for John and Eliza Molloy, who arrived in Fremantle in 1830. They settled first at Augusta and then at the Vasse. Georgiana Molloy, an amateur botanist, sent collections of wildflowers to England.

House, 6 Molloy Street was built between 1900 and 1920. The lot was listed as vacant land owned by Robert Forrest in the 1899 Rate Book. By 1921, a house had been built on the land. Robert Forrest was the owner and H G Anderson, ‘car owner’, lived in the house. (There are no rate books covering the 1906 to 1920 period.)

By 1931, House, 6 Molloy Street was owned by the estate of Robert Forrest and occupied by George Forster and then M Tassell. In January 1937, builder H Nilsson was contracted to complete weatherboard extensions to the house.

In 1941, William Tassell lived in the house, which was still owned by Forrest’s estate. By 1951, William Tassell had purchased the house.

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

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