Flats

Author

City of Perth

Place Number

16513

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Location

114/U 1-36 Terrace Rd East Perth

Location Details

Also part of 16588 Langley Park Precinct

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1953

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	14 Nov 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Completed\Draft	13 Mar 2001
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	28 Mar 2023	Category 3	Category 3 Some/moderate significance - Contributes to the heritage of the locality.
Local Heritage Survey	Completed\Draft		Category 3	Category 3 Some/moderate significance - Contributes to the heritage of the locality.
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01	YES	31 Dec 1999			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The places were built between 1953 and 1965 and have social significance for representing the development of residential apartments in Perth in the period immediately following World War II.
Together they have aesthetic significance and contribute to the streetscape. (No. 118 has been converted into a motel.)

Physical Description

Two storey brick apartment building.

History

From the 1930s in East Perth and Perth, development pressure was seen along the river when a trend towards inner-city flat development gained momentum. By the 1950s, southern and East Perth continued as a desirable and popular place for high-density, inner-city residences.
The Langley Park flats, built along Terrace Road to cater to young office workers, are a prime example of the post-war investment in flat construction that occurred after the lifting of wartime housing controls.
There was a total of 21 blocks of flats in Goderich, Forrest and Hill Streets, Burt Way and Terrace Road by the early to mid-fifties.
The Metropolitan Water Supply Survey plan dated 1954 shows that the flats at Nos. 114 and 126 were constructed by then, and in between them was vacant land. Aerial photos show that by 1965 the flats at Nos. 118, 120, 122 and 124 had also been built.

Integrity/Authenticity

High level of integrity.
High level of authenticity. Largely as originally constructed with detail intact.

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Cons 4156/29	Metropolitan Water Supply Survey Plans	State Records Office of Western Australia
	Gregory, J, ‘City of Light: A History of Perth since the 1950s,’	City of Perth	2003
	Visual Assessment
	Aerial photographs, Western Australian Land Information Authority	Landgate

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Flats\Apartment Block
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Flats\Apartment Block

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century Brutalist

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	CONCRETE	Reinforced Concrete

Creation Date

11 May 2002

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Last Update

23 Jul 2024

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