SHOP & HOUSE, 258 SOUTH TERRACE

Statement of Significance

Shop & House (fmr), 258 South Terrace, is a typical single storey shop and rooms dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of a former combined shop and residence in the Fremantle area. It is historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions and commercial activity in the Fremantle area.

Physical Description

258 South Terrace is a single storey brick, painted rendered commercial building with an attached single storey dwelling to the rear facing the side street.. There is a zero setback from the pavement. There is a central recessed entry on the South Terrace elevation (possibly not original). There is a suspended metal awning over the pavement, and a simple rendered parapet.

History

Shop & House, 258 South Terrace was built c1905 for Joseph Scherer, a baker and confectioner. The rate book for 1905/06 records ‘shop rooms and bakehouse’ on the lot. It appears that this building replaced an earlier cottage, which was built by Scherer c. 1898.

By 1920, the property was owned by Emily Scherer and occupied by Horace Middleditch. In 1930/31, it was owned by William Stead and occupied by Mary Wilson. Mr Stead owned the property until c. 1950, when it was bought by Muriel and Archibald Dunn. Frank Skevington was the resident of the house and shop at that time. A cantilever verandah was completed in 1959. The Dunns continued to own the property until 1974.

A sewerage diagram dated 1954 shows Commercial Building, 258 South Terrace as a large brick building built on the property line to both South Terrace and Silver Street. The building had a centrally located recessed entry (which is not shown on a 1908 diagram) on the South Terrace elevation.

This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - BROWN -significant for making a positive contribution to the built environment of Fremantle.

Currently (2006) Colonial Antiques and Tea house.

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