107 Redfern Street

Parent Place or Precinct

26270 Sadlier and Redfern Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The Sadlier and Redfern Streets heritage area is of:
Aesthetic Value
• As an aesthetically pleasing streetscape with a strong identifiable character, featuring an avenue of mature street trees, which frame views of the largely Inter War residences.
• For its collection of many good, representative examples of Federation and Inter War cottages and villas which collectively illustrate a range and evolution of detailing between the 1920s and the 1940s.
• For the cohesive streetscape created by a limited palette of materials and styles.
Historic Value
• As a representative collection of houses that illustrate the scale and standard of housing for the homes of unskilled workers to semi-professional and tradespeople, in the early twentieth century.
• For the evidence it provides about the manner in which the residence of semi-professional and tradespeople existed alongside the residences of working people and employees.
• For its association with the subdivision and rapid settlement of the area from the 1920s to the 1930s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in this period.
Representativeness
• As a good representative collection of early twentieth century housing developed within walking distance of transport and services.
Physical Form in the Public Realm
• The houses, which (with the exception of three modern dwellings) were developed predominantly in the period 1920s to 1940s, have largely retained their original external detailing and form. The defined period and nature of development has resulted in a consistent palette of materials and form, enlivened by diversity of individual details, within a cohesive streetscape.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and colorbond house of asymmetric planform to the façade.

The house is of brick construction with a tuckpoint finish to the lower half of the elevation and roughcast render to the top section half and gable detail.

A shallow projecting wing to the west side with a wide gabled roof is the prominent feature of the façade. The gable contains a decorative vent which is the only adornment to the gable.

The recessed section of the façade contains a further window and the main entrance. The windows to the façade are side hung casements of multi-pane style with painted angled brick sills. The window to the projecting section of the façade has a timber and Colorbond canopy.
The roof is gabled with gables to both the east and west elevations. There are no chimneys. It continues down at the same pitch to form the verandah canopy, which is supported on brick piers with timber posts. The deck has been tiled.

The entrance contains a timber and glass panelled door.

The garden is enclosed by a timber picket fence.

History

This portion of Redfern Street was subdivided for residential lots in 1891. However the lots were not taken up rapidly. In 1896, lots in the Redfern Estate, Subiaco were advertised in the local press as ‘Good Building Lots, near the railway line’. The subdivision was managed by Alfred Axon, the local branch manager for the NSW company, Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company. Axon was also a significant individual investor in Subiaco property.

Despite the early subdivision it was not until the 1910s that the first lots were occupied in this portion of Subiaco. Analysis of Rate Books and PO Directories indicates that this place was likely constructed c.1925. The Rate Books contain the following listings:
1929/30,1935/36 & 1936/37 Edward Hawkins (timber worker) – owner/occupier
The PO directories list the following occupant:
• 1926 – 1949 Hawkins, Edward

The above information indicates a close association with this place and Edward Hawkins. The electoral roles record Edward Robert Hawkins (c1892-1972) occupation as a tallyman although he is noted as a timber worker in the Rates Books. Edward married Eliza Sarah Woods (c1896-1968) in 1921 and the couple lived at this residence for the majority of their married life together.
Aerial photographs indicate that in the 1960s a complex group of outbuildings was located in the rear of the property. In c1982 a small addition was constructed across the rear of the building with a tiled pitched roof. Throughout 2008, this later addition and portion of the original residence was demolished and a large addition constructed to adjoin the existing structure. The addition and the new building were roofed in zincalume which replaced terracotta tiles. Since that time the form and extent of the building has not changed significantly.

Integrity/Authenticity

The place presents with high authenticity to the façade but the roofing material has been changed from terracotta tile to zincalume which does impact on its presentation and authenticity. The design intent of the place remains clearly discernible.

Condition

Good

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