Shop/Office

Author

City of Perth

Place Number

15770

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Location

259-263 Newcastle St Northbridge

Location Details

Also part of Northbridge Urban Renewal Area 14590

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	17 Mar 2015

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	13 Feb 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Local Heritage Survey	Completed\Draft		Category 2	Category 2 Considerable significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	28 Mar 2023	Category 2	Category 2 Considerable significance - Very important to the heritage of the locality.

Statement of Significance

The place has some interest as a modestly detailed Federation Free Classical style of commercial building.
The place reflects the expansion and development of residential and commercial buildings on the city fringes during the rapid population increase of the 1890s gold boom and the early years of the twentieth century.
The place is representative as an example of a modest/substantial residential/commercial building dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Physical Description

Single storey row of three shops with rendered parapet to street and cantilevered awning. Pressed metal lining on underside of awning. Facade incorporates large metal frame shop windows and re-entrant doors.

History

In 1909 and 1919 Shing Lee's laundry is listed for No. 259, and a butcher shop for No. 261. over the years, the building continued to be used for commercial purposes.

Integrity/Authenticity

High level of integrity.
Medium level of authenticity as original form is intact but shopfront details have been altered. Original tiles below sill level remain only on No. 259.

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Draft Municipal Heritage Invetory	City of Perth	2001
	The Village Northrbidge Heritage Inventory	Develop WA - MRA	August 2002

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Other
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Creation Date

15 Dec 2000

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Last Update

16 Jul 2024

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