Local Government
Subiaco
Region
Metropolitan
Location
10 Heytesbury Rd Subiaco
Location Details
Part of P26001 Chesters Subdivision Heritage Area
Construction Date
Constructed from 1917
Demolition Year
N/AStatutory Heritage Listings
| Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
Other Heritage Listings and Surveys
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Description | ||||
| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 04 Feb 2003 | Some Significance (Level 3) |
Some Significance (Level 3) |
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Parent Place or Precinct
Statement of Significance
The place has cultural heritage significance:
• As an excellent example of a well designed and detailed “gentleman’s villa” of Subiaco dating from the Inter War period.
• For its aesthetic value as a good representative example of a well-designed Federation Queen Anne villa of the Inter War period, designed to a style and scale suited to the professional/business classes.
• For its association with the ongoing development of Subiaco in the first half of the 20th century period.
• For its aesthetic contribution to a largely intact group of early twentieth century houses.
Physical Description
• Traditional symmetrical single storey house of Federation Queen Anne style.
• Brick construction with tuckpoint finish and rendered bands.
• Roughcast render gable with timbered detailing to the central projecting wing.
• Hipped roof with vented gablets clad with terracotta tiles.
• The verandah wraps around the central projecting bay and extends across the majority of the façade.
• The main entrance is in the projecting wing with a traditional arrangement of timber and glazed door, flanked by side lights of similar pattern and fanlights above the entire arrangement.
• Full height timber framed sash windows.
• The front garden is enclosed by a timber picket fence.
History
James Chesters, an investor from Melbourne, purchased Perth Suburban Lots 249 to
252 in October 1891. In the following year he commenced selling residential lots in a
newly subdivided estate laid out as Deposited Plan 504 (extending across Perth
Suburban Lots 249 and 250).
Lot 182 was sold by Chesters in 1892, but no development took place until c.1917
when a house was constructed and entered in the Rates Book under the name of
Frank Murray. It was then occupied as the family home of Frank and Florence Murray
until 1929.
The next owner was a widow, Lily Sumner, who lived here until her death in 1935.
The house was initially offered for sale in that year, but appears to have been rented out instead, and it was a further seven years before the property was once again
offered for sale by the executors of Mrs Sumner's estate in May 1942:
Portion of Perth Suburban Lot 249, being Lot 182. Plan 604. C/T
Vol. 562. Folio 95. THE LAND has a frontage of 48.6 links to
Heytesbury-road by a depth of 163.9 to a. r.o.w. on which is
erected a well-built Brick House, with tiled roof, containing
verandah, entrance hall, passage, 4 good sized rooms, vestibule,
laundry, motor garage, etc. Sewerage, electricity and gas are
connected.
By this time it had become the home of the Gunn family, who lived here from 1938
until the late 1950s.
Occupants of the property from its time of construction until 1957 included:
• 1918-1929 Frank Murray (Book Keeper)
• 1930-1935 Mrs Lily Ethel Sumner (Widow)
• 1936-1937 Alan James Johnston (Bootmaker)
• 1938-1939 Mrs M Gunn
• 1940-1943 James Robert Gunn, OBE (Manager of WA Fish Supply)
At the end of WWI, Gunn (who had served with the 28th Battalion, AIF) was
decorated at Buckingham Palace by the late King George V with the Order of the
British Empire (Military)
• 1944-post 1957 Mrs Lily Ethel Gunn (Widow)
A plan of the lot prepared in 1927 and reviewed in 1955 for the purpose of planning
sewerage and water supply services shows that the footprint of the residence has
doubled since that time through the construction of a large addition at the rear.
Aerial photographs of the place since the mid 20th century indicate that until c2007
the residence had a skillion roofed addition across the rear which was clad with
corrugated metal sheeting. This addition was removed and a new large addition was
constructed which featured a roof form that reflected the original roof form and
terracotta tiles. Since late 2008, there have been no significant external changes and
the form and extent of the original residence is still readily apparent.
Integrity/Authenticity
Integrity - High: The place continues to be used as a private residence.
Authenticity - High: The original external form and detailing of the building is largely intact.
References
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Heritage Survey Place Record | Local Heritage Survey of the Triangle Precinct | 2021 | |
| Heritage Assessment of Chester's Subdivision Conservation Area | Greenward Consulting for City of Subiaco | 2014 |