Residence, 5 Glen Street

Statement of Significance

The original portion of the place has aesthetic value as a demonstration of a simple timber workers cottage built in the early
20th century featuring original form and detail.

This place and the adjacent timber cottages (1, 7 and 9 Glen Street) are a cohesive group of timber cottages that make a positive
contribution to the streetscape.

The place has historic value for its association with the settlement and development of Leederville in the early 20th century for working families.

The original portion of the cottage has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing for working families
in the early 20th century.

Physical Description

Single storey timber frame and weatherboard cottage with hipped roof clad with Decromastic cladding, a metal cladding made to look like tiles. The bullnose verandah canopy has been reconstructed with corrugated cladding whilst the verandah detail includes turned timber posts and a timber deck.

The verandah deck has been truncated to accommodate on site parking. The windows are timber framed 1-over-1 sashes flanking a central entrance door with fanlight.

History

This portion of West Leederville was subdivided for residential occupancy in the early 20th century. Often a single cottage or small groups of cottages were built as investment properties. In Glen Street, cottages were only built on the western side of the street for many decades.

From the readily available information this residence was built c1908 and the first occupant and owner was labourer Arthur Powell (c1865-1940) with his widowed mother Ann Powell. Arthur Powell married Ellen Grub Turnbull in 1913 and the couple had two children. Sadly Ellen died in 1917 leaving Arthur with two small children to raise as his mother died in 1913. Arthur Powell married again in 1922, to Elizabeth Ann, nee Ward (c1881-1963). Following Arthur's death in 1940, Elizabeth lived in the cottage until the 1950s.

Aerial photographs indicate that the original simple square form of the place can still be determined. Additions have occurred across the rear of the cottage throughout the 20th century, the most significant in c2008. The cottage was originally clad with corrugated iron which appears to have been replaced in the 1970s.

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