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TERRACE, 5 LITTLE HOWARD STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

21194
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Location

5 Little Howard St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

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
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 2

Level 2

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of considerable cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is a priority.

Statement of Significance

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses dating from 1899. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of Fremantle. It is historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The place has rarity value as a group of four terraces still extant.

Physical Description

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses. Walls are rendered brick with face brick to the gable end of no.1. Roofs are gabled corrugated iron with dividing masonry parapet wall between each terrace visible through roof. Verandahs are under separate corrugated iron roofs. The end unit no 1 has a gable facing the street. The terraces are raised two steps above street level. Each unit has a rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line and a set of concrete steps leading up to the verandah levels. Each terrace house has a single front door and a double hung sash window to the front elevation.
No. 1 has a projecting front room with a double hung sash window.
No. 3 has a weatherboard and iron second storey addition and a tiled roof to the verandah. The verandahs have rendered masonry columns except no.1 which has round steel posts.

History

The street was formerly known as Old Cemetery Road, and a continuation of Howard Street, which was named after Lord Edward Howard, grandson of Lord John Russell, British Prime Minister 1842.
Terrace, 5 Little Howard Street was formerly 23 Howard Street, the numbering changed in 1935/36.
This terrace of residences at 1, 3, 5, and 7 Little Howard Street was built for Stephen Lorden in 1899.
The 1908 sewerage plan of the site shows this brick terrace as one of a group of three of a similar size and design. It is probable they were constructed at the same time. These are currently numbered 3, 5 and 7 Little Howard Street. These modest terraces have a verandah at the front and rear with part of the rear verandah enclosed to form a bathroom. Each terrace had a small fenced back yard with a brick closet.
A photograph of the place in 1979 shows that the terrace was in relatively poor condition with a corrugated iron roof over the main house and tiles on the verandah roof. The front verandah was concrete and a rendered masonry wall encloses the verandah and forms the front boundary of the property.
This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Red: "Significantly contributing to the unique character of Fremantle")
Information from a 1986 real estate article indicates that the adjacent properties at 5 and 7 Little Howard Street had been acquired by the same owner and integrated into one house prior to that date. Some internal walls had been removed to enable access between the two properties.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to high degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability).
Medium degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining but with some alterations.
(These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Other Keywords

The Fremantle MHI management category for this place was amended and adopted by the decision of Council on 28/09/2011.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

27 Feb 2020

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