HOUSE, 28 CHESTER STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 28 Chester Street is a timber and iron single storey house dating from the 1930s. 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.

This place contains a limestone feature(s).

Physical Description

House, 28 Chester Street is a single storey weatherboard and iron cottage with a symmetrical facade constructed in c1930. The walls are painted horizontal weatherboards. The roof hipped with no eaves and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah is under the main roof and has square timber posts. The front facade is symmetrical with a central front door and timber framed windows either side. A brick chimney is intact. There is a rendered masonry and metal fence to the front boundary and a garden area behind. The house is set well back and elevated from the road. The front garden obscures some views to the house.
The house sits high on a limestone outcrop.

History

The Chester family were early settlers, and one of the sons had a butchering business. Lots 12, 13, 26, 70 and 75 were subdivided by John Chester. From 1887 until about 1930, the area around Douro Road was known as Chesterfield. Chester Street was originally known as William Street; in 1901/02, the name was changed to Lloyd Street and from c. 1901, Chester Street.
In 1920/21, Lot 96 of Town Lot Cockburn Sound Location 134 (later 28 Chester Street) was vacant land owned by Violet McCaw. The land was sold to Beatrice Fletcher in the mid-1920s and by 1931, a house had been built for owner and occupier William Percy Moore under the War Services home-rent purchase scheme. The Moore family continued to own the property until the mid-1960s and the place has been owned by the Laurence family since c. 1970.
A diagram dated 1954 shows House, 28 Chester Street as a weatherboard house with a projecting half-length front verandah and centrally located front steps. A path lead from the corner of the block (corner of Chester and Scott streets) to the verandah, and another path led down the side of the house to the rear.
This place was identified in the "Heritage Report on: 19th century limestone walls and steps in Fremantle" prepared by Silvana Grassadonia, for the City of Fremantle, 1986.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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