Office, 837 Wellington St, West Perth

Values

The place has aesthetic value for its cubiform massing and contrasting textures.

The place is a landmark due to its unusual stylistic features and corner location.

It is rare for a Post-war International style buildings to have such emphatic massing of Brise Soleil.

The place is associated with the redevelopment of the Perth central area subsequent to post World War Two immigration and reconstruction and the mineral boom of the 1960s.

Physical Description

The two-storey building is a rendered masonry and random ashlar office building in the Post-war International style. The massing of the building is cubiform.

The northern façade is distinguished by a grid of deep rendered, masonry brise-soleiol articulated as a single cubic mass. This is offset by feature walls of random ashlar including planter boxes.

History

Until the 1880s, Wellington Street formed the northern edge of the central area and the street was characterised by workers’ cottages. With the completion of the Eastern Railway and Perth Central Railway Station on Wellington Street in 1881, the retail centre of town was drawn to the north. Hotels and shops gradually replaced the small cottages on Wellington Street.

The World War Two period saw the implementation of a major building and redevelopment campaign of Perth and the metropolitan area largely as a result of post World War Two immigration and reconstruction and the mineral boom of the 1950s and 1960s, which resulted in dramatic changes to the city’s townscape.

A number of multi storey buildings were constructed during the Post World War Two period and the Late 20th Century period in Wellington Street and dominate the streetscape. These include Forrest Chase (1989) and Albert Facey House (1989) on either side of Forrest Place. Physical evidence indicates that Commercial Building, 837-839 Wellington Street was constructed in the 1960s/1970s.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Very good

Uses

Historic Themes

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