Local Government
Subiaco
Region
Metropolitan
247 Hamersley Road Subiaco
Subiaco
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1925
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Heritage Area | YES | 24 Jul 2018 |
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The Hamersley Road Group heritage area is of:
Aesthetic Value
• As an aesthetically pleasing streetscape with a strong identifiable character, featuring an avenue of mature street trees, which frame views of the largely intact Federation and Inter War residences.
• For its collection of many good, representative examples of Federation and Inter War cottages and villas which collectively illustrate a range and evolution of detailing between the 1890s and the 1940s.
• For the cohesive streetscape created by a limited palette of materials and styles.
Historic Value
• As a representative collection of houses that illustrate the scale and standard of housing for the homes of unskilled workers to semi-professional and tradespeople, in the early twentieth century.
• For the evidence it provides about the manner in which the residence of semi-professional and tradespeople existed alongside the residences of working people and employees.
• For its association with the subdivision and rapid settlement of the area from the 1890s to the 1920s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in the gold boom period and shortly thereafter.
Representativeness
• As a good representative collection of early twentieth century housing developed within walking distance of transport and services.
Physical Form in the Public Realm
• The houses, which (with the exception of two modern dwellings) were developed predominantly in the period 1898 to 1921, (and one in 1946) have largely retained their original external detailing and form. The defined period and nature of development has resulted in a consistent palette of materials and form, enlivened by diversity of individual details, with a cohesive streetscape.
Single storey brick and terracotta tiled residence of asymmetric planform.
Much of the house is obscured from clear view from the street due to the high masonry boundary wall.
The roof is predominantly a hipped form with gable to the projecting wing and small gablet feature positioned above the entrance. A further gable has been added to the elevation for the later carport structure positioned along the eastern boundary of the site. The roof is clad with terracotta tiles with terracotta finials to the gables and the apex of the main roof. A tall brick chimney with terracotta flue extends to the east side of the roof.
The gable to the projecting wing has render with timber batten detail with this finish being replicated in the gable to the carport.
The verandah canopy extending across the recessed section of the elevation is a continuation of the main roof with a slight break of pitch. The gable feature above the entrance projects through the verandah canopy.
The house has a three-section façade with main projecting wing to the western side of the elevation, a slightly recessed centrally located entrance feature and a further section of recessed elevation.
Originally, the façade presented with tuckpointed brickwork to the lower section of the elevation, with roughcast render above, separated by a projecting brick dado. The lower section of brickwork has now been painted the same colour as the render above, removing some of the distinctive qualities of the style.
The entrance has been altered incorporating a new timber and glass panelled door with matching side panel. The fanlight arrangement has been retained but due to limited visibility it could not be determined whether this was the original.
The windows to the recessed section of the elevation are timber framed casements. The windows to the projecting gabled section could not be seen but they do have an awning above them.
The verandah canopy is supported on timber posts arranged in pairs or groups of three, on top of masonry piers with roughcast render. The deck is timber.
The garden is enclosed by a high, 1.8m, stone wall which obscures views to the house from the street.
This portion of Hamersley Road was subdivided for residential lots in 1892. However the lots were not taken up rapidly. In 1898, lots in Hamersley Road were advertised for £35.
This lot was vacant until the construction of a residence in c1925 and the first occupant was salesman Jack Sims Riches (c1897-1970). Jack and his wife Elizabeth Thelma Riches, nee Grieve (c1900-1998) married in 1925 so this house was their first home as a couple. They remained at the house until c1950.
The 1929/30 Rate Books list H Cole as the owner and Jack Sims Riches (salesman) as the occupier. In 1925, a building permit was granted for the construction of two brick residences in Hamersley Road for F. Cole for the cost £1450. It is probable that this entry in the local press is a reference to this residence although there is a discrepancy between F. Cole and H. Cole.
Aerial photographs indicate that in 1964 there was a garage in the rear of the property and a separate structure close to the rear of the house which was likely to have been a wash house. The residence originally featured an asymmetrical rear elevation with a verandah roof clad in corrugated iron.
By 1995, an addition had been constructed across the rear of the building changing the roof line of the main building. Since that time the form and extent of the building have not changed significantly.
The finishes to the exterior have undergone slight alterations which impacts on the authenticity of the presentation of the place. However, the original design intent of the place remains clearly discernible.
This place includes a high front fence which obscures views of the house from the street.
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HERITAGE ASSESSMENT OF 230-280 AND 241-281 HAMERSLEY ROAD, SUBIACO | Hocking Heritage Studio for the City of Subiaco | 2017 |