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DUPLEX, 80 ATTFIELD STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

20175
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Location

80 Attfield St South Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

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 3

Level 3

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Statement of Significance

Duplex, 78 & 80 Attfield Street, is a typical limestone, brick and iron single storey duplex pair dating from c 1900. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

Duplex, 78 & 80 Attfield Street is a single storey, limestone, brick and iron duplex pair with a symmetrical facade constructed in c1900 and designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls to no. 78 have been rendered and painted. The walls to no. 80 are limestone with brick quoins. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron with no visible dividing wall between. There is a separate verandah with corrugated iron roof which is supported by pairs of round steel post to no. 78 and timber posts with have decorative brackets to no. 80. The duplexes are constructed on the front boundary with the verandah having a fibre cement infill balustrade to no. 78 and a simple timber balustrade to no. 80.

History

Attfield St is named after Dr George Attfield, Imperial Surgeon 1854-1879, who qualified in London in 1850. He attended Fremantle Gaol and was Superintendent at Fremantle Lunatic Asylum. Attfield married a daughter of Surveyor-General Roe. He died in Brighton UK c1923. The street was developed from the late 1890s, with the majority of the houses dating from the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Duplex, 78-80 Attfield Street was originally numbered 148-150 Attfield Street. Numbers changed in1935/36.
Mary Jones received title to three lots in Attfield Street in March 1886, and by 1902, two semi-detached cottages had been built on Lot 3. In 1908, titles to all three lots were transferred to different members of her family. George, a labourer of Fremantle, received title to Lot 3.
In 1912, George sold the cottages to Ada Wood, who continued to lease the cottages to tenants. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated c. 1910 shows a small weatherboard house with a full length front verandah built to the street. The rear verandah was enclosed with weatherboard at each end and there were no outbuildings behind the house. The house shared a wall with its neighbour, No. 78.
In 1952, Mate Silich and Marin Bavcevic bought the cottages. By 1974, Duplex, 80 Attfield Street was owned by Bartomolo and Rosa Capone.
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.)

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Face Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Feb 2020

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