Local Government
Perth
Region
Metropolitan
87 Lake St Northbridge
Perth
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1903 to 1907
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 17 Mar 2015 |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 13 Feb 2004 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01 | YES | 31 Dec 1999 |
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Heritage Council | |
Municipal Inventory | Completed\Draft | 13 Mar 2001 |
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Local Heritage Survey | Completed\Draft | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
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Municipal Inventory | Completed\Draft | 13 Mar 2001 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
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Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 28 Mar 2023 | Category 2 |
Category 2 |
The place has interest as a modestly detailed Federation Bungalow style of residential building.
The place reflects the expansion and development of residential and commercial buildings on the city fringes during the rapid population increase of the 1890's gold boom and the early years of the twentieth century.
The place is representative as an example of a modest residential building dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Single storey residential building with pyramidal roof and tall chimneys with rendered details to the top. Symmetrical facade with a central door and a sash window to either side. Front verandah with rendered balustrade and spiral columns. Low geometric decorative cast iron fence between rendered piers.
In the early years of the Swan River colony the area to the north of Perth (now known as Northbridge) was low lying and swampy and was therefore settled more slowly than the better land closer to the river. It was also further from the river port and the main means of transport. Northbridge is an inner suburban area, named because it is just north of Perth across the railway bridge. It was approved as a suburb name in 1982. In 1854 some of the swampy land to the north of Perth was drained producing some fertile land for farming and later subdivision. The land was subdivided into allotments circa 1860. Land in the area was taken up by discharged soldiers, artisans and small landholders. The area at this period was characterised by small cottages and businesses. In 1881, they railway from Fremantle to Guildford was opened and became the main transport route. From that period commerce and trade tended to focus around this area with smaller commercial enterprises and manufacturing to the north. It was less fashionable to live north of the railway line, however the area was close to the city and during the 1890's and early 1900's was substantially redeveloped with further subdivision of lots and mixed residential and commercial development. A number of trade and community organisations had their origins in the area at this time. Over the years the population of the area changed as people relocated to suburban areas of the city. As a result, Northbridge became the home for successive migrant communities. For example, communities including Greek, Italian, Chinese and more recently Vietnamese migrants have settled here as property remained relatively cheap and had the advantage of being close to the city. These communities have over the years given this area a distinctive character, generally recycling the existing buildings rather than redeveloping the area.
Medium level of integrity.
Medium level of authenticity as it is largely as originally constructed with detail intact.
Good
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Visual Assessment | |||
Draft Municipal Heritage Inventory | City of Perth | 2001 | |
U.W.A. 1981 and Michael Bosworth, Thematic Historical framework, City of Perth Unpub | 1995 | ||
The Village Northbridge Heritage Inventory - Part 1 Pages 1-175 | Develop WA - MRA | August 2002 | |
M. Pitt Morrison and J. White in C.T. Stannage, A New History of Western Australia |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
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