WARDERS' COTTAGES (FMR), 7-41 HENDERSON STREET

Parent Place or Precinct

25529 Fremantle Prison (former)

Child Places

• 24674 WARDERS' COTTAGES, 19-29 HENDERSON STREET
• 24893 WARDERS' COTTAGES, 31-41 HENDERSON STREET
• 24704 WARDER'S COTTAGES, 7 - 17 HENDERSON STREET

Condition

The oldest block (now referred to as W1) is located at 19-29 Henderson Street and was built in 1851. The second block (referred to as W2) is located at 31-41 Henderson Street and was built in 1852. The last remaining block (referred to as W3) is located at 7-17 Henderson Street and was built in 1858. BLOCK W1 Following the arrival of the first 75 convicts in 1850, the requirement for afordable accommodation for their warders and the Pensioner Guards became urgent. The warders had been enlisted in England under terms which guaranteed them quarters for themselves and their families or alternatively, an allowance for this purpose. The Comptroller General, Captain E Y Henderson, claimed it was too expensive to house the warders privately and started an urgent building programme. Block W1 was one of the initial three projects. The block consists of an attached group of six, two-storey dwellings. As built, adjacent dwellings are virtually a mirror image of each other. Consequently three dwellings are of similar plan and the other three are a mirror image of these. Although each dwelling was deisgned for one family, initially they were occupied by two. The original construction was of random rubble limestone walls, timber floors, timber stairs and a timber-shingled roof. There were two rooms each at ground and first floor levels. An attached walled yard at the rear enclosed a shed and a privy. Brick chimneys continued above the roof. The cramped accommodation is an example of working-class housing provisions of the time and reflects the low esteem in which warders were held in that period. Since 1851, various changes have occurred which have had minimal impact on the limestone fabric of the block. These changes have been concerned mainly with increasing the living space for the occupants and upgrading hygiene facilities. The yard at the rear was roofed fully to form a kitchen. Other alterations were made to outbuildings and fencing at the rear. At the fr The oldest block (now referred to as W1) is located at 19-29 Henderson Street and was built in 1851. The second block (referred to as W2) is located at 31-41 Henderson Street and was built in 1852. The last remaining block (referred to as W3) is located at 7-17 Henderson Street and was built in 1858. BLOCK W1 Following the arrival of the first 75 convicts in 1850, the requirement for afordable accommodation for their warders and the Pensioner Guards became urgent. The warders had been enlisted in England under terms which guaranteed them quarters for themselves and their families or alternatively, an allowance for this purpose. The Comptroller General, Captain E Y Henderson, claimed it was too expensive to house the warders privately and started an urgent building programme. Block W1 was one of the initial three projects. The block consists of an attached group of six, two-storey dwellings. As built, adjacent dwellings are virtually a mirror image of each other. Consequently three dwellings are of similar plan and the other three are a mirror image of these. Although each dwelling was deisgned for one family, initially they were occupied by two. The original construction was of random rubble limestone walls, timber floors, timber stairs and a timber-shingled roof. There were two rooms each at ground and first floor levels. An attached walled yard at the rear enclosed a shed and a privy. Brick chimneys continued above the roof. The cramped accommodation is an example of working-class housing provisions of the time and reflects the low esteem in which warders were held in that period. Since 1851, various changes have occurred which have had minimal impact on the limestone fabric of the block. These changes have been concerned mainly with increasing the living space for the occupants and upgrading hygiene facilities. The yard at the rear was roofed fully to form a kitchen. Other alterations were made to outbuildings and fencing at the rear. At the fr The oldest block (now referred to as W1) is located at 19-29 Henderson Street and was built in 1851. The second block (referred to as W2) is located at 31-41 Henderson Street and was built in 1852. The last remaining block (referred to as W3) is located at 7-17 Henderson Street and was built in 1858. BLOCK W1 Following the arrival of the first 75 convicts in 1850, the requirement for afordable accommodation for their warders and the Pensioner Guards became urgent. The warders had been enlisted in England under terms which guaranteed them quarters for themselves and their families or alternatively, an allowance for this purpose. The Comptroller General, Captain E Y Henderson, claimed it was too expensive to house the warders privately and started an urgent building programme. Block W1 was one of the initial three projects. The block consists of an attached group of six, two-storey dwellings. As built, adjacent dwellings are virtually a mirror image of each other. Consequently three dwellings are of similar plan and the other three are a mirror image of these. Although each dwelling was deisgned for one family, initially they were occupied by two. The original construction was of random rubble limestone walls, timber floors, timber stairs and a timber-shingled roof. There were two rooms each at ground and first floor levels. An attached walled yard at the rear enclosed a shed and a privy. Brick chimneys continued above the roof. The cramped accommodation is an example of working-class housing provisions of the time and reflects the low esteem in which warders were held in that period. Since 1851, various changes have occurred which have had minimal impact on the limestone fabric of the block. These changes have been concerned mainly with increasing the living space for the occupants and upgrading hygiene facilities. The yard at the rear was roofed fully to form a kitchen. Other alterations were made to outbuildings and fencing at the rear. At the fr The oldest block (now referred to as W1) is located at 19-29 Henderson Street and was built in 1851. The second block (referred to as W2) is located at 31-41 Henderson Street and was built in 1852. The last remaining block (referred to as W3) is located at 7-17 Henderson Street and was built in 1858. BLOCK W1 Following the arrival of the first 75 convicts in 1850, the requirement for afordable accommodation for their warders and the Pensioner Guards became urgent. The warders had been enlisted in England under terms which guaranteed them quarters for themselves and their families or alternatively, an allowance for this purpose. The Comptroller General, Captain E Y Henderson, claimed it was too expensive to house the warders privately and started an urgent building programme. Block W1 was one of the initial three projects. The block consists of an attached group of six, two-storey dwellings. As built, adjacent dwellings are virtually a mirror image of each other. Consequently three dwellings are of similar plan and the other three are a mirror image of these. Although each dwelling was deisgned for one family, initially they were occupied by two. The original construction was of random rubble limestone walls, timber floors, timber stairs and a timber-shingled roof. There were two rooms each at ground and first floor levels. An attached walled yard at the rear enclosed a shed and a privy. Brick chimneys continued above the roof. The cramped accommodation is an example of working-class housing provisions of the time and reflects the low esteem in which warders were held in that period. Since 1851, various changes have occurred which have had minimal impact on the limestone fabric of the block. These changes have been concerned mainly with increasing the living space for the occupants and upgrading hygiene facilities. The yard at the rear was roofed fully to form a kitchen. Other alterations were made to outbuildings and fencing at the rear. 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