19 Sadlier Street

Parent Place or Precinct

26270 Sadlier and Redfern Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The Sadlier and Redfern Streets 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 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 1920s 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 1920s to the 1930s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in this period.
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 three modern dwellings) were developed predominantly in the period 1920s to 1940s, 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, within a cohesive streetscape.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and iron house.

The original section of house is of brick construction which remains in its original state and does not appear that it was tuckpointed. The rendered band at sill level remains extant.

The house is gabled to the street facing elevation, the gable itself clad with roughcast concrete and timber detailing and wide battened eaves. The skillion verandah canopy extends across the front elevation and wraps around to the south west elevation. This return section of the verandah has now been enclosed with fibro cladding. The remaining verandah canopy is supported on timber posts and has a brick deck.

The façade originally contained two 1-over-1 timber framed sash windows and a timber and glass panelled door with similar side panels and fanlights. The westernmost window can no longer be seen due to the enclosure of the verandah.

The chimney has been removed.

The garden is predominantly paved and allows for on-site parking and is enclosed by a timber picket fence.

History

This portion of Sadlier Street was subdivided for residential lots in 1893 by owners, the NSW company, Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company. However the lots were not taken up rapidly. In 1896, lots in the Redfern Estate, Subiaco were advertised in the local press as ‘Good Building Lots, near the railway line’. The subdivision was managed by Alfred Axon, the local branch manager for the Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company. Axon was also a significant individual investor in Subiaco property.

Lots 73 and 74 were transferred to John Ewing Serviss of NSW in 1896 but there is no evidence to indicate that the land was developed by this owner. Analysis of Rate Books and PO Directories indicates that this place was likely constructed c.1924.

The Rate Books contain the following listings:
• 1929/30 Todd Bros – owner & Arthur Higgs (accountant) – occupier
• 1935/36 Todd Bros – owner & Francis Lamb – occupier
• 1936/37 Todd Bros – owner & J Hennessy - occupier

The PO Directories list the following occupants:
• 1924 - 1926 Boag, Leslie W
• 1928 – 1933/34 Higgs Arthur (Health Inspector)
• 1934/35 – Annear, Chas
• 1935/36 Binning, A
• 1937/38 Lamb, Francis
• 1939/40 – 1941/42 Hennessy, Thomas
• 1942/43 – 1946 Kennedy, Jno
• 1947 – 1949 Dowie, Ron

From the above information it is suggested that the residence was constructed as an investment property by the Todd Brothers. Todd Bros was a building company founded by Alec, Jim and Tom Todd who tragically all died in 1919. This strange coincidence was noted in the local press. The firm continued to work in the Subiaco area achieving many contracts for public works.

The company built this residence and the adjacent property (HN17) in c1925 at the same time as rental properties. The two residences have the same design and location on the block.
Aerial photographs indicate that additions were constructed at the rear of the building in c1990. The form and extent of the building have not changed significantly since that time.

Integrity/Authenticity

The partial enclosure of the front verandah impacts on the presentation and authenticity of the place. However the original design intent remains clearly visible.

Condition

Fair

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