SHOP & HOUSE (FMR), 370 SOUTH TERRACE

Statement of Significance

Commercial Building, 370 South Terrace, a typical rendered masonry single storey attached corner shop and residence dating from c1903 has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It has historic value as representative of a commercial building during the early twentieth century in the South Fremantle area. The place has undergone significant alterations but original form remains intact.

Physical Description

South Terrace is a main arterial road that extends in a north to south direction from Market Street to Douro Road. Commercial Building, 370 South Terrace is located on the eastern side of South Terrace and is situated on the north eastern corner of McLaren Street.

The eastern side and western side of South Terrace comprises largely of single storey houses and commercial properties of heritage value.

Shop & House (Fmr), 370 South Terrace (c1903) is a single storey rendered masonry corner shop with attached former residence to the rear, located on the corner of McLaren Street and South Terrace. The walls are rendered masonry, the roof to the shop is low pitched corrugated iron behind a rendered masonry parapet wall. The rear residence has a hipped corrugated iron roof. There are large shop front windows to the South Terrace elevation and a timber framed door with fanlight to the truncated corner. The McLaren Street elevation has large shop front windows to the front shop section of the place and a door with fanlight and small casement windows with security grilles to the rear residential section of the place. There is a rendered corbelled chimney to the residence.

A Heritage Assessment was prepared in March 2010 by the City of Fremantle for a DA submission to Council for retrospective signage to the corner shop.

History

South Terrace was formerly called Mandurah Road. It followed the line of ancient Aboriginal tracks and was the main entrance to Fremantle from the south. Mandurah Road used to continue south along the coast, but owing to shifting sand dunes, it was necessary to make a deviation to Douro Road and travel further inland.

Shop & House (fmr), 370 South Terrace was built between 1900 and 1905. In 1905/06, the property was listed as comprising three shops owned by SA Shah, SM Shah and RA Dean. Shop 194 was occupied by George Smith; Shop 196 was vacant; and Shop 198 was occupied by John Mallie, a grocer.

The rate book in 1909-10 show this as 4 cottages, known as no. 194,196 and 198 Mandurah Road, and 11 Silas Street.

In 1909/10, the building was purchased by prominent Fremantle merchants, W D Moore & Co. At this time, Olive Butterfield was in Shop 196 and Grace Kwaiss in Shop 198. Shop 194 was vacant.

Circa 1915, Patrick Murphy and Francis Pentony bought the shops. In 1920-1 the rate book shows Parts 3 and 4 of Lot 16 as 3 shops with residences, then known as 194,196 and 198 Mandurah Road. Shop and Rooms (194) was occupied by Robert McGuffie, Shop and Rooms (196) was occupied by Arthur Shaw, and Shop and Rooms (198) was occupied by Richard Oliver.

Fred Instone owned the three shops in 1924/25. By this time, Richard Oliver occupied both number 196 and 198. Robert McGuffie continued to occupy Shop 194. Although there were changes in the tenants over the years, the building was owned by Fred Instone until his death c. 1935. The property was then owned by Millicent Davy.

In 1944/45, the improvements were described as ‘residence’ at No. 136 (previously 194) and Shop and Rooms at 138 and 140 (previously 196 and 198). Harold Davey was listed as the occupant of the house.

By 1949/50, the property was owned by George Jakicevich. In this year, the improvements were described as residence (136), and rear residences (138 and 140). However, in the early 1950s, mention was again made of a shop: Shop 366-70 South Terrace and a residence at the rear. Serafina Indicibus owned the property from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, and it was subsequently owned by Bruno and Rosaria Spadaro. Mrs Spadaro was still listed as the owner in 2004/05.

A diagram dated 1954 shows Commercial Building, 368-370 South Terrace as three brick terraced shops with No. 370 addressing the corner of South Terrace and McLaren Street.

In the late 1960s, the property was described as three shops with rear rooms; c. 1970 as rooms; as three shops in the early 1970s; a residential flat in 2002/03 and as commercial shop and residence in 2004/05. This suggests that there has been considerable internal rearrangement of the spaces over the years.

A Heritage Assessment was prepared in March 2010 by the City of Fremantle for a DA submission to Council for retrospective signage to the corner shop.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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