Commercial Premises

Statement of Significance

• The place has aesthetic value as a good and intact example of the post war international style as practised in the suburbs of Perth.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of Bassendean in the post World War Two period when the population of the area grew and created retail demands.
• The place has social value for the many members of the community who have used and visited these premises since the 1950s.
• The place has historic value for its association with successful local builder, Harry Stanford Hyde.

Physical Description

Holly Raye’s is a single storey brick commercial premise with a hipped tiled roof. The street frontage to the west has a parapet wall screening the gable behind. The west façade has also been rendered and the lower section of the wall has been tiled with a feature frieze capping the tiled section. It has an aluminium framed large glass frontage with an awning, the underside of which is pressed metal, creating an alfresco area that is protected from the street by blinds. The north side of the building is mainly exposed red brick with a large dog mural painted towards the western corner. The openings to the northern side are aluminium framed with security screening. The southern side of Holly Raye’s is adjoined by another commercial property of cream brick construction.

History

The Bassendean town centre was established and laid out as an extension of Guildford townsite in the 1840s but it was not until the 1890s that the town developed rapidly with the influx of workers during the gold boom period. The West Guildford Road Board was formed in 1901 which became the Bassendean Road Board in 1922, in recognition of one of the first farms in the district ‘Bassendean’ established by the First Colonial Secretary, Peter Broun. The town developed on either side of what was called the Perth Road and later, Guildford Road, which logically connected Perth to Guildford. This portion of the road name was changed to ‘Old Perth Road’ in the 1970s when Guildford Road was realigned. The date of construction of this shop is estimated to be the mid to late 1950s as it is not evident in the aerial photograph of the site in 1953 but is present in 1965. Its styling is representative of the 1950s although further research of the rates books may reveal the date of construction, original owner, occupants and builder. It is likely that the builder was local firm, H.S. Hyde who was responsible for the construction of the nearby Hyde Buildings at 45-51 Old Perth Road, and the shops at 75-81 Old Perth Road. In c1984, the single storey brick shops to the south were constructed abutting the building. Prior to the current tenant’s occupancy the place was vacant for many years and the previous tenant was a restaurant, ‘Curry Corner’. This name was commonly applied to the place and it was frequently referred to by that name. The recent café tenancy has refitted the interior of the building and the exterior is largely as originally constructed apart from a mural on the northern elevation.

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