DUPLEX, 25 PRICE STREET

Statement of Significance

Duplex 23 & 25 Price Street, is a typical rendered masonry and iron single storey duplex pair dating from the 1897. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

23 & 25 Price Street is a single storey, rendered masonry and iron duplex pair with a symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are rendered masonry. The roof is hipped with a dividing parapet wall and clad with corrugated iron. The front verandah is under a separate corrugated iron roof. There is a high level rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line making further description difficult.

History

The duplex at 23/25 Price Street was formerly 7/9 Lord Street. Lord Street was changed to Price Street in 1908/09 in honour of James Price, MLA for Fremantle 1905 to 1920 and the Minister for Works 1906 to 1909. The previous name was used to represent the title held by the persons after whom the adjoining streets were named ie: Grey and Russell.
The direction of the numbering also changed therefore 23 was 9 and 25 was 7. This duplex is one of two identical buildings built next to each other.
These two duplexes were built for the Trustees of the Wesleyan Church in 1897. The first tenants of the four dwellings were; M. Lindstrom; Stanley Evans, auctioneer; Charles Stubbings, carpenter; and Emil L. Behrendt, woodcarter. The Trustees of the Wesleyan Church owned the properties until at least the early 1950s and leased the dwellings to various tenants.
The 1908 sewerage plan of the site shows that this brick duplex is replicated at the property adjacent. Each of the dwellings has a front verandah and a rear verandah, portion of the rear verandah had been enclosed to form a bathroom. Adjacent to the bathroom was a water tank and in the back yard was a timber closet and a timber shed. The property boundary was fenced.
This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Brown: "Positively contributing to the built environment") The duplex was photographed in 1978 and it shows that 25 Price Street had a corrugated iron roof and was in good condition. The original front window had been replaced although the front door appears to be original.
A photograph of the place in 1995 shows that the duplex at 23/25 had been extensively renovated and extended, including extension into the roof space. A high masonry wall and timber gate was located on the front boundary.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to high degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability).
Medium degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining but with some alterations.
(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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