DUPLEX, 70 HAMPTON ROAD

Statement of Significance

Duplex, 70 & 72 Hampton Road, is a fine example of a limestone, brick and iron single storey duplex pair dating from 1896. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of a finely designed and constructed duplex pair in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture.This attached pair was constructed for Charles Henry Pierce a prominent Fremantle hotel keeper, who owned His Lordship's Larder on the corner of Mouat and Phillimore Streets (now the site of His Majesty's Hotel).

Physical Description

70 & 72 Hampton Road is a single storey, limestone, brick and iron attached pair with an overall symmetrical facade built 1896 and designed as an example of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture. The walls are limestone with brick quoins. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad with corrugated iron. The gabled ends (at each end of the building) have decorative wooden features and finials. The verandah has a separate bullnose corrugated iron roof and is supported by chamfered timber posts with decorative iron brackets and frieze with a simple timber balustrade. Under each gable is a bay window. Adjacent to each bay window are the front doors and there are two double hung sash windows centrally located along the front façade. There are three brick and rendered masonry corbelled chimneys evident. There is a low level rendered masonry wall to the front boundary.

History

Hampton Road was originally called Prison Road. It derives its name from John Stephen Hampton (1810-1869), the Governor of WA from 1862-68. He was previously Comptroller of Convicts in Tasmania. His son, G. E. Hampton, was Acting Comptroller-General of the Fremantle Convict Establishment.
The attached pair of cottages at 70 and 72 Hampton Road were built in 1896 for Mr Charles Henry Pierce, a hotelier. Pierce was the licensee of a hotel on the corner of Phillimore and Mouat Streets, Fremantle, known as ‘His Lordships Larder” (now the site of His Majesty’s Hotel). Charles Pierce and his family lived at No. 70 while No. 72 was leased to tenants.
When Charles Piece died, title to the property passed to his wife. When she died in 1921, the property was divided into two titles – one each to two daughters.
A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated 1954 shows 70 and 72 Hampton Road as a pair of attached stone houses. The mirror pair had projecting front rooms with a bay window and half length front verandahs. Both houses had weatherboard additions to the rear.
The Bant family purchased the cottage at 72 Hampton Road in the 1950s. Mrs Bant lived there until c. 1980 and in 1984, sold it to Trevor Knowles. In 1988, Mr Knowles purchased the cottage at 70 Hampton Road, which had been owned by the Fremantle Society for a time.
The place has since changed ownership.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

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