HOUSE, 18 THOMPSON ROAD

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

25695

Location

18 Thompson Road North Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1904

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 14 Dec 2016

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 14 Dec 2016 Level 3

Parent Place or Precinct

22385 North Fremantle Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 18 Thompson Road, is a typical timber and iron single storey cottage dating from the early 1900s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area.

Physical Description

House, 18 Thompson Road is a single storey timber and iron cottage. The walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped corrugated iron with a continuous roof over the front verandah. Under the verandah are timber framed six pane double windows; two similar windows are visible on the Hevron Street elevation. There is a rendered masonry and timber picket fence to the front and side boundary.

History

Thompson Road was named for George Thompson (1838-1874), Fremantle's first town clerk (1871-73). The street is mainly residential, with some commercial development at the northern end between Alfred Road and McCabe Road. The majority of the houses were built c. 1900. Only a few lots on the street remained vacant in the 1920s. House, 18 Thompson Road, was built circa 1904 on the corner of Frederick Street (which changed to Hevron Street in 1923). The first resident listed in Post Office directories in 1905 was John Buchanan. From 1908 until directory records cease in the 1940s the resident is Mr Frederick William Moore. A 1939 sewerage plan shows that the house has a full length front verandah, and a rear laundry near the dividing fence to No. 16 to the south. Aerial photographs show circa 1990 a garage was built in the rear, with access from Hevron Street.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent 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).

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Creation Date

10 Aug 2016

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2019

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