175 Stubbs Terrace

Parent Place or Precinct

24361 Daglish Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the City of Subiaco: • For the way in which it helps to illustrate the development of the south-western end of Daglish by the Workers Homes Board in c.1933-1940 , which was an important part of the progressive development of Daglish (historic value). • As a representative example of the simple, functional houses developed by the Workers Homes Board in the late 1930s to early 1940s (aesthetic value). Note: While the houses built by the WHB in the 1930s varied widely in their fine scale detailing and finishes, most had a clearly recognisable underlying character, which this place helps to illustrate.

Physical Description

Roof form and materials • Gable-hipped roof, clad with autumn-toned terracotta tiles. • Broken-back, raked roof over the entry porch. • Hipped-gables to the projecting wing of the main facade and to the side elevations. • Simple rendered chimney. Wall materials and finishes • Red face-brick up to the lower part of the windows. • Rendered walls above. • Contrasting rock-faced foundations. Form and detailing of main façade(s) • Asymmetrical façade. • Slightly projecting wing on the north-eastern side of the main façade. • Prominent central porch. This features robust rendered piers; shallow, pointed arches; decorative stepped label mouldings across each face; and a perforated masonry balustrade across the front face. • Triple casement windows to the main façade. These feature a pointed arched detail to the top of each pane, simple rectangular leadlight glazing, and raked sills. • Matching triple casement window to the south-eastern façade, together with smaller single casements. • Flat window hoods set over stepped masonry brackets to the triple casement windows. • Tapered chimney breast expressed along the side (south-western) elevation. Streetscape setting • Main façade set back approx. 8.m from the front boundary. • Front boundary defined by a low face brick fence with robust brick piers. Major alterations • Rear extensions, including a large carport undertaken in 2010. The carport is clearly visible along the side driveway, but does not overtly impact on streetscape views or detract from an understanding of the original form of the house.

History

The area bounded by Cunningham Terrace, Millington Avenue, part of Troy Terrace and the south-western end of Stubbs Terrace formed part of the original 1925 subdivision of Daglish. However, the 32 lots in this area were set aside for use by the Workers’ Homes Board and were not released for development until c.1933. In September 1933, tenders were called for the erection of a Workers Homes Board house on Lot 175 (#175 Stubbs Terrace). It became the long-term home of the Morris family, who, like many of the early residents of Daglish, were in the early years of their marriage. Dorothy Mildred Whitfield (nee Boyce, widowed 1924) and Richard Alwynne Morris (salesman) were married in Perth in c.1929. They had settled at 175 Stubbs Terrace by 1934 and remained here until around the mid 1950s, after which they moved to Nedlands. Historical aerial photographs show that rear extensions, including a large carport, were undertaken in 2010. In 2016 a preliminary heritage assessment of the City of Subiaco’s Station Precincts identified this house as retaining a high degree of authenticity, as viewed from the street. It was subsequently entered in the Local Heritage Survey (Level 3 - Some Significance).

Integrity/Authenticity

High: The original external detailing appears to be largely intact to the front portion of the original house.

Condition

Based on a streetscape inspection the building appears to be in a good condition.

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