HOUSE, 139 HAMPTON ROAD

Statement of Significance

House, 139 Hampton Road, is a single storey limestone and tile house dating from c1900. 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 Fremantle. It is historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 139 Hampton Road is a single storey, limestone and tile house designed as a variation of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone with painted brick quoins. The roof is hipped and clad with tiles. There is a painted brick corbelled chimney with chimney pots evident. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door flanked on either side by timber framed double hung windows. The verandah has a continuous tiled roof supported by steel poles (not original). The sides of the verandah are enclosed with fibrous cement sheeting. There is a fibrous cement walled addition at the rear, with a skillion roof. There is a low face brick wall to the front boundary line, matching No 141 Hampton Rd.

History

The street derives its name from John Stephen Hampton, the Governor from 1862-68, previously Comptroller of Convicts in Tasmania. His son, G. E. Hampton, was Acting Comptroller-General of the Fremantle Convict Establishment. The 1908 sewerage plan shows a brick residence set close to the corner of Martha St and Hampton Roads, within a large lot. The lot also contains a well, in its centre, a moderate size timber or outbuilding also near the centre of the lot, and two very small outbuildings. The residence shown has verandahs to three sides (West, north and east) and a timber extension, likely ablutions, off the southwest corner of the verandah. The same house appears to be shown on the 1904 plan. A 1984 plan shows three other residences within the lot, two facing Martha Street and one facing Hampton Road. No indication of when these houses were added is given.

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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