HOUSE, 92 THOMPSON ROAD

Parent Place or Precinct

22385 North Fremantle Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 92 Thompson Road, is a typical stone and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1890s. 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. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 92 Thompson Road, is a single storey stone and iron cottage with symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. Walls are limestone with tuckpointed brick quoins and reveals. The roof is hipped corrugated iron with no eaves. The verandah is under a separate bullnose corrugated iron roof which is supported by square timber posts with decorative iron brackets. The front elevation is symmetrical with two timber sash windows and a central front door. There is a high picket fence to the front boundary. An aerial view shows additions to the rear.

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, 92 Thompson Road (previously 91 Thompson Road) was built some time between c. 1890 and 1907, by which time it was occupied by Albert Brown and owned by George Brown. Title to the four roomed brick house was transferred to H.G. Brown in 1927/28, who held it as a rental property. Nigel Fruin purchased the property in 1931/32 and remained there until at least 1949. A 1939 diagram shows the house (then 91 Thompson Road) as a large house almost the full width of the block, with a full length front verandah. A path led from the rear of the house to the rear of the back yard, past a galvanised iron outbuilding set against the northern fence. At some time prior to 1962, Frederick and Madeleine McCarthy purchased the property. It was subsequently sold to Thomas and Betty Drysdale, who owned it until the early 1980s. The house had a small number of owners since that time. This place was included in the "North Fremantle Heritage Study", prepared by Craig Burton, for the City of Fremantle, June 1994.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, restored). 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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