Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
1 Taylor St White Gum Valley
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 2007, Constructed from 1903
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | YES | 10 Jan 2018 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jan 2018 | Level 3 |
House, 1 Taylor Street is an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture as a typical timber framed, single storey cottage dating from the first decade of the twentieth century. It has historical significance as a representation of working people’s living conditions in the Fremantle area.
House, 1 Taylor Street was originally a single storey, timber framed cottage with painted weatherboard clad walls and a corrugated galvanised iron hipped roof. The roof extends onto the verandah which is supported by square timber posts with brackets and a timber balustrade. There is a central front door flanked by timber famed four pane sash windows. A two-storey addition has been constructed at the rear, which has Colorbond walls and a hipped roof. There is a brick wall with timber picket inserts to the front boundary and driveway.
The first resident on Taylor Street was Patrick O'Connor, who had a cottage at No 1 constructed c.1903. (Rate Books). He remained a resident there until 1948/49, when the occupant changed to William Miller. (PO Directories) The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows the house as a small, simple hipped roof cottage. The 1950 sewerage map (No. 2190) confirms it was weatherboard and iron with a verandah at the front (east side) facing Taylor Street. It shows that the front verandah is enclosed at the north end, and to the rear (north west side) there extends two attached rooms for the bathroom and laundry (asbestos). Beyond that are two detached structures and a well. Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that in c1980 a large shed was built in the south west corner of the lot, but the house had not changed in form or plan since 1950. Between 1996 and 1999 the roof was changed to the rear with a full-length flat roofed extension to replace the earlier bathroom and laundry on the north end. In 2007 this was again modified and a large two storey extension was built in its place, effectively doubling the footprint of the original cottage. From the street, the simple hipped roof, single storey cottage is readable in its original built form c1903. An external Heritage Assessment was prepared in May 2009 by Philip Griffiths Architects for a DA submission to Council DA141/09 in relation to a proposed fence. This place was added to the Heritage List and the Municipal Heritage Inventory on 10 January 2018.
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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25244 | External Heritage Assessment May 2009, Philip Griffiths Architects for DA141/09. | Heritage Study |
Individual Building or Group
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Two storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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