HOUSE [DEMOLISHED], 2 MARTHA STREET

Statement of Significance

This property has historical interest only as the location of a now demolished heritage place. The existing development on the site has little significance.

Physical Description

Historic building / structures demolished.

History

House, 2 Martha Street was built c. 1940. Prior to this, there had been a cottage on the lot for a few years (c. 1915). From the 1940s until the 1980s, the house was owned by the Workers Home Board and then the State Housing Commission. David and Ronda Boland were the occupants during this time. It is likely that the house was built c. 1940 by the Workers Home Board. In May 2006, the Department of Housing and Works submitted an application to the City of Fremantle to demolish the house at 2 Martha Street. An external heritage assessment was commissioned by the City of Fremantle, which recommended that both the demolition and replacement plans be approved. Three submissions were received by Council which generally opposed the removal of the cottage and the loss of its contribution to the streetscape character of the locality. The existing cottage was a 1940s timber framed fibro and weatherboard clad cottage with a full length front verandah. Physical description when extant: 2 Martha Street, a typical timber and iron single storey house was constructed in c1940 in the Post War period. The walls are timber framed and clad with timber weatherboards and fibre cement sheeting. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron sheeting. There is a small gable over the central front door. The symetrical façade has a central front door flanked on either side by pairs of double hung sash windows. The front verandah is under a brokenback corrugated iron roof supported on pairs of timber posts. The balustrade is an infill of timber weatherboards. The is a brick chimney evident and a low face brick wall to the fronty boundary line. Statement of Significance: House, 2 Martha Street, is a timber and iron single storey house dating from c1940. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. During the 2019 Annual Update of the Municipal Inventory and Heritage List the heritage significance of this place was reviewed and it was found that the heritage listing referred to a building or structure that had legally been demolished in the past. It also found that the existing buildings and structures on the site do meet the threshold for inclusion on the Heritage List. On 25 July 2019 Fremantle Council resolved to remove this place from the Heritage List and to change the Municipal Heritage Inventory category to Historic Record Only to record the earlier history of the site.

Archaeology

This property has been redeveloped since the heritage elements were demolished and it is unlikely that any significant undisturbed archaeological material remains on site.

Condition

DEMOLISHED- retained on MHI database for historical information purposes only.

Uses

Historic Themes

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