DUPLEX, 14 NAIRN STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

24612

Location

14 Nairn St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 1B

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic and historic significance as a rare example of residential development in the Old Port City area of Fremantle dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The place is of social significance as evidenced by its classification by the National Trust.

Physical Description

Duplex, 14-16 Nairn Street is a two storey rendered pair of houses with verandahs and decorative parapet with a segmental pediment. The verandah has a corrugated iron roof supported by columns with cast iron lacework brackets, fringe and balustrade on the first floor. The tall arched windows are recessed and double sash.

History

Nairn Street was named for Major William Nairn of 46th Regiment, original grantee of land in Grass Valley, east of Northam. Duplex, 14-16 Nairn Street: Lot 446 was the property of the Higham family from 1873 to c1880. The six-roomed terrace houses replaced earlier dwellings in 1890-91. By c1906 the property belonged to Arthur Davies and Frederick Jones. Restored in 1983, with additions to No. 16 in 1987 by Carl Payne Architect. Currently (2002), residential use.

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Carl Payne Architect 1987 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
"Newspapaer Article". p.25 Fremantle Gazette 11.2.1986
"Newspapaer Article". p.56 West Australian 10/6/1995,
AHC Listing Australian Heritage Council
Fremantle Local History Collection Files, (filed by address) Council Records Fremantle Local History Collection

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
10151 Raymond Jones Architecture: Part 2 - Raymond's Houses 1957 -1967 Electronic 2013
10150 Raymond Jones Architecture: Part 1 - An overview. Electronic 2013

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Filigree

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone
Wall RENDER Smooth

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 Jan 2013

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

28 Feb 2020

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