HOUSE, 4 CORAL 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

Coral Street was surveyed on the sub-division of a large block of land belonging to Sir Henry Briggs. The land was called Briggs Paddock and it is not known why the streets were named after treasures such as silver, gold and coral. The street was gazetted in 1905. House, 4 Coral Street was built before 1904. In 1904/05, it was owned by Frederick Wedge (who owned a number of properties in the area) and was leased to a tenant. By 1922/23, the property was owned by Albert Davis and occupied by Charles Wilson. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated c. 1910 shows that the five cottages at 2 to 10 Coral Street (then 36 to 44 Coral Street) were of identical plan form. Each was a brick cottage built against the northern boundary of their respective lots. Each had a full length front verandah and a small rear verandah along the southern end of the house. There were small tin additions at the back of the each house and a toilet located at the rear of each yard. Edward McCainn was the owner and occupier in 1932/33. By 1942/42, the property was owned by Henry and Elizabeth McGlow. Reginald Meredith was the owner and occupier from the early 1950s until c. 1970. House, 4 Coral Street has had a number of owners since that time. This house was included on the original version of the Municipal Inventory as Level 3 with the following physical description. "House, 4 Coral Street, is a single storey, brick and zincalume house. The walls are painted and rendered. The roof is hipped and clad with zincalume. The façade has large modern windows and a glass entry door. The verandah has no support posts. There is a low rendered wall to the front boundary line. The elevation from the streetscape appears so altered from the original, it is unrecognisable as a c1900 Victorian Georgian house." 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.

Condition

DEMOLISHED OR HEAVILY MODIFIED

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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