House, 14 McCallum Ave, Subiaco

Parent Place or Precinct

24361 Daglish Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the City of Subiaco: • For the way in which it helps to illustrate the inter-war development of Daglish with a mixture of Workers Homes Board and private housing (historic value).

Physical Description

Roof form and materials • Hipped roof clad with pre-painted corrugated steel sheeting. Note: the readily available documentary evidence suggests that the roof was originally tiled with a flat ridgeline. Major rear additions altered the main street-front ridgeline to a central gablet in c.2001. • Tall, rendered chimney. Wall materials and finishes • Face-brick façade to sill height; rendered above. Form and detailing of main façade(s) • Stepped façade. • Projecting central porch with robust rendered masonry posts and a solid masonry verandah balustrade. • Modern metal-framed windows set in a timber outer frame. • Art-deco influenced window lintels. Streetscape setting • Main façade set back approx. 8.5m from the front boundary. • Front boundary defined by a modern, scalloped, timber-picket fence, with a hedge along the footpath frontage. Major alterations • Two storey additions are visible at the rear, but do not overtly impact on the scale of the place within the streetscape. • The replacement of a traditional red (tiled) roof with grey corrugated sheeting has modified the character of the place.

History

In 1925, the first part of the suburb of Daglish was laid out by the State Government on an undeveloped railway reserve, with the subdivision applying elements of the Garden Suburb model of development. This area, which was bounded by Troy Terrace, part of Robinson Street, what is now Olga Place, Stubbs Terrace, the southern end of Cunningham Terrace and Millington Avenue, was progressively developed from the late 1920s through to the late 1930s. The readily available evidence suggests that about 1/3 of these houses were developed with the assistance of the Workers Homes’ Board or War Service Homes Commission. In November 1935 the Workers Homes Board called for tenders for the “erection and completion” of “168/35. BRICK HOUSE on Lot 98, McCallum-ave., Daglish” (14 McCallum Avenue). Entries in the Rate Books and Post Office Directories indicate that Stanley O’Brien was the first owner. In the Electoral Rolls of 1936, the occupants were more specifically identified as Stanley Percival O’Brien (customs officer) and Sybil Kathleen O’Brien (home duties). Newspaper notices confirm that Percival O’Brien (c.1897-1966) and Sybil Keenan were married in Perth in May 1933. They were both still listed at 14 McCallum Avenue in the Electoral Rolls of 1963 and Sybil was still listed here in the Electoral Rolls of 1977. Comparison of historical aerial photographs indicates that major additions and alterations were undertaken in c.2001 and that the roof was reclad in c.2011.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to Low: The original external detailing has been modified by modern alterations and additions.

Condition

Good: Based on a streetscape inspection the place appears to be in a sound condition.

Uses

Historic Themes

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