HOUSE, 7 BURNS STREET

Parent Place or Precinct

01563 Twelve houses

Statement of Significance

House, 7 Burns Street, is a typical weatherboard and tile single storey cottage dating from the 1890s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 7 Burns Street, is a small single storey weatherboard and tile cottage with symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. Walls are timber framed clad with weatherboards. Roof is hipped and tiled with no eaves. Verandah is under a separate tiled roof supported by square timber posts. Front elevation is symmetrical with two timber sash windows and a central front door. There is a brick and timber picket fence to the front boundary. This place contains a limestone feature.

History

Burns Street is a narrow residential street that bisects the triangle defined by Stirling Highway, Queen Victoria Street and the Swan River. The portion south of Tydeman Road was constructed in the 1990s and took its name from the existing road north of Tydeman Road. This section of Burns Street was originally part of a six-acre landholding (Lots 18 and 19) held by Mrs Andrew Burns in 1895. The land was subdivided for residential settlement in 1896 and Burns Road was gazetted the same year in honour of the original land owner. Although the street was still not constructed, buildings were present on the site in 1897. The street first appears on a map dated circa 1906. Buildings constructed in Burns Street were single storey basic homes of brick, stone or weatherboard for people who worked in the vicinity. Many of the houses in Burns Street were investment properties leased to tenants. In 2004, Burns Street continues to be a residential street and the modest workers cottages are the dominant buildings in the street. At the north eastern end of Burns Street is the former ‘Weeties’ factory (which faces Harvest Road), a source of employment for local residents for many years. The weatherboard cottage at 7 Burns Street was constructed between 1897 and 1913 for an unidentified owner. In 1921, the cottage was owned and occupied by Daniel Cole but the next year it was transferred to Daniel Larsen. Larsen occupied the cottage until approximately 1961 when it transferred to a relative; William Larsen. In 1913, the property included a shed on the rear boundary (identified as a weatherboard structure in 1940). In 1940 the site included a water closet in the northeast corner of the block. The property was sewered in 1950. By 1979, the verandah had been enclosed with a wall of brick and translucent corrugated roofing material. On the boundary was a fence of brick and timber. The verandah enclosure has since been removed. This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - RED -significant for contributing to the unique character of Fremantle. It was also included in the 'North Fremantle Heritage Study' (1994) as a place contributing to the development and heritage of North Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

Moderate degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, partially restored, some loss of fabric and previous unsympathetic alterations). Moderate degree of authenticity with basic original fabric remaining.Some loss of fabric. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).

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