DUPLEX, 52 BELLEVUE TERRACE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

20224

Location

52 Bellevue Tce Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902

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 3

Statement of Significance

Duplex, 52-54 Bellevue Terrace is a good example of a stone attached pair of residences in the Victorian Georgian style, representing the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.

Physical Description

Duplex, 52-54 Bellevue Terrace is a single storey stone (no 52 has been rendered) attached pair with tile hipped rooves which are not original.

History

The origin of the name ‘Bellevue Terrace’ is doubtful, although in 1891 the area was subdivided by John Joseph Higham and known as Bellevue Estate. Bellevue Terrace was previously known as Higham Road. The short portion north of Fothergill St was originally Higham St. John Joseph Higham was one of the Town Councillors. His family arrived in the colony in 1853. Council rate books indicate the change of name occurred in 1923, although the change is shown on a 1908 sewerage plan. In 1901/02 the lot is vacant and owned by the Currie Brothers. In 1902/3 Duplex, 52-54 Bellevue Terrace was erected on the lot. The first occupant of number 52 was occupied by John Brown, a wharf labourer. The first occupant of number 54 was William Sinclair, also a wharf labourer.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof TILE Terracotta Tile
Wall RENDER Smooth
Wall STONE Limestone
Wall BRICK Face Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Feb 2020

Disclaimer

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