HOUSE, 33 BELLEVUE TERRACE

Statement of Significance

House, 33 Bellevue Terrace a single storey residence dating from 1892 as a constructed with limestone and tuck pointed brick walls and a hipped and roof has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: the place has some aesthetic value as an example of a late example of Victorian Georgian style of architecture that contributes to the quality of its setting along Bellevue Terrace and the surrounding area; the place has some historic value as a representation of the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; a late nineteenth century residence that demonstrates the settlement and development of the Fremantle area, and; it has social value for as it contributes to the community’s sense of place.

Physical Description

House, 33 Bellevue Terrace is a single storey stone, brick and zincalume house with symmetrical façade built in 1892 as a late example of Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone and there is tuck pointed brick quoining to the corners of the façade and surrounding the windows. The hipped roof is clad with zincalume and the chimneys are no longer extant. There is a bull nosed verandah supported on square and chamfered timber posts over a concrete floor which is not original. The main entrance door has a fanlight above and is flanked by a pair of timber framed double hung sash windows. There is a rendered front fence with piers and no infill and a garden area behind. A Heritage Assessment was prepared in April 2010 by the City of Fremantle for a DA submission to Council for proposed second storey additions.

History

In 1892 three cottages were erected on the lot. One was for Charles Hall, the post office superintendant, and two for John Stokes. The house that was to later become number 33 was owned by Charles Hall. It was still occupied and owned by Charles Samuel Hal in 1909/1910. Later the house was owned and occupied by John Edmund Darcy. A Heritage Assessment was prepared in April 2010 by the City of Fremantle for a DA submission to Council for proposed second storey additions.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

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

Uses

Historic Themes

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