HOUSE, 9 HIGHAM ROAD

Parent Place or Precinct

22385 North Fremantle Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 9 Higham Road, is a typical weatherboard and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1930s. 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.

Physical Description

House, 9 Higham Road, is a single storey weatherboard, asbestos and iron cottage with asymmetrical facade constructed in c1935. Walls are painted weatherboard to dado height with flat asbestos sheet cladding above. Roof is hipped and gabled corrugated iron with shortened eaves. Verandah is under a separate wide gabled corrugated iron roof. Gable has simple timber vertical battens as decorative elements. The verandah is supported by timber posts. Front elevation is asymmetrical with a protruding front room. A metal and timber window hood protects the triple casement front window to this room. The front door and another triple timber casement window are under the verandah. There is a timber picket fence to the front boundary line.

History

Messrs Congdon, Higham and Abbott subdivided this area of North Fremantle in the early 1890s. The residential lots were gradually sold off, and by 1905, the Higham Road had been declared a public highway. The road was named for John Joseph Higham, one of the original developers. Several of the lots remained undeveloped until the inter-war period. Along with several of the surrounding lots, Lot 12 of P79 remained vacant well into the 1920s. At this time it was owned by Peter Awcock, who resided at 4 Phyllis Street. He held the lot until his death, and it was then held by his estate before being acquired by William Charles Russell, the owner of adjacent Lot 13 (11 Higham Road). In 1935, Horace Julius Tapper had a house built on the property, which was listed as a new house and vacant in the 1935-35 Post Office Directory, but which he later occupied. Rate records indicate that Tapper resided there until 1974. A 1939 plan shows the house soon after construction. It was a relatively small weatherboard house, with a half length front verandah, rear paths and outbuildings. The place is identified in the North Fremantle Heritage Study (1994) as being of cultural heritage significance to the development of North Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

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