Local Government
Nedlands
Region
Metropolitan
48 Stirling Hwy Nedlands
Nedlands
Metropolitan
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 23 Oct 2018 | Category B | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 27 Apr 1999 | Category B | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 15 Apr 1999 | ||
The apartments and flats buill throughout the Nedlands district have varying aesthetic, historic and representative cultural heritage value. Though opinions are divided on the social value of such high density living, the apartments and flats represent the need to construct single buildings to follow planning constraints and demand tor small residential units. This development has continued intermittently since tho 1930s. The eight blocks of flats that have been carefully selected for the City of Nedlands Heritage Inventory are representative of a class of similar places. Selection criteria was based on streetscape value, architectural diversity and grouping. Stirling Court is very similar in design and scale to an adjacent building, Kingston. Together these buildings make a significant contribution to Inter-War architecture along Stirling Highway.
This two storey block of four flats has some Mediterranean style architectural features. The roof is hipped Marseilles pattern tile while the brick wails are rendered and painted. There are a number of arches on the ground floor balcony. The upstairs balcony had double precast concrete columns. A flight of stairs is located at either end of the building. These are uncovered and are exposed to the weather.
The building of flats in the Nedlands district reflected a need for closer urban development particularly in the 1930s. However, the establishment of flats was not popular with all residents. A Mr TJ Myers objected to this development at a Nedlands Road Board meeting reported in the West Australian on 17 April 1936. , Myers vehemently staled that the flats could best be described as slums and predicted that they would become eyesores. He also expressed the hope that the Board would refuse permits for such premises to be built. The Chairman of the Board. Mr A Bennett replied that the Board held the same opinion as Mr Myers, but some people preferred lo live in fiats over which the Board did not have complete control. It had the power to insist on only one building going on an allounent and under its town planning scheme, it had provided that flats were to be confined to certain areas, namely Stirling Highway and Broadway with stringent building regulations.
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| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Flats\Apartment Block |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Flats\Apartment Block |
| Style |
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| Inter-War Mediterranean |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Roof | TILE | Terracotta Tile |
| Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
| General | Specific |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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