Local Government
Perth
Region
Metropolitan
62, 64 & 66 Aberdeen St Northbridge
Also part of Northbridge Urban Renewal Area 14590
Perth
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1860 to 1890
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 21 May 1990 | |
Heritage Agreement | YES | 06 Dec 2012 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
State Register | Registered | 23 Nov 2001 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 28 Mar 2023 | Category 1 | |
Local Heritage Survey | Completed\Draft | Category 1 | ||
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 13 Mar 2001 | R | |
Register of the National Estate | Identified Through State Process | |||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 06 Mar 1990 | ||
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01 | YES | 31 Dec 1999 | ||
Register of the National Estate | Interim | 17 Dec 1996 |
The place has interest as a well detailed Federation Queen Anne style of residential building. The place forms an integral part of a group of residential buildings and contributes to the historic character of the area. The place reflects colonial urban residential settings prior to the gold rush period. The place reflects the expansion and development of residential and commercial buildings on the city fringes during the rapid population increase if the 1890s gold boom and the early years of the twentieth century.
Modest three cottages with solid walls and steep hip roofs with a basic 4 room layout. They have lathe and plaster ceilings and small paved double hung windows. The additions made just prior to the turn of the century provided the basic cottages with a more prestigious front. The additional rooms are high with moulded skirtings and architrave's, cornices and simpler double hung windows. At some stage the front walls were tuck pointed. For more detailed discussions on the Physical Evidence refer to Ronald Bodycoat, Architect, ‘Three Cottages, Aberdeen Street, Northbridge’ prepared for the Ministry for Planning in December 1997 and revised in September 2001, following their restoration in 2000.
No. 62, originally a c1860s worker's cottage which was extended and refurbished in the late 1890s. The place had a succession of residents over the decades. No. 64, originally a c1860s worker's cottage which was extended and refurbished in the 1890s. The place had a succession of residents over the decades. During the early 1900s, Mr Ah Moy operated a greengrocers from the premises, possibly from a building on the site that no longer exists. The place was a lodging house during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. No. 66, originally a c1860s worker's cottage which had a succession of residents over the years. It was extended and refurbished in the late 1890s. During the early decades of the twentieth century, residents included an auctioneer, a nurse, and various residents of Chinese descent, including Mr Bor Daerping, a Chinese herbalist. The archaeological examination and study carried out by the Centre for Archaeology at University of Western Australian in 1993 records that Henry Gibbs held title to the land at the time of his death in 1897 at which point his family subdivided the land. The characteristics of the simple cottages - the standard and layout of the houses, and the level and detail of decorative elements - indicate a working class use of the site. The additions of the late 1890s, probably after 1897, in the Victorian architectural style then in vogue for small residential buildings in Perth, were applied in the same general character to the front of all Three Cottages, improving the standard of accommodation and upgrading their presentation to the street environment in accordance with regulations and social expectations then in place. Archaeological evidence has established that the structure, now lost, which originally filled the gap between Cottages at 64 & 66 Aberdeen Street, was constructed about the time of subdivision in 1897; that structure is recorded as being demolished in 1950. Two of the Cottages were in residential use until the 1960s when they are recorded as being abandoned; the third was occupied until 1982. Since then, all Three Cottages were in a dilapidated state until they were fully restored by the EPRA. They are now used as professional offices.
Medium authenticity. Buildings have been restored.
62 - Fair, 64 - Good, 66 - Good
Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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The Village Northbridge Heritage Inventory | Develop WA | August 2002 | |
Burswood Bridge and Road Northbridge Tunnel Area | MRA by Ronald Bodycoat | April 1995 | |
Heritage Agreement | HCWA | ||
Conservation Plan 62,64, and 66 Aberdeen Street | Ronald Bodycoat | Upgraded 2001 |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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6491 | No. 62, 64, 66 Aberdeen St : in 1869, Henry Gibbs Esq. had a dream... | Brochure | 2002 |
5265 | Three Cottages : 62 64 66 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, Western Australia : Conservation Plan, December 1997, revised September 2001. | Report | 2001 |
4660 | East Perth Redevelopment Authority : restoration and refurbishment of three cottages in Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, W.A. : contract no ... ... ... : tender document. | Report | 2000 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Domestic activities |
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