Three Cottages

Author

City of Perth

Place Number

02695

Location

62, 64 & 66 Aberdeen St Northbridge

Location Details

Also part of Northbridge Urban Renewal Area 14590

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1860 to 1890

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
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

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
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

Statement of Significance

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.

Physical Description

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.

History

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.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium authenticity. Buildings have been restored.

Condition

62 - Fair, 64 - Good, 66 - Good

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
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

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
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

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use VACANT\UNUSED Vacant\Unused

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Domestic activities

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

27 Nov 2023

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