Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
57 Thompson Rd North Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1922, Constructed from 1904
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Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 3 |
10945 Thompson Road Precinct
House, 57 Thompson Road, is a modified brick and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1900s. 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.
House, 57 Thompson Road, is a modified single storey rendered masonry and iron cottage with symmetrical facade. Walls are rendered and the roof is a simple gabled corrugated iron with no eaves. Verandah is under a continuous corrugated iron roof which is supported by timber posts. Front elevation is symmetrical with two pairs of timber double hung windows and a central front door. The house is elevated with rendered and tiled brick stairs and a solid rendered balustrade leading up the the verandah. There is a low level random rubble wall to the front boundary line. There is a large extension to the rear, creating an L-shaped floor plan, and the original roofline has been modified.
Thompson Road was named for George Thompson (1838-1874), Fremantle's first town clerk (1871-73). The street is mainly residential, with some commercial development at the northern end between Alfred Road and McCabe Road. The majority of the houses were built c. 1900. Only a few lots on the street remained vacant in the 1920s. House, 57 Thompson Road was constructed at some time between 1904 and 1922, by which time it was owned by Edmund O'Loughlin as a rental property. (O'Loughlin also owned the adjacent 55 Thompson Road.) A 1939 diagram shows House, 57 Thompson Road as a relatively small house with a full length front verandah and a centrally located front path. By 1955, Eva Lloyd was recorded as the owner and she lived there with her husband, Edward, a saw doctor by trade. By 1968, the title was held by Leslie and Eva Walton, who let the place to Graeme Bertram. They then sold on to Robert Lang, who himself leased the residence to Peter Ellis. The house has had several owners since the early 1970s. This place was included in the "North Fremantle Heritage Study", prepared by Craig Burton, for the City of Fremantle, June 1994.
Medium degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, some later unsympathetic materials). Medium degree of authenticity with some loss of original fabric. (These statements based on street survey only).
Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).
Individual Building or Group
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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