DUPLEX, 75 ATTFIELD STREET

Statement of Significance

Duplex, 75 & 77 Attfield Street, is a limestone, brick and iron single storey duplex pair dating from c1900. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

Duplex, 75-77 Attfield Street is a single storey limestone, brick and iron duplex pair with a symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. Both facades are substantially obscured from the street by rendered masonry and timber picket front fences and plantings. The walls are random coursed limestone with rendered brick quoins. The roof is hipped with a dividing parapet wall and clad with corrugated iron. There is a separate corrugated iron verandah roof. There is a timber framed pergola structure to the front of each duplex pair.

History

Duplex, 75-77 Attfield Street was formerly numbered 101/103 Attfield Street. 75 Attfield Street was formerly 101 Attfield Street. Numbers changed in 1935/36. Duplex, 75-77 Attfield Street is first recorded in the Post Office directories in 1900 and the occupants were James Livingstone and George Smith. It is not conclusive which occupant was in which duplex half. The 1908 sewerage plan of the site shows this stone duplex is a symmetrical design, with verandahs at the front of the building. Each half of the duplex has a timber addition at the rear of the building and a timber closet in the back yard. This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Brown: "Positively contributing to the built environment") A photograph of the duplex at this time shows that most of the original features were intact including the verandah roof, verandah posts and front windows and doors. 75 Attfield Street had a higher brick wall on the front boundary which included a high timber gate. The front façade is rendered. Information from a 1998 real estate article indicates that the place had been renovated internally and a two storey extension added at the rear of the place. The front boundary wall of the place was removed to enable off street parking and a pergola was constructed at the front. A Heritage Assessment was prepared in Dec 2009 by Philip Griffiths Architects for a DA submission to Council (DA00595/09) for demolition of late additions at the rear, and a proposed new two storey addition, and a new detached two storey garage and studio accessed from the rear right of way.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

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