WARDERS' COTTAGES (FMR), 7-41 HENDERSON STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

00877

Location

7-41 Henderson St Fremantle

Location Details

Lot 2075 - House Numbers 7,9,11,13,15,17 Lot 2074 - House Numbers 19,21,23,25,27,29 Lot 2073 - House Numbers 31,33,35,37,39,41 (So Odd Number Houses from 7-41)

Other Name(s)

Accommodation for Enrolled Pensioner Force
Warders Cottages (FMR)

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1852 to 1858

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007
Heritage Agreement YES 09 May 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 21 Sep 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 09 May 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 24 Oct 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 15 May 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 15 May 2017 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument
Heritage Agreement YES 05 Apr 2017 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
Municipal Inventory YES 22 Feb 1992 Level 1A
Municipal Inventory YES 18 Sep 2000 Level 1A
Classified by the National Trust Classified 11 Jun 1973
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Child Places

  • 24674 WARDERS' COTTAGES, 19-29 HENDERSON STREET
  • 24893 WARDERS' COTTAGES, 31-41 HENDERSON STREET
  • 24704 WARDER'S COTTAGES, 7 - 17 HENDERSON STREET

Statement of Significance

Refer to HCWA's Assessment Documentation of Places for Entry in the Register of Heritage Places. Warders Cottages (fmr) comprises First Terrace, 19-29 Henderson Street (1851); Second Terrace, 33-41 Henderson Street (c.1853); and Third Terrace, 7- 17 Henderson Street (1858), all of limestone construction in the Victorian Georgian style. It is associated with the development of the Convict Establishment, in particular from the early 1850s, and the Fremantle Prison, a place of national significance, and, together with the Fremantle Court House and Police Station, defines the western boundary of this precinct. It has rarity value as one of the earliest examples of terrace housing and of purpose built public housing accommodation in the state.

Physical Description

Refer to Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation.

History

Refer to Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places - Register and Assessment Documentation.

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
5165 Fremantle Prison, Conservation and Future Use- Warders Cottages, Building Management Authority of WA Heritage Study

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
7467 Fremantle : beyond the Round House. Book 2005
9826 Warders' Cottages (fmr) conservation plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2011
11561 Building the Fremantle convict establishment - Henderson and Coy Heritage Study {Other} 2011
6426 A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). Heritage Study {Other} 1997
11815 Henderson & Coy : Royal Engineers & the Convict Establishment Fremantle Western Australia 1850 - 1872 Book 2017
11627 Warders Cottages, Henderson Street, Fremantle: Conservation management plan update Electronic 2016
11857 Warders' Cottgaes (Fmr) 7 - 41 Henderson Street, Fremantle Archaeological Management Strategy Heritage Study {Other} 2015

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use GOVERNMENTAL Other
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Terrace housing
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Terrace housing
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone

Historic Themes

General Specific
PEOPLE Famous & infamous people
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Law & order
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Immigration, emigration & refugees

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

29 Jun 2022

Disclaimer

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