COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 8 ELDER PLACE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22544

Location

8 Elder Pl Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1889, Constructed from 1913

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 28 Sep 2011

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Sep 2011 Level 2

Statement of Significance

The place is a modest example of a commercial building dating from the first decades of the twentieth century that forms part of a group of similar places and makes a contribution to the Fremantle Town Centre streetscape. Awning and shop fronts are not significant.

Physical Description

Single storey rendered masonry building with simple parapet with a corrugated iron hipped roofed building, with a veranda awning (probably not original). No. 6 is similar; a driveway entrance separates the buildings, which have a zero setback from the pavement. The windows are probably not original.

History

Elder Place was originally named Bay St, derived from the street encircling Shoal Bay on the north of Willis/Ferry Point. The Council renamed a portion of the street Elder Place in 1926, after the company Elder, Smith & Co who had a warehouse in the street. Lot 230 Elder Place (formerly Bay St) originally comprised three cottages built 1889 for John Lewis, as 6-12 Bay St. No. 10 was demolished 1907 and replaced by offices and a warehouse for Horrocks & Wadham. Nos. 6 and 8 became shops c1913. The original cottage verandahs were removed and new facades were added around this time. No. 8 was a bike shop from 1920-1971 owned by the Legg family. Later businesses included Pelle's West End restaurant, pawnbrokers, adult book and video store, amusement centre. Shop front renovations occurred in 1984, as well as internal changes. In 2002, no. 8 is Port Realty-Real Estate Agent.

Condition

Fair.

Other Keywords

This place was adopted onto the Fremantle MHI and the Heritage List by the decision of Council on 28/09/2011.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Office or Administration Bldg
Original Use COMMERCIAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Free Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Wall STONE Limestone

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

06 May 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

24 Feb 2020

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