HOUSE, 29 HERBERT STREET

Parent Place or Precinct

22385 North Fremantle Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 29 Herbert Street, is a weatherboard and iron two storey cottage dating from the 1950s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of as a returned soldier's home.

Physical Description

House, 29 Herbert Street, is a two storey weatherboard and corrugated iron cottage with asymmetrical facade constructed in c1950. The walls are painted weatherboard. The roof is recent painted corrugated iron. The house is elevated above street level and has been altered so that the underneath space is now the ground floor and the covered entry roof forms the balcony above. There is also an underfloor double garage. The protruding front room has a balcony off the double doors (was probably originally windows.) There is a low level rendered retaining wall to the front boundary line.

History

Originally known as Mary Street, the majority of Herbert Street was developed between 1900 and 1910 (predominantly brick and stone houses), although some lots remained vacant until the immediate post-World War Two period (predominantly weatherboard houses). The street accommodated a mixture of owner/occupier residences and rental properties. Mary Street was gazetted as a public highway in 1905 and the name was changed to Herbert Street in 1922/23. While much of Herbert Street was already built up by the 1920s, the lot at number 29 remained vacant for some time. The house was constructed between 1949/50 and 1955, when it was owned by John Renton and Jack and Robert William. In the same year the title passed to Harry and Constance Joyce Dean Russell. Their association with the place was a long one, as Constance Russell was still in residence in the Rate records of 2002-03. Rate records of the 1960s record 29 Herbert Street as a war service home, and it is assumed that Harry Russell saw active service in the Second World War.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

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

Uses

Historic Themes

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