Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
132 Attfield St South Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1927
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House, 132 Attfield Street, is a timber and iron single storey house dating from c1927. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of an extended workers' house in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Interwar Bungalow style of architecture.
132 Attfield Street is a single storey timber and iron house constructed in c1927 in the Inter war Bungalow style of Architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with timber weatherboards. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah is under a corrugated iron roof supported by timber posts with lattice between. The symmetrical front façade has a central front door flanked on either side by timber framed casement windows. The house is situated at street level. There is a bagged masonry wall to the front boundary line. Excessive planting makes further description difficult.
Attfield St is named after Dr George Attfield, Imperial Surgeon 1854-1879, who qualified in London in 1850. He attended Fremantle Gaol and was Superintendent at Fremantle Lunatic Asylum. Attfield married a daughter of Surveyor-General Roe. He died in Brighton UK c1923. The street was developed from the late 1890s, with the majority of the houses dating from the first two decades of the twentieth century. House, 132 Attfield Street was built between 1925 and 1930. 1927. In 1930/31, it was owned and occupied by Walter Kelley. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated c. 1910 shows a weatherboard house with a full length front verandah and a rear verandah enclosed at both ends. The house changed hands several times in the early 1950s. It was bought by Alfred Hall c. 1956, and he was still the owner throughout the early 1960s. In 1981, House, 132 Attfield Street was owned by the Redfern family.
Medium degree of integrity (original intent mostly clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).
Condition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).
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Individual Building or Group
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| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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| Inter-War California Bungalow |
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| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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