HOUSE, 49 SOUTH STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 49 South Street, is a typical brick and iron single storey house dating from c1899. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The use of limestone is part of the Fremantle landscape and gives the City coherence and character. Limestone walls were built around properties in Fremantle to prevent sand drift in response to an early building regulation dating from the 1830s. Limestone walls are one commonly encountered example of use of this stone as a building material, most of them dating from the 19th century and early years of the 20th century. Most of the limestone in small walls came from local quarries.

Physical Description

49 South Street is a single storey, brick and iron house with a symmetrical facade built in 1899 and designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls rendered masonry. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron roof supported on timber posts. There are two rendered chimneys with chimney pots evident. There is a timber picket fence to the front boundary line together with proliferate foliage making further description difficult. This place contains limestone features.

History

House, 49 South Street was built in 1899 for William Jones, a pensioner guard. The Jones also built two cottages in Attfield Street at the same time and in 1902/03, another cottage in South Street (No. 47). The Jones family owned the cottage until c. 1914, when it was sold to Edith Pridham and was occupied by Frederick Every. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated c. 1910 shows a brick house with a wing extending down the eastern boundary. The house had a full length front verandah with centrally located front steps and a substantial fence across the front of the property. In 1920/21, ownership was transferred to Matilda Hartree, who lived there for a time before selling to James Hicks. Mr Hicks let the property to Percy Fletcher. Between c. 1930 and c. 1945, House, 49 South Street was owned by Theodore Sloan. Mr Sloan lived there for a few years, before leasing it to tenants. House, 49 South Street was owned by Angelo Lomardi between c. 1950 and at least the mid-1970s. This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - PURPLE - of architectural and historic significance in its own right.

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

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