DUPLEX, 4 KNUTSFORD STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

24823

Location

4 Knutsford St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902, Constructed from 1988

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007
Heritage List Adopted 18 Sep 2000

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic and historic significance as an example of an attached pair of stone cottages in central Fremantle constructed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and representing the typical living conditions of the townspeople at that period. The building is not highly intact and recent fabric is not significant.

Physical Description

Duplex 2-4 Knutsford Street is a pair of single storey residences constructed of stone with brick quoining to door and window openings and corners. Roof is gabled and clad with zincalume with a dropped zincalume clad verandah roof supported by timber posts and metal lace work brackets and frieze (probably not original). No 2 has a timber addition to the left side of the building. No. 4 has a weatherboard additional storey. The timber and glass paneled main entrance door has a leadlight fanlight (probably not original).

History

Duplex 2-4 Knutsford Street was built c1902. Rear extensions were constructed in 1988 at which time Overman & Zuideveld, Architects completed a photographic record. Currently (2002), residential.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Conjoined residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Other GLASS Glass
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall STONE Limestone

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

23 Apr 2013

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

27 Feb 2020

Disclaimer

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