House, 10 Hickey Ave, Daglish

Parent Place or Precinct

24361 Daglish Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the City of Subiaco: • As a good example of the well-built suburban housing constructed as Daglish was established and consolidated during the 1930s (aesthetic value). • For the way in which it helps to illustrate the development of Daglish with a mixture of private and Workers Homes Board housing during the mid-late inter-war period (historic value). • For its contribution to the Inter-War, Garden Suburb qualities of the 1925 subdivision of Daglish (aesthetic values).

Physical Description

Roof form and materials • Visually prominent hipped roof clad with terracotta tiles. • Wide boxed eaves, finished with flat panels and slender timber battens. • Tall, slender chimney with a roughcast rendered finish; slim-line face-brick cap and terracotta chimney pots. The projecting cap features 3 courses of slim-line bricks set over a plain brick ‘bracket’ to each face. • Flat porch roof supported by two face-brick posts on the south-western side. Each post features a shallow projecting cap which matches the detailing of the cap to the chimney. Wall materials and finishes • Rough-cast rendered masonry facade. • Rock-faced stone foundations. Form and detailing of main façade(s) • Asymmetrical façade (facing south-west). This features a slightly projecting bay on the north-western side of the main façade, accentuated by a low-hipped roof projecting out from the main roofline. • Wide, central entrance area defined by a recessed bay and a projecting front porch. The porch is accessed by steps from the south-eastern side and features an inter-war style panel and batten ceiling. • Paired, timber-framed, double-hung windows to both front rooms (either side of the central porch), featuring inter-war style geometric leadlight to both the upper and lower sashes. Each pair of windows has a wide outer and central frame and is slightly boxed out from the wall, with three, simple face-brick ‘brackets’ under the sill. • Timber-framed, flat window awnings with simple timber brackets. • Double entrance doors, flanked by side lights, set across the rear face of the porch. Each panel features inter-war style geometric leadlight with textured glass. Streetscape setting • Main façade set back approx. 7m from the front boundary. • Front boundary defined by a modern fence with rendered-brick piers and open metal bar panels, backed by low shrubs and small trees. Major alterations • The only significant alteration to the place (as viewed from the street) appears to have been the late twentieth century modification of the roofline which replaced a short section of flat ridgeline with a simple pyramid roof form. This has not adversely impacted on the character of the place. • A two-storey rear addition is visible along the former side driveway, but does not impact on an understanding of the original building envelope.

History

In 1925, the first part of the suburb of Daglish was laid out by the State Government on an undeveloped railway reserve, with the subdivision applying elements of the Garden Suburb model of development. In October 1925 the first auction for the new town site resulted in the sale of 96 of the 110 lots offered in the area bounded by Troy Terrace, part of Robinson Street, what is now Olga Place, Stubbs Terrace, the southern end of Cunningham Terrace and Millington Avenue. The reserve prices for different lots were set at £50, £75 and £100, with the price increasing with proximity to the railway . In November 1925 a newspaper report stated that E G Reid of West Subiaco had purchased two lots: Lots 60 (10 Hickey Avenue) and 59 (12 Hickey Avenue) for £83 and £93 respectively. However, Reid did not develop the land and an analysis of the Rate Books and Post Office Directories suggests a house was constructed at 10 Hickey Avenue in 1929-30, when this lot was owned by Ernest Black, accountant. Ernest Frederick Thomas Black (c.1900-1987) and Alice Mary Stephenson (c.1902-1990) were married at the Church of Christ, Subiaco, in April 1926. They had 3 children in the period 1927-1939 and were therefore typical of the many young families who made the new suburb of Daglish their home. In the Electoral Rolls, Ernest was described as an accountant and newspaper notices state that he had studied accountancy in the post WWI years and had graduated from the Australian Institute of Secretaries in 1925/1926. The readily available evidence suggests he served as the Secretary for Tropical Traders Ltd from at least 1932 until 1952 (a firm which appears to have primarily focussed on the import and export of food products between Asia and Australia). Ernest and Alice were still listed as residents of 10 Hickey Avenue in the Electoral Rolls of 1980. Comparison of historical aerial photographs indicates that the roof form of the house was slightly modified at some stage between 1985 and 1995, probably as part of rear extensions undertaken during the same period. This replaced a short section of flat ridgeline (parallel with the street) with a pyramid roof form. During the 1990s a new, free-standing, two storey building was also constructed on the site of the former single garage in the rear yard. At that time the narrow side driveway was blocked off and the front section adapted as a hardstand.

Integrity/Authenticity

High: The original external detailing appears to be largely intact (as viewed form the street).

Condition

Good: Based on a streetscape inspection the place appears to be in a sound condition.

Uses

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