HOUSE, 4 ROSE STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 4 Rose Street, is a typical limestone, brick and iron single storey house dating from 1892. 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.

Physical Description

4 Rose Street is a single storey, limestone, brick and iron house with an asymmetrical facade built in 1892 and designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone with red brick quoins. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The façade is asymmetrical with a central front door with side and fanlights and a bay window to one side with a double hung sash window to the other side. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof supported on chamfered timber posts. There is a rendered chimney evident. There is a limestone wall to the front boundary line.This place contains limestone features.

History

This area of South Fremantle was part of a five acre grant made to Captain John Bruce of the Pensioner Guards in 1851. The property was subdivided in the early 1890s although the majority of the street was not developed until the early 1900s. House, 4 Rose Street was built in 1892 for Captain Louis Ehlert, a master mariner. It was described in the rate books for that year as a cottage of three rooms. Ehlert rented the cottage to Haus Haite, a labourer, in 1899 and in 1905/06 sold the property to W F Beard and Mary Nelson. The couple continued to lease the cottage to tenants, firstly to Francis Kestel, a builder, and then to Edward Harrison (1909/10) and Emma Cartwright. Kestal must have identified the potential of the area. In 1907/08 he built a house at No. 6 Rose Street, which he lived in with his family for a time before building another house at No. 8 Rose Street in 1912. A diagram dated c. 1915 shows House, 4 Rose Street as a relatively small brick house with a bay window to the western side of the façade and a full length front verandah. A weatherboard addition extended the full length of the rear of the house and there was a separate galvanised iron building in the rear of the yard, located against the western boundary. By 1920/21, House, 4 Rose Street was owned and occupied by Edward Bolt. Percy Jose owned and lived in the cottage from c. 1930 until at least the early 1950s. By 1993, the house had been extended to a design by architect Gerard McCann and had a separate studio in the rear yard. This place was included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - RED -significant for contributing to the unique character of Fremantle.

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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