TERRACE, 9 ROSE STREET

Statement of Significance

Terrace, 5, 7 & 9 Rose Street, is a limestone, brick and iron single storey group of three terrace houses dating from 1898. 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

Terrace, 5, 7 & 9 Rose Street is a set of three, single storey, terraces with an overall symmetrical facade built in 1898 and designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The original walls were limestone with red brick quoins, which no.9 still has. No.5 and no.7 have rendered walls. The roofs are hipped and clad with tiles to no.5 while no. 7 and no.9 have corrugated iron. The dividing parapet walls are visible. There is a separate verandah across the three terraces, to no.5 the verandah is clad with tiles and supported by a brick pillar, to no.7 and no.9 the verandah has a bullnose corrugated iron cladding and is supported by rendered pillars to no.7. Under the verandah to no.5 and no.7 is a front door and a double hung sash window. Visibility to no.9 is obscured by foliage. There is a rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line.

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. Terrace, 9 Rose Street was built in 1897/98 for Richard Cooper. It was one of three terraces numbered 5, 7 and 9 Rose Street. A sewerage diagram dated 1907 shows the three terraced cottages. At this time they were numbered 27, 25 and 23 Rose Street. Each had a full length front verandah and a weatherboard addition at the rear. A substantial fence lined the front boundary of the property. Richard Cooper leased the three terraced cottages to a succession of tenants. In 1924/25, ownership passed to Violet Atwell, who continued to own the property until at least the early 1950s and also leased the cottages to tenants. She also owned the house at 3 Rose Street during this time. In 1986, the property was owned by Guiseppe Landro. The cottages at 5 and 7 Rose Street and the House at 3 Rose Street were in separate ownership by this time. 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).

Uses

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