SHOP & HOUSE, 302 SOUTH TERRACE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

23273

Location

302 South Tce South Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1909

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

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

Shop & House (Fmr), 302 South Street, is a typical single storey house with attached shop dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. It is aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. It is historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions and commercial activity in the Fremantle area.

Physical Description

Shop & House, 302 South Terrace is a single storey, rendered masonry and tile shop and house with an asymmetrical facade in the Federation style of architecture. The walls are painted and rendered masonry. The house roof is hipped and clad with tiles, and has a chimney, and a dropped roof verandah. A high brick wall prevents further description of the house elevation. The shopfront faces the street and has modern glass windows and double doors, a suspended awning, and a rendered parapet with face brick inset decoration to highlight the central pediment.

History

The rate books show a shop and residence here in 1909-10, by 1920-1 it was known as 92 and 94 Mandurah Road. In 1945-49 this was a chemist’s shop run by J M Darrock.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium degree of integrity (original intent partially 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).

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Other
Present Use COMMERCIAL Other

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

09 Aug 2010

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 Feb 2020

Disclaimer

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