HOUSE, 2 BARNETT STREET

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

24679

Location

2 Barnett St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 1B

Statement of Significance

The house demonstrates a significant character and a not unsympathetic recycling which reinforces the residential environmental character of this section of the city.

Physical Description

A large corner house in the suburban style of the 1880's qnd 1890's. This house, once derelict, has been recycled and forms and agreeable element in a grouping of related Victorian buildings. Although some original verandah details are missing, or altered from the original, this brick and stone house with corrugated iron roof and encircling verandahs retains a restrained dignity and continuing significance as a residential unit on the edge of the commercial centre of the city.

History

Assessment 1980

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

17 Apr 2013

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

16 Oct 2023

Disclaimer

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