WAREHOUSE (DEMOLISHED), 13 ESSEX STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

04581

Location

13 Essex St Fremantle

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Fast Eddy's Building, Warehouse (fmr)

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

1985

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 Historic/Archaeological Site

Statement of Significance

Warehouse, 13 Essex Street, demolished 1985, is significant as a site because of its association with the mill at 15 Essex Street. 3-13 Essex Street originally comprised cottages and warehouses from 1900, associated with the Port Flour Mill.

Physical Description

DEMOLISHED

History

Essex Street was included in the 1832 town plan. It is named after the English county, as per Norfolk and Suffolk Streets. Lots 170-182 were soon taken up (Nos. 5-21). The buildings in Essex Street, unlike those in High Street, were not replaced in the 1890s boom, and those that remain extant date from the convict era of development. 3-13 Essex Street originally comprised cottages and warehouses from 1900, associated with a mill at no. 15. The warehouse at no. 13 was demolished 22/12/1985. See Barwood Parker, Structural and Civic Consulting Engineers, re support for the façade.

Integrity/Authenticity

DEMOLISHED

Condition

DEMOLISHED

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Other
Original Use COMMERCIAL Warehouse
Original Use COMMERCIAL Other

Creation Date

21 Feb 1996

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

21 Mar 2019

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