Local Government
Perth
Region
Metropolitan
20 Gordon Street West Perth
Perth
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1895
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| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 28 Mar 2023 | Category 3 | |
| Local Heritage Survey | Completed\Draft | Category 3 | ||
The place has historic significance as a surviving example of a 1890s Federation era house in an area that was also industrial and has become increasingly developed with mixed-use development since the 1980s. It has associations with the artist and painter Phil. W Goatcher who lived there and operated his business from 1905 to the 1950s in the warehouse/commercial building adjacent. Together they represent the light industry/residential character of this area of West Perth.
Single storey building.
West Perth developed as suburban residential area in the late 1890s. From its inception it had the characteristics of a quality neighbourhood. Proximity to the city centre and Kings Park (then known as Perth Park), and the elevated location provided healthy site drainage as well as cooling breezes and views over the city and hills. The area had social status already associated with addresses in nearby Mount Street and access to the city's piped water system. The area was subdivided into large residential lots for development and proceed accordingly. The homes built in West Perth from the early 1900s included prestigious mansions built in prominent locations and smaller working class cottages in the narrower back streets and towards the northern end of the area adjacent to the railway. The Post Office Directory first lists No. 20 in 1895. It was originally No. 12 Gordon Street, occupied by Michael Kelly. From 1905, Phil Goatcher was the occupant. Numbering changed in 1908. No. 20 was listed twice from 1910; suggesting that Phil W. Goatcher and Son, painter and sign writer, occupied one premises for his business, and the other (No. 20) was his private residence. Phillip William Goatcher (1851- 1931), signing his work "Phil. W. Goatcher", was an English-born theatre scene painter who had a considerable career in America and Australia. His American-born son James Goatcher followed in his father's footsteps in Sydney, then both relocated to Perth, Western Australia, where in 1904 they set up "Phil W. Goatcher & Son, Art Decorators and General House Painters". Phil Goatcher's best known artwork is the Goatcher Curtain that hangs in the Boulder Town Hall. (RHP 184). In 1949, No. 20 was Phil W. Goatcher and Son, painter and sign writer, and the house at No. 20 was occupied by Mrs Elizabeth M. Stone. The Metropolitan Water Supply Survey plan (1953) does not indicate a house at No. 20 but the warehouse / industrial building is shown as No. 18. (This is now No. 16.) The former house has a brick parapet shop front, date unknown. It was "Fay's Place" lunch bar in 1983, according to a photograph held at the State Library of WA (312192PD). At 2021 No. 16 and No. 20 are under the same ownership and the premises is a café/restaurant/lunch bar.
Medium integrity. Medium authenticity.
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| Post Office Directories | State Librrary of Western Australia | ||
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| 194836/18 | City of Perth 100 Year Old Building Project | ||
| Cons 4156/9 | Metropolitan Water Supply Survey Plans | State Records Office of WA | |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Goatcher | Wikipedia | ||
| Aerial Photographs | Landgate |
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