Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
14 Charles St South Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1895
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House, 14 Charles Street, is a typical limestone, brick and iron single storey house dating from c1895. 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.
14 Charles Street is a single storey, limestone, brick and iron house with an asymmetrical facade designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone with red brick quoins. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad with corrugated iron. The gable end has decorative timber valance and a single window in the protruding front room. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof supported on turned timber posts. The front door with fan and sidelights is under the verandah with a window to one side. There is a face brick corbelled chimney evident. There is a brick and iron fence to the front boundary line.
Charles Street was largely developed in the last decade of the nineteenth century and much of the housing stock still dates from this time. House, 14 Charles Street was built c. 1895. It is listed in the Post Office Directory in 1898 and by 1900, it was owned by Reverend Keil (?sp) and occupied by Alexander Rossell, a clerk. By the early 1930s, the house was owned by John Thompson and occupied by Annie Gorney. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated 1954 shows House, 14 Charles Street as a brick house with a projecting front room and a half-length front verandah. There were two brick additions at the rear – one containing a bathroom – as well as a rear verandah. There was also a small asbestos addition behind the bathroom. Between c. 1950 and at least the mid-1960s, the house was owned and occupied by the Salvation Army. In 1981, it was owned by the Hall family.
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 assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).
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Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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| Victorian Georgian |
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| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | BRICK | Face Brick |
| Wall | STONE | Limestone |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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