Residence, 12 Marmion Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 12 Marmion Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and fibrous cement cladding with a decramastic tiled roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place. The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow with Inter-War overlays. It retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The additions to the rear have no significance. The verandah infill is intrusive. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 12 Marmion Street has some aesthetic value as a typical Federation Bungalow with Inter-War overlays. It retains characteristics of the period with considerable loss of detail. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 12 Marmion Street has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 12 Marmion Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place. RARITY No 12 Marmion Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.

Physical Description

Late Victorian / Early Federation Gothic Influences No 12 Marmion Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and fibrous cement cladding with a hipped decramastic tiled roof. The place is a house in the Federation Bungalow style that has been modified in the Inter-War period. The original verandah has been filled in. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with an offset door flanked by four windows. The verandah is a full width skillion roofed verandah with corrugated iron roof sheeting. There are additions to the rear. The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.

History

Historic Theme: Demographic Settlement Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

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