LIMESTONE FEATURE(S), 20 LEFROY ROAD

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

21155

Location

20 Lefroy Rd South Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

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 Limestone Feature(s)

Statement of Significance

RECOMMENDED FOR DELETION 2010 - Not Extant

Physical Description

RECOMMENDED FOR DELETION 2010 - Not Extant

History

Lefroy Road forms the northern boundary of the Lefroy Estate, which extended as far south at Lloyd Street. H Maxwell Lefroy was Comptroller (Superintendent) of the Fremantle Prison from 1859-1876. The portion of the street between South Terrace and Attfield Street was previously called Trinity Street (1908/09), then Sinclair St (1909/10). House, 20 Lefroy Road was built c. 1980. Up until this time, the land was vacant and had changed hands many times over the years. This place was identified in the "Heritage Report on: 19th century limestone walls and steps in Fremantle" prepared by Silvana Grassadonia, for the City of Fremantle, 1986 as containing a limestone feature. Limestone walls were built around properties in Fremantle to prevent sand drift in response to an early building regulation dating from the 1830s. The use of limestone is part of the Fremantle landscape and gives the City coherence and character. Most of the limestone in small walls came from local quarries.

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use OTHER Other
Other Use OTHER Other
Present Use OTHER Other

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2019

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