House, 143 Stubbs Tce, Daglish

Parent Place or Precinct

24361 Daglish Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the City of Subiaco: • As a good example of the well-built suburban housing constructed when Daglish was undergoing its initial development phase in the late 1920s (aesthetic and historic values). • For the way in which it helps to illustrate the speculative development of some of the Daglish houses by builder/developers, in this instance a prominent local firm, Dudley and Dwyer (historic values). • For its contribution to the Inter-War, Garden Suburb qualities of the 1925 subdivision of Daglish (aesthetic values).

Physical Description

Roof form and materials • Hipped-gabled roof clad with terracotta tiles and finished with rams-horn terracotta finials. This features 3 prominent street-facing gables, one to the main roofline, one over the projecting front wing and the other as a feature of the front verandah. The face of each of these is divided with vertical timber battens. Wall materials and finishes • Painted brick (originally face-brick) to approximately 1.8m with a textured rendered panel over. • Rock-faced stone foundations. Form and detailing of main façade(s) • Asymmetrical, stepped façade. • Projecting wing on the south-western side of the main façade, featuring a gabled roofline; rectangular window bay; raked tiled window awning; and a bank of 4 casement windows with simple rectangular leadlight glazing and a plain projecting brick sill. • ‘L’ shaped verandah abutting the projecting wing and extending across the remainder of the original facade. This features a decorative gable at the north-eastern end; brick piers with a square profile to the lower sections and tapered profile to the upper sections (separated by a stepped cap); and a timber balustrade with simple timber balusters. • Main entrance door with narrow sidelights, at the first setback of the main façade. • Multi-paned door to the second setback of the main façade. Streetscape setting • Main façade set back approx. 8m from the front boundary. • Front boundary defined by a modern fence, with limestone block piers, low limestone block wall and spear topped timber picket panels. Major alterations • Late twentieth century single garage designed as a ‘seamless’ extension of the main facade. • Application of paint over the original face-brickwork.

History

In 1925, the first part of the suburb of Daglish was laid out by the State Government on an undeveloped railway reserve, with the subdivision applying elements of the Garden Suburb model of development. In October 1925 the first auction for the new town site resulted in the sale of 96 of the 110 lots offered in the area bounded by Troy Terrace, part of Robinson Street, what is now Olga Place, Stubbs Terrace, the southern end of Cunningham Terrace and Millington Avenue. The reserve prices for different lots were set at £50, £75 and £100, with the price increasing with proximity to the railway . A contemporary newspaper report stated that F Ellis of Cottesloe had purchased Lot 42 (143 Stubbs Terrace) for £71. Ellis did not settle here however, and entries in the Rate Books suggest that the house was constructed in c.1928 for Alfred George Murray (salesman). Murray was listed at 143 Stubbs Terrace in the Post Office Directories until 1932, but the 1935-36 Rate Books indicate that the ownership had changed, with the new owner listed as Dudley & Dwyer Ltd. Thomas Dudley, agent, and Laurence Dwyer, contractor, operated a major building firm, which was responsible for the construction of at least 80 houses in Subiaco, West Subiaco and Daglish in the 1920s. Based on the readily available evidence it is highly likely that Dudley & Dwyer had built this house and resumed ownership. Note: This is one of four almost identical houses in Daglish (6 Hickey Avenue, 11 McCallum Avenue, 143 Stubbs Terrace and 149 Stubbs Terrace), any one of which might have been the new house that was advertised by Dudley and Dwyer Ltd (builders and developers) with a prominent illustration in the Sunday Times of 22 July 1928 (p 10). The Post Office Directories listed Thomas Carrington (clerk) as the next resident (c.1933-36); followed by Otto Kaye (c.1937-39) and then Alfred Jaggard (c.1940-54). Analysis of historical aerial photographs indicates that the current attached garage was constructed in the period c.1985-1995.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium: The application of paint over the original face-brickwork and the addition of a garage as an extension under the main roofline have diminished the authenticity of this place. However, the original design can still be readily understood at close inspection.

Condition

Based on a streetscape inspection the building appears to be in a good condition.

Uses

Historic Themes

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