HOUSE, 2 NELSON STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 2 Nelson Street, is a typical rendered masonry and iron single storey house dating from 1898. 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.

Physical Description

2 Nelson Street is a single storey, brick and iron house with a symmetrical façade built in 1898 and designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are painted masonry with rendered quoins. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door and double hung sash windows. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof supported on timber posts. There is a brick corbelled chimney evident. There is a rendered masonry and timber picket fence to the front boundary line.

History

This area of South Fremantle was subdivided by Henry Briggs in 1893. However, Nelson Street does not appear in Council records until 1898 and was not developed until c. 1900. House, 2 Nelson Street was built in 1898 for Charles Mitchell. A workshop was built on the lot at the same time. Mitchell, a plumber, owned and occupied by the house until 1908. He then rented the cottage to a succession of tenants. A Metropolitan Sewerage plan dated 1908 shows House, 2 Nelson Street as a typical brick cottage with a relatively large weatherboard section to the rear. The cottage had a full length front verandah and there was a large galvanised iron building in the rear of the yard (this was probably Mitchell’s workshop). In 1910/11, the cottage was sold to John Riordan and from 1912/13, Thomas Riordan is listed as the owner. Frederick Harper moved into the cottage in 1920/21 and in the mid-1930s purchased it. Thomas Harper was still listed as the owner in 1992. The cottage was connected to the sewerage system in 1913 and the street number changed from 14 to 2 in 1935/36. By 1954, the rear of the yard had been subdivided off and a cottage built there (3 Silver Street).

Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

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