HOUSE, 46 STEVENS STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22608

Location

46 Stevens St White Gum Valley

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
(no listings)

Statement of Significance

Aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. Typical timber framed single storey cottage dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. Historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions in the Fremantle area.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad walls with indented profile and a zincalume gabled roof house. Number 46 is similar to 44 Stevens Street. The prominent front gable features a window with rectangular glass lead lights. The dropped veranda is supported by chamfered timber posts between timber brackets.

History

Rate books record this lot (pt 1238) as vacant land in 1910. By 1919/20 a cottage is recorded. (Fremantle Rate Book records).

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
MI not adopted -

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall TIMBER Weatherboard
Roof METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

09 Dec 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

03 Mar 2020

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