Residence, 29 Hubble Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 29 Hubble Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a corrugated iron 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 an Inter-War Bungalow and it retains high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 29 Hubble Street has some aesthetic value as an Inter-War Bungalow. It retains the basic characteristics of the period with some loss of detail. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 29 Hubble 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 29 Hubble 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 29 Hubble Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.

Physical Description

Interwar Bungalow Porch House w Art Deco Influences No 29 Hubble Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. The place is asymmetrically planned with a thrust bay and part width verandah. The verandah is supported on fluted concrete stanchions and masonry piers over a brick paved floor. The front facade features some replacement openings including a central door flanked by multi-pane windows. The thrust bay features an original window. It is a picture window flanked by single pane double hung sash windows. 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

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. This house is most likely a replacement of a previous dwelling.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

Uses

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