Shops

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• 19961 Terraced Shops on George Street
• 19960 Corner Shop/Commercial Building - Formerly Grosser's Butcher Shop

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 77-85 George Street is a two storey building comprised of shops and residences. It is constructed in rendered masonry with a corrugated iron roof in the Federation Free Classical style. 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Free Classical style terraced shop and residence. It retains a moderate degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. It makes a strong visual contribution to the George Street precinct. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 77-85 George Street has exceptional aesthetic value as a fine example of Federation Free Classical style terraced shops and residences. It has retained much of the characteristic features of the style. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 77-85 George Street has considerable 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 77-85 George Street has considerable social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages and the George Street precinct which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Federation Free Classical style No 77-85 George Street is a fine two storey building comprised of four shops and residences. The place is constructed in rendered masonry with low pitched roofs behind a classically derived parapet wall. The shops are designed as a corner and mid-block suite building. There is a separate entrance for the sole residence on Sewell Street. The corner shop has a corner entrance. A cantilevered awning follows the line of the building and spans across most of the facades. Most of the shop fronts have been modified. Above the awning are pairs of single pane double hung sash windows surrounded with rendered architraves. Each pair of windows identifies a dwelling. A pilaster divides each shop and residence. The top of the parapet is terminated with an entablature. There are a further two single storey shops attached to the eastern side of the building. 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. The place is an example of the capacity for adaptation of the first generation of buildings.

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. No 77-85 George Street is a very fine example of terrace shops and residences in the Federation Free Classical style.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate

Condition

Good

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