Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
26 Samson St White Gum Valley
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1910
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Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 3 |
Shop & House (fmr), 26 Samson Street, is a typical single storey house with attached shop dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. It is aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. It is historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions and commercial activity in the Fremantle area. The place has undergone significant alterations but original form remains intact.
Shop & House (fmr), 26 Samson Street is a single storey limestone and zincalume house and attached shop, built in the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are rendered stone. The roof is hipped and clad with zincalume. A former shop with a gabled roof fronts the street on the east side of the house. The roof of the house extends over the veranda, and is supported by rendered piers and a timber balustrade. There are two chimneys with corbelling. The symmetrical facade of the house has a central door flanked either side by timber framed casement windows. The shop has a high rendered parapet and one large fixed pane window. There is no door or entrance. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Samson Street; 23, 25, 26, 28, 31, 30, 32, 34, 35, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, and the Norfolk Pines.
A cottage is recorded on this lot (5 of 1339) in 1910/11. A 1978 photograph shows the place as white-painted brick. A corrugated iron skillion awning extends over the pavement in front of the shop section. The shop section has a door near the corner and a large picture window filling most of the rest of the wall. A 1995 photograph shows the smooth-rendered former shop at the corner and a residence set back at the side, with a verandah under the main corrugated iron roof, supported on brick pillars and with brick wall. A large aluminium-framed window is evident in the shop section but the door has been bricked up. The shop verandah has been removed.
Medium degree of integrity (original intent partially clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).
Condition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).
Individual Building or Group
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Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Victorian Georgian |
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Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
OCCUPATIONS | Commercial & service industries |
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