House, 16 Munsie Ave, Daglish

Parent Place or Precinct

24361 Daglish Conservation Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the City of Subiaco: • As a good example of the well-built suburban housing constructed by private developers as Daglish was consolidated during the 1930s (aesthetic value). • For the way in which it helps to illustrate the development of Daglish with a mixture of private and Workers Homes Board housing during the mid-late inter-war period (historic value). • For its contribution to the Inter-War, Garden Suburb qualities of the 1925 subdivision of Daglish (aesthetic values).

Physical Description

Roof form and materials • Hipped-gabled roof clad with terracotta tiles. This features 2 prominent street-facing gables (one with a full gable and the other with a half-hipped gable), each divided with robust vertical timber battens. • Tall, rendered chimneys with gabled caps. Wall materials and finishes • Face-brick façade to window sill height, with textured render above. Form and detailing of main façade(s) • Asymmetrical stepped façade. • Projecting wing on the north-western side of the main façade, featuring the half-hip street-facing gable. • Prominent verandah, centrally placed to extend partly across the projecting wing and partly across the recessed section of the main façade. This features the full street-facing gable, which sits over a wide, arched opening that curves up from ground level. Within the arch there is a rendered masonry balustrade. • Central double entrance door. • Triple and single casement windows, fitted with geometric pattern leadlight glazing. • Raked tiled window awnings. • Chimney breast expressed as an important architectural detail on the south-eastern side of the verandah. Streetscape setting • Main façade set back approx. 6m from the front boundary. • Front boundary defined by a low rendered masonry fence. Major alterations • None of the rear additions impact on streetscape views of the place.

History

In 1925, the first part of the suburb of Daglish was laid out by the State Government on an undeveloped railway reserve, with the subdivision applying elements of the Garden Suburb model of development. In October 1925 the first auction for the new town site resulted in the sale of 96 of the 110 lots offered in the area bounded by Troy Terrace, part of Robinson Street, what is now Olga Place, Stubbs Terrace, the southern end of Cunningham Terrace and Millington Avenue. The reserve prices for different lots were set at £50, £75 and £100, with the price increasing with proximity to the railway. A contemporary newspaper report stated that E Ketterer of West Subiaco had purchased Lot 77 (16 Munsie Avenue) for £78. Ketterer did not settle here however, and an analysis of the Rate Books and Post Office Directories suggests that a house was not constructed until c.1935, when Edward Whittaker was identified as the owner. Entries in the Electoral Rolls of 1936 more specifically identified the occupants as Edward James Whittaker (salesman) and Mavis Lilian Whittaker (home duties). Newspaper notices confirm that Edward James (‘Ted’) Whittaker had married Mavis Lilian Bolger in December 1935, while entries in the Electoral Rolls show that the family remained here until around the time of Edward’s death in 1957. An analysis of historical aerial photographs suggests that new rear additions were constructed in the mid-1960s and that these were extensively altered or replaced in the early to mid 1990s. Further rear additions were undertaken in c.2005.

Integrity/Authenticity

High: The original external detailing appears to be largely intact.

Condition

Based on a streetscape inspection the building appears to be in a good condition.

Uses

Historic Themes

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