Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
16 Barnett St Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1903
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 2 | |
House, 16 Barnett Street, is a limestone and zincalume single storey house dating from the 1900s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas close to the centre of Fremantle. It is historically significant as a typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area, representing the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place is a modest example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Barnett Street: 12, 13, 14, 16, 18 & 20.
House, 16 Barnett Street, is a single storey and single faced rendered stone and a zincalume gabled roof house located facing south and overlooking Fremantle Park. The verandah and windows are not intact.
Barnett St is named after Henry Calvert Barnett whose first government appointment was in 1868. Barnett was Superintendent of the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum 1872 and Colonial Surgeon until 1895. He was also a Member of the first Medical Board, 1894. The land on which House, 16 Barnett Street stands was vacant in 1902/03 and owned by John H Payne. In the following rate period of 1903/04 a cottage had been built and was owned by Payne and occupied by Marcus Chapman, a customs officer. Payne was still the owner of the cottage in 1935/36 and at this time the occupant was Archibald Robinson. The house was originally number 36 but changed to its current number in the 1936/37 rate period.
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Style |
|---|
| Victorian Georgian |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | STONE | Limestone |
| Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
| Wall | RENDER | Smooth |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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