47 Sadlier Street

Parent Place or Precinct

26270 Sadlier and Redfern Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The Sadlier and Redfern Streets heritage area is of: Aesthetic Value • As an aesthetically pleasing streetscape with a strong identifiable character, featuring an avenue of mature street trees, which frame views of the largely Inter War residences. • For its collection of many good, representative examples of Federation and Inter War cottages and villas which collectively illustrate a range and evolution of detailing between the 1920s and the 1940s. • For the cohesive streetscape created by a limited palette of materials and styles. Historic Value • As a representative collection of houses that illustrate the scale and standard of housing for the homes of unskilled workers to semi-professional and tradespeople, in the early twentieth century. • For the evidence it provides about the manner in which the residence of semi-professional and tradespeople existed alongside the residences of working people and employees. • For its association with the subdivision and rapid settlement of the area from the 1920s to the 1930s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in this period. Representativeness • As a good representative collection of early twentieth century housing developed within walking distance of transport and services. Physical Form in the Public Realm • The houses, which (with the exception of three modern dwellings) were developed predominantly in the period 1920s to 1940s, have largely retained their original external detailing and form. The defined period and nature of development has resulted in a consistent palette of materials and form, enlivened by diversity of individual details, within a cohesive streetscape.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and terracotta tiled house of painted brick to the lower third and smooth render to the remainder of the elevation. The property presents in a traditional asymmetric planform with a dominant verandah to the south east section of the façade. The verandah is deep, with the gabled canopy supported on rendered masonry columns and a rendered balustrade. The verandah deck is painted concrete. To the west of the verandah is a further projecting wing with a truncated gable roof. Both gables have timber batten detailing. The windows to the gabled section are arranged in a group of three timber framed casements with leaded glazing. A similar window can be found adjacent to the main entrance. The entrance door is not original. A garage has been constructed to the east of the house. The garden is open to the street boundary and is mainly lawn.

History

This portion of Sadlier Street was subdivided for residential lots in 1891 by owners, the NSW company, Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company. However the lots were not taken up rapidly. In 1896, lots in the Redfern Estate, Subiaco were advertised in the local press as ‘Good Building Lots, near the railway line’. The subdivision was managed by Alfred Axon, the local branch manager for the Intercolonial Investment Land and Building Company. Axon was also a significant individual investor in Subiaco property. The Rate Books indicate that this was a house under construction in 1935/36 owned by Walter Lay and occupied by Harold Byfield. The PO directories list the following occupants: • 1940/41 – 1941/42 Butler, Frank • 1942/43 – 1949 Samuels, Leonard Walter Lay (c1867-1953) was a prominent local builder and developer in Subiaco. He built and sold many homes in the area. Aerial photographs indicate that this building has undergone minimal changes since the mid 20th century. The skillion addition across the rear elevation has had some minor changes otherwise the form and extent of the residence is largely as originally constructed.

Integrity/Authenticity

The painted façade has impacted on the authenticity of the presentation of the house. The design intent of the house remains clearly discernible.

Condition

Good

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