Hamersley Road Group Heritage Area

Author

City of Subiaco

Place Number

26335

Location

Hamersley Rd Subiaco

Location Details

Nos. 230-300 and 241-287 Hamersley Road, 6 & 8 Sadlier Street and the western side of Derby Road (Nos 1-37)

Local Government

Subiaco

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage Area Adopted 24 Jul 2018

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Local Heritage Survey YES

Child Places

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  • 27111 House
  • 27114 House
  • 27126 House
  • 27117 House
  • 27127 House
  • 27108 House
  • 27122 House
  • 27116 House
  • 27121 House
  • 05421 House
  • 27119 House
  • 05422 House
  • 27123 House
  • 27106 House
  • 27129 House
  • 27125 House
  • 27105 House
  • 27107 House
  • 27115 House
  • 27124 House
  • 27110 House
  • 27112 House
  • 27118 House
  • 05419 House
  • 27120 House
  • 27128 House

Statement of Significance

The Hamersley Road Group heritage area is of cultural heritage significance within the City of Subiaco for the following reasons: 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 intact Federation and Interwar 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 1890s and the 1940s; and • 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 residences 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 1890s to the 1920s which demonstrates the rapid change of the district in the gold boom period and shortly thereafter; and • For illustrating the major impact of the construction of the nearby Daglish Railway Station in 1922-24 on the consolidation of the western part of Subiaco. Social Value • Development within the area provides a contrast with the more elevated areas towards Kings Park (which attracted a more mixed development that included a significant number of larger villas suitable for the families of merchants, senior civil servants and professional men) and with the more low-lying areas towards the northern side of the suburb (which included a higher proportion of cottages occupied by the families of labourers and other low-skilled workers).

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne

Creation Date

14 Jan 2020

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

29 Mar 2021

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.