Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
8 Nairn St Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1880
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Level 2 | |
This place has aesthetic and historic significance as a remnant of pre gold boom residential development in Fremantle. Part of a group of remnant residential buildings in Collie, Nairn and Essex Street.
Terrace, 8-12 Nairn Street is a single storey terrace with rendered walls and terracotta low pitched hipped roof (one rendered chimney) extending over the verandah. The west side of the façade has an additional section of the building that fronts onto pavement, without a verandah and has a higher roof. The verandah has rendered balustrades with engaged piers and columns above.
Nairn Street was named for Major William Nairn of 46th Regiment, original grantee of land in Grass Valley, east of Northam. Terrace, 8-12 Nairn Street is a row of 3 cottages on lots 445 & Pt 444 dating from c1880. Eureka Mill adjacent at no. 6 owned the cottages c1900, followed by A E Davies c1908-1926. There is a full title search in Fremantle Local History Collection Files. Currently (2002), residential.
Good.
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Terrace housing |
| Style |
|---|
| Victorian Georgian |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Roof | TILE | Terracotta Tile |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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