House, 87 Parker Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a modest example of inter war style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the Inter War development of this area.
• This place has social value as a demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the inter war period for a working family.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard house with gable roof. The house is of simple presentation to the façade with a centrally placed entrance door flanked by timber framed casement windows. The roof has been reclad in colorbond and extends down at the same pitch to form the verandah canopy which extends across the full width of the elevation supported on square timber posts. The verandah deck is timber with a simple timber cross balustrade. Windows to the side elevations are a combination of smaller 1-over-1
timber framed sashes and timber framed casements. Towards the rear of the house on the southern elevation are timber framed multi-pane French windows opening out onto a verandah that wraps around the rear of the house. The land levels drop away from the front of the house which has resulted in the rear section of the property being significantly elevated.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in the early 1900s under the promotional name of 'Tanner's Estate' or the 'Tanner's Extension Estate'. The group of investors included some of the most well-known members of colonial society: Stephen Henry Parker, G.H. Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr J. Hope and W. Paterson. Parker Street was named in honour of Sir Stephen Henry Parker Member of the Legislative Council 1878-1890, 1892-1897 and member of the Legislative Assembly 1890-1892. From the available information this residence was constructed c1935 and the first occupant was Mrs Florence Mabel Perry (c1896-1969). She lived at the house until the 1960s. He husband, John Perry, a platelayer working in Pemberton enlisted to serve during World War II. Aerial photographs indicate that the residence has been extended to the rear in the 1990s and the roof form was changed to accommodate this addition. At the same time the red corrugated iron roof cladding was changed to the current zincalume.in the 1980s.

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