House

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed late example of the Federation Bungalow style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of Bassendean in the 1910s.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for more prosperous settlers.

Physical Description

Single storey brink and render dwelling which presents with an asymmetrical façade and has a brick dado to sill height and rendered above. The front entrance is situated in the slightly recessed east corner of the façade. The front door is timber framed with timber and glazed side lights and a glazed fan light. A sweeping set of steps leads onto the verandah in line with the front entrance. There is a group of three timber framed casement windows with a stone window sill beneath. The roof is complex hipped form with a timber detailed gable element and clad in corrugated metal. The verandah, which is hipped but at a differing pitch to the roof, extends across the length of the façade and is supported by timber posts. There is a cement rendered chimney with brick detailing extending from the west plane of roof.

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: S.H. Parker, G.H.Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr. J. Hope and W. Paterson. Three of these men; Parker, Leake and Paterson; were at various times members of parliament. Kenny Street was named after Dr Daniel Kenny (1860-1915), born in Ireland
and trained as a medical doctor at Trinity College; he achieved several prominent postings in medical, political and business life in Western Australia. From the available information this residence was built c1918 for Edith Davis (c1851-1925). Edith was the widow of Wallace Hepburn Davis (1848-1915) a station overseer and son of Sir Wallace Bickley. Their son
Albyn Davis served as a driver in France during World War One and following Edith’s death in 1925, Albyn and his wife Katherine Davis, nee Jacobs who had married in 1916, settled in the house. Aerial photographs indicate the house has changed significantly since the mid-20th century.

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