Trade Winds Hotel

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• 19083 Hotel - Plympton

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic, Historical, Social, Scientific & Representative
Refer to the "Heritage report on: 19th century walls and steps in Fremantle" prepared by Silvana Grassadonia, for the Fremantle City Council, 1986.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 59 Canning Highway is a two storey hotel building constructed in brick with an iron roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value for its contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place.
The place is a minor landmark on Canning Highway. The place has considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Free Classical commercial premises. It retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The additional rooms have little significance and the awnings are intrusive.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 59 Canning Highway has exceptional aesthetic value as a fine Federation Free Classical style commercial building. It retains many of the characteristic features of a hotel of the type and period.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 59 Canning Highway has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 59 Canning Highway has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

No 59 Canning Highway is the former Plympton Hotel. The place is a painted brick building with rendered details. It has low-pitched corrugated iron roofs that are concealed by parapets. It is a fine expression of the Federation Free Classical style. The street elevation is arranged to accommodate the verandahs over the bars and balconies for the north facing rooms. A dominant feature is the central pediment and a short tower and cupola on the western end of the building.
A large number of additional rooms are located at the rear and to the east of the original building. Awnings have been located in front of the building. Some walls have been rendered.
The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Walls – Brick and render
Roof - Corrugated roof sheeting
PHYSICAL SETTING The building has a long frontage and is prominent in the Plympton context. The Canning Highway boundary has a low limestone retaining wall topped with a glass balustrade.

History

Historic Theme: Occupations
This place was identified in the "Heritage Report on: 19th century limestone walls and steps in Fremantle" prepared by Silvana Grassadonia, for the City of Fremantle, 1986

Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages.
Commercial premises were established on Canning Highway and George Street. The George Street commercial strip developed within a decade of the residential development in surrounding streets.
Rooms were added for the America’s Cup Defence in the late 1980s and the awnings were added in the early twentyfirst century.

HISTORIC THEME Occupations - Hospitality Industry

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate

Condition

Good

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