WA Newspapers Warehouse

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

01001

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Location

340 High St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1939

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Sep 2000	Level 3	Level 3 The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Statement of Significance

Historic and social significance for its associations with the West Australian newspaper and as a place of employment in Fremantle in the inter-war and post World War ll periods. Aesthetic significance as an example of a brick industrial building from the inter-war period. A minor landmark in Fremantle.

Physical Description

Three storey face brick and parapeted building which has been converted into apartments. ‘West Australian Newspapers Ltd’ appears in the parapet on the Wilkinson Street façade. There is a central walkway which extends from Wilkinson Street through to Coode Street.

History

This lot consists of two distinct lots. Lots 1470 to 1474 were purchased by the West Australian Newspaper group in 1938/9. They constructed their first main building, a paper store, in 1939. The second main building was constructed as an administration block and press room in 1954. Two warehouses were constructed on Holland Street in 1962 and 1975. (Since demolished)
In 1994 the complex was bought by Homeswest and converted to 45 multi-storey townhouses. The main building (previously the paper store) was altered to accommodate 21 three storey apartments. Full history of the buildings is in the Local History Collection.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Newspaper\Publishing Bldg
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Flats\Apartment Block
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Newspaper\Publishing Bldg
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Face Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Newspapers

Creation Date

10 Aug 1995

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Approved

Last Update

26 Feb 2020

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