Residence, 11 Dalgety Street

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic & Representative

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 11 Dalgety Street is a single storey house constructed in brick with a tiled roof. It has historic and aesthetic value for its contribution to Woodside's high concentration of predominantly Federation period houses and associated buildings. The place contributes to the local community’s sense of place.
The place has considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow. The place retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
Additions to the rear have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 11 Dalgety Street has considerable aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow. It retains most of the characteristic features of a dwelling of the type and period.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 11 Dalgety Street has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle and the subdivision of W. D. Moore’s Woodside Estate from 1912.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A


SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 11 Dalgety Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of middle class Federation and Inter-War period development which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and tile residence in the Federation Bungalow style.

No 11 Dalgety Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gabled tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust bay and a full width return hip roofed verandah. In its original form, the elevation was symmetrical, but additions to the south changed this. The central thrust bay features a gable over a bay window. The bay window has casement windows. The plan steps back to the main wall plane. The now concrete verandah follows the plan of the house and is supported on timber posts. The entry door to the place is on the north façade and relates to a time when the street address was Canning Highway. The original elevations have French windows, a front door with sidelights and sweeping steps up to the front verandah.
The place retains its form and most of its details. There are additions to the north and rear.
A site inspection revealed that the front or northern rooms are more or less intact, with the remaining rooms being altered to varying degrees. The current roof is a replacement for the original roof.
The place is consistent with the building pattern in the Precinct. The place plays an important role in the pattern of development of a middle class suburb.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Walls - Brick and rendered brick
Roof - Tiles
PHYSICAL SETTING The residence is situated on a gently sloping site with steel palisade fence and a dense planted screen at the lot boundary, lawns and specimen trees.

History

Woodside is a relatively cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed following the subdivision of W.D. Moore’s Estate commencing in 1912. Most of the lots were sold between 1912 and 1929 and the majority of buildings were completed in this time. Residences were substantial and of various Federation period styles distinguishing the area from the small worker’s cottages of Plympton. The Inter-War Californian Bungalow style residence is also represented in Woodside.
The Woodside Precinct remains largely intact in terms of original housing with little infill subdivision or replacement housing.
At some point in the late twentieth century, the site was subdivided, with the creation of a lot on Canning Highway and a further one on Dalgety Street. Two new houses are located to the north and south as a result, and the front entrance is from what is now the side of the house.
Additions were made to the south and east of the house.

HISTORIC THEME Demographic Settlements - Residential Subdivision

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High

Condition

Good

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