House

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 158 Canning Highway is a single storey building constructed in limestone and rendered masonry with a Decramastic tiled roof. It has historic and aesthetic value for its contribution to Town Centre's streetscape. The place contributes to the local community’s sense of place.
The place has considerable aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow style building. The place retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a moderate degree of integrity.
The additions and houses to the rear have no significance. The carport is intrusive.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 158 Canning Highway has considerable aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow style house. It retains most of the characteristic features of a dwelling of the type and period.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 158 Canning Highway has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle and the subdivision of Walter Easton’s Estate from 1901.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 158 Canning Highway has some social value. It is associated with development and expansion of East Fremantle.
RARITY No 158 Canning Highway is not rare in the immediate context. The Town Centre has rarity value as a cohesive middle class suburb.
CONDITION No 158 Canning Highway is in good condition.
INTEGRITY No 158 Canning Highway retains a moderate degree of integrity.
AUTHENTICITY No 158 Canning Highway retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity.
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Physical Description

PRECINCT Town Centre
ADDRESS 158 Canning Highway
PROPERTY NAME N/A
LOT NO Lot 3
PLACE TYPE Residence
CONSTRUCTION DATE C 1915
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE Federation Bungalow
USE/S Original Use: Residence/ Current Use: Commercial
STATE REGISTER N/A
OTHER LISTINGS N/A
MANAGEMENT CATEGORY Category B
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION No 158 Canning Highway is a single storey house constructed in limestone and rendered masonry with a hipped and gable decramastic tiled roof. It is set on a gentle rising site on limestone foundations and is a good example of the Federation Bungalow style. The place is asymmetrically planned with an irregular plan. The front elevation is divided into two planes. Both planes feature a gable bay and a hip roofed verandah. The verandahs are supported by timber posts. A St Andrew's Cross balustrade spans between the posts. Both gable bays feature circular vents. The front gable features lead light casement windows. The rear gable features double hung sashes with hopper and sidelights. The entry door is located on the east side of the front plane. A ramp with a timber balustrade leads up to the door. The roofscape features rendered chimneys.
The place retains its form and most of its details. There are additions to the rear and sides of the house. The front garden has been modified to suit a car park for its commercial purpose. The car park includes a carport. The lot has been subdivided and two residences built to the rear.
Since 2013 substantial alterations and additions have occurred including the approved replacement of the decramastic roof with steel sheeting. Installation of significant signage, formalisation of car parking in the front setback area and removal of one of the mature Cotton palms in the front garden has also occurred.
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 – Limestone and rendered masonry
Roof – Decramastic tiles
PHYSICAL SETTING The place is located on a rising lot with a limestone wall and timber picket fence on the lot boundary.

History

HISTORICAL NOTES The Town of East Fremantle became an independent municipality in 1897. Following this the Town promoted the construction of a Town Hall, Fire Station, Post Office and Police Station on Richmond Road (later the Canning Road and thereafter Highway) at the eastern edge of development. Land was allocated for this purpose by the Western Australian Government Lands Office and the various government structures built shortly thereafter.
The Canning Road formed the initial spine for development of the area. The commercial structures logically appeared along it over the first years of development of the Town. The development included both single and two storey structures to both sides of the road. The two storey buildings featured residential portions above. A resulting commercial strip, a number of churches and civic buildings were largely constructed by the end of the first decade of the 20th century. They provided a distinct edge and identity to the new Town. The strip paralleled a commercial precinct that had developed to the south in George Street in the centre of Plympton. The strip extended along to Staton (then Victoria) Road.
This strip survived largely intact until a project to develop a new “Town Centre Zone” was announced in 1971. It was to include shops, offices, eating places, a tavern, clinics etc. Council purchased the Richmond Shopping Centre in 1972 and planned to sell the land to a development company. The project was completed in the early 1970s. The subsequent building of the Stirling Highway extension linking Leach Highway with Canning Highway and Stirling Highway in 1979 saw the loss of more original buildings. The extension effectively cut the Town of East Fremantle in two. The Town Centre has since been separated from the majority of Plympton.
The building has been converted from a residence to a commercial building.
OWNERS Unknown
HISTORIC THEME Demographic Settlements - Residential Subdivision

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