TERRACE, 1 LITTLE HOWARD STREET

Statement of Significance

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses dating from 1899. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of Fremantle. It is historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The place has rarity value as a group of four terraces still extant.

Physical Description

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses. Walls are rendered brick with face brick to the gable end of no.1. Roofs are gabled corrugated iron with dividing masonry parapet wall between each terrace visible through roof. Verandahs are under separate corrugated iron roofs. The end unit no 1 has a gable facing the street. The terraces are raised two steps above street level. Each unit has a rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line and a set of concrete steps leading up to the verandah levels. Each terrace house has a single front door and a double hung sash window to the front elevation.
No. 1 has a projecting front room with a double hung sash window.
No. 3 has a weatherboard and iron second storey addition and a tiled roof to the verandah. The verandahs have rendered masonry columns except no.1 which has round steel posts.

History

The street was formerly known as Old Cemetery Road, and a continuation of Howard Street, which was named after Lord Edward Howard, grandson of Lord John Russell, British Prime Minister 1842.
Terrace, 1 Little Howard Street was formerly 19 Howard Street, the numbering changed in 1935/36.
This terrace was built for Stephen Lorden in 1899 and the first occupant was George Richards, a draper. Later occupants were George Charles, an upholsterer and then George Fredericks, a wharf labourer. The property was transferred to Patrick Corbett in approximately 1906/07 and at that time it was occupied by Vennie Jacobs. By the early 1930s, the place was owned by Sarah Louisa Dean and occupied by George Frank Howells. Sarah Dean owned the place until the mid 1930s and continued to lease out the terrace. From 1983 until at least 1996, the place was owned by David and Hilary Jones.
The 1908 sewerage plan of the site shows this brick terrace has a different footprint to the adjacent terraces at 3, 5 and 7 although sharing a common wall. It has a very irregular shape with a verandah at the front and a small verandah at the rear. It has a brick closet attached to the rear of the house.
A photograph of the place in 1978 shows that the brick cottage was rendered and had a tiled roof. The original windows were in place but the verandah floor was concrete and a rendered masonry wall formed the verandah balustrade and front boundary. The metal verandah roof uprights were not original.
This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Red: "Significantly contributing to the unique character of Fremantle")

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to high degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability).
Medium degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining but with some alterations.
(These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Uses

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