Residence, 10 Hubble Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 10 Hubble Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered masonry with a corrugated iron roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value with 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 has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a modified Federation Bungalow and it retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.

AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 10 Hubble Street has some aesthetic value as an adapted Federation Bungalow. It retains the basic characteristics of the period with some loss of detail.

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 10 Hubble Street 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 10 Hubble Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.

RARITY No 10 Hubble Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.

Physical Description

Federation / Mid 20th Century Adapt.
Bungalow

No. 10 Hubble Street is a single storey cottage constructed in rendered masonry construction with a hipped corrugated iron roof. The place has been extensively adapted in the Post-World War II style. It is asymmetrically planned with a full width and return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. The front facade features two windows. Almost all openings have been re-worked to include casement and picture windows. A driveway runs along the south of the lot. The driveway negotiates the level change between the street and verandah.

There are additions to the rear.

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.

History

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.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: Low to Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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