House

Parent Place or Precinct

25694 Mary Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

Mary Street Heritage Area demonstrates a diversity of the Federation and Inter-War residences that developed in close proximity and highlight the development of the styles during the intersecting periods. The quality of design, detail and decoration during the latter part of the ‘Federation’ period is demonstrated in the residences at Nos. 14, 18 culminating in Nos. 23 and 25, while the Inter-War California Bungalows revert to austerity and similarity of design and detail as shown by Nos. 10 and 24. Overall, the residences in Mary Street Heritage Area collectively form an aesthetically cohesive streetscape.

Physical Description

Single storey painted brickwork. The hipped roof is clad with terracotta tiles and features a front half-timbered gable and two smaller gables on the side. The roof breaks pitch over the verandah that covers half the front and extends down the side between front and side gables. The verandah is supported by sturdy square posts and a spaced vertical timbered balustrade. The gable frontage has a pair of double hung sash windows with multi-paned upper sashes and a timber bracketed tiled awning over.

History

The street location is older than the residential occupation of it, being originally a private right of way between Location 701 and Location 621 which appears to date to the 1890s. Residential development of Mary Street appears to have started in 1902 and was part of a burst of development between 1903-1915 which filled in the area between Stirling Highway and the railway line between Mary and Loch Streets. This was the main area of new development for the 1903-1915 period and contains most of the Town’s stock of housing from this era. By the end of the 1903-1915 development period there were 1,240 houses within the town with housing types that were mainly brick Federation Bungalow and Federation Queen Anne with three to five rooms.

The majority of the street had been developed by the end of the ‘Consolidation’ period with some infill occurring during the Inter-War Period. Houses 10, 21 & 24 are evidence of this. The ‘Inter-War’ period has left the Town with a legacy of Inter-War housing mainly in either the California Bungalow style or late Federation Bungalow style. The main areas of this development were in the western parts of the town concentrated in the area from Corry Lynn Road to the Claremont border and Parry, Grange, Kingsmill and Albert Streets.

Uses

Creation Date

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Last Update

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.