Residence, 6 Marmion Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 6 Marmion Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibrous cement cladding 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow and it retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The additions to the rear have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 6 Marmion Street has considerable aesthetic value as a typical Federation Bungalow. It retains all the characteristics period with considerable loss of detail.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 6 Marmion 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 6 Marmion 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 6 Marmion Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.

Physical Description

Late Victorian / Early Federation
Cottage w Queen Anne Influences
& Art Deco Adapt.

No 6 Marmion Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibrous cement cladding with a hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gable thrust bay and part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah has been predominantly filled in with a weatherboard addition. The addition features three windows. The gable bay features a double hung sash window with a sunhood over it. There is a central door set back in the 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

Historic Theme: Demographic Settlement

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 - Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

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