SHOP & HOUSE (FMR), 228 HIGH STREET

Statement of Significance

Shop & House (Fmr), 228 High Street, is a typical single storey masonry and iron house with attached shop dating from 1899. It is aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. It is historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions and commercial activity in the Fremantle area.

Physical Description

Shop and House (Fmr), 228 High Street is a single storey brick and iron shop and house built in the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are rendered painted brick. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The shop façade has a door with fanlight over and timber framed fanlights over a large fixed shopfront window. The verandah roof is flat with no support posts. There is a simple rendered brick parapet. The shop has a zero setback from the pavement.

History

As was customary in English towns, the main street of the town was named High St.
In 1890 the land on which house 228 High Street is located was an undeveloped lot owned by J R Doonan. In 1891/92 Robert Munro built a house on part of the lot which would eventually become 226 High Street.

The 1899 rate books record that a shop owned by Munro was built on the lot next to his cottage (now 228 High Street) and the tenant was H Lawrence. By 1900 the shop still owned by Munro was being used as a cottage and occupied by John Floris, a cook. Munro owned the property until c.1910/11 when it then passed to C. Langley. In the 1901/02 rate period James Sharp, a grocer was recorded as the tenant and the property was listed as shops and rooms. In 1904/05, Elizabeth Amelia Holm, a shop keeper, was renting the place and using it as shops and rooms. In 1912 Holm was still operating a shop from the premises. In the 1940s the rate books record the property as being a mixed business.
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Integrity/Authenticity

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

Condition

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

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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