House, 85 West Road

Author

Town of Bassendean

Place Number

18358

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Location

85 West Rd Bassendean

Location Details

Local Government

Bassendean

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1915

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	22 Nov 2005	2d	2d Significant in contributing to local character - Streetscape Value
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	22 Aug 2017	3	3 Some/Moderate Significance. Contributes to the heritage of the locality. Has some altered or modified elements, not necessarily detracting from the overall significance of the item.

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a good late example of the Federation style executed in timber.
• This place has historic value for its association with the development of Bassendean in the 1910s.
• The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale of a typical working family home of the early 20th century

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad dwelling.
Due to the mature vegetation and high front fence no further detail of dwelling is visible.

History

Bassendean was originally known as 'West Guildford' and West Road was the original boundary of the Guildford town lots. The land on which this residence is located was subdivided for residential development by civil engineer, assayer and prospector and Member of Parliament, Harry Francis Anstey (1847-1927). He purchased 100 acres of land in Bassendean, or West Guildford as it was then known, in 1897 and the land was divided into 237 lots for sale in 1898. From the available information this residence was built c1915 and the first occupant was carpenter, John Augustus Gadd (1877-1969) and his wife Bertha May, née Truslove (1881-1959). As a carpenter it is possible that John Gadd was involved in the construction of the cottage although no information has been sourced to confirm this conclusion. The couple had married in 1902 and had five children. The family lived at the
house until the late 1940s. The cottage was originally located in the centre of a landholding of five lots and Hyland Street was not constructed until c1960. Aerial photographs of the 1950s and 1960s, indicate that an orchard was located on the property. The landholding appears to have been subdivided in the late 1960s.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Fair

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Australian Electoral Rolls	www.ancestry.com	1903-1980
	Land information and aerial photos from Landgate
Wise's Post Office Directories	http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au	1895-1949
Carter, Jennie 'Bassendean A Social History 1829- 1976	Town of Bassendean	1986
Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, accessed from the Parliament of WA Website	www.parliament.wa.gov.au

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
No.244	MI Place No.
A5340	TOB Assessment No

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	TIMBER	Other Timber
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Roof	METAL	Zincalume
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Domestic activities
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

08 Nov 2007

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

10 Jun 2019

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