HOUSE, 29-31 ELLEN STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

00867

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Location

29-31 Ellen St Fremantle

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Stone Buildings

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007

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	18 Sep 2000	Level 1B	Level 1B The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of exceptional cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is required. It is recommended that this place be considered for entry in the Heritage Council of Western Australia's Register of Heritage Places.

Statement of Significance

The place is an unusual example of a stone residential building showing influence of the Victorian Romanesque style more commonly used for government or institutional buildings in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.

Physical Description

Two storey stone and terracotta tile hipped roof house has two large stone chimneys. The dropped verandah returns down the sides of the front section of the house and is supported by a central stone wall and rendered piers with cast iron balustrading. The back section of the house has brick quoining to the window openings.

History

Ellen Street was named for Ellen Mangles of Woodbridge, Surrey, England, wife of Sir James Stirling, the Governor.
In 1899 two villas were erected on the site for Harry JW Higham, a gentleman. It was later used as a lodging house. The place was purchased by the Fremantle City Council in 1984.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Terrace housing
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Other
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Two storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Terrace housing

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Romanesque

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	TILE	Terracotta Tile
Wall	STONE	Limestone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

12 Sep 1988

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Approved

Last Update

24 Feb 2020

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