House, 11 Nurstead Avenue

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a good intact example of a Federation residence from the early 20th century.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area in the 1900s.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for working families in the early 20th century.

Physical Description

A single storey rendered brick and iron house with symmetrical façade to most of the elevation. The hipped roof which sweeps down at the same pitch to form the verandah canopy, supported on cylindrical metal posts. Twin timbered gable elements are positioned above each window to the façade. The two window sections project marginally forward of the entrance. The timber framed casements are arranged in banks of three and the timber panelled and glazed door incorporates sidelights and fanlight. The symmetry of the façade is off-set by an enclosed section of the verandah to the west corner of the elevation, incorporated under the verandah canopy and extends along the west elevation.

History

Nurstead Avenue and the small portion of land between the Railway line and Guildford Road was subdivided by owner Mary Thompson in the early 1900s and the name Nurstead Avenue or more correctly 'Nursted' was the name of her mother Jand Dodd's ancestral home in the UK. The lots were subdivided for sale in 1902 and were on some occasions referred to as the 'Nurstead Estate'. From the available information this residence was constructed c1903 and the first occupant and probable owner was Frederick Richard Smith and his wife Mary Ann Smith, nee Cooper. The couple lived at the house until the late 1920s and after occupancy by others their son Fred Smith was resident at the place in the 1930s and 1940s.
Aerial photographs indicate that the house has significantly extended during the late 1970s and the original roof cladding was red corrugated iron. The recladding in the current corrugated galvanised iron occurred c1982.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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