Local Government
Cottesloe
Region
Metropolitan
64 John St Cottesloe
Sparta
Cottesloe
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1903, Constructed from 1893
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 30 Sep 1995 | Category 2 | |
This Victorian weatherboard cottage built before 1901 was the home of councillor John (Jean) Paraskeva Doscas who vied with William Zimpel of "Pine Lodge" for taking credit in applying for the pine trees to be planted in John Street in 1904.
"Sparta", A Victorian weatherboard cottage built between 1896 and 1903. It has a gabled iron roof with bull-nosed verandah. The chimney stack is corbelled. The decorative frieze to the verandah has elaborately turned spindles and fretted brackets. There are small decorative brackets under the eaves. The boards to the side and forward thrusting section are of plain Victorian profile, those under the verandah are rusticaled. The verandah posts are turned. The doors/windows on to the verandah are french windows. The front garden is marked by a tall palm tree. A plain high picket fence and vegetation screen the house from the street. Bullnose awnings are over the exposed windows to the east. There has been an extension to the skillion at the rear.
The house and its orchard are mentioned in a number of early references. Doscas owned no 66 and also lots 13-4/44 in Loma Street with a brick house and land only in John Street 117, 118,119,lot 46. He acted as agent for house owners who rented out their houses. Doscas was born in Greece, studied and worked in England and Egypt. In WA in 1895 he opened the WA Produce Company in Murray Street in Perth retiring in 1909. He died in 1946.
Integrity intact Modifications There has been an extension to the skillion at the rear.
Fair
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Marchant James R; "Heritage of Pines.". | 1977 | ||
| WS 319. | PWD Map 1179 | PWD | 1901 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Type | General | Specific |
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| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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