HOUSE, 7 RUSSELL STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 7 Russell Street, is a typical limestone and iron single storey house dating from 1870. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of typical workers houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

7 Russell Street is a single storey, limestone and iron house with a symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are limestone. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The facade has a central front door with fanlight flanked either side by double hung sash windows. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron bullnose roof and is supported by chamfered timber posts. There is a low level rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line.

History

House, 7 Russell Street was formerly 47 Russell Street; the renumbering occurred in 1935/36. Information from the owners in 1994 states that this house was first constructed around 1870 for the owner Henry Wareham. It was originally a two roomed limestone and shingle construction. Local dairy farmer William Sweetman acquired the property in 1880. The property remained in the Sweetman family until approximately 1940. The Sweetmans owned the adjacent properties at 5 and 9 Russell Street. The property was subsequently owned by Peter Goynich and then Frank Raffaele. The 1908 sewerage plan of the stone house shows that it had verandahs at the front and rear. A water tank was located close the rear of the house. A timber shed was in the back yard and a portion of the back yard was fenced separately to the adjoining properties. In the 1949 the place was extended and adapted by the owner Frank Raffaele. These changes included tiling the roof and incorporating the garage under the one roof. An addition was constructed at the rear of the house which included a new kitchen and bathroom with design features of the art deco period. The property was acquired by architect Ralph Hoare in 1984. In 1986, Ralph Hoare architect began a project of restoring and adding to the home sympathetically. He won a Conservation Incentives Award in 1994 for this work. The restoration involved the replacement of the tiled roof with zincalume, a new bullnosed verandah roof and a four roomed addition at the rear.

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 good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

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