Residence, 68 Glyde Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 68 Glyde Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a corrugated iron roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place. The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a much modified Federation period house. It retains a low degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. The enclosure to the verandah is intrusive. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 68 Glyde Street has some aesthetic value as an adapted example of a Federation period house. It retains some of the characteristics of the period with considerable loss of detail. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 68 Glyde Street has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 68 Glyde Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Federation / Inter War Adapt. Domestic Carpenter No 68 Glyde Street is a single storey residence constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is possibly an example of a Federation period house that has been adapted to reflect an Inter-War Bungalow. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and part width return hipped roof verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. Part of the verandah has been enclosed with timber panels. The frontage features a centrally located front door hopper light flanked by picture and double hung sash windows. There are substantial additions to the rear. The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.

History

Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages. No 68 Glyde Street is a good example of a Federation period house modified on a number of occasions.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Low

Condition

Good

Uses

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