House

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • As a representative example of the application of materials and detailing which were derived from the Federation Queen Anne style, but which were applied in a more restrained manner that suited the budgets and expectations of the middle classes in Subiaco during the early twentieth century. • For its historic value as a demonstration of the period in which Subiaco underwent rapid development in the early 20th century.

Physical Description

160 Gloster Street is a single storey timber weatherboard cottage with a corrugated steel hip and gable roof displaying characteristics of the Federation Queen Anne style of architecture. The residence has an asymmetrical form with a projecting bay addressing the street. The pitched roof has two ridge gablets and two painted brick chimneys with brick corbelling. The gable end has half-timbering with a rough cast rendered infill. A corrugated steel bullnose verandah extends along the recessed portion of the front façade supported by turned timber posts with a decorative curved timber valance. The dwelling has an exposed limestone foundation with a set of limestone steps leading to the front verandah. The dwelling has a timber framed entry door with stained-glass panels, highlights and sidelights. A full-height timber framed double hung window is located within the verandah while a pair of timber framed double hung windows are located within the projecting bay. Above is a timber framed skillion awning with a timber shingled roof and decorative corner brackets. The dwelling has an open front yard that is predominately grass. A mature verge tree largely obscures the place from the street. The place is accessible to the rear by a laneway.

History

A mid-1890s map shows the future Gloster Street only to the west of Derby Road, named Bent Street near the railway and Murchison Street the rest of the length. The site of 160 Gloster Street is shown as already subdivided at this time, on the section labelled Murchison Street. In 1903, George Shenton subdivided and sold the land through to Hensman Street and the roadway became known as Gloster Street. By 1912, the former Bent Street was also named Gloster Street. A residence first appears in the Post Office Directories at 160 Gloster Street in 1918, when it was known as 140 Gloster Street (changing to 160 Gloster Street in 1926, when Cecelia Street was incorporated into the numbering). The first occupant of the place listed as Edgar Java Dix, motor car painter.4 Residents changed relatively frequently over subsequent years, including: • 1920: (#140) George Frederick Kingman (labourer) • 1930: (#160) James Gow By 1933, long-term resident Frank Gordon Marriott, storeman, was living at 160 Gloster Street, along with his mother, Jennie Elizabeth Marriott. Jennie Elizabeth Marriot lived at 160 Gloster Street into the 1940s, but by 1954 had moved to Hamersley Road. Frank continued to live at the place until at least 1980. Between 1937 and 1943, he married Ella Adelaide Tooes. Ella is also listed at 160 Gloster Street until at least 1980. Frank died in 1986, aged 77, and Ella in 2003, aged 89. Neither lived in Subiaco at the time of their death. A sewerage plan from 1927 shows a timber residence with verandah across half the front width, which matches the extant building in 2021. The house was extended in the late 1980s.

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