Local Government
Claremont
Region
Metropolitan
3 Otway St Swanbourne
Claremont
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1913
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 07 Jul 2015 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Dec 1995 | ||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 05 Aug 2014 | HA - Category 2 | |
25717 Otway Street Heritage Area
Otway Street Heritage Area demonstrates an identifiable aesthetic of substantial examples of the Federation Bungalow architectural style, forming a discrete streetscape environment.
Single storey, face brick residence with rendered bands and an expansive hipped Zincalume roof. The roof features a gable frontage with half-timbered roughcast and finial. The return front verandah has a separate skillion roof with a flat arched spaced vertical timber valance supported by turned timber posts. The windows are spaced pairs of double hung sashes with vertical steel grilles fixed. Tall-corbelled chimneys have been painted. There is a hipped Zincalume roof carport adjoining the side of the residence.
Otway Street was created from two different subdivisions. The area was originally in the northern part of James Palmer’s Location 730. The railway laid in 1881 divided the northern part of the location and Locations 1071, 1069 and 1070 were formed. At the same time or certainly by the late 1880s Location 1069 was further divided into six portions creating Franklin Street and the eastern parts of Otway and Rob Roy Streets. Otway, Rob Roy, Australind, Saladin and Servetus were all named after Western Australian coastal steamships and they may have been created around the same time. The western portions of Otway and Rob Roy Streets were created by the later subdivision of Location 1071 as Brown (Otway) and Smith (Rob Roy) Streets. They were created prior to 1898 as part of the Swanbourne Estate which also created Fraser, Wood and Derby Streets. The first time anyone was recorded as living in Otway Street was 1898 and by 1899 there were households living in number 16 and a house where 18 Otway Street now stands, a situation which remained unchanged until 1905. Development occurred slowly but steadily through 1905 to 1913 until there were eight houses. The houses at No.3 & No.4 were built during this period. The ‘Consolidation’ period was a period of rapid growth within the Town. Population and housing grew steadily with 701 households and businesses in 1905, 872 in 1910 and 1,240 in 1915. The largest area containing houses of this period is the area bounded by Mary, Gugeri, Melville and Loch Streets and Stirling Highway. Surviving heritage homes from this period indicate that housing types were mainly Federation Bungalow and Federation Queen Anne with three to five rooms.
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Claremont Thematic History | A Heritage reference Framework | ||
| Claremont Rate Books |
Level contributory significance:
Some Contribution: carport intrusive.
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
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