TERRACE, 7 LITTLE HOWARD STREET

Statement of Significance

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses dating from 1899. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of Fremantle. It is historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The place has rarity value as a group of four terraces still extant.

Physical Description

Terraces, 1, 3, 5 & 7 Little Howard Street are a group of four attached single storey rendered brick and iron terraced houses. Walls are rendered brick with face brick to the gable end of no.1. Roofs are gabled corrugated iron with dividing masonry parapet wall between each terrace visible through roof. Verandahs are under separate corrugated iron roofs. The end unit no 1 has a gable facing the street. The terraces are raised two steps above street level. Each unit has a rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line and a set of concrete steps leading up to the verandah levels. Each terrace house has a single front door and a double hung sash window to the front elevation. No. 1 has a projecting front room with a double hung sash window. No. 3 has a weatherboard and iron second storey addition and a tiled roof to the verandah. The verandahs have rendered masonry columns except no.1 which has round steel posts.

History

The street was formerly known as Old Cemetery Road, and a continuation of Howard Street, which was named after Lord Edward Howard, grandson of Lord John Russell, British Prime Minister 1842. Terrace, 7 Little Howard Street was formerly 25 Howard Street, the numbering changed in 1935/36. This terrace of residences at 1, 3, 5, and 7 Little Howard Street was built for Stephen Lorden in 1899. The 1908 sewerage plan of the site shows this brick terrace as one of a group of three of a similar size and design. It is probable they were constructed at the same time. These are currently numbered 3, 5 and 7 Little Howard Street. These modest terraces have a verandah at the front and rear with part of the rear verandah enclosed to form a bathroom. Each terrace had a small fenced back yard with a brick closet. A photograph of the place in 1979 shows that the terrace was in relatively poor condition with a corrugated iron roof over the main house and tiles on the verandah roof. The front verandah was concrete and a rendered masonry wall encloses the verandah and forms the front boundary of the property. This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Red: "Significantly contributing to the unique character of Fremantle") Information from a 1986 real estate article indicates that the adjacent properties at 5 and 7 Little Howard Street had been acquired by the same owner and integrated into one house prior to that date. Some internal walls had been removed to enable access between the two properties.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium to high degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining but with some alterations. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

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