Local Government
Claremont
Region
Metropolitan
First Av Claremont
Similar residences side by side at Nos. 66 and 68 First Avenue, Claremont
Claremont
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1909 to 1914
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First Avenue Heritage Area comprises two similar residences designed by the same Architect, Fred Upton, for the owner builder of both residences; Alfred Brine of Brine Contracting & Engineering. The residences demonstrate the same scale, symmetry, form, materials and setbacks, as well as evidencing an identifiable style aesthetic of Federation Bungalow.
First Avenue was originally part of Swan Location 429 owned by Mrs Maria Gray. The land was sold and had been developed by 1900 as the Graylands Estate. This early subdivision saw the development of First Avenue. By the beginning of the Second World War most of First Avenue had been developed. When the Claremont Rate Books commenced in 1903 there were four houses on First Avenue, all of them on the northern side of the street. Lot 49, where both Nos. 66 and 68 First Avenue were eventually constructed, was owned by M. Mullumby, a Telegraph Officer in Roebourne. Alfred Brine, of Brine Contractors and Engineers, bought the lot in 1908 and the Rate Books indicate that a house (No.68) was constructed there the following year followed by a second house (No.66) in 1914. By 1915 there were 13 houses in First Avenue. This means that close to half of the street had been developed during the ‘Consolidation’ period (1903-1915). Nos. 68 & 66 First Avenue, Claremont constructed in 1909 and 1914 fall into the ‘Consolidation’ period. The ‘Consolidation’ period was a period of rapid growth within the Town. Population and housing grew steadily with 701 households or 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. Nos. 68 & 66, First Avenue, Claremont, as brick Federation Bungalow, are representative of the dominant housing style of its period.
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Category B – Considerable Significance – A discrete area defined by a statement of significance that distinguishes the places from others.
This place is considered by the Town of Claremont to be of considerable significance to the Town and its conservation is required.
The place should be conserved in accordance with the principles of the Burra Charter (The Australia ICOMOS for the conservation of places of cultural significance).
The Council may also require its own heritage impact statement which will consider the heritage significance of a place, and the impact of the proposed development on significance, prior to consideration of a development application.
TPS3
DA required
Town of Claremont Policies 107 & 108
Individual Building or Group
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