Plympton Wesleyan Methodist Church (fmr), East Fremantle

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 8 Glyde Street is a former church constructed in limestone and brick 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Romanesque style church. It retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity and a moderate degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 8 Glyde Street has exceptional aesthetic value as a fine example of a Federation Romanesque style church. It has retained most of the characteristic features of the style. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 8 Glyde Street has considerable 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 8 Glyde Street has considerable social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place. It has played a role as a place of worship.

Physical Description

A former church building constructed from Rottnest limestone with brick quoins, tuckpointed brickwork, with Romanesque arches and original lead lights. The building has decoarative pilasters with domed finials to the front gable, and a steeply pitched corrugated iron roof. Much of the original church fabric both exterior and interior remains, including Karri floor boards and Oregon panelled ceilings. Additions include a two storey annex to the rear. No 8 Glyde Street is a former church constructed of limestone and brick with a gabled steeply pitched corrugated iron roof. It is a fine example of a Federation Romanesque style church. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a full width hipped roof arcade supported on stout masonry piers over a masonry balustrade. Behind the arcade is a prominent limestone gable wall. The gable is divided by engaged piers in limestone with brick quoins topped by finials. The west facing window is arched with a series of timber framed divisions. The roof is steeply pitched with stack ventilators along the ridge. The side walls return for four bays with narrow round headed windows. There are gable roofed 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. It is an example of the capacity for adaptation of the first generation of houses.

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 8 Glyde Street is an example of a Federation Romanesque Church which was adapted to become a Guides Hall and later a residence.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate Authenticity: Moderate - High

Condition

Good

Uses

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