Local Government
East Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
16 Sewell St East Fremantle
East Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1908
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 17 Nov 2015 |
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Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Nov 1997 | Category B |
Category B |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 16 Sewell Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding 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 some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow and it retains a moderate degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 16 Sewell Street has considerable aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow. It retains all the characteristics of the period with some loss of detail.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 16 Sewell Street has some 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 16 Sewell Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.
RARITY
No 16 Sewell Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.
Federation
Domestic Carpenter
No 16 Sewell Street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gabled thrust bay and part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. A St Andrew’s cross balustrade spans between the posts. There is a central door flanked by a double hung sash window. The gable bay features a pair of windows with a sunhood over it.
There are 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.
Historic Theme: Demographic Settlement
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.
Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate
Good
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Federation Carpenter Gothic |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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