Aldgate House & Stables, East Fremantle

Author

National Trust of Western Australia

Place Number

00802

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Location

7 Aldgate Pl East Fremantle

Location Details

Including 55b Staton Rd

Other Name(s)

Aldgate

Local Government

East Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	17 Nov 2015		Town of East Fremantle
State Register	Registered	09 May 1997	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	15 Aug 2006	Category A	Category A High heritage significance at a local level, and having potential State Heritage significance; informed consideration should be given to nomination for State Register listing prior to or at the time of consideration for further development, and prior determination of any significant development application for the place. Places to be generally retained and conserved, and worthy of a high level of protection. Conservation Plans may be required depending on relative significance and apparent impact of development on the place; detailed Heritage Assessments otherwise required as corollary to any development application. Strong encouragement to the owner under the Town of East Fremantle Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered where necessary to achieve desirable conservation outcomes in context of permissible development.	Town of East Fremantle
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	07 May 1979			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Nov 1997			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	28 Sep 1982			Heritage Council

Child Places

19696 Residence - Aldgate

Statement of Significance

A large turn o1 the century house, significant for its architectural character of high gabled roofs and wide surrounding verandahs in the bungalow style, set in expansive grounds overlooking the river. Significant also as an example of the expression at that time in suburban housing of the opulence of the merchants who built the house.

Physical Description

A large residence set in extensive grounds, reduced in size in recent years. The house is built of brick and stone, with CGI roofs, ornate timber work to projecting gables , and cast iron lace decoration to verandah posts.
A .curved Italianate terrace, with steps down to the gardens gives prominence to the front of the house. The house is characteristic or large houses in East Fremantle set on high ground with extensive views.

History

Builtc.1900
The house was originally owned by Mr Paul
Strelitz, who with his brother Richard were Merchants and Shipping Agents in Fremantle and Kalgoorlie. Most notably they were agents for the German-Australian Steamship Company, shipping explosives, cement and wire for the expanding mining and rural industries
in all parts of Western Australia at that time. They were also

agents for the Alfred Nobel Hamburg Explosive Company Ltd, and held agencies and magazines all over the go1dfie1ds. Mr Richard
Strelitz was Royal Consul for Denmark.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
9943	Aldgate House, East Fremantle. Ceiling conservation works.	Conservation works report	2012
911	Conservation plan for Aldgate, East Fremantle.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1994
5387	Aldgate : conservation plan.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	STONE	Limestone

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Land allocation & subdivision

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

27 Mar 2023

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