House, 29 Kathleen Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed intact example of the Inter War style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the Inter War development of this area.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for working families in the inter war period.

Physical Description

A single storey brick and tile house hipped roof and timbered gable feature. The property is constructed of face brick laid in stretcher bond in a simple design. The entrance is located in the return wall and does not have a direct relationship with the street. The gabled element, with timber detailing, creates definition to the façade and marks the point of the asymmetric plan form of the front elevation where the entrance is located. The verandah extends around the return frontage and the full extent of the facade. The canopy is formed by the continuation of the main roof and the gable is supported on timber columns. The windows are timber framed casement openings with integral highlight windows.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in the early 1900s under the promotional name of 'Tanner's Estate' or the 'Tanner's Extension Estate'. The group of investors included some of the most well-known members of colonial society: S.H. Parker, G.H. Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr. J. Hope and W. Paterson. Kathleen Street was named after the wife of Daniel Kenny, Kathleen
Horgan whom he married in 1886. The house is one of the larger in the street and occupies two housing lots. From the available information this residence was constructed in c1927 for George Ward Enderby (c1876-1966) and his wife Mary Enderby, née McKendry (c1880-1956). George Enderby was born in Homebush Victoria and he travelled to Western
Australia and married Mary McKendry in Kalgoorlie in 1904. George Enderby worked as a labourer and driver and in 1917, at the age of 39, enlisted to serve in the AIF during World War One. He returned in 1919 and by 1925 the couple were living in Bassendean and remained their home until the late 1950s. The Enderby's named their home 'Homebush' after George's home town in Victoria. Aerial photographs indicate that the residence was extended to the rear in the late 1990s and in 2008.

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