House, 16 Briggs Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has some aesthetic value for its demonstration of the basic form and elements of the Inter War Californian Bungalow style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the Inter War period.
• This place has social value as a demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the inter war period.

Physical Description

A single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad house. On the west side of south, street-facing elevation is a gabled protruding section. There is decorative timber detailing on the gable end. There is a three-section timber framed window with mullions and glazing bars with a CGI skillion awning, with timber supports, over the window. The recessed section of south elevation contains the front entrance and a threesection, timber framed window.
The house has a steep, corrugated iron clad hipped roof and brick chimney with clay pot on the east side. The hipped roof incorporates two timbered gables along the central east-west ridge. The hipped roof also incorporates a south facing gable along the north-south central ridge. The hipped roof extends down over the recessed section of south elevation to form the skillion verandah canopy. The verandah canopy is supported by plain timber pillars with timber frieze between pillars and the verandah floor is constructed from timber. There is a flat- roofed garage structure attached to the west elevation.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided for residential development c1905 by developer Thomas Briggs who gave his name to this street. From the available information this residence was built in 1939 for Reginald Alfred Blower (1914-2003) and his wife Evelyn Grace, née Richards (c1912-2006). On the outbreak of war Reginald Blower offered his services to the RAAF as a mechanic as that was his trade. He was accepted in 1940 and at that time he was 25, with one child. Evelyn Blower did not stay at the residence during war time and the house was occupied by Stan Dennis until the 1950s. Aerial photographs indicate that the house was significantly extended c2000 and had minor additions prior
to that date.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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