House

Author

City of Albany

Place Number

15458

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Location

7-9 Cuthbert St Albany

Location Details

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1880

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 2020

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	30 Jun 2001	Category B	Category B • Requires a high level of protection. • Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Albany Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. • A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to be undertaken before approval given for any major redevelopment. • Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Oct 2020	Considerable	Considerable Very important to the heritage of the locality.

Statement of Significance

The place at 7-9 Cuthbert Street has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
It is one of a group of houses in the historically important Cuthbert Street Precinct that have heritage value both individually and as part of a streetscape which has high aesthetic value for its overall harmonious and consistent built environment and landscaped setting.
The place is a relatively rare example of a Victorian/Federation residence built as semi-detached residence and which still retains this form.
The place is part of the Cuthbert Street precinct, a well-defined and rare in-tact example of one of the earliest streetscapes in the historic town centre which was developed in the mid-late 19th century and early 20th century reflecting the Victorian, Federation and Inter-War periods.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• Semi-detached residence set close to road
• Original stone gutters appear hand cut (possibly convict laid)
• Symmetrical facade
• Painted rendered brick walls
• Hipped corrugated iron roof with verandah under separate roof
• Wooden decking and timber verandah posts
• Iron lace (probably not original)
• Tall chimney with moulded capping
• Fence made of solid granite pillars with timber picket infill

Some obvious modifications include:
• Exterior paint colour scheme (c2015)
• Front picket fence (new picket infill with original masonry pillars)

History

The house at 7-9 Cuthbert Street was built on originally Lot 60. Lot 60 was originally owned by Thomas Mason. The Rate Book entry for 1890 shows this as land owned by W. McVee then W Jefferies and still vacant land.
In 1895, the land was owned by James Hutchison and by now there was a house. The semi-detached house was tenanted by A. W. Brown (north side), draper, and Dowell (south side), engineer. In 1900, Hutchison was still the owner and the house was tenanted by James Kennedy (north side), grocer, and Patrick Carmody (south side), labourer.
Originally called Short Street, renamed Cuthbert Street in 1899, this was one of the earliest streets developed in the historic townsite area of Albany and contains mostly simple workers cottages.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: High/Moderate

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Heritage TODA Y Site visit and Assessment		1999
	R Bodycoat; "Assessment for the Town of Albany Municipal Heritage Inventory".	City of Albany	1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Other
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Other
Other Use	RESIDENTIAL	Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	STONE	Granite
Other	STONE	Local Stone
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Rendered Brick
Wall	BRICK	Painted Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

10 Mar 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

15 Dec 2021

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.