House, 32 Broadway 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.
• This place has social value as a demonstration of the form and scale of inter war housing.

Physical Description

A single storey timber framed, weatherboard and fibre cement clad house. The house presents with an extensive façade comprising of three sections; two projecting end sections and a recessed central section with a verandah. The place is of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding to the lower section of the elevation and fibre cement sheeting from sill height to eaves. The west projecting end and recessed central section of the façade have timbered gables whilst the eastern projecting section has the hipped roof and open eaves. All windows are 3-pane arrangements each consisting of timber framed casements with integral highlights.The windows of the west gabled projecting section and the eastern hipped projecting section have skillion canopies supported by timber brackets. The central recessed section incorporates a further 3-pane window of the same design and the front entrance. A small verandah extends across this recessed section of the façade with the gabled canopy supported on square timber posts, with a simple timber balustrade and
steps at the eastern end.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided for residential development in c1912 although there were only approximately 15 houses in the street by 1920. The name, Broadway assigned to this road, was a logical response to its breadth and length. This residence was constructed c1935 and the first occupant and probably owners were Edward Joseph
Regan (c1907-1991) and his wife Cecilia Rose nee Gregg (c1905-1949). The couple had married in 1928 and lived in the area before settling at the house in 1936 where they raised their three daughters. Cecilia Regan died in 1949 and Edward, who worked as a moulder lived on in the house until the 1980s. The original lot was subdivided and a residence was constructed on the portion of the lot facing Ida Street. The owners in 2004 stated that at that time only the front four rooms retained the original finishes.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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