Local Government
East Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
57 Duke St East Fremantle
East Fremantle
Metropolitan
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 15 Aug 2006 | Category C |
Category C |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 57 Duke Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibro cladding. The place has historic and aesthetic value with contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place.
The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as an Inter-War Bungalow and it retains a moderate degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 57 Duke Street has some aesthetic value as a typical Inter-War Bungalow. It retains all the characteristic features of a dwelling of the type and period.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 57 Duke Street has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE
N/A
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
No 57 Duke Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes the to community's sense of place.
One storey Federation Bungalow with Austerity Influences cottage.
No 57 Duke Street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing, jarrah weatherboard and fibro cladding. The place has a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by windows. The facade features a full width skillion roofed verandah on posts with a St Andrew’s cross balustrade. One of the windows has been altered to become French doors. A long set of concrete steps leads up to the verandah.
There are additions to the rear.
The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.
Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages.
Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate
Fair
Individual Building or Group
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Federation Bungalow |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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