HOUSE, 4 DAVIES STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

20552

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Location

4 Davies St Beaconsfield

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1903

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007

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	18 Sep 2000	Level 3	Level 3 The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Statement of Significance

House, 4 Davies Street is a single storey timber and iron house dating from 1903. While the place has undergone alteration, is has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area and its original form remains intact. It is representative of the typical building stock and of working people’s living conditions within the residential areas of Fremantle. The place is significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture.

Physical Description

House, 4 Davies Street is a single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad (probably not original boards) and a painted corrugated iron hipped roof house. The dropped verandah is supported by timber posts and there are additions at the rear of the house.

History

1902/ 03 Rates Books record a building on Lot 38 of 59. James H Smithers was the original occupant and was still residing there in up to at least 1949 (when post office directory records cease).
The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a weatherboard house with a full-length front verandah.
The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows a simple hipped roof and a skillion behind.
A carport was added on the north side (left from the street front) c1986.
Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that there was an extension to the rear between 1985 and 1995 and part of the house was reroofed c2015.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	TIMBER	Weatherboard
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2019

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