House

Author

City of Albany

Place Number

15474

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Location

27 Festing St Albany

Location Details

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

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	Some/moderate	Some/moderate Contributes to the heritage of the locality.

Statement of Significance

This timber residence is part of a group of heritage places in Festing Street. Despite a number of changes to the initial design of the house, the condition, streetscape value, scale and age of the house contribute to it's heritage significance

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• Prominent position, on low ground, with rear of house looking out over estuary
• Asymmetrical façade with projecting wing with flying gable with finial
• Verandah with timber floor across entire front of house, with part of it enclosed
• New corrugated iron roof – double hipped
• Windows mainly timber framed with some aluminium infill
• Single prominent chimney with moulded capping

Some obvious modifications include:
• New roof
• Well restored timber
• New external colour scheme

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".		1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Carpenter Gothic

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	TIMBER	Other Timber
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

17 Mar 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

30 May 2022

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.