House, 37 Anzac Terrace

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and intact example of the Federation 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 housing in the 1910s.

Physical Description

Asymmetric single storey timber framed and iron dwelling. The dwelling has a traditional plan form with a projecting gabled bay. There is a hipped roof over the main section of the house, with the roof continuing down at a broken pitch to form the front and eastern verandah canopy. The canopy is supported on turned timber columns with a timber frieze. The recessed section of the front elevation contains timber framed I-over-I sash windows and the entrance door with sidelights and fanlight.The main window on the projecting section of the front elevation consists of a large I-over-I sash window with two very narrow I-over-I side windows with iron canopy above. The projecting front section contains a timbered gable and painted brick and corbelled chimneys.

History

Anzac Terrace was named c1920 in honour of the landing at Gallipoli in 1915. The road was formerly named Railway Terrace and the selection of this road for renaming may have been influenced by local resident Brigadier General Bessell-Browne who lived at 10 Anzac Terrace until 1947.This residence was built c1905 for Walter J Butler, a bolt maker and then occupied by Charles Henry Kay (c1876-1933) a wagon builder. Charles and his wife, Elizabeth (c1875-1934) raised their five children at the house which Charles named 'Eden Hill' in the electoral rolls.Charles died in 1933 and Elizabeth the following year and the property was occupied by their son William Kay, a storeman, who occupied the property until the late 1940s.
Aerial photographs indicate that the basic form of the residence has not significantly altered although there have been extensions to the rear of the property in recent decades.

Integrity/Authenticity

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Moderate

Condition

Good

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