HOUSE, 18 CUREDALE STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 18 Curedale Street, is a timber and iron single storey house dating from 1905. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of Beaconsfield. It is historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the Beaconsfield area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 18 Curedale Road is a single storey timber and iron house designed as an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. The walls are timber framed and clad with painted weatherboard. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The façade is symmetrical with a central front door flanked on either side by timber framed windows. The verandah has a separate dropped corrugated iron roof supported by steel poles. There is a high steel fence to the front boundary line.

History

The land on which Curedale Street and the Grosvenor Hospital are situated originally belonged to the Curedale family. George Curedale arrived in Fremantle as a convict on 1st January 1858. On 18 May 1881 George Curedale purchased 82 acres, about three kilometres from the centre of Fremantle, from Henry Maxwell Lefroy who had died two years previously.
The property comprised four adjoining Cockburn Sound Location Lots and was located between the present Curedale Street, east to within 4.45 chains of Fifth Avenue and from South Street to Lefroy Street. Curedale developed the land as an orchard and vineyard.
Having earned a living as ‘Fruiterer’ and then ‘Green-grocer’, George Curedale now described himself as ‘Vineyard Proprietor’ and there is evidence to show that he did import vines. The property was owned by the Curedales until 28 April 1887 when Lots 59, 60, 61 and 66 were transferred to George Alfred Davies (1846 – 1847) to clear George Curedale’s debts. George Curedale died of heart disease, on 15th August 1887. The adjoining Davies Street is named for the Davies family. Davies Street adjoins Curedale Street.
The land on which house 18 Curedale Street stands was vacant in 1901/02 and owned by L. Weiusberg. By 1903/04 the vacant land, Lot 12 of Cockburn Sound Location 59 belonged to George Peach, a baker. In the following rate period, a cottage had been built on the lot for Peach, who remained the owner into the 1920s. Peach lived in the cottage from 1905-1915. From 1915-c1923 Frederick Gulvin was his tenant.
The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a large weatherboard residence with a full-length front verandah. A long set of steps led down to the back yard where there was a galvanised iron outbuilding on the north boundary fence.
The house became number 18 when the whole street was renumbered in 1937.
From 1935-1945 John Joseph Tapper was the owner/occupier and from 1949 Ernest L Hansen and Winifred Gladys Hansen were the owners/occupiers.
Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that the house was reroofed in the late 2000s.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability).
High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining.
(These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as fair (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Uses

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