Terrace Houses and Shop

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 107-121 George Street is a single storey shop and seven attached residences constructed in brick and rendered masonry. The place is designed in a rich rendering of the Federation Cottage Orné style by Norman Hitchcock. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its 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 exceptional heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Cottage Orné style shop and residences. It retains a high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. It makes a strong visual contribution to the George Street precinct.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 107-121 George Street has exceptional aesthetic value as a fine example of Federation Cottage Orné style shop and residences. It has retained most of the characteristic features of the style.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 107-121 George Street has considerable 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.
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
No 107-121 George Street has considerable social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages and the George Street precinct which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

The place comprises a corner shop, with a truncated corner entry and display window to King Street, and 7 terrace residences. The place is single storey and is of red brick construction with stucco banding and features. The terrace houses have high gable roofs which clearly delineate each individual component. The gables feature bargeboards which frame statuary niches. There are bull nosed verandahs to the front and high chimneys punctuate the skyline. It has rarity value as a fine example of its type (shop and terraced housing) located in a suburb.

No 107-121 George Street is a fine single storey shop and seven attached residences. They are constructed in brick and rendered masonry designed in a rich rendering of the Federation Cottage Orné style. The shop is designed as a corner shop with a pediment over the door. While the front part of the shop is in tuck pointed brick the remainder is constructed in limestone with brick quoins. The houses are constructed in limestone and tuck pointed brick. They are divided by parapet walls and have gable roofs. The gables have elaborately decorative barges with applied oriel style niches and sculptures. The roofscape features tall chimneys with chimney caps.
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. It is a very fine example from the period.

History

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.
No 107-121 George Street, designed by architect Norman Hitchcock, is a very fine example of a terrace of residences and shop in the Federation Cottage Orné style.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: High

Condition

Good

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