Local Government
Bassendean
Region
Metropolitan
69 Wilson St Bassendean
Bassendean
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1926
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Nov 2005 | 2d |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Aug 2017 | 3 |
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• The place has aesthetic value as a substantially intact timber residence from the 1920s.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of the area known as West Guildford, later Bassendean in the 1920s.
• The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing constructed for working men and their families in the Inter War period.
A timber framed and weatherboard single storey house with a complex hipped roof clad in Colorbond. The asymmetric façade has a stepped elevation including three double windows to the front of replacement sliding aluminium. The entry is a shallow return wall with a double window adjacent. The roof is hipped to the front section with another hipped form to the rear. The front hip incorporates a rough cast rendered flying gable above the main front window. The verandah extends the full width of the front elevation being the continuation of the main roof with a gentle break of pitch. The verandah canopy is supported on square timber posts with horizontal timber balustrade.
This portion of Bassendean, on the eastern side of Wilson Street, was subdivided by a group of investors in 1898 under the promotional name of 'West End'. The group of investors included some of the most wellknown members of colonial society: S.H. Parker, G.H. Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr J. Hope and W. Paterson. Three of these men; Parker, Leake and Paterson; were at various times members of parliament. Wilson Street was the western boundary of this subdivision and a slightly later subdivision was created c1902 on the western side of Wilson Street. The name of the street recognises either the Premier of Western Australia, Frank Wilson but more likely an early resident of Guildford, Colonel Wilson. From the available information this residence was built c1926 and the first occupants were boilermaker’s assistant, Edwin Joseph O’Kely (Okely) (c1890-1985) and his wife Amy Semark Okely (c1894-1983). The couple lived at the residence until the 1950s. Aerial photographs indicate the building has been added to at the rear in several programs of work.
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Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Australian Electoral Rolls | www.ancestry.com | ||
Carter, Jennie 'Bassendean A Social History 1829- 1976 | Town of Bassendean | 1986 | |
Wise's Post Office Directories | http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au | ||
Land information and aerial photos from Landgate |
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No.285 | MI Place No. |
A5644 | TOB Assessment No |
Individual Building or Group
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Inter-War California Bungalow |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | OTHER | Other Material |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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