House

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a late and predominantly intact example of the Federation Bungalow style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of Bassendean in the early 20th century.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing in the early decades of the 20th century.

Physical Description

Single storey dwelling of timber framed construction with cladding of cement fibre sheet for the upper two-thirds and weatherboard for the lower third of the façade. The façade consists of an off centre timber framed front door which is constructed of glazed door panes and timber separating members and has a four paned side panel to the west of the front door. On either side of the front door is a pair of double outward opening, eight paned, timber framed French doors. The roof is hipped and clad in corrugated metal and contains a brick chimney with a metal chimney cap which is situated on the west plane of the hipped roof. The sweep of the roof continues beyond the façade, with a small break in pitch, to create the verandah which extends along the entire façade and is supported by slim rectangular posts with a simple timber frieze.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided for residential development c1905 when developer, Wesley Maley purchased a large parcel of land bordering the river. The names of roads in this subdivision known as ‘Riverside’, reflected Wesley Maley’s enthusiasm for the prize rams he purchased for his Katanning pastoral property, Moojebing. Maley purchased a flock of rams from South Australian politician, J.H. Angus. Several of the rams were named in honour of Australian prime ministers and consequently the names Watson, Deakin, Barton, Fisher and Reid were applied to the roads in this subdivision. The lots were
not developed rapidly and most not until the period following World War Two.
From the available information this residence was built c1916 for William and Maria Hart. William Hart (c1871-1917) worked as a fitter, presumably at the Midland workshops, until his death in 1917. Maria Hart stayed on in the house until the 1930s with her son Percival. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s the place was occupied by R. C. Rees. Aerial photographs indicate the place underwent major additions in the early 2000s.

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