House

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a late, modest example of the late Federation style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the early 20th century.
• This place has social value as a demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the 1910s for a working family.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard house with hipped and gabled iron roof. The house presents as a ‘T’ shaped with the projecting gable wing forming the dominant aspect of the house when viewed from the street with the verandah wrapping around its three elevations terminating at the rear section of the property. The front gabled section has a timber detail to the apex of the gable, with weatherboarding below. A single timber frame 1-over-1 sash window is positioned in the centre of the elevation. A bullnose verandah wraps around this section of the house supported on square timber posts with timber brackets. A
small section of the southern part of the verandah has been enclosed with weatherboard cladding and timber framed windows. The property is enclosed by a high masonry wall and mature plantings which obscure the place from clear street view.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in the early 1900s under the promotional name of 'Tanner's Estate' or the 'Tanner's Extension Estate'. The group of investors included some of the most well-known members of colonial society: Stephen Henry 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. Parker Street was named in honour of Sir Stephen Henry
Parker Member of the Legislative Council 1878-1890, 1892-1897 and member of the Legislative Assembly 1890-1892. From the available information this residence was constructed c1915 and the first occupant was iron turner, Ralph Edwards (c1886-1968). Ralph Edwards later recorded his occupation as an engineer which suggests
he worked at the Midland Railway Workshops as many Bassendean residents did. Ralph Edwards married Lily Ethel Parks (c1887-1971) in 1971 and the couple lived at the residence until the early 1930s. Aerial photographs and physical evidence indicate that there are strong similarities between this property and 23 Parker Street which appear to have been built at the same time. Further research may determine who was built these two homes. Both residences have been extended to the rear although the original form and extent of both buildings are apparent.

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Condition

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