HOUSE, 41 THOMPSON ROAD

Parent Place or Precinct

10945 Thompson Road Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 41 Thompson Road, is a rendered masonry and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1890s. 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 North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area.

Physical Description

House, 41 Thompson Road, is a single storey rendered masonry and iron cottage with asymmetrical facade constructed in the Federation Bungalow style. Walls are rendered and painted masonry. The roof is gabled corrugated iron with a protruding central gable over the front door. The verandah is under a separate corrugated iron roof which is supported by rendered brick columns. Front elevation is asymmetrical with a protruding room and a half length verandah in front. The house is set elevated off the ground with rendered masonry stairs, columns and balustrade leading up the the front verandah. There is a low rendered masonry wall to the front boundary line.

History

Thompson Road was named for George Thompson (1838-1874), Fremantle's first town clerk (1871-73). The street is mainly residential, with some commercial development at the northern end between Alfred Road and McCabe Road. The majority of the houses were built c. 1900. Only a few lots on the street remained vacant in the 1920s.

House, 41 Thompson Road was built at some time between c. 1890 and 1907, by which time it was owned by the Jeanes family (they may have built the house). The Jeanes family lived in the five roomed brick house until 1935, after which time it was leased to tenants.

A 1939 diagram shows House, 41 Thompson Road as having a full length front verandah, which appears to have been partially enclosed to the north.

Title to the property passed to Elmer Hoppe in the early 1940s. Between 1972 and 1974, ownership of the place passed to Kevin Joseph and Florence Olive Hockley. They were still in residence in 2003-04.

This place was included in the 'North Fremantle Heritage Study' (1994) as a place contributing to the development and heritage of North Fremantle. It was also included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - BROWN -significant for making a positive contribution to the built environment of Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability, some later unsympathetic materials).
Medium degree of authenticity with some loss of original fabric.
(These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

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

Uses

Historic Themes

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