Residence, 72 Glyde Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 72 Glyde Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered brick with a corrugated iron roof. The place has been adapted from the original Federation Bungalow style. 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as an adapted Federation Bungalow style house. It retains a moderate degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 72 Glyde Street has considerable aesthetic value as a fine example of an adapted Federation Bungalow. It has retained most of the characteristics of the period with some loss of detail.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 72 Glyde Street has some 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.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE
N/A
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
No 72 Glyde Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Federation
Federation Bungalow

No 72 Glyde Street is a single storey residence constructed in rendered brick with a hipped gable corrugated iron roof. It is an example of a Federation period house that has been adapted in both the Post World-War II era and 21st Century. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full width return hipped roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on Tuscan columns set over a masonry balustrade. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and double hung sash windows. The openings have rendered quoins.
There are additions to the rear.
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.

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 72 Glyde Street is a good example of a house in the Federation Bungalow style that has been adapted on several occasions.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

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