House

Author

City of Albany

Place Number

15533

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Location

154 Serpentine Rd Mt Melville

Location Details

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1900

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 2020

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	23 Sep 1999	Category B	Category B • Requires a high level of protection. • Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Albany Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. • A more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement to be undertaken before approval given for any major redevelopment. • Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Oct 2020	Considerable	Considerable Very important to the heritage of the locality.

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
The place is associated with Edwin Henry James who was the principle of the Albany Boys Collegiate School in the 1890s and lived in this house.
The place is a fine example of a Victorian Regency house that has maintained a high level of authenticity.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• Set close to street
• Though it appears single storey from the façade, owing to the depth of the block and the sharp decline the house is two storey at the rear
• Half hipped corrugated iron roof
• Twin chimneys with moulded capping
• Projecting gable wing with decorative bargeboard
• Double hung sash windows
• Stone footings
• Verandah under separate roof
• Unadorned timber verandah posts and balustrading with iron lacework

Some obvious modifications include:
• Brickwork has been painted
• Rear addition

History

The place at 152-154 Serpentine Road was built on original Suburban Lot 37. The Rate Book entry for 1891 shows the landowner as Mrs Whitefield and the house was tenanted by Edwin Henry James, schoolmaster. James was the principle for the Collegiate Boys School located at the Wesley Hall in Duke Street.
In 1897 Mrs Whitefield was still the owner but by this time there is a house and the tenant is Samuel North, boarding house keeper. By 1900 A. Mercer, farmer is living in the house.
Lot 37 was later subdivided and this house was located on Lot 1 of Sub Lot 37.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: High/Moderate

Condition

Fair

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Heritage TODAY Site visit and Assessment		1999
Heritage Database	City of Albany	1994
Town of Albany Heritage Survey	City of Albany	1994

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

17 Mar 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 Apr 2022

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.