HOUSE, 24 CUREDALE STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 24 Curedale Street, is a single storey limestone and tile house dating from 1900. While the place has undergone significant alteration, is contributes to the streetscape and the surrounding area.

Physical Description

House, 24 Curedale Street is a single storey rendered and tile house set below the level of the pavement. The tiled roof extends over the verandah supported by roughcast render piers and balustrading which has been infilled with louvres making further physical description difficult. A rendered chimney with corbelling remains extant. There is a low rendered fence to the front boundary.

History

House, 24 Curedale Street was built in 1900. It straddles Lots 15 and 16.
Dick Thomas was the owner and main occupant of the house from 1900 until 1940, followed by Robert Gurr (1941-1946) and Bert Woods (1947-49), after which post office directory records cease.
The house was originally number 38, and became number 24 when the whole street was renumbered in 1937.
The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a stone house with a full-length front verandah, and timber enclosed rooms each end of the rear verandah. There was a timber outbuilding near to the house on the north boundary, and a galvanised iron Stables noted on the south boundary. The lot was divided in half (north-south direction) by a fence.
The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows a hipped roof house with a verandah along the front and an outbuilding to the rear (east side).
The 1965 aerial shows that the house was modified and there seems to be a verandah or extension on the south side that runs half way along the length of the house. The house has two gable sections running in an east-west direction, and two chimneys are visible.
Aerial photos show that c2000 the roof was either replaced or painted, as it changed from red/brown in colour to the current (2017) grey. In 2012 an iron roofed shelter was built and attached at the rear of the house.

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