HOUSE, 3 BURT STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 3 Burt Street is a good example of a stone residence in the Federation Queen Anne style, representing the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.

Physical Description

House, 3 Burt Street is a single storey painted stone and painted brick house with a zincalume hipped roof and two chimneys with corbelling. There is a faceted bay and a bull nosed verandah.

History

Burt Street is likely named after Chief Justice Sir Archibald Paull Burt, who came to Fremantle in 1861 from the West Indies. His son, Septimus Burt, became the first Attorney-General under Responsible Government.
House, 3 Burt Street was built in 1903-05 for the owner, James Bovell. The first occupant was George Rhode, a carpenter.

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