HOUSE, 7D AMHERST STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22717

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Location

7D Amherst St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1926

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	28 Sep 2011

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	28 Sep 2011	Level 2	Level 2 The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of considerable cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is a priority.

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic significance as a fine example of a brick residence in the Federation Queen Anne style probably built in the first decades of the twentieth century. Historical significance representing the increased wealth following the Gold Boom.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and rendered banding residence has a terracotta tile hipped roof and a decorative half timbered gable. The roof has two roughcast rendered and decorative brickwork chimneys and the verandah is supported by chamfered timber posts and a decorative brackets and frieze. The timber doors have stained glass leadlight fanlights and sidelights and the windows are have toplights.

History

Amherst Street was named after the Hon J. G. H. Amherst who was private secretary to the Governor, Sir Frederick Napier Broome, from 1885 to 1889.
A black and white photo taken in 1990 and notes from a survey done by D. Hutchinson are in the Local History Collection.
This house was on the market in 2009 for $900,000 - $1,090,000 and is described as having leadlight casements, an impressive entrance hall, four bedrooms and beautiful gardens.

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This place was adopted onto the Fremantle MHI and the Heritage List by the decision of Council on 28/09/2011.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	GLASS	Glass
Wall	BRICK	Face Brick
Roof	TILE	Terracotta Tile
Wall	RENDER	Smooth

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

28 Feb 2003

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Approved

Last Update

21 Feb 2020

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