House

Author

City of Albany

Place Number

15476

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Location

18b Finlay St Albany

Location Details

Front of Lot

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1913

Demolition Year

2021

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

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	30 Jun 2001	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	Some/moderate	Some/moderate Contributes to the heritage of the locality.

Statement of Significance

The place at 18B Finlay Street has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
It is one of only a few examples in the Albany town area of a corrugated iron clad simple cottage dwelling, and which has retained a high level of authenticity.
The place has landmark value with its prominent location, on the corner and sitting high above Rowley and Finlay Streets
It is one of a group of houses in Finlay Street that have heritage value both individually and as part of a relatively harmonious streetscape mainly reflecting the Federation architectural style.

The place was demolished in 2021.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• Elevated corner position
• Corrugated iron walls and corrugated iron hipped roof
• Symmetrical façade with central door with single double hung sash window on each side
• Verandah under separate roof and infilled
• Simple wooden steps leading to wooden decking of verandah
• Timber balustrading – ‘colonial’ criss -cross style
• Single chimney

Some obvious modifications include:
• New Colorbond roof
• Bullnose front verandah replacing original skillion
There is no remnant fabric or other physical evidence of the former house as noted above that was retained post demolition, either in-situ or integrated into the new development.

History

The place at 18B Finlay Street was built on original Suburban Lot 131 which was a large Lot. One of the first owners of Lot 101 was William Finlay who is well-known as Albany’s first Mayor (1885). It was subdivided by 1890 to create smaller building Lots. After subdivision the place was located Lot 1 of Sub Lot 131. The House at 18 Finlay Street is also situated on the same Lot 1.
The house was demolished in 2021.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High/Moderate
Authenticity: High/Moderate

Condition

Fair

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Heritage TODA Y Site visit and Assessment		1999

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

17 Mar 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

07 Sep 2023

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.