House, 15 Kathleen Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a good example of a Federation Bungalow style residence.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the early 20th century.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for professional men and their families in the early 1900s.

Physical Description

A single storey brick and tile residence with a symmetrical plan form. The hipped tile roof has terracotta finials to the ridge and tall rendered chimneys extending up the side planes of the roof, each with terracotta flues. The roof continues down to form the verandah canopy across the full extent of the front elevation. Timber framed casement windows with rendered and painted sills are located either side of the main entry. The front door has frosted and leaded glass sidelights. The house is set behind lawns and enclosed by a low brick wall with palisade style fence panels and a central pathway.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in the early 1900s under the promotional name of 'Tanner's Estate' or the 'Tanner's Extension Estate'. The group of investors included some of the most well known members of colonial society: S.H. Parker, G.H.Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr. J. Hope and W. Paterson. Kathleen Street was named after the wife of Daniel Kenny, Kathleen Horgan whom he married in 1886. This residence was originally set within a property that included two housing lots. From the available information this residence was constructed c1913 and was first occupied by Peter Olavius Iverson (c1856-1941) and his wife Dorothy Evelyn, née Schwennesen (c1868-1948). Peter Iverson was born in Norway and arrived in Australia in 1886. Peter Iverson was a labourer and later carpenter and the couple had seven
children. The Iverson family lived in the house until the late 1940s and many members of the family lived and worked in Bassendean. In 2007, additions were undertaken to the rear of the original house and the whole was roofed in zincalume.

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Condition

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