House, 107 Kenny Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the Inter War style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the Inter War period.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for working families in the inter war period.

Physical Description

Rendered brick and iron house of asymmetric plan form. The roof to the main section of the house is hipped with a gable to the projecting wing. A separate skillion canopy positioned below the eaves to the recessed section of the façade forms the verandah canopy supported on slender posts with a brick balustrade. The windows are 1-over-1 timber framed sash windows. A single storey painted brick addition has been constructed to north side of the projecting wing with skillion roof and sliding aluminium window with canopy above.

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. Three of these men; Parker, Leake and Paterson; were at various times members of parliament. Kenny Street was named after Dr Daniel Kenny (1860-1915), born in Ireland
and trained as a medical doctor at Trinity College; he achieved several prominent postings in medical, political and business life in Western Australia. The street began to be settled in the 1910s with most intense development in the Inter War period. From the available information this residence was constructed c1921 and the first occupant was Kenneth George Clarke-Kennedy and his wife Ruth. This couple was the first in a series of short term occupants
suggesting the house was built as an investment property for the owner. Longer term occupant was Francis William Hatton in the 1920s and Edward Ern Hicks in the 1930s.
The original building appears to be intact within a series of later additions and alterations.

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