House, 17 Briggs Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has some aesthetic value for its demonstration of the basic form and elements of the Inter War Californian Bungalow style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean.
• This place has social value as a demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the inter war period.

Physical Description

A single storey brick and render house with a complex Colorbond clad, hipped and gabled roof. A projecting gable section form the west part of façade incorporates timber detailing at the apex of the gable end. The upper section of the projecting section is rendered bricks and the lower section is tuckpointed brick. The south elevation of the projecting section contains a three-section timber framed casement window with a colorbond skillion awning with timber supports over the window. The hipped roof over the main section of house breaks the roof pitch slightly and extends to form the verandah canopy over the recessed section of
façade where the front entrance is located. The front entrance and remainder of house is obscured by garden and picket fence

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided for residential development c1905 by developer Thomas Briggs who gave his name to this street. From the available information this residence was constructed in 1934 for the owner and occupier Charles Ireland. Ireland occupied the property until the late 1940s. Little information has been found in the current
research relating to Ireland although it is known that Edward Ernest Ireland was a successful cabinet maker in Bassendean and Charles Ireland may have been a relative.
Information from aerial photographs indicates that the roof was green corrugated iron in the 1980s which was changed to its current red in the 1990s. The original envelope of the building has been extended through extensions and additions while other structures have been built in the rear of the property.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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