Residence, 377A Cambridge Street

Author

Town of Cambridge

Place Number

26261

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Location

377A Cambridge St Wembley

Location Details

Local Government

Cambridge

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1935

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
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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	27 Nov 2018	Category 4	Category 4 Little significance Contributes to the understanding of the history of the Town of Cambridge. Photographically record prior to major development or demolition. Recognise and interpret the site if possible

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as an example of an Inter War residence with original detail.

The place has historic value for its association with the development of Wembley in the Inter War period.

The place has social value for its demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the Inter War period.

Physical Description

This entry relates only to the residence on Strata Lot 3.

Single storey brick and tile interwar house of traditional asymmetric plan form. The house cannot be clearly seen from the street due to a high wall, gates and planting and therefore its contribution to the street is negligible. A carport has been constructed in the front setback opening directly onto the street which further compromises the contribution to the place to the character of the street.

From the limited visual access obtained from the street, it appears the house is little altered with face brickwork, flat canopy to the windows across the recessed section of the elevation, separate hip to the verandah canopy supported on brick columns with rendered balustrade. The main roof is a tiled hipped form with tall brick chimneys.

History

This residence was constructed for the owner and occupier Simon Wright and his wife Mabel Victoria Wright. The couple lived at the until 1953 when they advertised the property for sale as the 'owners were going east'. Simon Wright recorded his occupation as a contractor so he may have been involved in the construction of the residence.

The place continued to be used as a residence and in the late 1990s the lot was subdivided enabling the construction of two new residences at the rear of the lot. At this time the former grey, possibly concrete, tiles on the roof, were replaced with red tiles and a new carport was constructed on the front of the lot.

Condition

Good

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Wise's Post Office Directories for the City of Perth, 1925-1949, State Library of WA	Online Reference	1925-1949
Aerial photographs, Landgate	Online Resources	1953-2016
Culpeffer-Cooke, Tony; Gunzburg, Adrian; Pleydell, Ian 'Tracks by the Swan The Electric Tram and Trolley Bus Era of Perth', Western Australia Perth Electric Tramway Society Inc	Book	2010
Australian Electoral Rolls		1901-1983
The West Australian, p. 28.		30 January 1953

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
Inter-War California Bungalow

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	TILE	Terracotta Tile
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

21 Aug 2019

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