Residence, 16 Hill Street

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and
detail of a simple Federation style executed in timber.

The place has historic value for its association with the development
and establishment of this portion of Bayswater in the early 1900s.

The place has historic value as it forms part of a group of timber
cottages built by investors for occupancy by workers moving into the
area in the early 1900s.

The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of
housing in the early 1900s for working families.

Physical Description

A single storey house of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding on a sloping lot.

The house has a hipped corrugated metal roof, penetrated by one short face brick chimney with corbelling and clay
pots on the left side. It has a full width bullnose verandah, supported on square timber posts with a simple frieze
and an open timber balustrade.
The house has a centrally located front entry door that has sidelights to the right and fanlights above. To the left is
a timber framed sash window and to the right French doors connecting the house to the verandah.
The house is set behind a timber picket fence atop a rendered retaining wall with mature plantings and a short flight
of steps aligning with the front door and leading up from the altered ground level.
It has a paved driveway along the right boundary of the lot that leads to a partial carport area under the verandah.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved by the Department of Lands and Surveys in 1898.
This property, along with others adjacent was probably owned by Alfred Archibald West (c1872-1942) master
plumber and Roads Board Chairman. Like a number of other local people of means, he bought up a number of
properties in newly subdivided land during the early years of the century.
West lived in Grafton Road and never lived in Hill Street himself, but quite probably built a rental or speculative
house on the property. The occupier of the time (round c.1907) cannot be specifically identified.
Aerial photographs indicate the form and extent of the building have not changed significantly since the mid 20th
century and the original residence can be readily determined.

Integrity/Authenticity

High/Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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