DUPLEX, 15 CUREDALE STREET

Statement of Significance

Duplex 15 – 17 Curedale Street, is a single storey stone and iron house dating from 1908. While the place has undergone alteration, is has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock and of working people’s living conditions within the residential areas of Fremantle. The place is significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture.

Physical Description

Duplex 15 – 17 Curedale Street comprises single storey rendered and Zincalume hipped roof residences. The separate verandah has a tiled roofed and is supported by pairs of metal columns, which are probably not original. Windows are timber framed although also probably also not original. There is a low metal fence to the front boundary. Although elements of the duplex has been altered the original form is evident.

History

The land on which Curedale Street and the Grosvenor Hospital are situated originally belonged to the Curedale family. George Curedale arrived in Fremantle as a convict on 1st January 1858. On 18 May 1881 George Curedale purchased 82 acres, about three kilometres from the centre of Fremantle, from Henry Maxwell Lefroy who had died two years previously.
The property comprised four adjoining Cockburn Sound Location Lots and was located between the present Curedale Street, east to within 4.45 chains of Fifth Avenue and from South Street to Lefroy Street. Curedale developed the land as an orchard and vineyard.
Having earned a living as ‘Fruiterer’ and then ‘Green-grocer’, George Curedale now described himself as ‘Vineyard Proprietor’ and there is evidence to show that he did import vines. The property was owned by the Curedales until 28 April 1887 when Lots 59, 60, 61 and 66 were transferred to George Alfred Davies (1846 – 1847) to clear George Curedale’s debts. George Curedale died of heart disease, on 15th August 1887. The adjoining Davies Street is named for the Davies family. Davies Street adjoins Curedale Street.
Two cottages are listed on lot 20 of CSL 7 in 1908/9. The first occupants were William Cooper (No. 15) and Frederick A, Cooper (No. 17) who lived there until 1918.
The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows the stone attached pair, which have central steps abutting in the centre of the building, wider at the ground level than at the verandah. and full-length front and rear verandahs.
The duplex was originally numbers 35-37, and became numbers 15-17 when the whole street was renumbered in 1937.
Aerial photos (Landgate) show that the place appears to have been reroofed in the late 1970s (except for the separate verandah roof). The rear of the properties was remodelled and extended between 1985 and 1995.

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