HOUSE, 8 DAVIES STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

20554

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Location

8 Davies St Beaconsfield

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1902

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2007

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	18 Sep 2000	Level 3	Level 3 The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of some cultural heritage significance for its contribution to the heritage of Fremantle in terms of its individual or collective aesthetic, historic, social or scientific significance, and /or its contribution to the streetscape, local area and Fremantle. Its contribution to the urban context should be maintained and enhanced.

Statement of Significance

House, 8 Davies Street is a single storey brick and iron house dating from 1902. While the place has undergone significant 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

House, 8 Davies Street is a single storey painted brick and Zincalume hipped roof and brick chimney residence. The symmetrically constructed house has a central entrance door flanked by two windows. The separate Zincalume clad roof verandah is supported by masonry pillars onto a low wall balustrade. There is a rendered masonry low wall and metal gate to the front boundary.

History

Rates Books record construction of a cottage on Lot 36 of 59 in 1902/ 03. The first traceable resident is Hassin Dicton from 1906 to c1915, followed by John Duncan (c1920-1935).
The 1908 sewerage map (No. 87) shows a square brick house with a full-length front and rear verandah. A galvanised iron building is attached on the back south corner, and there are central steps at the back leading down to the yard.
The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) shows a square house with two hips and a chimney on the southern side.
Later aerial photos (Landgate) show that the roof was originally painted red. It was replaced with Zincalume between 1995 and 1999, and the house was extended at the rear.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Painted Brick
Roof	METAL	Zincalume

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

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Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2019

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