Residence, 22 Glyde Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 22 Glyde Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a corrugated iron roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place.
The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a very simple Federation Bungalow and it retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 22 Glyde Street has considerable aesthetic value as a simple example of a Federation Bungalow. It retains all the characteristic features of a dwelling of the type and period.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 22 Glyde Street has some historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s.
SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE
N/A
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
No 22 Glyde Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Late Victorian / Early Federation
Gable Domestic Carpenter Cottage

No 22 Glyde Street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing and feather edged weatherboards with a gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a very simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by double hung sash windows. The façade features a full width skillion roofed verandah supported on timber posts.
There are additions to the rear.
The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.

History

Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate - High

Condition

Good

Uses

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