House, 36 Kathleen Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and predominantly intact example of the Inter War style executed in timber and plasterboard.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the Inter War period.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for working families in the inter war period.

Physical Description

A simple, single storey timber framed and iron cottage with hipped roof and symmetrical façade. A centrally placed timber panelled door is flanked by timber framed sash windows. There is no verandah but the entrance is covered by an open sided porch with gabled canopy supported on square timber columns. The windows are protected by corrugated galvanised iron and timber awnings. The property is located in a well planted garden enclosed by a timber picket fence

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in the early 1900s under the promotional name of 'Tanner's Estate' or the 'Tanner's Extension Estate'. The group of investors included some of the most well-known members of colonial society: S.H. Parker, G.H. Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr. J. Hope and W. Paterson. Three of these men; Parker, Leake and Paterson; were at various times members of parliament. Kathleen Street was named after the wife of Daniel Kenny, Kathleen Horgan
whom he married in 1886. From the available information this cottage was constructed in 1919 and the first occupant was Maud Eleanor Kirkpatrick, née Harris. Maud Kirkpatrick was the widow of Thomas John Kirkpatrick (c1885-1917). The couple had married in 1913, their daughter, also Maud, died in 1914 and Thomas, who worked as a painter, died in 1917. It has not been determined if Maud Kirkpatrick was the owner of the property or was
a tenant, but she lived there with at least one child until the mid-1920s. Later occupants were; David Nelley, John S Williams, Annie Hehir and Lance Addison. The form of this cottage has not changed since the mid-20th century. An addition to the rear of the
residence has been present for some decades and has been reroofed in recent years. The awning over the front entrance may be a later addition but has been present in some form since at least 1965.

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