House, 85 Ida Street

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and intact example of the late Federation style.
• The place has historic and rarity value for its association with the early 20th century development of Eden Hill.
• This place has social value for its demonstration of the form and scale of housing in the early 1900s.

Physical Description

Single storey brick and iron house of symmetrical plan form. The brick has been painted leaving only tuckpointed face brick quoining around the openings and at the edge of the elevations. The centrally placed front entrance consists of timber and glazed door, side panels and side lights, and fanlights across the entire. 1-over-1 style timber framed sash windows flank the entrance. The hipped roof has two brick corbelled chimneys projecting from the north and south planes of the structure. The roof continues down at a break of pitch to form the verandah canopy which is supported on turned timber posts with a very simple timber balustrade, the deck is timber.

History

Eden Hill was approved as a suburb in 1954. The name 'Eden Estate' had been used in the area since the late 1890s when developer and future Premier of Western Australia, Frank Wilson, subdivided land for residential use. The name originated with a farm that once existed in the area. Ida Street, together with Iolanthe and Ivanhoe Streets, are named in honour of characters from Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas. The available information indicates this residence was the first in this section of Ida Street north of Walter Road and was built c1916 for, salesman William Bourke and his wife Ethel Matford Bourke née Moorehead.
The couple married in St Peters NSW were living in Ida Street, West Guildford in 1917.
The Bourke's remained in the residence until c1920 and after that date several occupants are recorded for this address. Long term occupants were Arthur and Nellie French in the 1930s and 1940s. Aerial photographs indicate that the modest cottage has retained its original form with additions to the rear the only significant alterations. Later subdivisions have altered the extent of the surrounding gardens and the proximity of adjacent buildings.

Integrity/Authenticity

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High

Condition

Good

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