Residence, 73 Glyde Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
No 73 Glyde Street is a single storey house constructed in brickwork with a corrugated iron roof. The place has been adapted from the Federation Bungalow style. 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as an adapted Federation Bungalow style house and it retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a moderate degree of integrity.
The rear additions have no significance.
AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 73 Glyde Street has considerable aesthetic value as a good example of an adapted Federation Bungalow style house. It has retained most of the characteristic features of the style.
HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
No 73 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 73 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

Federation / Inter War Adaptation
Bungalow w Arts and Crafts Influences

No 73 Glyde Street is a two storey residence constructed in brick with a gabled corrugated iron roof. It is an example of a Federation period house adapted in both the Inter-War and Post-World-War II era. It is now a two storey house. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a central door and hopper light flanked by double hung sash windows. The door has a sidelight to one side. The front façade features a full width skillion roofed verandah supported on timber posts. The roof has been re-pitched to allow additional floor space to be built within the roof space. A pair of French doors and a small balcony overlooks the street.
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.
No 73 Glyde Street is a good example of a house in the Federation Bungalow style adapted on a number of occasions.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate
Authenticity: Low - Moderate

Condition

Good

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