House, 73 Wilson Street

Statement of Significance

• The place has aesthetic value as a substantially intact timber residence from the 1920s.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of the area known as West Guildford, later Bassendean in the 1920s.
• The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing constructed for working men and their families in the Inter War period.

Physical Description

A single storey timber dwelling with a hipped tiled roof. The roof extends down to form the verandah canopy at the same pitch with a weatherboard flying gable above the entrance door. A simple symmetrical façade with a central entry flanked by 1-over-1 sash windows.
The front garden is enclosed by a timber picket fence.

History

This portion of Bassendean, on the eastern side of Wilson Street, was subdivided by a group of investors in 1898 under the promotional name of 'West End'. The group of investors included some of the most wellknown 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. Wilson Street was the western boundary of this subdivision and a slightly later
subdivision was created c1902 on the western side of Wilson Street. The name of the street recognises either the Premier of Western Australia, Frank Wilson but more likely an early resident of Guildford, Colonel Wilson. From the available information this residence was built in the early 1920s and was occupied by Charles Crowther Cope (c1857-193), his wife Elizabeth and their children Harold and Eileen. The block has been subdivided and a new residence built on the rear portion. Additions to the rear of the original residence have not had a significant impact on the form and extent of the original residence.

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Moderate

Condition

Good

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