House, 2 Briggs Street

Statement of Significance

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

Physical Description

A single storey rendered brick dwelling with a hipped roof which is clad in CGI. The hipped roof incorporates two timber gable endings along the central east-west ridge. On the east elevation of house is a rendered brick chimney with a decorative brick chimney cap.
A CGI bullnose verandah, separate from the roof line, extends across the entire south elevation and is supported by turned timber pillars with a timber frieze. On either side of the centrally placed front entrance are large sash windows with sidelights. The west sash window sidelights contain coloured glass. The front entrance door is a timber panelled and glazed door with a sidelight to the west side of door as well as a fanlight.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided for residential development c1905 by developer Thomas Briggs who gave his name to this street. This residence was the first to be constructed in the street and it was built for Railway Employee William John
Walsh (c1870-1939) and his wife Catherine, née Murtha (c1870-1959). The couple had four children and following William's death in 1939 Catherine lived on in the place until c1959.
Aerial photographs suggest that the original cottage had a red coloured corrugated iron roof and changed to silver in c1990. A flat roof addition to the rear appears to have been built prior to 1953.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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