Local Government
Bassendean
Region
Metropolitan
102 Kenny St Bassendean
Bassendean
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1929
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Nov 2005 | 2c |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 22 Aug 2017 | 3 |
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• This place has aesthetic value as an example of the Inter War style.
• The place has historic value for its association with the Inter War development of this area.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing for working families in the inter war period.
Single storey timber frame, weatherboard and corrugated metal residence of asymmetric plan form to the façade. The façade incorporates a projecting wing with a timbered gabled detail and fibre cement sheet cladding, timber framed sash windows with skillion corrugated iron window canopy above. The recessed section of the façade has a separate skillion verandah canopy, positioned below the eaves of the main roof and supported on slender posts. This section of the elevation incorporates the main entrance with timber panelled and glass door with stained glass and leaded sidelights and sash windows to the south
of the entrance. The house has been extended to the rear with all aspects of the roof clad in long sheet corrugated iron.
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. Kenny Street was named after Dr Daniel Kenny (1860-1915), born in
Ireland and trained as a medical doctor at Trinity College; he achieved several prominent postings in medical, political and business life in Western Australia. The street began to be settled in the 1910s with most intense development in the Inter War period. From the available information this residence was constructed c1929 and the first occupant was timber
worker, Edward Henry Nelson (c1902-1977) and his wife Dorothy Elizabeth Nelson, née Watson (1902-1995). The couple had previously lived at 74 Kenny Street and remained at this address for only two years which suggests they were renting the property. A later occupant was Mrs Doig. In 2010, the residence underwent major renovations including removing the rear half of the building, redesigning the roof form and adding a major extension to the rear and northern elevation.
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Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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Australian Electoral Rolls | www.ancestry.com | ||
Land information and aerial photos from Landgate | |||
Carter, Jennie 'Bassendean A Social History 1829- 1976 | Town of Bassendean | 1986 | |
Wise's Post Office Directories | http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au |
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A3089 | TOB Assessment No |
No.125 | MI Place No. |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
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Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
OCCUPATIONS | Domestic activities |
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