House

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and intact example of the Inter War Californian Bungalow 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 1920s.

Physical Description

A single storey brick and tile house with hipped roof. The house has a traditional asymmetric plan form to the façade incorporating a stepped elevation consisting of the main projecting bay with a timbered flying gable, a second stepped section behind the main bay with the main entrance opening to the side of the house and a rear section with a single timber framed window.A complex hipped and gable roof extends over the house with two timbered flying gables to the front and a further entrance to the side elevation above the entrance. The front elevation and side elevation are protected by a skillion verandah, the canopy is supported on square timber posts with timber brackets and has a raised timber deck accessed by concrete steps.The timber framed casement windows have diamond leaded glazing. Small high level windows have diamond leaded lights. The entrance door is a timber and glazed door with flanking high level windows. Dense planting to the front garden obscured much of the property from view from the street.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by investor, politician and briefly Premier, Frank Wilson as residential lots in 1895 under the name of 'The Eden Estate'. The take up of land was not rapid with most lots unsold until the turn of the century. Anzac Terrace was named c1920 in honour of the landing at Gallipoli in 1915. The road was formerly named Railway Terrace and the selection of this road for renaming may have been influenced by local
resident Brigadier General Bessell-Browne who lived at 10 Anzac Terrace until 1947.
This residence was built in c1927 and the first occupant and presumably owner was fitter, Martin John Healy (c1896-1984). Martin Healy and his wife Hilda Anastasia, nee Iverson (c1896-1981) raised their family and lived at the house until the 1970s. The form of the residence does not seem to be significantly altered since its original construction although
the carport coverage on the eastern side was constructed in the late 1990s. Information from the 2004 stated that only the front four rooms of the residence were remaining from the original construction and a new addition had been constructed at the rear.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
High

Condition

Good

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