House, 38 Anzac Terrace

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and intact example of the Federation 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 1910s.

Physical Description

A single storey brick and tile residence with a deep hipped roof. The roof retains the original corrugated iron roofing over the original residence. The whole roof is overlaid with an imitation tile product (decromastic) made of aluminium which replicates a tile profile.
The house has a symmetrical façade with two sash windows either side of a centrally placed entrance door. The façade is face brick with tuck pointing and a painted rendered band at sill level. The verandah spans across the full width of front elevation and the canopy is part of the main roof, sweeping down without a break in pitch, supported on turned timber columns with a timber frieze. A timbered gable section projects from the eastern side of the roof with a window below. The dwelling has a weatherboard addition to the rear and a side carport.

History

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 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'. This residence was built c1915 for John William Brayshaw Robinson (c1871-1956) a fitter and turner. John Robinson and his wife Alice Mary (née Shears) lived at the residence until the late 1920s. Subsequent occupants were, Alfred Harry Lewis (1930-1935) and James Rae McCrum (1935-1949). The original roof cladding appears to have been replaced in the 1980s and aerial photographs suggest the original building envelope has not changed significantly since construction.

Integrity/Authenticity

High
Moderate

Condition

Good

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