HOUSE, 18 TAYLOR STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 18 Taylor Street is a single storey timber and iron house dating from c1916. It has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock and of working people’s living conditions within the residential areas of Fremantle. The place is significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture.

Physical Description

House, 18 Taylor Street is a single storey painted weatherboard and iron house. The roof is Zincalume and hipped with a continuous roof over the front verandah, supported by square timber posts and a simple timber balustrade. Walls are painted weatherboard. The verandah is accessed via central steps leading to the front door, which is flanked either side by pairs of timber framed double hung sash windows. There is a timber picket fence to the front boundary line, and a steel framed carport added to the right side of the house.

History

In PO Directories, from 1916 to 1949 when records cease, there is only ever one house listed on the right side of Taylor Street, along with James O’Hara’s training grounds and stables. It was originally No 4 (1933), then No 5 (1938), and finally No 18 (1939). It was occupied by Arthur R Spence from 1916-1938. A later occupant (1947-1949) was F. Curedale.
The 1947 aerial photograph (Landgate) show the house as being the only one on the east side of Taylor Street. (There were buildings on the north corner and along Samson Street, and the corner house at 242 South Street.)
The 1950 sewerage map (No. 2190) shows the house as asymmetrical to the street with a small projecting room, and a verandah along the front. Service rooms were attached at the rear, and at the extreme east of the lot against the boundary was a large galvanised iron shed. Between 1953 and 1965 the houses either side of No. 18 were erected.
In 1981 (the first colour aerials) the roof is shown to be painted green. In 2013 the house was redeveloped at the rear, with a gable roofed extension. A carport was built along the driveway on the south side of the house.
This place was added to the Heritage List and the Municipal Heritage Inventory on 10 January 2018.

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