Residence, 60 Hamilton Street

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value for its demonstration of the form and detail of a Federation Bungalow residence executed in timber. The place has historic value for its association with the development and establishment of this portion of Bayswater in the 1900s. The place has social value as a demonstration of the scale and form of housing in the early 1900s for professional men and their families.

Physical Description

A house of timber framed construction with weatherboard cladding on the low side of the street. The house presents as a single storey at street level and has a partial lower level towards the rear. The house has a hipped corrugated metal roof with gablets facing the front and rear and two face brick chimneys with corbelling and clay pots on the left. The roof extends at a slight pitch break to create a full width verandah that wraps around the left side of the house and is supported on turned timber posts with decorative timber brackets and a simple open timber balustrade. A flight of stairs is connected to the left side of the verandah, connecting it to the lower level externally. The house has a centrally located front entry door surrounded by sidelights and fanlights and flanked by a timber framed sash window to either side. The house is set behind mature trees with a paved driveway sloping down to the lower level on the left side and a concrete driveway leading to a freestanding garage at street level on the right.

History

The subdivision plan for this portion of Bayswater was approved for residential occupation in 1896. Prior to this subdivision the land was owned by local brick maker, James Burgess. Hamilton Street was previously known as Burgess Street because of this association. The subdivision had been advertised in the local press from late in 1903 as the 'Hamilton Estate' and included 94 lots, all with lots fronting a macadamised road. It is not clear from the available information when this residence was built. An occupant in the late 1910s was brick maker, Henry Robert Cook who married Martha Nayomey Burgess in 1901. It is likely this was the daughter of James Burgess. The couple later lived in Bunbury for many years. This residence would be appropriate for a couple of means however the choice of timber for the residence is curious given the occupation of the occupant. Prior to the occupation of the place by the Cooks, labourer Archibald Edwards is recorded living at this address however it may have been a different building. The form and detail of the residence suggests its construction was in the early 20th century. Aerial photographs indicate the residence was originally much smaller in its extent. Extensions in c1984 doubled the footprint of the building and altered the roof form. It is possible the house always had two levels to the rear but the additions have created generous spaces across two storeys.

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High/Moderate

Condition

Good

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