HOUSE, 46 CARNAC STREET

Statement of Significance

House, 46 Carnac Street, is a typical rendered masonry and iron single storey house dating from 1899. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical workers' houses in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Federation Bungalow style of architecture.

Physical Description

46 Carnac Street is a single storey,rendered masonry and iron house with a symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Federation Bungalow style of architecture. The walls are rendered masonry. The roof is hipped and clad with corrugated iron. The facade has a central front door flanked either side by timber sash windows. The verandah has a separate corrugated iron roof and is supported by pairs of steel posts with decorative detail between. There is a low level limestone and iron wall to the front boundary line. Two rendered corbelled chimneys remain.

History

Carnac Street is at an elevation from which Carnac Island can be seen, but not the other islands, possibly the reason for the name. Carnac Island was named after Lieut. John Ruett Carnac, of H.M. Frigate Success. House, 46 Carnac Street was formerly numbered 64 Carnac Lane. The numbering and naming of this street has changed several times. In 1899 the street was known as Little South Street. The house is first recorded in the Post Office Directories in 1898 and the occupant was Walter J Stokes. The Stokes family were resident in the house until the mid-1900s. The 1908 plan of the site shows that this stone house has a verandah across the front façade and a timber addition at the rear. In the back yard was a timber shed and a timber closet. This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Brown: "Positively contributing to the built environment") A photograph of the house in 1979/81 shows that it was in relatively good condition. The verandah supports were not original and the front wall was also of a later origin. In 1985, the house was described as having been renovated internally in the 1930/40s. In 1997, a photograph of the place shows that it had been little changed since the 1979/81 photograph.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium degree of integrity (original intent partially clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining but with some alterations. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

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