Local Government
East Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
26 King St East Fremantle
East Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1920, Constructed from 1902
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 17 Nov 2015 | |
Heritage Agreement | YES | 09 May 2000 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
State Register | Registered | 05 Nov 1999 | HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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(no listings) |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 17 Nov 2015 | Category A | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 15 Aug 2006 | Category A |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 26 King Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a corrugated iron roof. The place was built in two stages and has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: 1. The place is an integral visual part of the cohesive Plympton heritage area and fits comfortably into the aesthetic characteristics of the area, contributing to its character; 2. The place is a component of Plympton, East Fremantle, an area which developed in the 1890s to accommodate Fremantle’s growing population of workers and their families close to their sources of income; 3. The place is valued by the local community as a component of Plympton, with its high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings and contributes to both the local and the wider community’s sense of place; 4. The place is unusual for the manner and sequence of its construction in that the front section of the house was realised in two parts, whereas the more usual pattern is for the front to the house to be built first and additions are made to the rear of the house and 5. The place has a high degree of authenticity and as a result provides a very good example of a worker’s cottage located in the Plympton area. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 26 King Street has exceptional aesthetic value as a typical Federation Bungalow. It retains all the characteristics of the period. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 26 King Street has considerable historic value. It was part of the suburban residential development associated with the expansion of East Fremantle during the Goldrush period of the 1880s and 1890s. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 26 King Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages which contributes to both the local and wider community's sense of place. RARITY No 26 King Street is not rare in the immediate context but Plympton has rarity value as a working class suburb.
Federation Domestic Carpenter Gable (Twinned) w Arts & crafts Influences No 26 King Street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with prominent gable and part width bullnosed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts over a timber floor. There is a central door flanked by a single pane double hung sash window. The gable features the same window with a sunhood over it. Maintenance repairs consist of replacement of timber boards, features, stumps, painting, guttering, downpipes and roof sheeting. There are additions to the rear. The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.
Historic Theme: Demographic Settlement Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages. No 26 King Street was built in two major stages. The first three rooms were built in 1907 and the northern section of the house was constructed between 1913 and the early 1920s.
Integrity: High Authenticity: High
Good
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Style |
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Federation Bungalow |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
General | Specific |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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