Residence, 2 East Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 2 East Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered masonry with a tiled roof. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its contribution to Plympton's high concentration of worker’s cottages and associated buildings. It contributes to the local community’s sense of place. The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow with Post-World War II Immigrant Nostalgia overlays. It retains a moderate to low degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 2 East Street has some aesthetic value as a typical Federation Bungalow with Post-World War II Immigrant Nostalgia overlays. It retains some the characteristic features of a dwelling of the type and period. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 2 East Street has some 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. Changes to the place reflect with Post-World War II Immigrant Nostalgia re-styling. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 2 East Street has some social value. It is associated with a significant area of worker’s cottages, which contributes to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Early Federation Georgian Influences / Ethnic Adaption. No 2 East Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered masonry with a hipped tiled roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style overlaid with a Post-World War II Immigrant Nostalgia refurbishment. The front elevation was originally symmetrically planned. The facade now has a centrally placed front door with a picture window to the north and French doors to the south. A flat concrete roofed verandah replaces the original verandah. The verandah is supported on steel posts with a wrought steel balustrade over a concrete floor. There are skillion roofed additions to the rear. Notwithstanding the modifications 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.

History

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. Houses like this one were occupied by immigrants in the Post-World War II period and remodelled to more closely reflect the styles of the period.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate - Low

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

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