Residence, 63 Glyde Street

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 63 Glyde Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone and brick with a corrugated iron 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 considerable heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a Federation Bungalow style house and it retains a moderate to high degree of authenticity and a high degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 63 Glyde Street has considerable aesthetic value as a fine example of a Federation Bungalow. It has retained most of the characteristics of the period with some loss of detail. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 63 Glyde 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. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE No 63 Glyde 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

Late Victorian / Early Federation Georgian Influences No 63 Glyde Street is a single storey residence constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a fine example of a Federation Bungalow style house. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door and hopper light flanked by double hung sash windows. The facade features a full width bullnose roofed verandah supported on timber posts over a timber floor. A vertical timber balustrade spans between the posts. The openings have brick quoins. The house is elevated above the garden. A timber framed stair leads from the garden to the verandah. 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.

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.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High Authenticity: Moderate - High

Condition

Good

Uses

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