Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
100 Wray Av South Fremantle
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1900
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Historical Record Only | |
Shop & House, 100 Wray Avenue is a typical masonry and iron single storey commercial building dating from c1900. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical combined house and shop in the Fremantle area. The place is an example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.
Shop & House, 100 Wray Avenue, is a single storey rendered masonry and tile shop and house constructed c1900. The walls are painted and rendered masonry. The roof of the shop front is hidden behind a simple brick parapet. The shop has a metal awning suspended by metal tie rods, and no support posts. The facade has a central shop entrance timber door with side lights, flanked by timber framed large shop windows with toplights. The roof of the house is hipped and clad with tiles. The house has a flat verandah roof supported by metal posts, a door with side light and timber framed windows. There is a face brick wall to the front boundary line.
Wray Avenue was originally Hampton Street. The named was changed to avoid confusion with the intersecting Hampton Road. It became Alexander Road, after Laurence Alexander, Mayor 1901-1902, and a representative of Falk & Co. The street name was again changed to avoid confusion with Alexandra Road in East Fremantle, and became Wray Avenue in 1923. It was named for William E Wray, at one time with the Education Dept as Truant Inspector, and a resident of the street. He was on the Fremantle Tramways Board and Mayor of Fremantle, 1914-1918.
High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). Medium degree of authenticity with some original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).
Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).
Individual Building or Group
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| Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Other |
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| Victorian Georgian |
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| Wall | BRICK | Rendered Brick |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
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