Residence, 14 George Street

Parent Place or Precinct

26726 George Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE No 14 George Street is a single storey residence constructed in limestone 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 some 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 moderate degree of integrity. The rear additions have no significance. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE No 14 George Street has some aesthetic value as a good example of Federation Bungalow style house that retains most of the characteristic features of the style. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE No 14 George 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 14 George 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

Federation Georgian Influences No 14 George Street is a single storey residence constructed of limestone with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a good example of a Federation Bungalow style house partly restyled in the Inter-War period. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by picture windows with casement and awning lights. The facade features a full width bullnose roof verandah supported on timber posts. 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 and an example of the capacity for adaptation of the first generation of houses.

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. No 14 George Street is a good example of a house in the Federation Bungalow style adapted sympathetically in the Inter-War period.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Moderate Authenticity: Moderate - High

Condition

Good

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