HOUSE, 75 ELLEN STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

00870

Location

75 Ellen St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1895

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 2
Register of the National Estate Permanent 28 Sep 1982
Classified by the National Trust Classified 06 Oct 1980

Statement of Significance

House, 75 Ellen Street has significance as a fine example of Victorian architecture. it represents the wealth and expansion of Fremantle in the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Physical Description

Two storey stone and zincalume hipped roof house and rendered bay to the façade which rises from the ground floor level to through the first floor and has a faceted gable roof. There is brick quoining to the window openings to the sides of the house, timber double hung sash windows are extant. The bull nosed verandah is supported by decorative timber posts metal frieze and timber balustrades.

History

This place was identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80 as being of cultural heritage significance. (Coded: Purple: "Of architectural and historic significance in its own right.”)

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence
Present Use RESIDENTIAL Two storey residence

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Queen Anne
Victorian Regency

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Local Stone
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Limestone
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Depression & boom

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

24 Feb 2020

Disclaimer

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